Top baby names of 1939
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John90,074
- 5William74,252
- 6Barbara65,740
- 7Richard62,454
- 8Charles54,344
- 9Patricia52,390
- 10David44,756
- 11Donald42,462
- 12Betty41,696
- 13Thomas39,058
- 14Shirley36,046
- 15Carol35,566
- 16Ronald35,006
- 17Nancy34,786
- 18George31,584
- 19Joseph31,280
- 20Judith29,320
- 21Dorothy26,758
- 22Margaret26,370
- 23Kenneth25,956
- 24Larry25,648
- 25Edward25,470
- 26Joan24,940
- 27Jerry24,222
- 28Joyce23,622
- 29Paul23,534
- 30Sandra21,108
- 31Carolyn19,912
- 32Michael19,118
- 33Linda18,892
- 34Helen18,370
- 35Janet17,834
- 36Gerald17,740
- 37Frank17,632
- 38Elizabeth17,120
- 39Gary17,088
- 40Marilyn16,828
- 41Donna16,522
- 42Raymond16,312
- 43Virginia16,270
- 44Ruth15,982
- 45Sharon15,900
- 46Janice15,488
- 47Beverly15,352
- 48Frances15,128
- 49Martha14,980
- 50Harold14,652
- 51Judy14,258
- 52Doris13,548
- 53Phyllis13,388
- 54Billy13,188
- 55Alice12,994
- 56Walter12,924
- 57Jack12,886
- 58Jean12,858
- 59Joe12,688
- 60Roger12,622
- 61Bobby12,444
- 62Carl11,640
- 63Henry11,572
- 64Ann11,552
- 65Arthur11,260
- 66Willie11,118
- 67Dennis10,968
- 68Peggy10,664
- 69Lois10,650
- 70Ralph10,510
- 71Gloria10,474
- 72Marie10,392
- 73Lawrence10,372
- 74Eugene10,366
- 75Norma10,270
- 76Daniel10,244
- 77Wayne9,968
- 78Karen9,778
- 79Fred9,772
- 80Albert9,668
- 81Evelyn9,398
- 82Geraldine9,094
- 83Roy9,094
- 84Rose8,886
- 85Anna8,700
- 86Susan8,618
- 87Elaine8,442
- 88Jane8,416
- 89Jimmy8,388
- 90Norman8,360
- 91Carole8,250
- 92Harry8,224
- 93Kathleen8,212
- 94Peter8,202
- 95Anthony8,148
- 96Howard8,130
- 97Catherine8,072
- 98Wanda8,040
- 99Louis7,464
- 100Earl6,862