Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,821
2	Patricia	1,675
3	Barbara	1,598
4	Linda	1,568
5	Carol	1,079
6	Judith	1,035
7	Sharon	916
8	Nancy	890
9	Sandra	839
10	Judy	734
11	Susan	630
12	Donna	629
13	Margaret	625
14	Betty	603
15	Joan	586
16	Diane	582
16	Shirley	582
18	Carolyn	553
19	Marilyn	518
20	Joyce	508
21	Virginia	502
22	Gloria	468
23	Beverly	439
24	Janice	428
25	Janet	410
26	Dorothy	393
27	Bonnie	371
28	Frances	370
29	Kathleen	346
30	Helen	339
31	Alice	334
31	Karen	334
33	Carole	330
34	Jean	316
35	Elizabeth	298
36	Ann	293
37	Dolores	280
37	Irene	280
39	Ruth	271
40	Darlene	270
41	Martha	265
42	Joanne	259
43	Phyllis	257
44	Gail	248
44	Pat	248
46	Sally	245
47	Norma	240
48	Diana	237
49	Brenda	231
50	Marie	227

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,120
2	John	2,420
3	Richard	2,219
4	James	2,101
5	William	1,799
6	David	1,554
7	Gary	1,183
8	Ronald	1,160
9	Michael	1,124
10	Charles	1,051
11	Donald	1,023
12	Thomas	839
13	Larry	826
14	George	807
15	Frank	683
16	Dennis	650
17	Kenneth	643
18	Jerry	639
19	Edward	609
20	Paul	558
21	Raymond	472
22	Gerald	464
23	Joe	443
24	Jack	438
25	Joseph	430
26	Bill	390
27	Roger	361
28	Stephen	359
29	Daniel	353
30	Fred	339
31	Arthur	323
32	Jim	320
33	Lawrence	317
34	Don	312
35	Henry	303
36	Bob	299
37	Peter	285
38	Douglas	282
39	Carl	281
40	Ralph	279
41	Wayne	274
42	Walter	270
43	Albert	266
44	Bruce	262
45	Norman	259
46	Mike	256
47	Harold	254
48	Manuel	250
49	Roy	237
50	Tom	233