Top baby names of 1940
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John92,346
- 5William75,506
- 6Richard63,090
- 7Barbara62,190
- 8Patricia55,292
- 9Charles53,430
- 10David46,688
- 11Thomas40,452
- 12Donald38,956
- 13Judith37,892
- 14Betty37,354
- 15Carol36,840
- 16Ronald34,982
- 17Nancy33,410
- 18Linda31,104
- 19George30,884
- 20Joseph30,696
- 21Shirley30,262
- 22Larry29,014
- 23Sandra27,342
- 24Jerry25,624
- 25Kenneth25,506
- 26Margaret25,502
- 27Dorothy25,172
- 28Joyce25,054
- 29Edward24,294
- 30Paul23,788
- 31Joan22,496
- 32Michael22,306
- 33Carolyn21,436
- 34Gary21,196
- 35Judy19,270
- 36Sharon18,828
- 37Frank17,876
- 38Helen17,276
- 39Gerald17,258
- 40Janet17,112
- 41Elizabeth16,854
- 42Virginia16,170
- 43Raymond16,128
- 44Janice15,772
- 45Donna15,628
- 46Ruth15,048
- 47Marilyn14,732
- 48Martha14,720
- 49Beverly14,654
- 50Frances14,584
- 51Jean13,650
- 52Harold13,616
- 53Gloria13,584
- 54Dennis13,226
- 55Doris13,144
- 56Walter13,040
- 57Alice12,866
- 58Roger12,816
- 59Billy12,802
- 60Phyllis12,552
- 61Karen12,334
- 62Ann12,178
- 63Joe12,176
- 64Jack11,876
- 65Bobby11,612
- 66Henry11,496
- 67Susan11,440
- 68Carl11,388
- 69Arthur10,978
- 70Daniel10,484
- 71Lawrence10,416
- 72Willie10,410
- 73Lois10,374
- 74Peggy10,374
- 75Bonnie10,096
- 76Ralph9,836
- 77Eugene9,782
- 78Wayne9,654
- 79Kathleen9,654
- 80Fred9,414
- 81Albert9,388
- 82Roy9,388
- 83Marie9,382
- 84Brenda9,212
- 85Norma9,032
- 86Rose8,808
- 87Diane8,762
- 88Geraldine8,726
- 89Jane8,616
- 90Peter8,520
- 91Evelyn8,440
- 92Jimmy8,380
- 93Howard8,134
- 94Carole8,104
- 95Elaine8,098
- 96Anthony8,040
- 97Harry7,884
- 98Norman7,728
- 99Stephen7,458
- 100Louis7,290