Popular Baby Names in 1940
The most popular baby names in 1940.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | Mattie | Girl | 1,292 |
| 139 | Jay | Boy | 1,291 |
| 140 | Joel | Boy | 1,278 |
| 164 | Emily | Girl | 1,269 |
| 141 | Roland | Boy | 1,267 |
| 165 | Lynda | Girl | 1,267 |
| 166 | Rachel | Girl | 1,264 |
| 167 | Dianne | Girl | 1,235 |
| 142 | Tony | Boy | 1,233 |
| 168 | Minnie | Girl | 1,229 |
| 143 | Dean | Boy | 1,223 |
| 169 | Gwendolyn | Girl | 1,222 |
| 144 | Elmer | Boy | 1,220 |
| 145 | Claude | Boy | 1,194 |
| 170 | Agnes | Girl | 1,190 |
| 146 | Wallace | Boy | 1,172 |
| 147 | Manuel | Boy | 1,170 |
| 171 | Dixie | Girl | 1,170 |
| 148 | Jose | Boy | 1,169 |
| 149 | Mark | Boy | 1,165 |
| 172 | Caroline | Girl | 1,161 |
| 150 | Sam | Boy | 1,147 |
| 151 | Willard | Boy | 1,140 |
| 152 | Wesley | Boy | 1,129 |
| 173 | Rosemarie | Girl | 1,129 |
| 174 | Rosie | Girl | 1,119 |
| 153 | Lonnie | Boy | 1,103 |
| 154 | Nicholas | Boy | 1,102 |
| 175 | Patty | Girl | 1,099 |
| 155 | Dan | Boy | 1,097 |
| 176 | Carrie | Girl | 1,093 |
| 177 | Gayle | Girl | 1,085 |
| 178 | Geneva | Girl | 1,069 |
| 156 | Neil | Boy | 1,067 |
| 157 | Hugh | Boy | 1,060 |
| 179 | Naomi | Girl | 1,053 |
| 158 | Marion | Boy | 1,049 |
| 159 | Ted | Boy | 1,047 |
| 160 | Lynn | Boy | 1,045 |
| 180 | Julie | Girl | 1,040 |
| 182 | Jeannette | Girl | 1,039 |
| 181 | Dora | Girl | 1,039 |
| 161 | Maurice | Boy | 1,030 |
| 183 | Leona | Girl | 1,028 |
| 184 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,020 |
| 162 | Jessie | Boy | 1,019 |
| 185 | Mae | Girl | 1,018 |
| 186 | Gertrude | Girl | 1,014 |
| 163 | Brian | Boy | 1,008 |
| 187 | Shelby | Girl | 1,006 |
| 188 | Velma | Girl | 986 |
| 164 | Edgar | Boy | 985 |
| 189 | Jackie | Girl | 981 |
| 190 | Viola | Girl | 966 |
| 191 | Cora | Girl | 965 |
| 192 | Stella | Girl | 962 |
| 193 | Lynn | Girl | 957 |
| 165 | Max | Boy | 952 |
| 194 | Claire | Girl | 950 |
| 166 | Virgil | Boy | 938 |
| 167 | Oscar | Boy | 937 |
| 195 | Alberta | Girl | 927 |
| 168 | Everett | Boy | 927 |
| 169 | Sidney | Boy | 927 |
| 170 | Morris | Boy | 912 |
| 171 | Dick | Boy | 911 |
| 196 | Nina | Girl | 911 |
| 197 | Pearl | Girl | 907 |
| 198 | Hattie | Girl | 893 |
| 199 | Sondra | Girl | 879 |
| 200 | Madeline | Girl | 874 |
| 172 | Lowell | Boy | 870 |
| 201 | Deloris | Girl | 870 |
| 202 | Eunice | Girl | 868 |
| 203 | Lola | Girl | 867 |
| 204 | Verna | Girl | 865 |
| 173 | Lyle | Boy | 864 |
| 205 | Claudia | Girl | 863 |
| 206 | Johnnie | Girl | 861 |
| 207 | Sherry | Girl | 857 |
| 174 | Karl | Boy | 855 |
| 208 | Marianne | Girl | 846 |
| 175 | Bennie | Boy | 845 |
| 209 | Nora | Girl | 843 |
| 210 | Ramona | Girl | 840 |
| 176 | Nathaniel | Boy | 833 |
| 177 | Luther | Boy | 824 |
| 211 | Carmen | Girl | 823 |
| 212 | Lula | Girl | 820 |
| 179 | Benny | Boy | 814 |
| 178 | Ben | Boy | 814 |
| 180 | Delbert | Boy | 813 |
| 213 | Janie | Girl | 811 |
| 181 | Marshall | Boy | 809 |
| 182 | Nelson | Boy | 807 |
| 183 | Jeffrey | Boy | 799 |
| 214 | Valerie | Girl | 799 |
| 216 | Lena | Girl | 797 |
| 184 | Earnest | Boy | 797 |
| 215 | Hilda | Girl | 797 |