Most Popular Baby Names in 1939

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	59,659
2	James	59,636
3	John	51,025
4	William	42,073
5	Richard	35,385
6	Charles	30,786
7	David	25,359
8	Donald	24,055
9	Thomas	22,128
10	Ronald	19,835
11	George	17,888
12	Joseph	17,723
13	Kenneth	14,715
14	Larry	14,531
15	Edward	14,428
16	Jerry	13,729
17	Paul	13,336
18	Michael	10,829
19	Gerald	10,057
20	Frank	9,990
21	Gary	9,681
22	Raymond	9,252
23	Harold	8,300
24	Billy	7,475
25	Walter	7,323
26	Jack	7,306
27	Joe	7,188
28	Roger	7,155
29	Bobby	7,056
30	Carl	6,593
31	Henry	6,561
32	Arthur	6,380
33	Willie	6,309
34	Dennis	6,212
35	Ralph	5,958
36	Lawrence	5,882
37	Eugene	5,869
38	Daniel	5,797
39	Wayne	5,653
40	Fred	5,538
41	Albert	5,478
42	Roy	5,155
43	Jimmy	4,752
44	Norman	4,742
45	Harry	4,661
46	Peter	4,639
47	Howard	4,613
48	Anthony	4,609
49	Louis	4,224
50	Earl	3,896

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	54,900
2	Barbara	37,257
3	Patricia	29,701
4	Betty	23,642
5	Shirley	20,445
6	Carol	20,166
7	Nancy	19,722
8	Judith	16,626
9	Dorothy	15,169
10	Margaret	14,951
11	Joan	14,143
12	Joyce	13,393
13	Sandra	11,970
14	Carolyn	11,290
15	Linda	10,713
16	Helen	10,419
17	Janet	10,120
18	Elizabeth	9,709
19	Marilyn	9,538
20	Donna	9,371
21	Virginia	9,227
22	Ruth	9,063
23	Sharon	9,014
24	Janice	8,779
25	Beverly	8,704
26	Frances	8,577
27	Martha	8,492
28	Judy	8,081
29	Doris	7,687
30	Phyllis	7,590
31	Alice	7,366
32	Jean	7,292
33	Ann	6,551
34	Peggy	6,050
35	Lois	6,034
36	Gloria	5,939
37	Marie	5,890
38	Norma	5,827
39	Karen	5,541
40	Evelyn	5,331
41	Geraldine	5,160
42	Rose	5,040
43	Anna	4,929
44	Susan	4,887
45	Elaine	4,785
46	Jane	4,771
47	Carole	4,679
48	Kathleen	4,656
49	Catherine	4,577
50	Wanda	4,557