Year rank 1940

Names picked for kids in 1940

For a girl

1. mary

56213

2. barbara

36735

3. patricia

32665

4. judith

22384

5. betty

22075

6. carol

21761

7. nancy

19736

8. linda

18368

9. shirley

17879

10. sandra

16153

11. margaret

15061

12. dorothy

14876

13. joyce

14801

14. joan

13290

15. carolyn

12655

16. judy

11383

17. sharon

11121

18. helen

10203

19. janet

10105

20. elizabeth

9953

21. virginia

9555

22. janice

9318

23. donna

9232

24. ruth

8887

25. marilyn

8703

26. martha

8694

27. beverly

8658

28. frances

8621

29. jean

8066

30. gloria

8025

31. doris

7768

32. alice

7601

33. phyllis

7415

34. karen

7283

35. ann

7195

36. susan

6755

37. peggy

6127

38. lois

6125

39. bonnie

5958

40. kathleen

5697

41. marie

5541

42. brenda

5442

43. norma

5334

44. rose

5197

45. diane

5173

46. geraldine

5151

47. jane

5091

48. evelyn

4982

49. carole

4790

50. elaine

4782

51. anna

4717

52. wanda

4708

53. catherine

4583

54. joanne

4419

55. charlotte

4290

56. annie

4215

57. patsy

4077

58. mildred

3937

59. louise

3926

60. sarah

3870

61. sally

3803

62. sylvia

3802

63. joann

3790

64. marjorie

3681

65. gail

3621

66. ruby

3619

67. dolores

3604

68. eleanor

3584

69. loretta

3502

70. rita

3442

71. roberta

3431

72. jo

3427

73. irene

3394

74. ellen

3318

75. arlene

3257

76. jacqueline

3216

77. kay

3200

78. juanita

3175

79. darlene

3120

80. marlene

3118

81. sue

3106

82. june

2949

83. delores

2929

84. anne

2897

85. rosemary

2874

86. edna

2836

87. anita

2827

88. connie

2796

89. josephine

2743

90. jeanette

2727

91. katherine

2709

92. julia

2708

93. wilma

2621

94. emma

2607

95. lorraine

2579

96. rebecca

2555

97. lillian

2525

98. edith

2510

99. audrey

2501

100. florence

2468

For a boy

1. james

62483

2. robert

61194

3. john

54784

4. william

44773

5. richard

37427

6. charles

31685

7. david

27689

8. thomas

23990

9. donald

23112

10. ronald

20731

11. george

18312

12. joseph

18207

13. larry

17198

14. jerry

15211

15. kenneth

15132

16. edward

14404

17. paul

14096

18. michael

13228

19. gary

12572

20. frank

10597

21. gerald

10238

22. raymond

9569

23. harold

8077

24. dennis

7845

25. walter

7721

26. roger

7598

27. billy

7597

28. joe

7218

29. jack

7049

30. bobby

6883

31. henry

6820

32. carl

6752

33. arthur

6511

34. daniel

6224

35. willie

6174

36. lawrence

6172

37. ralph

5837

38. eugene

5800

39. wayne

5726

40. fred

5582

41. albert

5572

42. roy

5566

43. peter

5048

44. jimmy

4963

45. howard

4823

46. anthony

4769

47. harry

4681

48. norman

4575

49. stephen

4421

50. louis

4324

51. johnny

4004

52. earl

3945

53. melvin

3935

54. leonard

3817

55. bruce

3789

56. douglas

3732

57. dale

3699

58. ernest

3697

59. stanley

3693

60. philip

3674

61. francis

3607

62. don

3547

63. marvin

3501

64. clarence

3486

65. samuel

3362

66. leroy

3310

67. bill

3267

68. frederick

3095

69. alfred

3062

70. gene

3060

71. allen

3029

72. russell

3012

73. terry

2982

74. patrick

2883

75. herbert

2874

76. tommy

2826

77. ray

2795

78. jim

2715

79. phillip

2628

80. lee

2624

81. eddie

2577

82. bernard

2468

83. glenn

2465

84. andrew

2430

85. martin

2423

86. jimmie

2408

87. franklin

2391

88. alan

2377

89. leon

2319

90. theodore

2306

91. gordon

2296

92. tom

2287

93. jesse

2204

94. clifford

2184

95. jerome

2178

96. edwin

2116

97. curtis

2103

98. harvey

2088

99. bob

2082

100. lloyd

2067