Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maine, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	240
2	Mary	223
3	Sandra	198
4	Judith	182
5	Nancy	153
6	Barbara	151
7	Linda	120
8	Carol	108
8	Joan	108
10	Joyce	105
11	Beverly	103
12	Donna	93
13	Janice	87
14	Betty	82
14	Dorothy	82
14	Gloria	82
17	Elizabeth	80
18	Shirley	76
19	Lorraine	75
20	Jacqueline	72
21	Marie	71
22	Carolyn	70
22	Constance	70
22	Jean	70
25	Marilyn	68
26	Jane	65
27	Pauline	59
27	Ruth	59
29	Priscilla	58
30	Doris	54
30	Margaret	54
32	Janet	53
33	Elaine	51
34	Brenda	48
35	Sally	47
36	Norma	46
37	Sylvia	45
38	Joanne	44
38	Phyllis	44
38	Rita	44
41	Alice	43
41	Ann	43
41	Helen	43
44	Gail	41
45	Diane	40
46	Claudette	38
46	Cynthia	38
46	Roberta	38
49	Louise	37
50	Frances	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	441
2	Richard	388
3	John	285
4	David	258
5	James	206
6	William	179
7	Donald	177
8	Ronald	139
9	George	137
10	Paul	134
11	Charles	126
12	Roger	112
13	Joseph	100
14	Kenneth	89
15	Thomas	84
16	Peter	82
17	Gerald	79
18	Edward	78
18	Wayne	78
20	Raymond	77
21	Arthur	66
22	Norman	65
23	Gary	64
23	Roland	64
25	Philip	60
26	Lawrence	59
27	Albert	56
27	Ralph	56
29	Harold	55
30	Michael	53
31	Daniel	49
31	Larry	49
33	Carl	48
34	Dennis	47
35	Bruce	46
35	Eugene	46
35	Frank	46
35	Stephen	46
39	Walter	42
40	Dale	40
40	Frederick	40
42	Reginald	35
42	Stanley	35
44	Bernard	33
44	Maurice	33
46	Douglas	31
46	Henry	31
46	Keith	31
49	Francis	30
50	Alfred	28