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Most popular names of the 1940s

Top U.S. baby names born 1940 to 1949, ranked by total births.

Top 100 names of the 1940s

  1. 1James~798k births
  2. 2Robert~760k births
  3. 3John~714k births
  4. 4Mary~642k births
  5. 5William~558k births
  6. 6Linda~533k births
  7. 7Richard~479k births
  8. 8David~427k births
  9. 9Barbara~426k births
  10. 10Patricia~413k births
  11. 11Charles~363k births
  12. 12Thomas~352k births
  13. 13Michael~338k births
  14. 14Carol~294k births
  15. 15Ronald~283k births
  16. 16Sandra~266k births
  17. 17Larry~257k births
  18. 18Nancy~253k births
  19. 19Donald~248k births
  20. 20Joseph~231k births
  21. 21Sharon~222k births
  22. 22Judith~219k births
  23. 23Gary~218k births
  24. 24Susan~213k births
  25. 25George~210k births
  26. 26Kenneth~199k births
  27. 27Betty~195k births
  28. 28Paul~184k births
  29. 29Carolyn~182k births
  30. 30Edward~175k births
  31. 31Margaret~174k births
  32. 32Shirley~173k births
  33. 33Jerry~172k births
  34. 34Judy~168k births
  35. 35Karen~168k births
  36. 36Donna~166k births
  37. 37Dennis~163k births
  38. 38Kathleen~153k births
  39. 39Joyce~152k births
  40. 40Dorothy~133k births
  41. 41Janet~131k births
  42. 42Diane~123k births
  43. 43Frank~120k births
  44. 44Janice~119k births
  45. 45Joan~118k births
  46. 46Elizabeth~117k births
  47. 47Daniel~113k births
  48. 48Brenda~113k births
  49. 49Raymond~109k births
  50. 50Roger~108k births
  51. 51Stephen~107k births
  52. 52Gloria~105k births
  53. 53Gerald~104k births
  54. 54Virginia~99k births
  55. 55Marilyn~99k births
  56. 56Beverly~96k births
  57. 57Martha~96k births
  58. 58Helen~91k births
  59. 59Terry~91k births
  60. 60Willie~91k births
  61. 61Bonnie~88k births
  62. 62Ruth~86k births
  63. 63Frances~86k births
  64. 64Walter~84k births
  65. 65Harold~82k births
  66. 66Jean~82k births
  67. 67Steven~81k births
  68. 68Douglas~81k births
  69. 69Lawrence~81k births
  70. 70Ann~77k births
  71. 71Phyllis~76k births
  72. 72Wayne~75k births
  73. 73Arthur~74k births
  74. 74Joe~74k births
  75. 75Jack~74k births
  76. 76Pamela~73k births
  77. 77Carl~73k births
  78. 78Henry~73k births
  79. 79Jane~73k births
  80. 80Alice~73k births
  81. 81Peggy~72k births
  82. 82Bruce~72k births
  83. 83Cheryl~71k births
  84. 84Peter~70k births
  85. 85Billy~68k births
  86. 86Roy~66k births
  87. 87Ralph~65k births
  88. 88Anthony~65k births
  89. 89Doris~65k births
  90. 90Jimmy~64k births
  91. 91Catherine~62k births
  92. 92Albert~61k births
  93. 93Bobby~60k births
  94. 94Elaine~60k births
  95. 95Cynthia~58k births
  96. 96Connie~58k births
  97. 97Marie~58k births
  98. 98Johnny~58k births
  99. 99Eugene~58k births
  100. 100Lois~57k births