United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1939

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Robert 59,666 babies =
  2. 2 James 59,636 babies =
  3. 3 John 51,025 babies =
  4. 4 William 42,071 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 35,386 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 30,789 babies =
  7. 7 David 25,360 babies 1
  8. 8 Donald 24,056 babies 1
  9. 9 Thomas 22,129 babies =
  10. 10 Ronald 19,837 babies =
  11. 11 George 17,886 babies =
  12. 12 Joseph 17,722 babies =
  13. 13 Kenneth 14,715 babies 1
  14. 14 Larry 14,532 babies 2
  15. 15 Edward 14,427 babies 2
  16. 16 Jerry 13,729 babies 1
  17. 17 Paul 13,337 babies 2
  18. 18 Michael 10,828 babies 3
  19. 19 Gerald 10,057 babies =
  20. 20 Frank 9,991 babies 2
  21. 21 Gary 9,684 babies 1
  22. 22 Raymond 9,252 babies 2
  23. 23 Harold 8,299 babies =
  24. 24 Billy 7,474 babies =
  25. 25 Walter 7,322 babies 1
  26. 26 Jack 7,306 babies 1
  27. 27 Joe 7,189 babies 1
  28. 28 Roger 7,155 babies 3
  29. 29 Bobby 7,057 babies 2
  30. 30 Carl 6,593 babies 1
  31. 31 Henry 6,561 babies 1
  32. 32 Arthur 6,380 babies =
  33. 33 Willie 6,308 babies 1
  34. 34 Dennis 6,212 babies 15
  35. 35 Ralph 5,959 babies =
  36. 36 Lawrence 5,882 babies =
  37. 37 Eugene 5,869 babies 4
  38. 38 Daniel 5,797 babies 1
  39. 39 Wayne 5,653 babies 1
  40. 40 Fred 5,538 babies 2
  41. 41 Albert 5,477 babies 4
  42. 42 Roy 5,156 babies 1
  43. 43 Jimmy 4,753 babies 2
  44. 44 Norman 4,742 babies 1
  45. 45 Harry 4,661 babies 1
  46. 46 Peter 4,639 babies 2
  47. 47 Howard 4,613 babies 5
  48. 48 Anthony 4,610 babies 2
  49. 49 Louis 4,224 babies 2
  50. 50 Earl 3,896 babies =
  51. 51 Melvin 3,853 babies 3
  52. 52 Marvin 3,758 babies 1
  53. 53 Francis 3,721 babies 2
  54. 54 Leonard 3,711 babies 3
  55. 55 Ernest 3,688 babies =
  56. 56 Don 3,589 babies 4
  57. 57 Stanley 3,570 babies 2
  58. 58 Douglas 3,564 babies 2
  59. 59 Dale 3,531 babies 3
  60. 60 Clarence 3,482 babies 2
  61. 61 Leroy 3,388 babies =
  62. 62 Johnny 3,371 babies 1
  63. 63 Samuel 3,254 babies 1
  64. 64 Bruce 3,233 babies 2
  65. 65 Stephen 3,176 babies 9
  66. 66 Philip 3,174 babies 2
  67. 67 Bill 3,161 babies =
  68. 68 Herbert 3,097 babies =
  69. 69 Gene 3,014 babies 4
  70. 70 Alfred 2,990 babies 1
  71. 71 Frederick 2,972 babies =
  72. 72 Allen 2,928 babies 1
  73. 73 Russell 2,833 babies 3
  74. 74 Ray 2,709 babies 2
  75. 75 Jim 2,636 babies 6
  76. 76 Bernard 2,624 babies 1
  77. 77 Tommy 2,622 babies =
  78. 78 Lee 2,589 babies 2
  79. 79 Patrick 2,530 babies 9
  80. 80 Jimmie 2,524 babies 4
  81. 81 Eddie 2,511 babies 2
  82. 82 Gordon 2,508 babies 4
  83. 83 Terry 2,444 babies 3
  84. 84 Andrew 2,440 babies 2
  85. 85 Alan 2,330 babies 6
  86. 86 Leon 2,327 babies 1
  87. 87 Glenn 2,303 babies 4
  88. 88 Clifford 2,290 babies 1
  89. 89 Bob 2,244 babies 5
  90. 90 Theodore 2,196 babies 6
  91. 91 Martin 2,192 babies 4
  92. 92 Phillip 2,175 babies 3
  93. 93 Jerome 2,153 babies =
  94. 94 Floyd 2,094 babies 2
  95. 95 Lloyd 2,087 babies 3
  96. 96 Edwin 2,063 babies 6
  97. 97 Tom 2,028 babies 9
  98. 98 Curtis 2,012 babies 3
  99. 99 Jesse 2,010 babies 8
  100. 100 Vernon 1,994 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 54,900 babies =
  2. 2 Barbara 37,257 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 29,701 babies =
  4. 4 Betty 23,639 babies =
  5. 5 Shirley 20,447 babies =
  6. 6 Carol 20,166 babies =
  7. 7 Nancy 19,723 babies =
  8. 8 Judith 16,625 babies 4
  9. 9 Dorothy 15,169 babies 1
  10. 10 Margaret 14,949 babies 1
  11. 11 Joan 14,143 babies 1
  12. 12 Joyce 13,394 babies 1
  13. 13 Sandra 11,970 babies 1
  14. 14 Carolyn 11,290 babies 1
  15. 15 Linda 10,713 babies 16
  16. 16 Helen 10,420 babies 3
  17. 17 Janet 10,120 babies 1
  18. 18 Elizabeth 9,709 babies 1
  19. 19 Marilyn 9,538 babies =
  20. 20 Donna 9,371 babies =
  21. 21 Virginia 9,227 babies 1
  22. 22 Ruth 9,062 babies 1
  23. 23 Sharon 9,014 babies 7
  24. 24 Janice 8,778 babies =
  25. 25 Beverly 8,706 babies 7
  26. 26 Frances 8,577 babies 3
  27. 27 Martha 8,493 babies 1
  28. 28 Judy 8,081 babies 13
  29. 29 Doris 7,687 babies 4
  30. 30 Phyllis 7,590 babies 2
  31. 31 Alice 7,365 babies 2
  32. 32 Jean 7,292 babies 5
  33. 33 Ann 6,551 babies 1
  34. 34 Peggy 6,050 babies 1
  35. 35 Lois 6,034 babies 2
  36. 36 Gloria 5,939 babies =
  37. 37 Marie 5,890 babies =
  38. 38 Norma 5,827 babies 4
  39. 39 Karen 5,541 babies 11
  40. 40 Evelyn 5,332 babies 2
  41. 41 Geraldine 5,160 babies 4
  42. 42 Rose 5,040 babies 3
  43. 43 Anna 4,929 babies 3
  44. 44 Susan 4,887 babies 27
  45. 45 Elaine 4,785 babies 3
  46. 46 Jane 4,771 babies 2
  47. 47 Carole 4,679 babies 1
  48. 48 Kathleen 4,656 babies 10
  49. 49 Catherine 4,577 babies 1
  50. 50 Wanda 4,557 babies 1
  51. 51 Diane 4,340 babies 13
  52. 52 Sally 4,244 babies 2
  53. 53 Joanne 4,225 babies 4
  54. 54 Annie 4,155 babies 7
  55. 55 Mildred 4,137 babies 3
  56. 56 Patsy 4,111 babies 1
  57. 57 Joann 3,994 babies 11
  58. 58 Dolores 3,980 babies 15
  59. 59 Louise 3,956 babies =
  60. 60 Marjorie 3,907 babies 7
  61. 61 Bonnie 3,887 babies 4
  62. 62 Sylvia 3,870 babies 6
  63. 63 Eleanor 3,810 babies 3
  64. 64 Marlene 3,773 babies 13
  65. 65 Loretta 3,769 babies 3
  66. 66 Charlotte 3,739 babies 4
  67. 67 Ruby 3,712 babies 6
  68. 68 Sarah 3,671 babies 1
  69. 69 Arlene 3,578 babies 6
  70. 70 Jo 3,524 babies 8
  71. 71 Roberta 3,409 babies 2
  72. 72 Jacqueline 3,388 babies 3
  73. 73 Gail 3,355 babies 4
  74. 74 Irene 3,331 babies 2
  75. 75 Darlene 3,287 babies 1
  76. 76 Kay 3,260 babies 5
  77. 77 Juanita 3,212 babies 3
  78. 78 Rita 3,188 babies 4
  79. 79 Delores 3,018 babies 4
  80. 80 Ellen 3,005 babies 9
  81. 81 Edna 2,904 babies 1
  82. 82 Jeanette 2,893 babies 9
  83. 83 June 2,867 babies 4
  84. 84 Josephine 2,837 babies 1
  85. 85 Anne 2,769 babies 1
  86. 86 Brenda 2,756 babies 158
  87. 87 Wilma 2,701 babies 2
  88. 88 Thelma 2,696 babies 2
  89. 89 Emma 2,685 babies 7
  90. 90 Yvonne 2,648 babies 11
  91. 91 Julia 2,635 babies 16
  92. 92 Sue 2,623 babies 12
  93. 93 Rosemary 2,612 babies 2
  94. 94 Theresa 2,611 babies 2
  95. 95 Lorraine 2,593 babies 2
  96. 96 Florence 2,592 babies 6
  97. 97 Anita 2,588 babies 2
  98. 98 Audrey 2,569 babies 11
  99. 99 Lillian 2,551 babies 11
  100. 100 Ethel 2,496 babies 6

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Source: Social Security Administration

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