NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

1940

Girls: 1,143,528 births · Boys: 1,159,172 births

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RankNameBirthsChange
#1 Mary 56,216 —
#2 Barbara 36,736 —
#3 Patricia 32,665 —
#4 Judith 22,385 ▲ 4
#5 Betty 22,077 ▼ 1
#6 Carol 21,759 —
#7 Nancy 19,737 —
#8 Linda 18,370 ▲ 7
#9 Shirley 17,881 ▼ 4
#10 Sandra 16,153 ▲ 3
#11 Margaret 15,063 ▼ 1
#12 Dorothy 14,875 ▼ 3
#13 Joyce 14,801 ▼ 1
#14 Joan 13,292 ▼ 3
#15 Carolyn 12,657 ▼ 1
#16 Judy 11,382 ▲ 12
#17 Sharon 11,121 ▲ 6
#18 Helen 10,203 ▼ 2
#19 Janet 10,105 ▼ 2
#20 Elizabeth 9,955 ▼ 2
#21 Virginia 9,554 —
#22 Janice 9,318 ▲ 2
#23 Donna 9,232 ▼ 3
#24 Ruth 8,888 ▼ 2
#25 Marilyn 8,704 ▼ 6
#26 Martha 8,695 ▲ 1
#27 Beverly 8,657 ▼ 2
#28 Frances 8,621 ▼ 2
#29 Jean 8,063 ▲ 3
#30 Gloria 8,026 ▲ 6
#31 Doris 7,767 ▼ 2
#32 Alice 7,603 ▼ 1
#33 Phyllis 7,416 ▼ 3
#34 Karen 7,283 ▲ 5
#35 Ann 7,196 ▼ 2
#36 Susan 6,756 ▲ 8
#37 Peggy 6,128 ▼ 3
#38 Lois 6,125 ▼ 3
#39 Bonnie 5,957 ▲ 22
#40 Kathleen 5,697 ▲ 8
#41 Marie 5,542 ▼ 4
#42 Brenda 5,442 ▲ 44
#43 Norma 5,334 ▼ 5
#44 Rose 5,198 ▼ 2
#45 Diane 5,172 ▲ 6
#46 Geraldine 5,150 ▼ 5
#47 Jane 5,091 ▼ 1
#48 Evelyn 4,982 ▼ 8
#49 Carole 4,790 ▼ 2
#50 Elaine 4,782 ▼ 5
#51 Anna 4,717 ▼ 8
#52 Wanda 4,708 ▼ 2
#53 Catherine 4,584 ▼ 4
#54 Joanne 4,418 ▼ 1
#55 Charlotte 4,291 ▲ 11
#56 Annie 4,216 ▼ 2
#57 Patsy 4,079 ▼ 1
#58 Mildred 3,938 ▼ 3
#59 Louise 3,928 —
#60 Sarah 3,869 ▲ 8
#61 Sally 3,803 ▼ 9
#62 Sylvia 3,802 —
#63 Joann 3,789 ▼ 6
#64 Marjorie 3,681 ▼ 4
#65 Gail 3,621 ▲ 8
#66 Ruby 3,619 ▲ 1
#67 Dolores 3,604 ▼ 9
#68 Eleanor 3,584 ▼ 5
#69 Loretta 3,502 ▼ 4
#70 Rita 3,442 ▲ 8
#71 Roberta 3,431 —
#72 Jo 3,427 ▼ 2
#73 Irene 3,394 ▲ 1
#74 Ellen 3,318 ▲ 6
#75 Arlene 3,257 ▼ 6
#76 Jacqueline 3,215 ▼ 4
#77 Kay 3,200 ▼ 1
#78 Juanita 3,174 ▼ 1
#79 Darlene 3,120 ▼ 4
#80 Marlene 3,118 ▼ 16
#81 Sue 3,104 ▲ 11
#82 June 2,949 ▲ 1
#83 Delores 2,929 ▼ 4
#84 Anne 2,897 ▲ 1
#85 Rosemary 2,874 ▲ 8
#86 Edna 2,835 ▼ 5
#87 Anita 2,828 ▲ 10
#88 Connie 2,795 ▲ 23
#89 Josephine 2,744 ▼ 5
#90 Jeanette 2,727 ▼ 8
#91 Julia 2,709 —
#92 Katherine 2,709 ▲ 9
#93 Wilma 2,621 ▼ 6
#94 Emma 2,606 ▼ 5
#95 Lorraine 2,579 —
#96 Rebecca 2,555 ▲ 38
#97 Lillian 2,525 ▲ 2
#98 Edith 2,510 ▲ 4
#99 Audrey 2,501 ▼ 1
#100 Florence 2,467 ▼ 4

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