Top Baby Names of 1940
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1940, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1940)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 62,481 |
| 2 | Robert | 61,194 |
| 3 | John | 54,784 |
| 4 | William | 44,781 |
| 5 | Richard | 37,425 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,690 |
| 7 | David | 27,691 |
| 8 | Thomas | 23,992 |
| 9 | Donald | 23,113 |
| 10 | Ronald | 20,740 |
| 11 | George | 18,313 |
| 12 | Joseph | 18,207 |
| 13 | Larry | 17,200 |
| 14 | Jerry | 15,213 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 15,131 |
| 16 | Edward | 14,404 |
| 17 | Paul | 14,097 |
| 18 | Michael | 13,228 |
| 19 | Gary | 12,573 |
| 20 | Frank | 10,596 |
| 21 | Gerald | 10,237 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,568 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,078 |
| 24 | Dennis | 7,845 |
| 25 | Walter | 7,723 |
| 26 | Roger | 7,597 |
| 27 | Billy | 7,596 |
| 28 | Joe | 7,216 |
| 29 | Jack | 7,049 |
| 30 | Bobby | 6,882 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,822 |
| 32 | Carl | 6,752 |
| 33 | Arthur | 6,510 |
| 34 | Daniel | 6,225 |
| 35 | Willie | 6,175 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 6,173 |
| 37 | Ralph | 5,838 |
| 38 | Eugene | 5,802 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,727 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,582 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,571 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,564 |
| 43 | Peter | 5,049 |
| 44 | Jimmy | 4,962 |
| 45 | Howard | 4,824 |
| 46 | Anthony | 4,769 |
| 47 | Harry | 4,681 |
| 48 | Norman | 4,576 |
| 49 | Stephen | 4,422 |
| 50 | Louis | 4,324 |
| 51 | Johnny | 4,006 |
| 52 | Earl | 3,945 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,935 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,817 |
| 55 | Bruce | 3,789 |
| 56 | Douglas | 3,732 |
| 57 | Dale | 3,699 |
| 58 | Ernest | 3,698 |
| 59 | Stanley | 3,693 |
| 60 | Philip | 3,674 |
| 61 | Francis | 3,607 |
| 62 | Don | 3,547 |
| 63 | Marvin | 3,502 |
| 64 | Clarence | 3,487 |
| 65 | Samuel | 3,362 |
| 66 | Leroy | 3,311 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,267 |
| 68 | Frederick | 3,096 |
| 69 | Alfred | 3,062 |
| 70 | Gene | 3,061 |
| 71 | Allen | 3,028 |
| 72 | Russell | 3,012 |
| 73 | Terry | 2,982 |
| 74 | Patrick | 2,883 |
| 75 | Herbert | 2,875 |
| 76 | Tommy | 2,827 |
| 77 | Ray | 2,795 |
| 78 | Jim | 2,715 |
| 79 | Phillip | 2,628 |
| 80 | Lee | 2,623 |
| 81 | Eddie | 2,576 |
| 82 | Bernard | 2,468 |
| 83 | Glenn | 2,465 |
| 84 | Andrew | 2,431 |
| 85 | Martin | 2,423 |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2,408 |
| 87 | Franklin | 2,391 |
| 88 | Alan | 2,377 |
| 89 | Leon | 2,318 |
| 90 | Theodore | 2,306 |
| 91 | Gordon | 2,296 |
| 92 | Tom | 2,287 |
| 93 | Jesse | 2,205 |
| 94 | Clifford | 2,185 |
| 95 | Jerome | 2,178 |
| 96 | Edwin | 2,116 |
| 97 | Curtis | 2,103 |
| 98 | Harvey | 2,088 |
| 99 | Bob | 2,082 |
| 100 | Lloyd | 2,067 |