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Top Baby Names 1940's


Most Popular Names of the 1940s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 James 794,174 5.2504 Mary 639,563 4.2969
2 Robert 756,546 5.0016 Linda 531,289 3.5695
3 John 710,191 4.6952 Barbara 424,923 2.8549
4 William 555,269 3.6710 Patricia 411,143 2.7623
5 Richard 476,497 3.1502 Carol 292,104 1.9625
6 David 425,528 2.8132 Sandra 265,339 1.7827
7 Charles 361,011 2.3867 Nancy 251,858 1.6921
8 Thomas 350,121 2.3147 Sharon 221,071 1.4853
9 Michael 336,057 2.2217 Judith 217,874 1.4638
10 Ronald 281,876 1.8635 Susan 211,853 1.4233
11 Larry 255,371 1.6883 Betty 194,499 1.3068
12 Donald 247,260 1.6347 Carolyn 181,729 1.2210
13 Joseph 229,780 1.5191 Margaret 172,903 1.1617
14 Gary 217,346 1.4369 Shirley 171,663 1.1533
15 George 208,586 1.3790 Judy 167,589 1.1260
16 Kenneth 198,150 1.3100 Karen 167,584 1.1259
17 Paul 183,000 1.2098 Donna 165,402 1.1113
18 Edward 174,438 1.1532 Kathleen 152,880 1.0271
19 Jerry 166,875 1.1032 Joyce 151,379 1.0170
20 Dennis 161,798 1.0697 Dorothy 132,150 0.8879
21 Frank 119,149 0.7877 Janet 130,675 0.8779
22 Daniel 112,547 0.7441 Diane 122,815 0.8251
23 Raymond 108,814 0.7194 Janice 118,809 0.7982
24 Roger 107,360 0.7098 Joan 117,622 0.7902
25 Stephen 106,597 0.7047 Elizabeth 116,460 0.7824
26 Gerald 103,114 0.6817 Brenda 112,358 0.7549
27 Walter 83,577 0.5525 Gloria 104,954 0.7051
28 Harold 81,987 0.5420 Virginia 98,918 0.6646
29 Steven 81,082 0.5360 Marilyn 98,904 0.6645
30 Douglas 80,634 0.5331 Martha 95,317 0.6404
31 Lawrence 80,295 0.5308 Beverly 95,060 0.6387
32 Terry 76,791 0.5077 Helen 90,675 0.6092
33 Wayne 74,943 0.4955 Bonnie 86,826 0.5833
34 Arthur 73,838 0.4882 Ruth 85,607 0.5752
35 Jack 73,779 0.4878 Frances 85,372 0.5736
36 Carl 72,567 0.4798 Jean 80,298 0.5395
37 Henry 72,329 0.4782 Ann 76,726 0.5155
38 Willie 72,186 0.4772 Phyllis 76,094 0.5112
39 Bruce 71,964 0.4758 Pamela 73,069 0.4909
40 Joe 71,855 0.4750 Jane 72,491 0.4870
41 Peter 69,222 0.4576 Alice 72,336 0.4860
42 Billy 67,682 0.4475 Peggy 72,078 0.4843
43 Roy 65,471 0.4328 Cheryl 70,913 0.4764
44 Ralph 64,824 0.4286 Doris 64,101 0.4307
45 Anthony 64,682 0.4276 Catherine 62,040 0.4168
46 Jimmy 63,389 0.4191 Elaine 60,068 0.4036
47 Albert 60,122 0.3975 Cynthia 58,022 0.3898
48 Bobby 58,758 0.3885 Marie 57,479 0.3862
49 Eugene 57,138 0.3777 Lois 56,830 0.3818
50 Johnny 57,073 0.3773 Connie 56,552 0.3799
51 Fred 56,531 0.3737 Christine 54,523 0.3663
52 Harry 56,106 0.3709 Diana 53,649 0.3604
53 Howard 53,400 0.3530 Gail 53,102 0.3568
54 Mark 50,703 0.3352 Joanne 51,627 0.3469
55 Alan 50,223 0.3320 Rose 51,597 0.3467
56 Louis 49,325 0.3261 Wanda 50,739 0.3409
57 Philip 48,642 0.3216 Carole 50,275 0.3378
58 Patrick 48,507 0.3207 Rita 49,826 0.3348
59 Dale 46,721 0.3089 Charlotte 49,433 0.3321
60 Danny 46,590 0.3080 Jo 48,420 0.3253
61 Stanley 46,161 0.3052 Evelyn 48,138 0.3234
62 Leonard 44,189 0.2921 Geraldine 47,895 0.3218
63 Timothy 43,441 0.2872 Jacqueline 45,538 0.3059
64 Gregory 43,170 0.2854 Ellen 45,370 0.3048
65 Samuel 43,030 0.2845 Sally 45,302 0.3044
66 Ronnie 42,375 0.2801 Rebecca 45,283 0.3042
67 Norman 42,090 0.2783 Kathryn 44,554 0.2993
68 Ernest 41,648 0.2753 Deborah 44,045 0.2959
69 Russell 41,230 0.2726 Norma 43,010 0.2890
70 Francis 39,450 0.2608 Suzanne 41,365 0.2779
71 Melvin 39,150 0.2588 Anna 41,273 0.2773
72 Earl 39,047 0.2581 Sue 40,914 0.2749
73 Frederick 39,029 0.2580 Darlene 40,306 0.2708
74 Allen 38,980 0.2577 Patsy 40,257 0.2705
75 Bill 37,695 0.2492 Joann 40,001 0.2687
76 Tommy 36,953 0.2443 Sarah 39,938 0.2683
77 Phillip 36,927 0.2441 Katherine 39,887 0.2680
78 Marvin 36,381 0.2405 Paula 39,007 0.2621
79 Steve 36,228 0.2395 Annie 38,678 0.2599
80 Don 36,172 0.2391 Louise 38,622 0.2595
81 Clarence 36,121 0.2388 Roberta 38,025 0.2555
82 Barry 36,118 0.2388 Sylvia 37,261 0.2503
83 Glenn 35,651 0.2357 Anne 36,147 0.2429
84 Jim 35,587 0.2353 Theresa 35,768 0.2403
85 Eddie 34,712 0.2295 Sheila 35,714 0.2399
86 Mike 34,573 0.2286 Maria 35,508 0.2386
87 Andrew 34,565 0.2285 Laura 35,044 0.2354
88 Jeffrey 34,288 0.2267 Kathy 34,755 0.2335
89 Leroy 33,778 0.2233 Eileen 34,667 0.2329
90 Alfred 31,924 0.2111 Marcia 34,371 0.2309
91 Martin 31,350 0.2073 Rosemary 34,276 0.2303
92 Lee 30,923 0.2044 Glenda 33,326 0.2239
93 Tom 29,829 0.1972 Dolores 33,075 0.2222
94 Ray 29,599 0.1957 Mildred 33,055 0.2221
95 Herbert 28,637 0.1893 Lorraine 33,029 0.2219
96 Gene 27,685 0.1830 Marjorie 32,883 0.2209
97 Bernard 26,373 0.1744 Sherry 32,740 0.2200
98 Theodore 26,181 0.1731 Kay 32,639 0.2193
99 Curtis 25,962 0.1716 Anita 32,496 0.2183
100 Keith 25,837 0.1708 Dianne 32,272 0.2168