100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1940

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James +1 62,471
2 Robert -1 61,195
3 John 0 54,777
4 William 0 44,770
5 Richard 0 37,416
6 Charles 0 31,685
7 David 0 27,684
8 Thomas +1 23,987
9 Donald -1 23,104
10 Ronald 0 20,729
11 George 0 18,308
12 Joseph 0 18,205
13 Larry +1 17,200
14 Jerry +2 15,200
15 Kenneth -2 15,134
16 Edward -1 14,401
17 Paul 0 14,101
18 Michael 0 13,229
19 Gary +2 12,571
20 Frank 0 10,595
21 Gerald -2 10,241
22 Raymond 0 9,568
23 Harold 0 8,076
24 Dennis +10 7,845
25 Walter 0 7,723
26 Roger +2 7,598
27 Billy -3 7,596
28 Joe -1 7,221
29 Jack -3 7,046
30 Bobby -1 6,882
31 Henry 0 6,820
32 Carl -2 6,755
33 Arthur -1 6,508
34 Daniel +4 6,220
35 Willie -2 6,172
36 Lawrence 0 6,171
37 Ralph -2 5,835
38 Eugene -1 5,799
39 Wayne 0 5,726
40 Fred 0 5,586
41 Albert 0 5,572
42 Roy 0 5,564
43 Peter +3 5,049
44 Jimmy -1 4,962
45 Howard +3 4,824
46 Anthony +1 4,766
47 Harry -2 4,678
48 Norman -4 4,576
49 Stephen +16 4,423
50 Louis -1 4,325
51 Johnny +11 3,997
52 Earl -2 3,944
53 Melvin -2 3,934
54 Leonard 0 3,815
55 Bruce +9 3,789
56 Douglas +2 3,732
57 Dale +2 3,699
58 Ernest -3 3,696
59 Stanley -2 3,693
60 Philip +6 3,675
61 Francis -8 3,606
62 Don -6 3,544
63 Marvin -11 3,499
64 Clarence -4 3,485
65 Samuel -2 3,360
66 Leroy -5 3,310
67 Bill 0 3,268
68 Frederick +3 3,093
69 Alfred +1 3,062
70 Gene -1 3,058
71 Allen +1 3,031
72 Russell +1 3,011
73 Terry +10 2,981
74 Patrick +5 2,882
75 Herbert -7 2,874
76 Tommy +1 2,826
77 Ray -3 2,794
78 Jim -3 2,714
79 Lee -1 2,625
80 Phillip +12 2,625
81 Eddie 0 2,578
82 Bernard -6 2,468
83 Glenn +4 2,465
84 Andrew 0 2,430
85 Martin +6 2,423
86 Jimmie -6 2,408
87 Franklin +19 2,391
88 Alan -3 2,376
89 Leon -3 2,317
90 Theodore 0 2,306
91 Gordon -9 2,293
92 Tom +5 2,287
93 Jesse +6 2,206
94 Clifford -6 2,184
95 Jerome -2 2,178
96 Edwin 0 2,115
97 Curtis +1 2,103
98 Harvey +4 2,085
99 Bob -10 2,082
100 Lloyd -5 2,066
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 56,201
2 Barbara 0 36,733
3 Patricia 0 32,662
4 Judith +4 22,380
5 Betty -1 22,074
6 Carol 0 21,761
7 Nancy 0 19,732
8 Linda +7 18,368
9 Shirley -4 17,878
10 Sandra +3 16,150
11 Margaret -1 15,058
12 Dorothy -3 14,877
13 Joyce -1 14,800
14 Joan -3 13,287
15 Carolyn -1 12,657
16 Judy +12 11,382
17 Sharon +6 11,119
18 Helen -2 10,199
19 Janet -2 10,104
20 Elizabeth -2 9,952
21 Virginia 0 9,553
22 Janice +2 9,315
23 Donna -3 9,230
24 Ruth -2 8,886
25 Marilyn -6 8,700
26 Martha +1 8,692
27 Beverly -2 8,656
28 Frances -2 8,618
29 Jean +3 8,066
30 Gloria +6 8,025
31 Doris -2 7,765
32 Alice -1 7,602
33 Phyllis -3 7,416
34 Karen +5 7,283
35 Ann -2 7,194
36 Susan +8 6,755
37 Peggy -3 6,128
38 Lois -3 6,125
39 Bonnie +22 5,958
40 Kathleen +8 5,697
41 Marie -4 5,542
42 Brenda +44 5,441
43 Norma -5 5,334
44 Rose -2 5,198
45 Diane +6 5,172
46 Geraldine -5 5,152
47 Jane -1 5,089
48 Evelyn -8 4,983
49 Carole -2 4,788
50 Elaine -5 4,782
51 Anna -8 4,717
52 Wanda -2 4,708
53 Catherine -4 4,581
54 Joanne -1 4,419
55 Charlotte +11 4,290
56 Annie -2 4,218
57 Patsy -1 4,080
58 Mildred -3 3,936
59 Louise 0 3,924
60 Sarah +8 3,869
61 Sally -9 3,805
62 Sylvia 0 3,801
63 Joann -6 3,791
64 Marjorie -4 3,682
65 Gail +8 3,621
66 Ruby +1 3,618
67 Dolores -9 3,606
68 Eleanor -5 3,583
69 Loretta -4 3,502
70 Rita +8 3,441
71 Roberta 0 3,432
72 Jo -2 3,427
73 Irene +1 3,396
74 Ellen +6 3,319
75 Arlene -6 3,258
76 Jacqueline -4 3,218
77 Kay -1 3,200
78 Juanita -1 3,173
79 Darlene -4 3,120
80 Marlene -16 3,118
81 Sue +11 3,105
82 June +1 2,948
83 Delores -4 2,928
84 Anne +1 2,897
85 Rosemary +9 2,874
86 Edna -5 2,834
87 Anita +10 2,827
88 Connie +23 2,796
89 Josephine -5 2,741
90 Jeanette -8 2,727
91 Katherine +10 2,709
92 Julia -1 2,706
93 Wilma -6 2,621
94 Emma -5 2,607
95 Lorraine +1 2,582
96 Rebecca +38 2,555
97 Lillian +2 2,523
98 Edith +4 2,509
99 Audrey -1 2,501
100 Florence -5 2,465