Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	153
2	Nancy	125
3	Mary	112
4	Judith	107
5	Sandra	106
6	Barbara	92
7	Carol	78
8	Joan	75
9	Linda	67
10	Beverly	58
11	Joyce	56
12	Shirley	52
13	Elaine	51
14	Janet	48
15	Dorothy	45
16	Gloria	44
16	Pauline	44
18	Elizabeth	43
19	Carolyn	41
20	Ann	40
20	Jacqueline	40
20	Janice	40
20	Lorraine	40
24	Jean	39
25	Doris	38
25	Joanne	38
27	Betty	37
28	Marilyn	36
29	Gail	35
29	Virginia	35
31	Margaret	33
32	Donna	32
32	Martha	32
34	Lucille	31
35	Helen	30
35	Jane	30
35	Priscilla	30
35	Rita	30
35	Sylvia	30
40	Alice	29
41	Claire	28
42	Frances	27
42	Sally	27
44	Brenda	26
44	Diane	26
44	Ruth	26
47	Irene	25
47	Phyllis	25
49	Constance	24
49	Roberta	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	307
2	Richard	267
3	John	174
4	David	159
5	William	137
6	Donald	119
7	James	113
8	Ronald	111
9	Paul	100
10	George	87
11	Raymond	76
12	Charles	74
13	Edward	72
13	Roger	72
15	Thomas	56
16	Peter	55
17	Kenneth	53
18	Arthur	47
19	Wayne	41
20	Albert	40
20	Bruce	40
22	Norman	38
22	Roland	38
22	Walter	38
25	Joseph	37
26	Gerald	32
27	Michael	30
28	Philip	29
29	Henry	28
29	Stephen	28
31	Ernest	27
31	Frank	27
33	Alfred	26
33	Lawrence	26
35	Daniel	25
35	Douglas	25
37	Eugene	24
37	Russell	24
39	Stanley	23
40	Frederick	22
40	Harold	22
42	Harry	21
43	Leo	20
44	Carl	19
44	Francis	19
44	Gary	19
47	Gerard	18
48	Fred	17
48	Ralph	17
50	Dennis	16