Top names of 1940

Girls

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

Boys

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