Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,692
2	Barbara	2,087
3	Patricia	1,926
4	Carol	1,759
5	Judith	1,661
6	Nancy	1,409
7	Linda	1,277
8	Sandra	1,129
9	Judy	921
10	Shirley	896
11	Janet	895
12	Joyce	893
13	Betty	842
14	Donna	765
15	Carolyn	735
16	Margaret	718
17	Marilyn	678
18	Ruth	677
19	Joan	615
20	Beverly	591
21	Janice	557
22	Dorothy	539
23	Sharon	528
24	Phyllis	518
25	Susan	464
26	Virginia	450
27	Karen	441
28	Helen	439
28	Martha	439
30	Bonnie	406
31	Jean	366
32	Carole	353
33	Lois	351
34	Alice	337
34	Gloria	337
36	Kathleen	332
37	Elizabeth	329
38	Ann	322
39	Norma	310
40	Sue	308
41	Jane	291
42	Diane	290
43	Doris	283
44	Frances	276
45	Rose	272
45	Sally	272
47	Joanne	267
48	Rita	255
49	Marjorie	248
50	Marlene	237

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,443
2	James	3,289
3	John	2,925
4	William	2,410
5	Richard	2,326
6	David	1,961
7	Charles	1,586
8	Thomas	1,541
9	Ronald	1,485
10	Donald	1,423
11	Larry	1,361
12	Paul	954
13	Kenneth	911
14	Jerry	850
15	Gary	834
16	George	787
16	Joseph	787
18	Michael	696
19	Edward	667
20	Gerald	593
21	Roger	577
22	Raymond	536
23	Frank	500
24	Jack	496
25	Carl	444
26	Dennis	440
27	Daniel	416
28	Harold	408
29	Lawrence	362
30	Ralph	360
31	Fred	323
32	Walter	313
33	Dale	277
34	Harry	272
35	Tom	260
36	Howard	257
37	Wayne	256
38	Arthur	238
39	Eugene	230
40	Norman	226
41	Anthony	223
42	Terry	220
43	Bill	215
44	Albert	214
45	Don	213
46	Philip	204
47	Bruce	202
48	Russell	201
49	Jim	197
50	Joe	194