Most Popular Baby Names in 1940

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 James 62,481
2 Robert 61,194
3 John 54,784
4 William 44,781
5 Richard 37,425
6 Charles 31,690
7 David 27,691
8 Thomas 23,992
9 Donald 23,113
10 Ronald 20,740
11 George 18,313
12 Joseph 18,207
13 Larry 17,200
14 Jerry 15,213
15 Kenneth 15,131
16 Edward 14,404
17 Paul 14,097
18 Michael 13,228
19 Gary 12,573
20 Frank 10,596
21 Gerald 10,237
22 Raymond 9,568
23 Harold 8,078
24 Dennis 7,845
25 Walter 7,723
26 Roger 7,597
27 Billy 7,596
28 Joe 7,216
29 Jack 7,049
30 Bobby 6,882
31 Henry 6,822
32 Carl 6,752
33 Arthur 6,510
34 Daniel 6,225
35 Willie 6,175
36 Lawrence 6,173
37 Ralph 5,838
38 Eugene 5,802
39 Wayne 5,727
40 Fred 5,582
41 Albert 5,571
42 Roy 5,564
43 Peter 5,049
44 Jimmy 4,962
45 Howard 4,824
46 Anthony 4,769
47 Harry 4,681
48 Norman 4,576
49 Stephen 4,422
50 Louis 4,324

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 56,214
2 Barbara 36,735
3 Patricia 32,667
4 Judith 22,385
5 Betty 22,077
6 Carol 21,759
7 Nancy 19,737
8 Linda 18,369
9 Shirley 17,880
10 Sandra 16,154
11 Margaret 15,062
12 Dorothy 14,875
13 Joyce 14,802
14 Joan 13,292
15 Carolyn 12,657
16 Judy 11,383
17 Sharon 11,120
18 Helen 10,203
19 Janet 10,105
20 Elizabeth 9,956
21 Virginia 9,554
22 Janice 9,318
23 Donna 9,232
24 Ruth 8,887
25 Marilyn 8,703
26 Martha 8,695
27 Beverly 8,658
28 Frances 8,621
29 Jean 8,064
30 Gloria 8,026
31 Doris 7,767
32 Alice 7,603
33 Phyllis 7,416
34 Karen 7,283
35 Ann 7,196
36 Susan 6,756
37 Peggy 6,128
38 Lois 6,124
39 Bonnie 5,957
40 Kathleen 5,697
41 Marie 5,542
42 Brenda 5,442
43 Norma 5,334
44 Rose 5,198
45 Diane 5,172
46 Geraldine 5,150
47 Jane 5,092
48 Evelyn 4,982
49 Carole 4,790
50 Elaine 4,782