Popular Baby Names in 1940

The most popular baby names in 1940.

All Girls Boys
Rank Name Gender Count
1 James Boy 62,481
2 Robert Boy 61,194
3 John Boy 54,784
4 William Boy 44,781
5 Richard Boy 37,425
6 Charles Boy 31,690
7 David Boy 27,691
8 Thomas Boy 23,992
9 Donald Boy 23,113
10 Ronald Boy 20,740
11 George Boy 18,313
12 Joseph Boy 18,207
13 Larry Boy 17,200
14 Jerry Boy 15,213
15 Kenneth Boy 15,131
16 Edward Boy 14,404
17 Paul Boy 14,097
18 Michael Boy 13,228
19 Gary Boy 12,573
20 Frank Boy 10,596
21 Gerald Boy 10,237
22 Raymond Boy 9,568
23 Harold Boy 8,078
24 Dennis Boy 7,845
25 Walter Boy 7,723
26 Roger Boy 7,597
27 Billy Boy 7,596
28 Joe Boy 7,216
29 Jack Boy 7,049
30 Bobby Boy 6,882
31 Henry Boy 6,822
32 Carl Boy 6,752
33 Arthur Boy 6,510
34 Daniel Boy 6,225
35 Willie Boy 6,175
36 Lawrence Boy 6,173
37 Ralph Boy 5,838
38 Eugene Boy 5,802
39 Wayne Boy 5,727
40 Fred Boy 5,582
41 Albert Boy 5,571
42 Roy Boy 5,564
43 Peter Boy 5,049
44 Jimmy Boy 4,962
45 Howard Boy 4,824
46 Anthony Boy 4,769
47 Harry Boy 4,681
48 Norman Boy 4,576
49 Stephen Boy 4,422
50 Louis Boy 4,324
51 Johnny Boy 4,006
52 Earl Boy 3,945
53 Melvin Boy 3,935
54 Leonard Boy 3,817
55 Bruce Boy 3,789
56 Douglas Boy 3,732
57 Dale Boy 3,699
58 Ernest Boy 3,698
59 Stanley Boy 3,693
60 Philip Boy 3,674
61 Francis Boy 3,607
62 Don Boy 3,547
63 Marvin Boy 3,502
64 Clarence Boy 3,487
65 Samuel Boy 3,362
66 Leroy Boy 3,311
67 Bill Boy 3,267
68 Frederick Boy 3,096
69 Alfred Boy 3,062
70 Gene Boy 3,061
71 Allen Boy 3,028
72 Russell Boy 3,012
73 Terry Boy 2,982
74 Patrick Boy 2,883
75 Herbert Boy 2,875
76 Tommy Boy 2,827
77 Ray Boy 2,795
78 Jim Boy 2,715
79 Phillip Boy 2,628
80 Lee Boy 2,623
81 Eddie Boy 2,576
82 Bernard Boy 2,468
83 Glenn Boy 2,465
84 Andrew Boy 2,431
85 Martin Boy 2,423
86 Jimmie Boy 2,408
87 Franklin Boy 2,391
88 Alan Boy 2,377
89 Leon Boy 2,318
90 Theodore Boy 2,306
91 Gordon Boy 2,296
92 Tom Boy 2,287
93 Jesse Boy 2,205
94 Clifford Boy 2,185
95 Jerome Boy 2,178
96 Edwin Boy 2,116
97 Curtis Boy 2,103
98 Harvey Boy 2,088
99 Bob Boy 2,082
100 Lloyd Boy 2,067