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The most popular names in 1940

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‹ 19391941 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #11Margaret15,063
  12. #12Dorothy14,875
  13. #13Joyce14,801
  14. #14Joan13,292
  15. #15Carolyn12,657
  16. #16Judy11,382
  17. #17Sharon11,121
  18. #18Helen10,203
  19. #19Janet10,105
  20. #20Elizabeth9,955
  21. #21Virginia9,554
  22. #22Janice9,318
  23. #23Donna9,232
  24. #24Ruth8,888
  25. #25Marilyn8,704
  26. #26Martha8,695
  27. #27Beverly8,657
  28. #28Frances8,621
  29. #29Jean8,063
  30. #30Gloria8,026
  31. #31Doris7,767
  32. #32Alice7,603
  33. #33Phyllis7,416
  34. #34Karen7,283
  35. #35Ann7,196
  36. #36Susan6,756
  37. #37Peggy6,128
  38. #38Lois6,125
  39. #39Bonnie5,957
  40. #40Kathleen5,697
  41. #41Marie5,542
  42. #42Brenda5,442
  43. #43Norma5,334
  44. #44Rose5,198
  45. #45Diane5,172
  46. #46Geraldine5,150
  47. #47Jane5,091
  48. #48Evelyn4,982
  49. #49Carole4,790
  50. #50Elaine4,782
  51. #51Anna4,717
  52. #52Wanda4,708
  53. #53Catherine4,584
  54. #54Joanne4,418
  55. #55Charlotte4,291
  56. #56Annie4,216
  57. #57Patsy4,079
  58. #58Mildred3,938
  59. #59Louise3,928
  60. #60Sarah3,869
  61. #61Sally3,803
  62. #62Sylvia3,802
  63. #63Joann3,789
  64. #64Marjorie3,681
  65. #65Gail3,621
  66. #66Ruby3,619
  67. #67Dolores3,604
  68. #68Eleanor3,584
  69. #69Loretta3,502
  70. #70Rita3,442
  71. #71Roberta3,431
  72. #72Jo3,427
  73. #73Irene3,394
  74. #74Ellen3,318
  75. #75Arlene3,257
  76. #76Jacqueline3,215
  77. #77Kay3,200
  78. #78Juanita3,174
  79. #79Darlene3,120
  80. #80Marlene3,118
  81. #81Sue3,104
  82. #82June2,949
  83. #83Delores2,929
  84. #84Anne2,897
  85. #85Rosemary2,874
  86. #86Edna2,835
  87. #87Anita2,828
  88. #88Connie2,795
  89. #89Josephine2,744
  90. #90Jeanette2,727
  91. #91Julia2,709
  92. #91Katherine2,709
  93. #93Wilma2,621
  94. #94Emma2,606
  95. #95Lorraine2,579
  96. #96Rebecca2,555
  97. #97Lillian2,525
  98. #98Edith2,510
  99. #99Audrey2,501
  100. #100Florence2,467

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #11George18,315
  12. #12Joseph18,208
  13. #13Larry17,199
  14. #14Jerry15,213
  15. #15Kenneth15,132
  16. #16Edward14,405
  17. #17Paul14,097
  18. #18Michael13,228
  19. #19Gary12,573
  20. #20Frank10,595
  21. #21Gerald10,236
  22. #22Raymond9,567
  23. #23Harold8,080
  24. #24Dennis7,845
  25. #25Walter7,723
  26. #26Roger7,598
  27. #27Billy7,596
  28. #28Joe7,216
  29. #29Jack7,048
  30. #30Bobby6,882
  31. #31Henry6,822
  32. #32Carl6,752
  33. #33Arthur6,510
  34. #34Daniel6,225
  35. #35Willie6,176
  36. #36Lawrence6,173
  37. #37Ralph5,838
  38. #38Eugene5,804
  39. #39Wayne5,727
  40. #40Fred5,581
  41. #41Albert5,572
  42. #42Roy5,565
  43. #43Peter5,049
  44. #44Jimmy4,962
  45. #45Howard4,824
  46. #46Anthony4,769
  47. #47Harry4,681
  48. #48Norman4,576
  49. #49Stephen4,423
  50. #50Louis4,324
  51. #51Johnny4,006
  52. #52Earl3,944
  53. #53Melvin3,935
  54. #54Leonard3,817
  55. #55Bruce3,789
  56. #56Douglas3,732
  57. #57Dale3,699
  58. #58Ernest3,698
  59. #59Stanley3,694
  60. #60Philip3,674
  61. #61Francis3,607
  62. #62Don3,547
  63. #63Marvin3,502
  64. #64Clarence3,487
  65. #65Samuel3,364
  66. #66Leroy3,311
  67. #67Bill3,267
  68. #68Frederick3,096
  69. #69Alfred3,062
  70. #70Gene3,060
  71. #71Allen3,029
  72. #72Russell3,012
  73. #73Terry2,982
  74. #74Patrick2,883
  75. #75Herbert2,875
  76. #76Tommy2,827
  77. #77Ray2,795
  78. #78Jim2,715
  79. #79Phillip2,628
  80. #80Lee2,624
  81. #81Eddie2,576
  82. #82Bernard2,468
  83. #83Glenn2,465
  84. #84Andrew2,431
  85. #85Martin2,423
  86. #86Jimmie2,408
  87. #87Franklin2,391
  88. #88Alan2,377
  89. #89Leon2,318
  90. #90Theodore2,306
  91. #91Gordon2,296
  92. #92Tom2,287
  93. #93Jesse2,205
  94. #94Clifford2,185
  95. #95Jerome2,178
  96. #96Edwin2,116
  97. #97Curtis2,103
  98. #98Harvey2,088
  99. #99Bob2,082
  100. #100Lloyd2,067