Most Popular Baby Names of 1939
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Betty | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Shirley | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Carol | 0 |
| 7 | David | +1 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Donald | -1 | 8 | Judith | +4 |
| 9 | Thomas | 0 | 9 | Dorothy | -1 |
| 10 | Ronald | 0 | 10 | Margaret | -1 |
| 11 | George | 0 | 11 | Joan | -1 |
| 12 | Joseph | 0 | 12 | Joyce | -1 |
| 13 | Kenneth | +1 | 13 | Sandra | +1 |
| 14 | Larry | +2 | 14 | Carolyn | +1 |
| 15 | Edward | -2 | 15 | Linda | +16 |
| 16 | Jerry | +1 | 16 | Helen | -3 |
| 17 | Paul | -2 | 17 | Janet | -1 |
| 18 | Michael | +3 | 18 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 19 | Gerald | 0 | 19 | Marilyn | 0 |
| 20 | Frank | -2 | 20 | Donna | 0 |
| 21 | Gary | +1 | 21 | Virginia | +1 |
| 22 | Raymond | -2 | 22 | Ruth | -1 |
| 23 | Harold | 0 | 23 | Sharon | +7 |
| 24 | Billy | 0 | 24 | Janice | 0 |
| 25 | Walter | +1 | 25 | Beverly | -7 |
| 26 | Jack | -1 | 26 | Frances | -3 |
| 27 | Joe | +1 | 27 | Martha | -1 |
| 28 | Roger | +3 | 28 | Judy | +13 |
| 29 | Bobby | -2 | 29 | Doris | -4 |
| 30 | Carl | -1 | 30 | Phyllis | -2 |
| 31 | Henry | -1 | 31 | Alice | -2 |
| 32 | Arthur | 0 | 32 | Jean | -5 |
| 33 | Willie | +1 | 33 | Ann | -1 |
| 34 | Dennis | +15 | 34 | Peggy | +1 |
| 35 | Ralph | 0 | 35 | Lois | -2 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 0 | 36 | Gloria | 0 |
| 37 | Eugene | -4 | 37 | Marie | 0 |
| 38 | Daniel | +1 | 38 | Norma | -4 |
| 39 | Wayne | +1 | 39 | Karen | +11 |
| 40 | Fred | -2 | 40 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 41 | Albert | -4 | 41 | Geraldine | +4 |
| 42 | Roy | -1 | 42 | Rose | -3 |
| 43 | Jimmy | +2 | 43 | Anna | -3 |
| 44 | Norman | -1 | 44 | Susan | +28 |
| 45 | Harry | -1 | 45 | Elaine | -3 |
| 46 | Peter | +2 | 46 | Jane | -2 |
| 47 | Anthony | -1 | 47 | Carole | -1 |
| 48 | Howard | -6 | 48 | Kathleen | +10 |
| 49 | Louis | -2 | 49 | Catherine | -1 |
| 50 | Earl | 0 | 50 | Wanda | -1 |
| 51 | Melvin | +3 | 51 | Diane | +13 |
| 52 | Marvin | +1 | 52 | Sally | +2 |
| 53 | Leonard | +4 | 53 | Joanne | +4 |
| 54 | Francis | -3 | 54 | Annie | -7 |
| 55 | Ernest | 0 | 55 | Mildred | -3 |
| 56 | Don | -4 | 56 | Patsy | -1 |
| 57 | Stanley | +2 | 57 | Joann | +11 |
| 58 | Douglas | +2 | 58 | Dolores | -15 |
| 59 | Dale | -3 | 59 | Louise | 0 |
| 60 | Clarence | -2 | 60 | Marjorie | -7 |
| 61 | Leroy | 0 | 61 | Bonnie | +4 |
| 62 | Johnny | +1 | 62 | Sylvia | -6 |
| 63 | Samuel | -1 | 63 | Eleanor | -3 |
| 64 | Bruce | +2 | 64 | Marlene | -13 |
| 65 | Stephen | +9 | 65 | Loretta | -3 |
| 66 | Philip | -2 | 66 | Charlotte | +4 |
| 67 | Bill | 0 | 67 | Ruby | -6 |
| 68 | Herbert | 0 | 68 | Sarah | -1 |
| 69 | Gene | -4 | 69 | Arlene | -6 |
| 70 | Alfred | -1 | 70 | Jo | +8 |
| 71 | Frederick | 0 | 71 | Roberta | +2 |
| 72 | Allen | +1 | 72 | Jacqueline | -3 |
| 73 | Russell | -3 | 73 | Gail | +4 |
| 74 | Ray | -2 | 74 | Irene | -3 |
| 75 | Jim | +6 | 75 | Darlene | +1 |
| 76 | Bernard | -1 | 76 | Kay | +5 |
| 77 | Tommy | 0 | 77 | Juanita | +3 |
| 78 | Lee | +2 | 78 | Rita | -4 |
| 79 | Patrick | +9 | 79 | Delores | -4 |
| 80 | Jimmie | -4 | 80 | Ellen | +9 |
| 81 | Eddie | -2 | 81 | Edna | +1 |
| 82 | Gordon | -4 | 82 | Jeanette | +9 |
| 83 | Terry | +3 | 83 | June | -4 |
| 84 | Andrew | -2 | 84 | Josephine | -1 |
| 85 | Alan | +6 | 85 | Anne | -1 |
| 86 | Leon | -1 | 86 | Brenda | +156 |
| 87 | Glenn | -4 | 87 | Wilma | -2 |
| 88 | Clifford | +1 | 88 | Thelma | -2 |
| 89 | Bob | +5 | 89 | Emma | +7 |
| 90 | Theodore | -6 | 90 | Yvonne | +11 |
| 91 | Martin | -4 | 91 | Julia | +15 |
| 92 | Phillip | +3 | 92 | Sue | +12 |
| 93 | Jerome | 0 | 93 | Theresa | -1 |
| 94 | Floyd | +2 | 94 | Rosemary | +1 |
| 95 | Lloyd | -3 | 95 | Florence | -5 |
| 96 | Edwin | -6 | 96 | Lorraine | -3 |
| 97 | Tom | +9 | 97 | Anita | +2 |
| 98 | Jesse | +9 | 98 | Audrey | -11 |
| 99 | Curtis | +2 | 99 | Lillian | -11 |
| 100 | Vernon | +3 | 100 | Ethel | -6 |