Year rank 1939

Names picked for kids in 1939

For a girl

1. mary

54902

2. barbara

37258

3. patricia

29706

4. betty

23645

5. shirley

20448

6. carol

20166

7. nancy

19722

8. judith

16624

9. dorothy

15171

10. margaret

14950

11. joan

14140

12. joyce

13394

13. sandra

11970

14. carolyn

11290

15. linda

10713

16. helen

10418

17. janet

10119

18. elizabeth

9710

19. marilyn

9539

20. donna

9371

21. virginia

9227

22. ruth

9061

23. sharon

9014

24. janice

8780

25. beverly

8701

26. frances

8577

27. martha

8493

28. judy

8081

29. doris

7686

30. phyllis

7591

31. alice

7368

32. jean

7290

33. ann

6552

34. peggy

6049

35. lois

6034

36. gloria

5940

37. marie

5889

38. norma

5826

39. karen

5541

40. evelyn

5330

41. geraldine

5160

42. rose

5040

43. anna

4929

44. susan

4886

45. elaine

4786

46. jane

4771

47. carole

4679

48. kathleen

4656

49. catherine

4577

50. wanda

4558

51. diane

4338

52. sally

4244

53. joanne

4224

54. annie

4156

55. mildred

4137

56. patsy

4111

57. joann

3993

58. dolores

3980

59. louise

3958

60. marjorie

3908

61. bonnie

3887

62. sylvia

3871

63. eleanor

3810

64. marlene

3774

65. loretta

3769

66. charlotte

3739

67. ruby

3712

68. sarah

3672

69. arlene

3578

70. jo

3524

71. roberta

3409

72. jacqueline

3387

73. gail

3353

74. irene

3331

75. darlene

3287

76. kay

3260

77. juanita

3213

78. rita

3188

79. delores

3018

80. ellen

3005

81. edna

2904

82. jeanette

2892

83. june

2866

84. josephine

2838

85. anne

2769

86. brenda

2756

87. wilma

2700

88. thelma

2696

89. emma

2684

90. yvonne

2648

91. julia

2635

92. sue

2622

93. theresa

2612

94. rosemary

2611

95. lorraine

2592

96. florence

2592

97. anita

2588

98. audrey

2569

99. lillian

2553

100. ethel

2495

For a boy

1. robert

59657

2. james

59633

3. john

51022

4. william

42080

5. richard

35379

6. charles

30784

7. david

25361

8. donald

24057

9. thomas

22130

10. ronald

19836

11. george

17888

12. joseph

17720

13. kenneth

14714

14. larry

14531

15. edward

14425

16. jerry

13730

17. paul

13336

18. michael

10828

19. gerald

10056

20. frank

9988

21. gary

9679

22. raymond

9248

23. harold

8302

24. billy

7473

25. walter

7323

26. jack

7305

27. joe

7187

28. roger

7154

29. bobby

7055

30. carl

6593

31. henry

6561

32. arthur

6378

33. willie

6310

34. dennis

6213

35. ralph

5958

36. lawrence

5882

37. eugene

5870

38. daniel

5798

39. wayne

5653

40. fred

5539

41. albert

5477

42. roy

5155

43. jimmy

4752

44. norman

4742

45. harry

4661

46. peter

4640

47. howard

4612

48. anthony

4609

49. louis

4225

50. earl

3896

51. melvin

3853

52. marvin

3759

53. francis

3720

54. leonard

3712

55. ernest

3688

56. don

3587

57. stanley

3570

58. douglas

3564

59. dale

3531

60. clarence

3483

61. leroy

3389

62. johnny

3369

63. samuel

3254

64. bruce

3233

65. stephen

3176

66. philip

3174

67. bill

3161

68. herbert

3099

69. gene

3014

70. alfred

2989

71. frederick

2973

72. allen

2928

73. russell

2833

74. ray

2709

75. jim

2636

76. bernard

2624

77. tommy

2621

78. lee

2587

79. patrick

2529

80. jimmie

2524

81. eddie

2511

82. gordon

2507

83. terry

2443

84. andrew

2439

85. alan

2330

86. leon

2327

87. glenn

2302

88. clifford

2292

89. bob

2244

90. theodore

2196

91. martin

2192

92. phillip

2176

93. jerome

2152

94. floyd

2094

95. lloyd

2087

96. edwin

2063

97. tom

2027

98. curtis

2011

99. jesse

2010

100. vernon

1994