Popular Baby Names in 1940
The most popular baby names in 1940.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | Violet | Girl | 783 |
| 218 | Daisy | Girl | 774 |
| 185 | Homer | Boy | 773 |
| 186 | Dave | Boy | 769 |
| 219 | Ernestine | Girl | 767 |
| 187 | Hubert | Boy | 762 |
| 188 | Alexander | Boy | 760 |
| 220 | Marguerite | Girl | 757 |
| 189 | Gregory | Boy | 756 |
| 190 | Carroll | Boy | 755 |
| 221 | Iris | Girl | 750 |
| 224 | Myra | Girl | 749 |
| 223 | Irma | Girl | 749 |
| 222 | Fannie | Girl | 749 |
| 225 | Bettie | Girl | 747 |
| 226 | Lynne | Girl | 742 |
| 191 | Fredrick | Boy | 742 |
| 227 | Antoinette | Girl | 741 |
| 228 | Erma | Girl | 741 |
| 229 | Marsha | Girl | 740 |
| 230 | Susie | Girl | 738 |
| 231 | Miriam | Girl | 734 |
| 232 | Melba | Girl | 731 |
| 233 | Bette | Girl | 729 |
| 235 | Lydia | Girl | 726 |
| 234 | Angela | Girl | 726 |
| 236 | Regina | Girl | 719 |
| 192 | Guy | Boy | 716 |
| 237 | Marcella | Girl | 715 |
| 238 | Sonja | Girl | 713 |
| 239 | Andrea | Girl | 708 |
| 193 | Wilbur | Boy | 705 |
| 240 | Bettye | Girl | 704 |
| 241 | Jacquelyn | Girl | 693 |
| 194 | Alton | Boy | 692 |
| 242 | Flora | Girl | 688 |
| 243 | Victoria | Girl | 687 |
| 244 | Teresa | Girl | 686 |
| 195 | Stuart | Boy | 680 |
| 196 | Juan | Boy | 677 |
| 245 | Mamie | Girl | 676 |
| 197 | Donnie | Boy | 675 |
| 246 | Ada | Girl | 665 |
| 198 | Matthew | Boy | 664 |
| 247 | Jennie | Girl | 662 |
| 200 | Otis | Boy | 661 |
| 199 | Horace | Boy | 661 |
| 201 | Carlos | Boy | 659 |
| 248 | Della | Girl | 650 |
| 249 | Colleen | Girl | 648 |
| 202 | Clifton | Boy | 643 |
| 250 | Katie | Girl | 636 |
| 203 | Roosevelt | Boy | 635 |
| 204 | Clinton | Boy | 632 |
| 251 | Pamela | Girl | 631 |
| 252 | Cecilia | Girl | 629 |
| 205 | Ira | Boy | 625 |
| 206 | Rudolph | Boy | 622 |
| 253 | Beulah | Girl | 621 |
| 207 | Doyle | Boy | 621 |
| 208 | Alex | Boy | 620 |
| 254 | Genevieve | Girl | 616 |
| 209 | Willis | Boy | 609 |
| 210 | Leland | Boy | 608 |
| 255 | Betsy | Girl | 607 |
| 211 | Laurence | Boy | 604 |
| 256 | Kathy | Girl | 604 |
| 212 | Clayton | Boy | 603 |
| 213 | Archie | Boy | 602 |
| 257 | Mable | Girl | 589 |
| 214 | Loren | Boy | 586 |
| 215 | Oliver | Boy | 582 |
| 258 | Muriel | Girl | 581 |
| 259 | Laverne | Girl | 579 |
| 260 | Janis | Girl | 578 |
| 216 | Kent | Boy | 578 |
| 217 | Sammy | Boy | 577 |
| 218 | Troy | Boy | 577 |
| 261 | Cecelia | Girl | 567 |
| 219 | Julius | Boy | 567 |
| 220 | Myron | Boy | 567 |
| 262 | Inez | Girl | 566 |
| 221 | Wilbert | Boy | 566 |
| 263 | Veronica | Girl | 566 |
| 223 | Tommie | Boy | 557 |
| 222 | Garry | Boy | 557 |
| 225 | Perry | Boy | 553 |
| 224 | Gerard | Boy | 553 |
| 264 | Reba | Girl | 550 |
| 226 | Malcolm | Boy | 548 |
| 265 | Mabel | Girl | 548 |
| 228 | Rex | Boy | 547 |
| 227 | Byron | Boy | 547 |
| 229 | Dewey | Boy | 542 |
| 266 | Eula | Girl | 541 |
| 230 | Ivan | Boy | 541 |
| 269 | Olivia | Girl | 540 |
| 268 | Nelda | Girl | 540 |
| 267 | Henrietta | Girl | 540 |
| 231 | Salvatore | Boy | 533 |