Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	56,216
2	Barbara	36,736
3	Patricia	32,665
4	Judith	22,385
5	Betty	22,077
6	Carol	21,759
7	Nancy	19,737
8	Linda	18,370
9	Shirley	17,881
10	Sandra	16,153
11	Margaret	15,063
12	Dorothy	14,875
13	Joyce	14,801
14	Joan	13,292
15	Carolyn	12,657
16	Judy	11,382
17	Sharon	11,121
18	Helen	10,203
19	Janet	10,105
20	Elizabeth	9,955
21	Virginia	9,554
22	Janice	9,318
23	Donna	9,232
24	Ruth	8,888
25	Marilyn	8,704
26	Martha	8,695
27	Beverly	8,657
28	Frances	8,621
29	Jean	8,063
30	Gloria	8,026
31	Doris	7,767
32	Alice	7,603
33	Phyllis	7,416
34	Karen	7,283
35	Ann	7,196
36	Susan	6,756
37	Peggy	6,128
38	Lois	6,125
39	Bonnie	5,957
40	Kathleen	5,697
41	Marie	5,542
42	Brenda	5,442
43	Norma	5,334
44	Rose	5,198
45	Diane	5,172
46	Geraldine	5,150
47	Jane	5,091
48	Evelyn	4,982
49	Carole	4,790
50	Elaine	4,782
51	Anna	4,717
52	Wanda	4,708
53	Catherine	4,584
54	Joanne	4,418
55	Charlotte	4,291
56	Annie	4,216
57	Patsy	4,079
58	Mildred	3,938
59	Louise	3,928
60	Sarah	3,869
61	Sally	3,803
62	Sylvia	3,802
63	Joann	3,789
64	Marjorie	3,681
65	Gail	3,621
66	Ruby	3,619
67	Dolores	3,604
68	Eleanor	3,584
69	Loretta	3,502
70	Rita	3,442
71	Roberta	3,431
72	Jo	3,427
73	Irene	3,394
74	Ellen	3,318
75	Arlene	3,257
76	Jacqueline	3,215
77	Kay	3,200
78	Juanita	3,174
79	Darlene	3,120
80	Marlene	3,118
81	Sue	3,104
82	June	2,949
83	Delores	2,929
84	Anne	2,897
85	Rosemary	2,874
86	Edna	2,835
87	Anita	2,828
88	Connie	2,795
89	Josephine	2,744
90	Jeanette	2,727
91	Julia	2,709
91	Katherine	2,709
93	Wilma	2,621
94	Emma	2,606
95	Lorraine	2,579
96	Rebecca	2,555
97	Lillian	2,525
98	Edith	2,510
99	Audrey	2,501
100	Florence	2,467

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	62,481
2	Robert	61,198
3	John	54,786
4	William	44,779
5	Richard	37,425
6	Charles	31,689
7	David	27,690
8	Thomas	23,991
9	Donald	23,115
10	Ronald	20,741
11	George	18,315
12	Joseph	18,208
13	Larry	17,199
14	Jerry	15,213
15	Kenneth	15,132
16	Edward	14,405
17	Paul	14,097
18	Michael	13,228
19	Gary	12,573
20	Frank	10,595
21	Gerald	10,236
22	Raymond	9,567
23	Harold	8,080
24	Dennis	7,845
25	Walter	7,723
26	Roger	7,598
27	Billy	7,596
28	Joe	7,216
29	Jack	7,048
30	Bobby	6,882
31	Henry	6,822
32	Carl	6,752
33	Arthur	6,510
34	Daniel	6,225
35	Willie	6,176
36	Lawrence	6,173
37	Ralph	5,838
38	Eugene	5,804
39	Wayne	5,727
40	Fred	5,581
41	Albert	5,572
42	Roy	5,565
43	Peter	5,049
44	Jimmy	4,962
45	Howard	4,824
46	Anthony	4,769
47	Harry	4,681
48	Norman	4,576
49	Stephen	4,423
50	Louis	4,324
51	Johnny	4,006
52	Earl	3,944
53	Melvin	3,935
54	Leonard	3,817
55	Bruce	3,789
56	Douglas	3,732
57	Dale	3,699
58	Ernest	3,698
59	Stanley	3,694
60	Philip	3,674
61	Francis	3,607
62	Don	3,547
63	Marvin	3,502
64	Clarence	3,487
65	Samuel	3,364
66	Leroy	3,311
67	Bill	3,267
68	Frederick	3,096
69	Alfred	3,062
70	Gene	3,060
71	Allen	3,029
72	Russell	3,012
73	Terry	2,982
74	Patrick	2,883
75	Herbert	2,875
76	Tommy	2,827
77	Ray	2,795
78	Jim	2,715
79	Phillip	2,628
80	Lee	2,624
81	Eddie	2,576
82	Bernard	2,468
83	Glenn	2,465
84	Andrew	2,431
85	Martin	2,423
86	Jimmie	2,408
87	Franklin	2,391
88	Alan	2,377
89	Leon	2,318
90	Theodore	2,306
91	Gordon	2,296
92	Tom	2,287
93	Jesse	2,205
94	Clifford	2,185
95	Jerome	2,178
96	Edwin	2,116
97	Curtis	2,103
98	Harvey	2,088
99	Bob	2,082
100	Lloyd	2,067