100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1939

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 59,645
2 James 0 59,628
3 John 0 51,017
4 William 0 42,078
5 Richard 0 35,372
6 Charles 0 30,785
7 David +1 25,361
8 Donald -1 24,055
9 Thomas 0 22,127
10 Ronald 0 19,835
11 George 0 17,887
12 Joseph 0 17,715
13 Kenneth +1 14,710
14 Larry +2 14,528
15 Edward -2 14,428
16 Jerry +1 13,729
17 Paul -2 13,331
18 Michael +3 10,824
19 Gerald 0 10,052
20 Frank -2 9,987
21 Gary +1 9,680
22 Raymond -2 9,247
23 Harold 0 8,302
24 Billy 0 7,469
25 Walter +1 7,319
26 Jack -1 7,306
27 Joe +1 7,192
28 Roger +3 7,152
29 Bobby -2 7,055
30 Carl -1 6,594
31 Henry -1 6,557
32 Arthur 0 6,380
33 Willie +1 6,303
34 Dennis +15 6,211
35 Ralph 0 5,957
36 Lawrence 0 5,882
37 Eugene -4 5,875
38 Daniel +1 5,797
39 Wayne +1 5,651
40 Fred -2 5,536
41 Albert -4 5,477
42 Roy -1 5,153
43 Jimmy +2 4,751
44 Norman -1 4,741
45 Harry -1 4,663
46 Peter +2 4,642
47 Anthony -1 4,609
48 Howard -6 4,607
49 Louis -2 4,224
50 Earl 0 3,894
51 Melvin +3 3,852
52 Marvin +1 3,759
53 Francis -2 3,721
54 Leonard +3 3,713
55 Ernest 0 3,687
56 Don -4 3,585
57 Stanley +2 3,570
58 Douglas +2 3,564
59 Dale -3 3,531
60 Clarence -2 3,481
61 Leroy 0 3,388
62 Johnny +1 3,371
63 Samuel -1 3,253
64 Bruce +2 3,233
65 Stephen +9 3,176
66 Philip -2 3,172
67 Bill 0 3,159
68 Herbert 0 3,097
69 Gene -4 3,012
70 Alfred -1 2,988
71 Frederick 0 2,971
72 Allen +1 2,928
73 Russell -3 2,830
74 Ray -2 2,708
75 Jim +6 2,635
76 Bernard -1 2,626
77 Tommy 0 2,622
78 Lee +2 2,586
79 Patrick +9 2,532
80 Jimmie -4 2,523
81 Eddie -2 2,509
82 Gordon -4 2,508
83 Terry +3 2,445
84 Andrew -2 2,440
85 Alan +6 2,330
86 Leon -1 2,328
87 Glenn -4 2,302
88 Clifford +1 2,292
89 Bob +5 2,244
90 Theodore -6 2,195
91 Martin -4 2,192
92 Phillip +3 2,176
93 Jerome 0 2,152
94 Floyd +2 2,093
95 Lloyd -3 2,087
96 Edwin -6 2,063
97 Tom +9 2,026
98 Curtis +3 2,011
99 Jesse +8 2,009
100 Vernon +3 1,994
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 54,903
2 Barbara 0 37,258
3 Patricia 0 29,706
4 Betty 0 23,640
5 Shirley 0 20,446
6 Carol 0 20,166
7 Nancy 0 19,728
8 Judith +4 16,626
9 Dorothy -1 15,171
10 Margaret -1 14,952
11 Joan -1 14,140
12 Joyce -1 13,394
13 Sandra +1 11,970
14 Carolyn +1 11,291
15 Linda +16 10,714
16 Helen -3 10,418
17 Janet -1 10,114
18 Elizabeth -1 9,707
19 Marilyn 0 9,539
20 Donna 0 9,370
21 Virginia +1 9,227
22 Ruth -1 9,060
23 Sharon +7 9,013
24 Janice 0 8,779
25 Beverly -7 8,701
26 Frances -3 8,578
27 Martha -1 8,493
28 Judy +13 8,082
29 Doris -4 7,683
30 Phyllis -2 7,590
31 Alice -2 7,367
32 Jean -5 7,290
33 Ann -1 6,550
34 Peggy +1 6,048
35 Lois -2 6,033
36 Gloria 0 5,939
37 Marie 0 5,889
38 Norma -4 5,827
39 Karen +11 5,542
40 Evelyn -2 5,329
41 Geraldine +4 5,159
42 Rose -3 5,040
43 Anna -3 4,931
44 Susan +28 4,886
45 Elaine -3 4,785
46 Jane -2 4,770
47 Carole -1 4,679
48 Kathleen +10 4,656
49 Catherine -1 4,576
50 Wanda -1 4,559
51 Diane +13 4,339
52 Sally +2 4,243
53 Joanne +4 4,224
54 Annie -7 4,149
55 Mildred -3 4,137
56 Patsy -1 4,110
57 Joann +11 3,993
58 Dolores -15 3,979
59 Louise 0 3,958
60 Marjorie -7 3,906
61 Bonnie +4 3,888
62 Sylvia -6 3,870
63 Eleanor -3 3,810
64 Marlene -13 3,774
65 Loretta -3 3,771
66 Charlotte +4 3,740
67 Ruby -6 3,712
68 Sarah -1 3,670
69 Arlene -6 3,576
70 Jo +8 3,524
71 Roberta +2 3,410
72 Jacqueline -3 3,388
73 Gail +4 3,353
74 Irene -3 3,330
75 Darlene 0 3,287
76 Kay +5 3,259
77 Juanita +3 3,213
78 Rita -4 3,188
79 Delores -3 3,020
80 Ellen +9 3,006
81 Edna +1 2,904
82 Jeanette +9 2,892
83 June -4 2,864
84 Josephine -1 2,839
85 Anne -1 2,768
86 Brenda +158 2,756
87 Wilma -2 2,700
88 Thelma -2 2,696
89 Emma +7 2,685
90 Yvonne +11 2,647
91 Julia +16 2,637
92 Sue +12 2,621
93 Theresa -1 2,612
94 Rosemary +1 2,611
95 Florence -5 2,593
96 Lorraine -3 2,591
97 Anita +2 2,588
98 Audrey -11 2,567
99 Lillian -11 2,554
100 Ethel -6 2,493