1940
Top Baby Names of 1940
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1940
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Mary 56,214 2
Barbara 36,735 3
Patricia 32,667 4
Judith 22,385 5
Betty 22,077 6
Carol 21,759 7
Nancy 19,737 8
Linda 18,369 9
Shirley 17,880 10
Sandra 16,154 11
Margaret 15,062 12
Dorothy 14,875 13
Joyce 14,802 14
Joan 13,292 15
Carolyn 12,657 16
Judy 11,383 17
Sharon 11,120 18
Helen 10,203 19
Janet 10,105 20
Elizabeth 9,956 21
Virginia 9,554 22
Janice 9,318 23
Donna 9,232 24
Ruth 8,887 25
Marilyn 8,703 26
Martha 8,695 27
Beverly 8,658 28
Frances 8,621 29
Jean 8,064 30
Gloria 8,026 31
Doris 7,767 32
Alice 7,603 33
Phyllis 7,416 34
Karen 7,283 35
Ann 7,196 36
Susan 6,756 37
Peggy 6,128 38
Lois 6,124 39
Bonnie 5,957 40
Kathleen 5,697 41
Marie 5,542 42
Brenda 5,442 43
Norma 5,334 44
Rose 5,198 45
Diane 5,172 46
Geraldine 5,150 47
Jane 5,092 48
Evelyn 4,982 49
Carole 4,790 50
Elaine 4,782 51
Anna 4,717 52
Wanda 4,708 53
Catherine 4,584 54
Joanne 4,418 55
Charlotte 4,291 56
Annie 4,216 57
Patsy 4,078 58
Mildred 3,938 59
Louise 3,927 60
Sarah 3,869 61
Sally 3,803 62
Sylvia 3,802 63
Joann 3,790 64
Marjorie 3,681 65
Gail 3,621 66
Ruby 3,619 67
Dolores 3,604 68
Eleanor 3,584 69
Loretta 3,502 70
Rita 3,442 71
Roberta 3,431 72
Jo 3,427 73
Irene 3,394 74
Ellen 3,318 75
Arlene 3,257 76
Jacqueline 3,215 77
Kay 3,200 78
Juanita 3,174 79
Darlene 3,120 80
Marlene 3,118 81
Sue 3,106 82
June 2,949 83
Delores 2,929 84
Anne 2,897 85
Rosemary 2,874 86
Edna 2,836 87
Anita 2,828 88
Connie 2,795 89
Josephine 2,744 90
Jeanette 2,727 91
Katherine 2,709 92
Julia 2,708 93
Wilma 2,621 94
Emma 2,606 95
Lorraine 2,579 96
Rebecca 2,555 97
Lillian 2,525 98
Edith 2,510 99
Audrey 2,501 100
Florence 2,468 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1940
1
James 62,481 2
Robert 61,194 3
John 54,784 4
William 44,781 5
Richard 37,425 6
Charles 31,690 7
David 27,691 8
Thomas 23,992 9
Donald 23,113 10
Ronald 20,740 11
George 18,313 12
Joseph 18,207 13
Larry 17,200 14
Jerry 15,213 15
Kenneth 15,131 16
Edward 14,404 17
Paul 14,097 18
Michael 13,228 19
Gary 12,573 20
Frank 10,596 21
Gerald 10,237 22
Raymond 9,568 23
Harold 8,078 24
Dennis 7,845 25
Walter 7,723 26
Roger 7,597 27
Billy 7,596 28
Joe 7,216 29
Jack 7,049 30
Bobby 6,882 31
Henry 6,822 32
Carl 6,752 33
Arthur 6,510 34
Daniel 6,225 35
Willie 6,175 36
Lawrence 6,173 37
Ralph 5,838 38
Eugene 5,802 39
Wayne 5,727 40
Fred 5,582 41
Albert 5,571 42
Roy 5,564 43
Peter 5,049 44
Jimmy 4,962 45
Howard 4,824 46
Anthony 4,769 47
Harry 4,681 48
Norman 4,576 49
Stephen 4,422 50
Louis 4,324 51
Johnny 4,006 52
Earl 3,945 53
Melvin 3,935 54
Leonard 3,817 55
Bruce 3,789 56
Douglas 3,732 57
Dale 3,699 58
Ernest 3,698 59
Stanley 3,693 60
Philip 3,674 61
Francis 3,607 62
Don 3,547 63
Marvin 3,502 64
Clarence 3,487 65
Samuel 3,362 66
Leroy 3,311 67
Bill 3,267 68
Frederick 3,096 69
Alfred 3,062 70
Gene 3,061 71
Allen 3,028 72
Russell 3,012 73
Terry 2,982 74
Patrick 2,883 75
Herbert 2,875 76
Tommy 2,827 77
Ray 2,795 78
Jim 2,715 79
Phillip 2,628 80
Lee 2,623 81
Eddie 2,576 82
Bernard 2,468 83
Glenn 2,465 84
Andrew 2,431 85
Martin 2,423 86
Jimmie 2,408 87
Franklin 2,391 88
Alan 2,377 89
Leon 2,318 90
Theodore 2,306 91
Gordon 2,296 92
Tom 2,287 93
Jesse 2,205 94
Clifford 2,185 95
Jerome 2,178 96
Edwin 2,116 97
Curtis 2,103 98
Harvey 2,088 99
Bob 2,082 100
Lloyd 2,067 About 1940 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1940, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.