• Popular Baby Names in 1940
Rank Male Name % of Total Males Female Name % of Total Females
1 James 5.2669% Mary 4.7585%
2 Robert 5.1605% Barbara 3.1094%
3 John 4.6177% Patricia 2.7648%
4 William 3.7748% Judith 1.8945%
5 Richard 3.1545% Betty 1.8682%
6 Charles 2.6717% Carol 1.8420%
7 David 2.3342% Nancy 1.6704%
8 Thomas 2.0226% Linda 1.5553%
9 Donald 1.9476% Shirley 1.5128%
10 Ronald 1.7488% Sandra 1.3671%
11 George 1.5442% Margaret 1.2751%
12 Joseph 1.5345% Dorothy 1.2586%
13 Larry 1.4505% Joyce 1.2528%
14 Jerry 1.2818% Joan 1.1247%
15 Kenneth 1.2752% Carolyn 1.0717%
16 Edward 1.2143% Judy 0.9635%
17 Paul 1.1892% Sharon 0.9414%
18 Michael 1.1153% Helen 0.8638%
19 Gary 1.0596% Janet 0.8554%
20 Frank 0.8935% Elizabeth 0.8429%
21 Gerald 0.8630% Virginia 0.8085%
22 Raymond 0.8064% Janice 0.7885%
23 Harold 0.6807% Donna 0.7814%
24 Dennis 0.6613% Ruth 0.7522%
25 Walter 0.6519% Marilyn 0.7365%

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