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Top Names of 1940

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary56,216 babies
  2. 2Barbara36,736 babies
  3. 3Patricia32,665 babies
  4. 4Judith22,385 babies
  5. 5Betty22,077 babies
  6. 6Carol21,759 babies
  7. 7Nancy19,737 babies
  8. 8Linda18,370 babies
  9. 9Shirley17,881 babies
  10. 10Sandra16,153 babies
  11. 11Margaret15,063 babies
  12. 12Dorothy14,875 babies
  13. 13Joyce14,801 babies
  14. 14Joan13,292 babies
  15. 15Carolyn12,657 babies
  16. 16Judy11,382 babies
  17. 17Sharon11,121 babies
  18. 18Helen10,203 babies
  19. 19Janet10,105 babies
  20. 20Elizabeth9,955 babies
  21. 21Virginia9,554 babies
  22. 22Janice9,318 babies
  23. 23Donna9,232 babies
  24. 24Ruth8,888 babies
  25. 25Marilyn8,704 babies
  26. 26Martha8,695 babies
  27. 27Beverly8,657 babies
  28. 28Frances8,621 babies
  29. 29Jean8,063 babies
  30. 30Gloria8,026 babies
  31. 31Doris7,767 babies
  32. 32Alice7,603 babies
  33. 33Phyllis7,416 babies
  34. 34Karen7,283 babies
  35. 35Ann7,196 babies
  36. 36Susan6,756 babies
  37. 37Peggy6,128 babies
  38. 38Lois6,125 babies
  39. 39Bonnie5,957 babies
  40. 40Kathleen5,697 babies
  41. 41Marie5,542 babies
  42. 42Brenda5,442 babies
  43. 43Norma5,334 babies
  44. 44Rose5,198 babies
  45. 45Diane5,172 babies
  46. 46Geraldine5,150 babies
  47. 47Jane5,091 babies
  48. 48Evelyn4,982 babies
  49. 49Carole4,790 babies
  50. 50Elaine4,782 babies
  51. 51Anna4,717 babies
  52. 52Wanda4,708 babies
  53. 53Catherine4,584 babies
  54. 54Joanne4,418 babies
  55. 55Charlotte4,291 babies
  56. 56Annie4,216 babies
  57. 57Patsy4,079 babies
  58. 58Mildred3,938 babies
  59. 59Louise3,928 babies
  60. 60Sarah3,869 babies
  61. 61Sally3,803 babies
  62. 62Sylvia3,802 babies
  63. 63Joann3,789 babies
  64. 64Marjorie3,681 babies
  65. 65Gail3,621 babies
  66. 66Ruby3,619 babies
  67. 67Dolores3,604 babies
  68. 68Eleanor3,584 babies
  69. 69Loretta3,502 babies
  70. 70Rita3,442 babies
  71. 71Roberta3,431 babies
  72. 72Jo3,427 babies
  73. 73Irene3,394 babies
  74. 74Ellen3,318 babies
  75. 75Arlene3,257 babies
  76. 76Jacqueline3,215 babies
  77. 77Kay3,200 babies
  78. 78Juanita3,174 babies
  79. 79Darlene3,120 babies
  80. 80Marlene3,118 babies
  81. 81Sue3,104 babies
  82. 82June2,949 babies
  83. 83Delores2,929 babies
  84. 84Anne2,897 babies
  85. 85Rosemary2,874 babies
  86. 86Edna2,835 babies
  87. 87Anita2,828 babies
  88. 88Connie2,795 babies
  89. 89Josephine2,744 babies
  90. 90Jeanette2,727 babies
  91. 91Julia2,709 babies
  92. 91Katherine2,709 babies
  93. 93Wilma2,621 babies
  94. 94Emma2,606 babies
  95. 95Lorraine2,579 babies
  96. 96Rebecca2,555 babies
  97. 97Lillian2,525 babies
  98. 98Edith2,510 babies
  99. 99Audrey2,501 babies
  100. 100Florence2,467 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1James62,481 babies
  2. 2Robert61,198 babies
  3. 3John54,786 babies
  4. 4William44,779 babies
  5. 5Richard37,425 babies
  6. 6Charles31,689 babies
  7. 7David27,690 babies
  8. 8Thomas23,991 babies
  9. 9Donald23,115 babies
  10. 10Ronald20,741 babies
  11. 11George18,315 babies
  12. 12Joseph18,208 babies
  13. 13Larry17,199 babies
  14. 14Jerry15,213 babies
  15. 15Kenneth15,132 babies
  16. 16Edward14,405 babies
  17. 17Paul14,097 babies
  18. 18Michael13,228 babies
  19. 19Gary12,573 babies
  20. 20Frank10,595 babies
  21. 21Gerald10,236 babies
  22. 22Raymond9,567 babies
  23. 23Harold8,080 babies
  24. 24Dennis7,845 babies
  25. 25Walter7,723 babies
  26. 26Roger7,598 babies
  27. 27Billy7,596 babies
  28. 28Joe7,216 babies
  29. 29Jack7,048 babies
  30. 30Bobby6,882 babies
  31. 31Henry6,822 babies
  32. 32Carl6,752 babies
  33. 33Arthur6,510 babies
  34. 34Daniel6,225 babies
  35. 35Willie6,176 babies
  36. 36Lawrence6,173 babies
  37. 37Ralph5,838 babies
  38. 38Eugene5,804 babies
  39. 39Wayne5,727 babies
  40. 40Fred5,581 babies
  41. 41Albert5,572 babies
  42. 42Roy5,565 babies
  43. 43Peter5,049 babies
  44. 44Jimmy4,962 babies
  45. 45Howard4,824 babies
  46. 46Anthony4,769 babies
  47. 47Harry4,681 babies
  48. 48Norman4,576 babies
  49. 49Stephen4,423 babies
  50. 50Louis4,324 babies
  51. 51Johnny4,006 babies
  52. 52Earl3,944 babies
  53. 53Melvin3,935 babies
  54. 54Leonard3,817 babies
  55. 55Bruce3,789 babies
  56. 56Douglas3,732 babies
  57. 57Dale3,699 babies
  58. 58Ernest3,698 babies
  59. 59Stanley3,694 babies
  60. 60Philip3,674 babies
  61. 61Francis3,607 babies
  62. 62Don3,547 babies
  63. 63Marvin3,502 babies
  64. 64Clarence3,487 babies
  65. 65Samuel3,364 babies
  66. 66Leroy3,311 babies
  67. 67Bill3,267 babies
  68. 68Frederick3,096 babies
  69. 69Alfred3,062 babies
  70. 70Gene3,060 babies
  71. 71Allen3,029 babies
  72. 72Russell3,012 babies
  73. 73Terry2,982 babies
  74. 74Patrick2,883 babies
  75. 75Herbert2,875 babies
  76. 76Tommy2,827 babies
  77. 77Ray2,795 babies
  78. 78Jim2,715 babies
  79. 79Phillip2,628 babies
  80. 80Lee2,624 babies
  81. 81Eddie2,576 babies
  82. 82Bernard2,468 babies
  83. 83Glenn2,465 babies
  84. 84Andrew2,431 babies
  85. 85Martin2,423 babies
  86. 86Jimmie2,408 babies
  87. 87Franklin2,391 babies
  88. 88Alan2,377 babies
  89. 89Leon2,318 babies
  90. 90Theodore2,306 babies
  91. 91Gordon2,296 babies
  92. 92Tom2,287 babies
  93. 93Jesse2,205 babies
  94. 94Clifford2,185 babies
  95. 95Jerome2,178 babies
  96. 96Edwin2,116 babies
  97. 97Curtis2,103 babies
  98. 98Harvey2,088 babies
  99. 99Bob2,082 babies
  100. 100Lloyd2,067 babies
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