EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1940

United States · 2,302,700 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#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
#89Josephine2,744↓5
#90Jeanette2,727↓8
#91Julia2,709—
#91Katherine2,709
#93Wilma2,621↓6
#94Emma2,606↓5
#95Lorraine2,579—
#96Rebecca2,555
#97Lillian2,525↑2
#98Edith2,510
#99Audrey2,501↓1
#100Florence2,467↓4

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#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
#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
#99Bob2,082↓10
#100Lloyd2,067↓5