100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1940s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Clifford -15 25,819
102 Rodney +52 24,844
103 Gordon -29 24,461
104 Jimmie -31 24,357
105 Jesse -2 24,334
106 Vincent -7 23,900
107 Warren -6 23,731
108 Lloyd -24 23,595
109 Leon -22 23,576
110 Jerome -8 23,106
111 Edwin -29 22,968
112 Brian +194 22,789
113 Victor +5 22,522
114 Bob -29 21,373
115 Floyd -38 20,997
116 Lewis -20 20,923
117 Harvey -20 20,757
118 Clyde -29 20,706
119 Alvin -26 20,705
120 Craig +274 20,287
121 Vernon -30 20,033
122 Leslie +12 19,387
123 Franklin -53 19,306
124 Calvin 0 19,237
125 Jon +74 19,035
126 Jay +23 18,663
127 Charlie -27 18,260
128 Darrell +15 18,226
129 Jackie -12 18,120
130 Dan +26 18,014
131 Allan +10 17,828
132 Randall +184 17,776
133 Joel +36 17,421
134 Gilbert -26 17,346
135 Benjamin -14 17,177
136 Lester -26 17,080
137 Duane -26 17,067
138 Tony +23 16,959
139 Leo -51 16,956
140 Herman -45 16,849
141 Jose -8 16,816
142 Glen -20 16,545
143 Johnnie -24 16,419
144 Dean -18 16,356
145 Arnold -38 16,029
146 Lonnie +29 15,895
147 Christopher +187 15,871
148 Nicholas +4 15,507
149 Freddie -1 15,371
150 Chester -27 15,283
151 Eric +180 15,191
152 Milton -36 14,873
153 Cecil -40 14,837
154 Lynn +53 14,200
155 Manuel -23 14,188
156 Randy +737 14,165
157 Roland -37 13,089
158 Ted -11 13,026
159 Dwight +80 12,861
160 Claude -31 12,814
161 Wesley -15 12,458
162 Neil -5 12,432
163 Sam -36 12,350
164 Scott +226 12,161
165 Dave +79 11,739
166 Wallace -38 11,464
167 Kevin +286 11,278
168 Hugh -30 10,992
169 Donnie +99 10,988
170 Elmer -61 10,874
171 Micheal +314 10,618
172 Willard -41 10,596
173 Juan +23 10,556
174 Maurice -44 10,479
175 Garry +206 10,319
176 Jessie -34 10,317
177 Marshall +10 10,239
178 Oscar -39 10,188
179 Edgar -44 9,805
180 Karl -1 9,723
181 Marion -45 9,667
182 Sidney -24 9,611
183 Stuart +52 9,528
184 Nathaniel 0 9,491
185 Alexander +4 9,479
186 Sammy +85 9,359
187 Everett -42 9,310
188 Benny +2 9,302
189 Guy -9 8,950
190 Virgil -50 8,947
191 Morris -29 8,801
192 Matthew +10 8,759
193 Earnest -27 8,704
194 Lyle -31 8,618
195 Max -58 8,522
196 Bennie -28 8,478
197 Wendell +7 8,376
198 Kent +112 8,347
199 Jonathan +246 8,298
200 Fredrick +16 8,228
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Ruby -56 31,871
102 Irene -53 31,818
103 Juanita -38 30,442
104 Maureen +68 30,259
105 Loretta -24 30,118
106 Jeanne +22 30,114
107 Constance +17 29,907
108 Lynn +209 29,384
109 Marlene -51 29,294
110 Arlene -43 29,094
111 Delores -55 28,501
112 Lynda +346 27,949
113 Julia -13 27,891
114 Marsha +313 27,410
115 Charlene +42 26,779
116 June -64 25,165
117 Jeanette -15 24,723
118 Edna -59 24,698
119 Josephine -55 24,320
120 Eleanor -74 23,758
121 Yvonne 0 23,672
122 Vicki +540 23,492
123 Vivian -15 22,914
124 Emma -38 22,787
125 Georgia +2 22,390
126 Lillian -69 22,308
127 Edith -43 22,146
128 Pauline -54 21,910
129 Wilma -54 21,192
130 Victoria +118 20,753
131 Ethel -51 20,580
132 Lucille -47 20,455
133 Florence -78 20,392
134 Sara -4 20,272
135 Margie -29 20,260
136 Thelma -73 20,230
137 Clara -58 20,028
138 Audrey -65 19,718
139 Grace -57 19,371
140 Teresa +90 19,329
141 Annette +14 19,176
142 Claudia +112 19,170
143 Gladys -75 19,059
144 Julie +175 19,034
145 Marion -57 18,490
146 Gwendolyn +41 18,342
147 Priscilla +65 18,122
148 Willie -44 18,098
149 Esther -53 17,638
150 Eva -41 17,563
151 Andrea +299 17,060
152 Maryann +66 17,053
153 Bernice -66 17,029
154 Rosa -12 16,793
155 Hazel -63 16,657
156 Billie -49 16,369
157 Bertha -41 16,225
158 Gayle +116 16,198
159 Bobbie -33 16,197
160 Pat +6 16,151
161 Maxine -42 16,071
162 Marian -59 16,041
163 Ella -41 15,973
164 Paulette +768 15,900
165 Joy -6 15,565
166 Beatrice -61 15,561
167 Cathy +781 15,551
168 Lillie -45 15,353
169 Janis +114 14,861
170 Leslie +382 14,856
171 Ida -51 14,291
172 Lynne +247 14,236
173 Deanna +87 13,739
174 Faye -10 13,707
175 Terry +299 13,698
176 Valerie +144 13,691
177 Rachel -9 13,410
178 Emily -8 13,408
179 Lucy -40 13,128
180 Janie +57 13,118
181 Penny +502 13,114
182 Jackie +39 13,090
183 Harriet -29 12,922
184 Regina +55 12,714
185 Rosalie -32 12,587
186 Alma -55 12,400
187 Angela +59 12,260
188 Vera -54 12,188
189 Jessie -52 12,148
190 Marianne +55 11,944
191 Stephanie +328 11,936
192 Jill +333 11,866
193 Mattie -53 11,778
194 Minnie -51 11,735
195 Caroline -17 11,625
196 Michele 11,604
197 Veronica +75 11,528
198 Patty -5 11,416
199 Rosie -30 11,404
200 Stella -25 11,360