United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1940

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 James 62,481 babies 1
  2. 2 Robert 61,198 babies 1
  3. 3 John 54,786 babies =
  4. 4 William 44,779 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 37,425 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 31,689 babies =
  7. 7 David 27,690 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 23,991 babies 1
  9. 9 Donald 23,115 babies 1
  10. 10 Ronald 20,741 babies =
  11. 11 George 18,315 babies =
  12. 12 Joseph 18,208 babies =
  13. 13 Larry 17,199 babies 1
  14. 14 Jerry 15,213 babies 2
  15. 15 Kenneth 15,132 babies 2
  16. 16 Edward 14,405 babies 1
  17. 17 Paul 14,097 babies =
  18. 18 Michael 13,228 babies =
  19. 19 Gary 12,573 babies 2
  20. 20 Frank 10,595 babies =
  21. 21 Gerald 10,236 babies 2
  22. 22 Raymond 9,567 babies =
  23. 23 Harold 8,080 babies =
  24. 24 Dennis 7,845 babies 10
  25. 25 Walter 7,723 babies =
  26. 26 Roger 7,598 babies 2
  27. 27 Billy 7,596 babies 3
  28. 28 Joe 7,216 babies 1
  29. 29 Jack 7,048 babies 3
  30. 30 Bobby 6,882 babies 1
  31. 31 Henry 6,822 babies =
  32. 32 Carl 6,752 babies 2
  33. 33 Arthur 6,510 babies 1
  34. 34 Daniel 6,225 babies 4
  35. 35 Willie 6,176 babies 2
  36. 36 Lawrence 6,173 babies =
  37. 37 Ralph 5,838 babies 2
  38. 38 Eugene 5,804 babies 1
  39. 39 Wayne 5,727 babies =
  40. 40 Fred 5,581 babies =
  41. 41 Albert 5,572 babies =
  42. 42 Roy 5,565 babies =
  43. 43 Peter 5,049 babies 3
  44. 44 Jimmy 4,962 babies 1
  45. 45 Howard 4,824 babies 2
  46. 46 Anthony 4,769 babies 2
  47. 47 Harry 4,681 babies 2
  48. 48 Norman 4,576 babies 4
  49. 49 Stephen 4,423 babies 16
  50. 50 Louis 4,324 babies 1
  51. 51 Johnny 4,006 babies 11
  52. 52 Earl 3,944 babies 2
  53. 53 Melvin 3,935 babies 2
  54. 54 Leonard 3,817 babies =
  55. 55 Bruce 3,789 babies 9
  56. 56 Douglas 3,732 babies 2
  57. 57 Dale 3,699 babies 2
  58. 58 Ernest 3,698 babies 3
  59. 59 Stanley 3,694 babies 2
  60. 60 Philip 3,674 babies 6
  61. 61 Francis 3,607 babies 8
  62. 62 Don 3,547 babies 6
  63. 63 Marvin 3,502 babies 11
  64. 64 Clarence 3,487 babies 4
  65. 65 Samuel 3,364 babies 2
  66. 66 Leroy 3,311 babies 5
  67. 67 Bill 3,267 babies =
  68. 68 Frederick 3,096 babies 3
  69. 69 Alfred 3,062 babies 1
  70. 70 Gene 3,060 babies 1
  71. 71 Allen 3,029 babies 1
  72. 72 Russell 3,012 babies 1
  73. 73 Terry 2,982 babies 10
  74. 74 Patrick 2,883 babies 5
  75. 75 Herbert 2,875 babies 7
  76. 76 Tommy 2,827 babies 1
  77. 77 Ray 2,795 babies 3
  78. 78 Jim 2,715 babies 3
  79. 79 Phillip 2,628 babies 13
  80. 80 Lee 2,624 babies 2
  81. 81 Eddie 2,576 babies =
  82. 82 Bernard 2,468 babies 6
  83. 83 Glenn 2,465 babies 4
  84. 84 Andrew 2,431 babies =
  85. 85 Martin 2,423 babies 6
  86. 86 Jimmie 2,408 babies 6
  87. 87 Franklin 2,391 babies 19
  88. 88 Alan 2,377 babies 3
  89. 89 Leon 2,318 babies 3
  90. 90 Theodore 2,306 babies =
  91. 91 Gordon 2,296 babies 9
  92. 92 Tom 2,287 babies 5
  93. 93 Jesse 2,205 babies 6
  94. 94 Clifford 2,185 babies 6
  95. 95 Jerome 2,178 babies 2
  96. 96 Edwin 2,116 babies =
  97. 97 Curtis 2,103 babies 1
  98. 98 Harvey 2,088 babies 4
  99. 99 Bob 2,082 babies 10
  100. 100 Lloyd 2,067 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 56,216 babies =
  2. 2 Barbara 36,736 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 32,665 babies =
  4. 4 Judith 22,385 babies 4
  5. 5 Betty 22,077 babies 1
  6. 6 Carol 21,759 babies =
  7. 7 Nancy 19,737 babies =
  8. 8 Linda 18,370 babies 7
  9. 9 Shirley 17,881 babies 4
  10. 10 Sandra 16,153 babies 3
  11. 11 Margaret 15,063 babies 1
  12. 12 Dorothy 14,875 babies 3
  13. 13 Joyce 14,801 babies 1
  14. 14 Joan 13,292 babies 3
  15. 15 Carolyn 12,657 babies 1
  16. 16 Judy 11,382 babies 12
  17. 17 Sharon 11,121 babies 6
  18. 18 Helen 10,203 babies 2
  19. 19 Janet 10,105 babies 2
  20. 20 Elizabeth 9,955 babies 2
  21. 21 Virginia 9,554 babies =
  22. 22 Janice 9,318 babies 2
  23. 23 Donna 9,232 babies 3
  24. 24 Ruth 8,888 babies 2
  25. 25 Marilyn 8,704 babies 6
  26. 26 Martha 8,695 babies 1
  27. 27 Beverly 8,657 babies 2
  28. 28 Frances 8,621 babies 2
  29. 29 Jean 8,063 babies 3
  30. 30 Gloria 8,026 babies 6
  31. 31 Doris 7,767 babies 2
  32. 32 Alice 7,603 babies 1
  33. 33 Phyllis 7,416 babies 3
  34. 34 Karen 7,283 babies 5
  35. 35 Ann 7,196 babies 2
  36. 36 Susan 6,756 babies 8
  37. 37 Peggy 6,128 babies 3
  38. 38 Lois 6,125 babies 3
  39. 39 Bonnie 5,957 babies 22
  40. 40 Kathleen 5,697 babies 8
  41. 41 Marie 5,542 babies 4
  42. 42 Brenda 5,442 babies 44
  43. 43 Norma 5,334 babies 5
  44. 44 Rose 5,198 babies 2
  45. 45 Diane 5,172 babies 6
  46. 46 Geraldine 5,150 babies 5
  47. 47 Jane 5,091 babies 1
  48. 48 Evelyn 4,982 babies 8
  49. 49 Carole 4,790 babies 2
  50. 50 Elaine 4,782 babies 5
  51. 51 Anna 4,717 babies 8
  52. 52 Wanda 4,708 babies 2
  53. 53 Catherine 4,584 babies 4
  54. 54 Joanne 4,418 babies 1
  55. 55 Charlotte 4,291 babies 11
  56. 56 Annie 4,216 babies 2
  57. 57 Patsy 4,079 babies 1
  58. 58 Mildred 3,938 babies 3
  59. 59 Louise 3,928 babies =
  60. 60 Sarah 3,869 babies 8
  61. 61 Sally 3,803 babies 9
  62. 62 Sylvia 3,802 babies =
  63. 63 Joann 3,789 babies 6
  64. 64 Marjorie 3,681 babies 4
  65. 65 Gail 3,621 babies 8
  66. 66 Ruby 3,619 babies 1
  67. 67 Dolores 3,604 babies 9
  68. 68 Eleanor 3,584 babies 5
  69. 69 Loretta 3,502 babies 4
  70. 70 Rita 3,442 babies 8
  71. 71 Roberta 3,431 babies =
  72. 72 Jo 3,427 babies 2
  73. 73 Irene 3,394 babies 1
  74. 74 Ellen 3,318 babies 6
  75. 75 Arlene 3,257 babies 6
  76. 76 Jacqueline 3,215 babies 4
  77. 77 Kay 3,200 babies 1
  78. 78 Juanita 3,174 babies 1
  79. 79 Darlene 3,120 babies 4
  80. 80 Marlene 3,118 babies 16
  81. 81 Sue 3,104 babies 11
  82. 82 June 2,949 babies 1
  83. 83 Delores 2,929 babies 4
  84. 84 Anne 2,897 babies 1
  85. 85 Rosemary 2,874 babies 8
  86. 86 Edna 2,835 babies 5
  87. 87 Anita 2,828 babies 10
  88. 88 Connie 2,795 babies 23
  89. 89 Josephine 2,744 babies 5
  90. 90 Jeanette 2,727 babies 8
  91. 91 Julia 2,709 babies =
  92. 92 Katherine 2,709 babies 9
  93. 93 Wilma 2,621 babies 6
  94. 94 Emma 2,606 babies 5
  95. 95 Lorraine 2,579 babies =
  96. 96 Rebecca 2,555 babies 38
  97. 97 Lillian 2,525 babies 2
  98. 98 Edith 2,510 babies 4
  99. 99 Audrey 2,501 babies 1
  100. 100 Florence 2,467 babies 4

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Source: Social Security Administration

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