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