100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1940s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James +1 795,660
2 Robert -1 758,018
3 John 0 711,528
4 William 0 556,399
5 Richard 0 477,396
6 David +5 426,293
7 Charles -1 361,691
8 Thomas +1 350,739
9 Michael +26 336,533
10 Ronald +3 282,417
11 Larry +19 255,858
12 Donald -5 247,755
13 Joseph -3 230,239
14 Gary +31 217,732
15 George -7 208,986
16 Kenneth -1 198,512
17 Paul -3 183,330
18 Edward -6 174,765
19 Jerry +4 167,220
20 Dennis +51 162,091
21 Frank -5 119,401
22 Daniel +20 112,756
23 Raymond -6 109,063
24 Roger +17 107,584
25 Stephen +80 106,789
26 Gerald -5 103,325
27 Walter -5 83,720
28 Harold -9 82,152
29 Steven +212 81,205
30 Douglas +42 80,755
31 Lawrence +5 80,439
32 Terry +112 76,954
33 Wayne +16 75,118
34 Arthur -6 73,958
35 Jack -17 73,915
36 Carl -7 72,729
37 Henry -11 72,465
38 Willie -5 72,401
39 Bruce +42 72,086
40 Joe -16 72,000
41 Peter +17 69,334
42 Billy -22 67,820
43 Roy -5 65,623
44 Ralph -13 64,963
45 Anthony +2 64,817
46 Jimmy +13 63,508
47 Albert -15 60,264
48 Bobby -21 58,878
49 Eugene -24 57,260
50 Johnny +28 57,184
51 Fred -17 56,655
52 Harry -15 56,239
53 Howard -14 53,525
54 Mark +129 50,729
55 Alan +60 50,303
56 Louis -13 49,419
57 Philip +10 48,731
58 Patrick +46 48,613
59 Dale +2 46,802
60 Danny +125 46,654
61 Stanley -6 46,265
62 Leonard -10 44,277
63 Timothy +169 43,490
64 Gregory +217 43,219
65 Samuel -2 43,120
66 Ronnie +101 42,452
67 Norman -27 42,166
68 Ernest -17 41,755
69 Russell -1 41,326
70 Francis -22 39,518
71 Melvin -17 39,227
72 Earl -28 39,125
73 Frederick -4 39,103
74 Allen +5 39,044
75 Bill -13 37,758
76 Tommy +22 37,037
77 Phillip +35 36,985
78 Marvin -28 36,435
79 Steve +92 36,282
80 Don -23 36,246
81 Clarence -35 36,190
82 Barry +113 36,188
83 Glenn -3 35,712
84 Jim +10 35,628
85 Eddie +5 34,799
86 Mike +90 34,644
87 Andrew -12 34,618
88 Jeffrey +601 34,341
89 Leroy -33 33,855
90 Alfred -30 31,991
91 Martin +1 31,405
92 Lee -9 30,976
93 Tom +21 29,881
94 Ray -29 29,653
95 Herbert -42 28,697
96 Gene -30 27,737
97 Bernard -33 26,444
98 Theodore -22 26,243
99 Curtis +7 26,003
100 Keith +25 25,870
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 640,023
2 Linda +87 531,631
3 Barbara 0 425,242
4 Patricia +1 411,393
5 Carol +6 292,321
6 Sandra +42 265,523
7 Nancy +2 252,037
8 Sharon +75 221,223
9 Judith +31 218,017
10 Susan +107 212,012
11 Betty -9 194,612
12 Carolyn +17 181,844
13 Margaret -5 173,013
14 Shirley -10 171,773
15 Judy +97 167,711
16 Karen +122 167,689
17 Donna +6 165,519
18 Kathleen +54 152,978
19 Joyce -7 151,484
20 Dorothy -14 132,245
21 Janet +5 130,744
22 Diane +93 122,869
23 Janice +19 118,880
24 Joan -17 117,696
25 Elizabeth -8 116,535
26 Brenda +269 112,403
27 Gloria +4 105,041
28 Virginia -13 98,992
29 Marilyn -13 98,968
30 Martha -6 95,378
31 Beverly -11 95,122
32 Helen -22 90,737
33 Bonnie +33 86,876
34 Ruth -20 85,657
35 Frances -16 85,431
36 Jean -18 80,364
37 Ann -3 76,792
38 Phyllis -11 76,134
39 Pamela +442 73,116
40 Jane +7 72,531
41 Alice -19 72,387
42 Peggy -5 72,114
43 Cheryl +566 70,957
44 Doris -31 64,132
45 Catherine -6 62,078
46 Elaine +5 60,105
47 Cynthia +144 58,057
48 Marie -15 57,516
49 Lois -28 56,852
50 Connie +95 56,595
51 Christine +78 54,567
52 Diana +143 53,689
53 Gail +91 53,139
54 Joanne -1 51,652
55 Rose -19 51,636
56 Wanda -6 50,772
57 Carole +37 50,304
58 Rita -4 49,852
59 Charlotte +12 49,475
60 Jo +30 48,446
61 Evelyn -31 48,159
62 Geraldine -24 47,936
63 Jacqueline +15 45,558
64 Ellen +34 45,401
65 Sally +5 45,342
66 Rebecca +97 45,308
67 Kathryn +43 44,581
68 Deborah +324 44,059
69 Norma -41 43,025
70 Suzanne +91 41,402
71 Anna -39 41,280
72 Sue +53 40,943
73 Darlene +22 40,320
74 Patsy -13 40,277
75 Joann -6 40,012
76 Sarah -16 39,973
77 Katherine +20 39,911
78 Paula +126 39,040
79 Annie -35 38,715
80 Louise -39 38,653
81 Roberta +12 38,048
82 Sylvia -6 37,282
83 Anne +8 36,144
84 Theresa -7 35,792
85 Sheila +92 35,739
86 Maria +32 35,563
87 Laura +12 35,074
88 Kathy +543 34,766
89 Eileen +24 34,691
90 Marcia +59 34,395
91 Rosemary +10 34,295
92 Glenda +87 33,347
93 Dolores -68 33,099
94 Mildred -59 33,064
95 Lorraine -33 33,047
96 Marjorie -53 32,900
97 Sherry +237 32,757
98 Kay +38 32,650
99 Anita +15 32,528
100 Dianne +212 32,292