Top names of 1939

Girls

1Mary54,900– 2Barbara37,257– 3Patricia29,701– 4Betty23,639– 5Shirley20,447– 6Carol20,166– 7Nancy19,723– 8Judith16,625▲ 4 9Dorothy15,169▼ 1 10Margaret14,949▼ 1 11Joan14,143▼ 1 12Joyce13,394▼ 1 13Sandra11,970▲ 1 14Carolyn11,290▲ 1 15Linda10,713▲ 16 16Helen10,420▼ 3 17Janet10,120▼ 1 18Elizabeth9,709▼ 1 19Marilyn9,538– 20Donna9,371– 21Virginia9,227▲ 1 22Ruth9,062▼ 1 23Sharon9,014▲ 7 24Janice8,778– 25Beverly8,706▼ 7 26Frances8,577▼ 3 27Martha8,493▼ 1 28Judy8,081▲ 13 29Doris7,687▼ 4 30Phyllis7,590▼ 2 31Alice7,365▼ 2 32Jean7,292▼ 5 33Ann6,551▼ 1 34Peggy6,050▲ 1 35Lois6,034▼ 2 36Gloria5,939– 37Marie5,890– 38Norma5,827▼ 4 39Karen5,541▲ 11 40Evelyn5,332▼ 2 41Geraldine5,160▲ 4 42Rose5,040▼ 3 43Anna4,929▼ 3 44Susan4,887▲ 27 45Elaine4,785▼ 3 46Jane4,771▼ 2 47Carole4,679▼ 1 48Kathleen4,656▲ 10 49Catherine4,577▼ 1 50Wanda4,557▼ 1 51Diane4,340▲ 13 52Sally4,244▲ 2 53Joanne4,225▲ 4 54Annie4,155▼ 7 55Mildred4,137▼ 3 56Patsy4,111▼ 1 57Joann3,994▲ 11 58Dolores3,980▼ 15 59Louise3,956– 60Marjorie3,907▼ 7 61Bonnie3,887▲ 4 62Sylvia3,870▼ 6 63Eleanor3,810▼ 3 64Marlene3,773▼ 13 65Loretta3,769▼ 3 66Charlotte3,739▲ 4 67Ruby3,712▼ 6 68Sarah3,671▼ 1 69Arlene3,578▼ 6 70Jo3,524▲ 8 71Roberta3,409▲ 2 72Jacqueline3,388▼ 3 73Gail3,355▲ 4 74Irene3,331▼ 2 75Darlene3,287▲ 1 76Kay3,260▲ 5 77Juanita3,212▲ 3 78Rita3,188▼ 4 79Delores3,018▼ 4 80Ellen3,005▲ 9 81Edna2,904▲ 1 82Jeanette2,893▲ 9 83June2,867▼ 4 84Josephine2,837▼ 1 85Anne2,769▼ 1 86Brenda2,756▲ 158 87Wilma2,701▼ 2 88Thelma2,696▼ 2 89Emma2,685▲ 7 90Yvonne2,648▲ 11 91Julia2,635▲ 16 92Sue2,623▲ 12 93Rosemary2,612▲ 2 94Theresa2,611▼ 2 95Lorraine2,593▼ 2 96Florence2,592▼ 7 97Anita2,588▲ 2 98Audrey2,569▼ 11 99Lillian2,551▼ 11 100Ethel2,496▼ 6

Boys

1Robert59,666– 2James59,636– 3John51,025– 4William42,071– 5Richard35,386– 6Charles30,789– 7David25,360▲ 1 8Donald24,056▼ 1 9Thomas22,129– 10Ronald19,837– 11George17,886– 12Joseph17,722– 13Kenneth14,715▲ 1 14Larry14,532▲ 2 15Edward14,427▼ 2 16Jerry13,729▲ 1 17Paul13,337▼ 2 18Michael10,828▲ 3 19Gerald10,057– 20Frank9,991▼ 2 21Gary9,684▲ 1 22Raymond9,252▼ 2 23Harold8,299– 24Billy7,474– 25Walter7,322▲ 1 26Jack7,306▼ 1 27Joe7,189▲ 1 28Roger7,155▲ 3 29Bobby7,057▼ 2 30Carl6,593▼ 1 31Henry6,561▼ 1 32Arthur6,380– 33Willie6,308▲ 1 34Dennis6,212▲ 15 35Ralph5,959– 36Lawrence5,882– 37Eugene5,869▼ 4 38Daniel5,797▲ 1 39Wayne5,653▲ 1 40Fred5,538▼ 2 41Albert5,477▼ 4 42Roy5,156▼ 1 43Jimmy4,753▲ 2 44Norman4,742▼ 1 45Harry4,661▼ 1 46Peter4,639▲ 2 47Howard4,613▼ 5 48Anthony4,610▼ 2 49Louis4,224▼ 2 50Earl3,896– 51Melvin3,853▲ 3 52Marvin3,758– 53Francis3,721▼ 2 54Leonard3,711▲ 3 55Ernest3,688– 56Don3,589▼ 4 57Stanley3,570▲ 2 58Douglas3,564▲ 2 59Dale3,531▼ 3 60Clarence3,482▼ 2 61Leroy3,388– 62Johnny3,371▲ 1 63Samuel3,254▼ 1 64Bruce3,233▲ 2 65Stephen3,176▲ 9 66Philip3,174▼ 2 67Bill3,161– 68Herbert3,097– 69Gene3,014▼ 4 70Alfred2,990▼ 1 71Frederick2,972– 72Allen2,928▲ 1 73Russell2,833▼ 3 74Ray2,709▼ 2 75Jim2,636▲ 6 76Bernard2,624▼ 1 77Tommy2,622– 78Lee2,589▲ 2 79Patrick2,530▲ 9 80Jimmie2,524▼ 4 81Eddie2,511▼ 2 82Gordon2,508▼ 4 83Terry2,444▲ 3 84Andrew2,440▼ 2 85Alan2,330▲ 6 86Leon2,327▼ 1 87Glenn2,303▼ 4 88Clifford2,290▲ 1 89Bob2,244▲ 5 90Theodore2,196▼ 6 91Martin2,192▼ 4 92Phillip2,175▲ 3 93Jerome2,153– 94Floyd2,094▲ 2 95Lloyd2,087▼ 3 96Edwin2,063▼ 6 97Tom2,028▲ 9 98Curtis2,012▲ 3 99Jesse2,010▲ 8 100Vernon1,994▲ 3