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Top Baby Names 1940

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,143,517 · Total Boys: 1,159,168

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	56,214	4.916%
2	Barbara	36,735	3.212%
3	Patricia	32,667	2.857%
4	Judith	22,385	1.958%
5	Betty	22,077	1.931%
6	Carol	21,759	1.903%
7	Nancy	19,737	1.726%
8	Linda	18,369	1.606%
9	Shirley	17,880	1.564%
10	Sandra	16,154	1.413%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Margaret	15,062	1.317%
12	Dorothy	14,875	1.301%
13	Joyce	14,802	1.294%
14	Joan	13,292	1.162%
15	Carolyn	12,657	1.107%
16	Judy	11,383	0.995%
17	Sharon	11,120	0.972%
18	Helen	10,203	0.892%
19	Janet	10,105	0.884%
20	Elizabeth	9,956	0.871%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Virginia	9,554	0.835%
22	Janice	9,318	0.815%
23	Donna	9,232	0.807%
24	Ruth	8,887	0.777%
25	Marilyn	8,703	0.761%
26	Martha	8,695	0.760%
27	Beverly	8,658	0.757%
28	Frances	8,621	0.754%
29	Jean	8,064	0.705%
30	Gloria	8,026	0.702%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Doris	7,767	0.679%
32	Alice	7,603	0.665%
33	Phyllis	7,416	0.649%
34	Karen	7,283	0.637%
35	Ann	7,196	0.629%
36	Susan	6,756	0.591%
37	Peggy	6,128	0.536%
38	Lois	6,124	0.536%
39	Bonnie	5,957	0.521%
40	Kathleen	5,697	0.498%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Marie	5,542	0.485%
42	Brenda	5,442	0.476%
43	Norma	5,334	0.466%
44	Rose	5,198	0.455%
45	Diane	5,172	0.452%
46	Geraldine	5,150	0.450%
47	Jane	5,092	0.445%
48	Evelyn	4,982	0.436%
49	Carole	4,790	0.419%
50	Elaine	4,782	0.418%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Anna	4,717	0.413%
52	Wanda	4,708	0.412%
53	Catherine	4,584	0.401%
54	Joanne	4,418	0.386%
55	Charlotte	4,291	0.375%
56	Annie	4,216	0.369%
57	Patsy	4,078	0.357%
58	Mildred	3,938	0.344%
59	Louise	3,927	0.343%
60	Sarah	3,869	0.338%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Sally	3,803	0.333%
62	Sylvia	3,802	0.332%
63	Joann	3,790	0.331%
64	Marjorie	3,681	0.322%
65	Gail	3,621	0.317%
66	Ruby	3,619	0.316%
67	Dolores	3,604	0.315%
68	Eleanor	3,584	0.313%
69	Loretta	3,502	0.306%
70	Rita	3,442	0.301%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Roberta	3,431	0.300%
72	Jo	3,427	0.300%
73	Irene	3,394	0.297%
74	Ellen	3,318	0.290%
75	Arlene	3,257	0.285%
76	Jacqueline	3,215	0.281%
77	Kay	3,200	0.280%
78	Juanita	3,174	0.278%
79	Darlene	3,120	0.273%
80	Marlene	3,118	0.273%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Sue	3,106	0.272%
82	June	2,949	0.258%
83	Delores	2,929	0.256%
84	Anne	2,897	0.253%
85	Rosemary	2,874	0.251%
86	Edna	2,836	0.248%
87	Anita	2,828	0.247%
88	Connie	2,795	0.244%
89	Josephine	2,744	0.240%
90	Jeanette	2,727	0.238%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Katherine	2,709	0.237%
92	Julia	2,708	0.237%
93	Wilma	2,621	0.229%
94	Emma	2,606	0.228%
95	Lorraine	2,579	0.226%
96	Rebecca	2,555	0.223%
97	Lillian	2,525	0.221%
98	Edith	2,510	0.220%
99	Audrey	2,501	0.219%
100	Florence	2,468	0.216%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	62,481	5.390%
2	Robert	61,194	5.279%
3	John	54,784	4.726%
4	William	44,781	3.863%
5	Richard	37,425	3.229%
6	Charles	31,690	2.734%
7	David	27,691	2.389%
8	Thomas	23,992	2.070%
9	Donald	23,113	1.994%
10	Ronald	20,740	1.789%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	George	18,313	1.580%
12	Joseph	18,207	1.571%
13	Larry	17,200	1.484%
14	Jerry	15,213	1.312%
15	Kenneth	15,131	1.305%
16	Edward	14,404	1.243%
17	Paul	14,097	1.216%
18	Michael	13,228	1.141%
19	Gary	12,573	1.085%
20	Frank	10,596	0.914%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Gerald	10,237	0.883%
22	Raymond	9,568	0.825%
23	Harold	8,078	0.697%
24	Dennis	7,845	0.677%
25	Walter	7,723	0.666%
26	Roger	7,597	0.655%
27	Billy	7,596	0.655%
28	Joe	7,216	0.623%
29	Jack	7,049	0.608%
30	Bobby	6,882	0.594%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Henry	6,822	0.589%
32	Carl	6,752	0.582%
33	Arthur	6,510	0.562%
34	Daniel	6,225	0.537%
35	Willie	6,175	0.533%
36	Lawrence	6,173	0.533%
37	Ralph	5,838	0.504%
38	Eugene	5,802	0.501%
39	Wayne	5,727	0.494%
40	Fred	5,582	0.482%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Albert	5,571	0.481%
42	Roy	5,564	0.480%
43	Peter	5,049	0.436%
44	Jimmy	4,962	0.428%
45	Howard	4,824	0.416%
46	Anthony	4,769	0.411%
47	Harry	4,681	0.404%
48	Norman	4,576	0.395%
49	Stephen	4,422	0.381%
50	Louis	4,324	0.373%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Johnny	4,006	0.346%
52	Earl	3,945	0.340%
53	Melvin	3,935	0.339%
54	Leonard	3,817	0.329%
55	Bruce	3,789	0.327%
56	Douglas	3,732	0.322%
57	Dale	3,699	0.319%
58	Ernest	3,698	0.319%
59	Stanley	3,693	0.319%
60	Philip	3,674	0.317%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Francis	3,607	0.311%
62	Don	3,547	0.306%
63	Marvin	3,502	0.302%
64	Clarence	3,487	0.301%
65	Samuel	3,362	0.290%
66	Leroy	3,311	0.286%
67	Bill	3,267	0.282%
68	Frederick	3,096	0.267%
69	Alfred	3,062	0.264%
70	Gene	3,061	0.264%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Allen	3,028	0.261%
72	Russell	3,012	0.260%
73	Terry	2,982	0.257%
74	Patrick	2,883	0.249%
75	Herbert	2,875	0.248%
76	Tommy	2,827	0.244%
77	Ray	2,795	0.241%
78	Jim	2,715	0.234%
79	Phillip	2,628	0.227%
80	Lee	2,623	0.226%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Eddie	2,576	0.222%
82	Bernard	2,468	0.213%
83	Glenn	2,465	0.213%
84	Andrew	2,431	0.210%
85	Martin	2,423	0.209%
86	Jimmie	2,408	0.208%
87	Franklin	2,391	0.206%
88	Alan	2,377	0.205%
89	Leon	2,318	0.200%
90	Theodore	2,306	0.199%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Gordon	2,296	0.198%
92	Tom	2,287	0.197%
93	Jesse	2,205	0.190%
94	Clifford	2,185	0.189%
95	Jerome	2,178	0.188%
96	Edwin	2,116	0.183%
97	Curtis	2,103	0.181%
98	Harvey	2,088	0.180%
99	Bob	2,082	0.180%
100	Lloyd	2,067	0.178%

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