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Most popular baby names in 1940
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1940. The name "James" was the most popular name for a boy in 1940 with 62473 births. For a girl it was Mary with 54377 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1940 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. James
62473
2. Robert
61194
3. John
54766
4. William
44775
5. Richard
37418
6. Charles
31679
7. David
27685
8. Thomas
23985
9. Donald
23106
10. Ronald
20730
11. George
18307
12. Joseph
18204
13. Larry
17197
14. Jerry
15197
15. Kenneth
15133
16. Edward
14400
17. Paul
14104
18. Michael
13231
19. Gary
12565
20. Frank
10596
21. Gerald
10240
22. Raymond
9564
23. Harold
8074
24. Dennis
7837
25. Walter
7722
Girl names
# Births
1. Mary
54377
2. Barbara
35136
3. Patricia
30985
4. Betty
21471
5. Judith
21345
6. Carol
20681
7. Nancy
18841
8. Shirley
17292
9. Linda
16799
10. Sandra
15314
11. Dorothy
14481
12. Margaret
14433
13. Joyce
14291
14. Joan
12697
15. Carolyn
12103
16. Judy
10647
17. Sharon
10199
18. Helen
9861
19. Janet
9690
20. Elizabeth
9653
21. Virginia
9051
22. Janice
8887
23. Ruth
8608
24. Donna
8601
25. Martha
8426
26. Roger
7599
27. Billy
7576
28. Joe
7211
29. Jack
7042
30. Bobby
6866
31. Henry
6818
32. Carl
6750
33. Arthur
6507
34. Daniel
6216
35. Lawrence
6168
36. Willie
6143
37. Ralph
5830
38. Eugene
5795
39. Wayne
5724
40. Fred
5585
41. Albert
5569
42. Roy
5555
43. Peter
5039
44. Jimmy
4951
45. Howard
4818
46. Anthony
4763
47. Harry
4677
48. Norman
4576
49. Stephen
4422
50. Louis
4319
51. Johnny
3971
52. Earl
3934
53. Melvin
3924
54. Leonard
3815
55. Bruce
3782
56. Douglas
3728
57. Dale
3692
58. Ernest
3690
59. Stanley
3689
60. Philip
3669
61. Francis
3596
62. Don
3526
63. Marvin
3491
64. Clarence
3475
65. Samuel
3355
66. Leroy
3299
67. Bill
3254
68. Frederick
3075
69. Alfred
3052
70. Gene
3049
71. Allen
3027
72. Russell
2999
73. Terry
2969
74. Patrick
2879
75. Herbert
2859
76. Tommy
2811
77. Ray
2783
78. Jim
2698
79. Phillip
2613
80. Lee
2611
81. Eddie
2556
82. Bernard
2456
83. Glenn
2453
84. Andrew
2424
85. Martin
2410
86. Jimmie
2381
87. Franklin
2375
88. Alan
2357
89. Leon
2311
90. Theodore
2302
91. Gordon
2282
92. Tom
2281
93. Jesse
2187
94. Clifford
2174
95. Jerome
2165
96. Edwin
2112
97. Curtis
2076
98. Harvey
2073
99. Bob
2066
100. Lloyd
2058
26. Frances
8248
27. Beverly
8213
28. Marilyn
8178
29. Jean
7742
30. Doris
7599
31. Gloria
7557
32. Alice
7266
33. Phyllis
7156
34. Karen
6948
35. Ann
6898
36. Susan
6127
37. Peggy
5937
38. Lois
5936
39. Bonnie
5578
40. Kathleen
5347
41. Marie
5315
42. Brenda
5200
43. Norma
5093
44. Rose
5004
45. Geraldine
4969
46. Jane
4940
47. Evelyn
4772
48. Anna
4607
49. Diane
4590
50. Elaine
4570
51. Wanda
4567
52. Carole
4454
53. Catherine
4429
54. Joanne
4160
55. Annie
4143
56. Charlotte
4107
57. Patsy
3949
58. Mildred
3862
59. Sarah
3781
60. Louise
3753
61. Sylvia
3620
62. Joann
3606
63. Sally
3555
64. Ruby
3534
65. Marjorie
3483
66. Eleanor
3410
67. Gail
3370
68. Rita
3325
69. Dolores
3324
70. Loretta
3308
71. Jo
3239
72. Roberta
3202
73. Ellen
3191
74. Irene
3113
75. Kay
3069
76. Arlene
3065
77. Jacqueline
3037
78. Juanita
3034
79. Sue
2919
80. Marlene
2918
81. Delores
2856
82. June
2833
83. Darlene
2827
84. Anne
2768
85. Edna
2737
86. Rosemary
2728
87. Anita
2639
88. Connie
2615
89. Josephine
2600
90. Julia
2583
91. Jeanette
2577
92. Emma
2547
93. Katherine
2541
94. Wilma
2531
95. Lorraine
2458
96. Audrey
2447
97. Rebecca
2440
98. Edith
2424
99. Lillian
2420
100. Thelma
2402
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