Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	54,900
2	Barbara	37,257
3	Patricia	29,701
4	Betty	23,639
5	Shirley	20,447
6	Carol	20,166
7	Nancy	19,723
8	Judith	16,625
9	Dorothy	15,169
10	Margaret	14,949
11	Joan	14,143
12	Joyce	13,394
13	Sandra	11,970
14	Carolyn	11,290
15	Linda	10,713
16	Helen	10,420
17	Janet	10,120
18	Elizabeth	9,709
19	Marilyn	9,538
20	Donna	9,371
21	Virginia	9,227
22	Ruth	9,062
23	Sharon	9,014
24	Janice	8,778
25	Beverly	8,706
26	Frances	8,577
27	Martha	8,493
28	Judy	8,081
29	Doris	7,687
30	Phyllis	7,590
31	Alice	7,365
32	Jean	7,292
33	Ann	6,551
34	Peggy	6,050
35	Lois	6,034
36	Gloria	5,939
37	Marie	5,890
38	Norma	5,827
39	Karen	5,541
40	Evelyn	5,332
41	Geraldine	5,160
42	Rose	5,040
43	Anna	4,929
44	Susan	4,887
45	Elaine	4,785
46	Jane	4,771
47	Carole	4,679
48	Kathleen	4,656
49	Catherine	4,577
50	Wanda	4,557
51	Diane	4,340
52	Sally	4,244
53	Joanne	4,225
54	Annie	4,155
55	Mildred	4,137
56	Patsy	4,111
57	Joann	3,994
58	Dolores	3,980
59	Louise	3,956
60	Marjorie	3,907
61	Bonnie	3,887
62	Sylvia	3,870
63	Eleanor	3,810
64	Marlene	3,773
65	Loretta	3,769
66	Charlotte	3,739
67	Ruby	3,712
68	Sarah	3,671
69	Arlene	3,578
70	Jo	3,524
71	Roberta	3,409
72	Jacqueline	3,388
73	Gail	3,355
74	Irene	3,331
75	Darlene	3,287
76	Kay	3,260
77	Juanita	3,212
78	Rita	3,188
79	Delores	3,018
80	Ellen	3,005
81	Edna	2,904
82	Jeanette	2,893
83	June	2,867
84	Josephine	2,837
85	Anne	2,769
86	Brenda	2,756
87	Wilma	2,701
88	Thelma	2,696
89	Emma	2,685
90	Yvonne	2,648
91	Julia	2,635
92	Sue	2,623
93	Rosemary	2,612
94	Theresa	2,611
95	Lorraine	2,593
96	Florence	2,592
97	Anita	2,588
98	Audrey	2,569
99	Lillian	2,551
100	Ethel	2,496

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	59,666
2	James	59,636
3	John	51,025
4	William	42,071
5	Richard	35,386
6	Charles	30,789
7	David	25,360
8	Donald	24,056
9	Thomas	22,129
10	Ronald	19,837
11	George	17,886
12	Joseph	17,722
13	Kenneth	14,715
14	Larry	14,532
15	Edward	14,427
16	Jerry	13,729
17	Paul	13,337
18	Michael	10,828
19	Gerald	10,057
20	Frank	9,991
21	Gary	9,684
22	Raymond	9,252
23	Harold	8,299
24	Billy	7,474
25	Walter	7,322
26	Jack	7,306
27	Joe	7,189
28	Roger	7,155
29	Bobby	7,057
30	Carl	6,593
31	Henry	6,561
32	Arthur	6,380
33	Willie	6,308
34	Dennis	6,212
35	Ralph	5,959
36	Lawrence	5,882
37	Eugene	5,869
38	Daniel	5,797
39	Wayne	5,653
40	Fred	5,538
41	Albert	5,477
42	Roy	5,156
43	Jimmy	4,753
44	Norman	4,742
45	Harry	4,661
46	Peter	4,639
47	Howard	4,613
48	Anthony	4,610
49	Louis	4,224
50	Earl	3,896
51	Melvin	3,853
52	Marvin	3,758
53	Francis	3,721
54	Leonard	3,711
55	Ernest	3,688
56	Don	3,589
57	Stanley	3,570
58	Douglas	3,564
59	Dale	3,531
60	Clarence	3,482
61	Leroy	3,388
62	Johnny	3,371
63	Samuel	3,254
64	Bruce	3,233
65	Stephen	3,176
66	Philip	3,174
67	Bill	3,161
68	Herbert	3,097
69	Gene	3,014
70	Alfred	2,990
71	Frederick	2,972
72	Allen	2,928
73	Russell	2,833
74	Ray	2,709
75	Jim	2,636
76	Bernard	2,624
77	Tommy	2,622
78	Lee	2,589
79	Patrick	2,530
80	Jimmie	2,524
81	Eddie	2,511
82	Gordon	2,508
83	Terry	2,444
84	Andrew	2,440
85	Alan	2,330
86	Leon	2,327
87	Glenn	2,303
88	Clifford	2,290
89	Bob	2,244
90	Theodore	2,196
91	Martin	2,192
92	Phillip	2,175
93	Jerome	2,153
94	Floyd	2,094
95	Lloyd	2,087
96	Edwin	2,063
97	Tom	2,028
98	Curtis	2,012
99	Jesse	2,010
100	Vernon	1,994