Top Names of 1939

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary54,900 babies
  2. 2Barbara37,257 babies
  3. 3Patricia29,701 babies
  4. 4Betty23,639 babies
  5. 5Shirley20,447 babies
  6. 6Carol20,166 babies
  7. 7Nancy19,723 babies
  8. 8Judith16,625 babies
  9. 9Dorothy15,169 babies
  10. 10Margaret14,949 babies
  11. 11Joan14,143 babies
  12. 12Joyce13,394 babies
  13. 13Sandra11,970 babies
  14. 14Carolyn11,290 babies
  15. 15Linda10,713 babies
  16. 16Helen10,420 babies
  17. 17Janet10,120 babies
  18. 18Elizabeth9,709 babies
  19. 19Marilyn9,538 babies
  20. 20Donna9,371 babies
  21. 21Virginia9,227 babies
  22. 22Ruth9,062 babies
  23. 23Sharon9,014 babies
  24. 24Janice8,778 babies
  25. 25Beverly8,706 babies
  26. 26Frances8,577 babies
  27. 27Martha8,493 babies
  28. 28Judy8,081 babies
  29. 29Doris7,687 babies
  30. 30Phyllis7,590 babies
  31. 31Alice7,365 babies
  32. 32Jean7,292 babies
  33. 33Ann6,551 babies
  34. 34Peggy6,050 babies
  35. 35Lois6,034 babies
  36. 36Gloria5,939 babies
  37. 37Marie5,890 babies
  38. 38Norma5,827 babies
  39. 39Karen5,541 babies
  40. 40Evelyn5,332 babies
  41. 41Geraldine5,160 babies
  42. 42Rose5,040 babies
  43. 43Anna4,929 babies
  44. 44Susan4,887 babies
  45. 45Elaine4,785 babies
  46. 46Jane4,771 babies
  47. 47Carole4,679 babies
  48. 48Kathleen4,656 babies
  49. 49Catherine4,577 babies
  50. 50Wanda4,557 babies
  51. 51Diane4,340 babies
  52. 52Sally4,244 babies
  53. 53Joanne4,225 babies
  54. 54Annie4,155 babies
  55. 55Mildred4,137 babies
  56. 56Patsy4,111 babies
  57. 57Joann3,994 babies
  58. 58Dolores3,980 babies
  59. 59Louise3,956 babies
  60. 60Marjorie3,907 babies
  61. 61Bonnie3,887 babies
  62. 62Sylvia3,870 babies
  63. 63Eleanor3,810 babies
  64. 64Marlene3,773 babies
  65. 65Loretta3,769 babies
  66. 66Charlotte3,739 babies
  67. 67Ruby3,712 babies
  68. 68Sarah3,671 babies
  69. 69Arlene3,578 babies
  70. 70Jo3,524 babies
  71. 71Roberta3,409 babies
  72. 72Jacqueline3,388 babies
  73. 73Gail3,355 babies
  74. 74Irene3,331 babies
  75. 75Darlene3,287 babies
  76. 76Kay3,260 babies
  77. 77Juanita3,212 babies
  78. 78Rita3,188 babies
  79. 79Delores3,018 babies
  80. 80Ellen3,005 babies
  81. 81Edna2,904 babies
  82. 82Jeanette2,893 babies
  83. 83June2,867 babies
  84. 84Josephine2,837 babies
  85. 85Anne2,769 babies
  86. 86Brenda2,756 babies
  87. 87Wilma2,701 babies
  88. 88Thelma2,696 babies
  89. 89Emma2,685 babies
  90. 90Yvonne2,648 babies
  91. 91Julia2,635 babies
  92. 92Sue2,623 babies
  93. 93Rosemary2,612 babies
  94. 94Theresa2,611 babies
  95. 95Lorraine2,593 babies
  96. 96Florence2,592 babies
  97. 97Anita2,588 babies
  98. 98Audrey2,569 babies
  99. 99Lillian2,551 babies
  100. 100Ethel2,496 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1Robert59,666 babies
  2. 2James59,636 babies
  3. 3John51,025 babies
  4. 4William42,071 babies
  5. 5Richard35,386 babies
  6. 6Charles30,789 babies
  7. 7David25,360 babies
  8. 8Donald24,056 babies
  9. 9Thomas22,129 babies
  10. 10Ronald19,837 babies
  11. 11George17,886 babies
  12. 12Joseph17,722 babies
  13. 13Kenneth14,715 babies
  14. 14Larry14,532 babies
  15. 15Edward14,427 babies
  16. 16Jerry13,729 babies
  17. 17Paul13,337 babies
  18. 18Michael10,828 babies
  19. 19Gerald10,057 babies
  20. 20Frank9,991 babies
  21. 21Gary9,684 babies
  22. 22Raymond9,252 babies
  23. 23Harold8,299 babies
  24. 24Billy7,474 babies
  25. 25Walter7,322 babies
  26. 26Jack7,306 babies
  27. 27Joe7,189 babies
  28. 28Roger7,155 babies
  29. 29Bobby7,057 babies
  30. 30Carl6,593 babies
  31. 31Henry6,561 babies
  32. 32Arthur6,380 babies
  33. 33Willie6,308 babies
  34. 34Dennis6,212 babies
  35. 35Ralph5,959 babies
  36. 36Lawrence5,882 babies
  37. 37Eugene5,869 babies
  38. 38Daniel5,797 babies
  39. 39Wayne5,653 babies
  40. 40Fred5,538 babies
  41. 41Albert5,477 babies
  42. 42Roy5,156 babies
  43. 43Jimmy4,753 babies
  44. 44Norman4,742 babies
  45. 45Harry4,661 babies
  46. 46Peter4,639 babies
  47. 47Howard4,613 babies
  48. 48Anthony4,610 babies
  49. 49Louis4,224 babies
  50. 50Earl3,896 babies
  51. 51Melvin3,853 babies
  52. 52Marvin3,758 babies
  53. 53Francis3,721 babies
  54. 54Leonard3,711 babies
  55. 55Ernest3,688 babies
  56. 56Don3,589 babies
  57. 57Stanley3,570 babies
  58. 58Douglas3,564 babies
  59. 59Dale3,531 babies
  60. 60Clarence3,482 babies
  61. 61Leroy3,388 babies
  62. 62Johnny3,371 babies
  63. 63Samuel3,254 babies
  64. 64Bruce3,233 babies
  65. 65Stephen3,176 babies
  66. 66Philip3,174 babies
  67. 67Bill3,161 babies
  68. 68Herbert3,097 babies
  69. 69Gene3,014 babies
  70. 70Alfred2,990 babies
  71. 71Frederick2,972 babies
  72. 72Allen2,928 babies
  73. 73Russell2,833 babies
  74. 74Ray2,709 babies
  75. 75Jim2,636 babies
  76. 76Bernard2,624 babies
  77. 77Tommy2,622 babies
  78. 78Lee2,589 babies
  79. 79Patrick2,530 babies
  80. 80Jimmie2,524 babies
  81. 81Eddie2,511 babies
  82. 82Gordon2,508 babies
  83. 83Terry2,444 babies
  84. 84Andrew2,440 babies
  85. 85Alan2,330 babies
  86. 86Leon2,327 babies
  87. 87Glenn2,303 babies
  88. 88Clifford2,290 babies
  89. 89Bob2,244 babies
  90. 90Theodore2,196 babies
  91. 91Martin2,192 babies
  92. 92Phillip2,175 babies
  93. 93Jerome2,153 babies
  94. 94Floyd2,094 babies
  95. 95Lloyd2,087 babies
  96. 96Edwin2,063 babies
  97. 97Tom2,028 babies
  98. 98Curtis2,012 babies
  99. 99Jesse2,010 babies
  100. 100Vernon1,994 babies
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