Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Indiana, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,285
2	Judith	1,119
3	Linda	855
4	Patricia	831
5	Barbara	776
6	Nancy	764
7	Sharon	742
8	Carolyn	695
9	Sandra	649
10	Carol	592
11	Janet	538
12	Judy	503
13	Betty	493
14	Shirley	445
15	Janice	403
16	Beverly	401
17	Marilyn	393
18	Phyllis	377
19	Joyce	368
20	Donna	350
21	Margaret	284
22	Martha	281
23	Ruth	266
24	Karen	255
25	Dorothy	232
26	Joan	219
27	Virginia	218
28	Bonnie	212
29	Susan	205
30	Elizabeth	189
30	Sue	189
32	Norma	185
33	Helen	181
33	Wanda	181
35	Alice	163
35	Jane	163
37	Gloria	159
37	Lois	159
37	Peggy	159
40	Doris	151
41	Brenda	149
42	Jean	144
43	Ann	141
44	Rose	136
45	Charlotte	135
46	Rita	131
47	Connie	125
48	Carole	123
48	Darlene	123
50	Anna	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,724
2	Robert	1,537
3	John	1,399
4	Larry	1,303
5	William	1,146
6	Richard	1,102
7	David	1,083
8	Charles	919
9	Jerry	849
10	Donald	801
11	Ronald	775
12	Thomas	700
13	Paul	452
14	Kenneth	435
15	Michael	434
16	George	378
17	Gary	338
18	Joseph	312
19	Jack	310
20	Harold	255
21	Gerald	249
22	Edward	228
23	Carl	226
24	Raymond	224
25	Dennis	215
26	Stephen	185
27	Roger	178
28	Terry	166
29	Ralph	162
30	Phillip	160
31	Wayne	159
32	Daniel	157
33	Don	155
34	Frank	153
34	Lawrence	153
36	Walter	151
37	Norman	147
38	Joe	145
39	Fred	138
40	Dale	135
40	Ronnie	135
42	Billy	124
43	Philip	121
44	Arthur	120
45	Bill	119
45	Harry	119
47	Roy	109
48	Marvin	107
49	Tom	105
50	Earl	103