Most Popular Baby Names of 1940
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | +1 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | -1 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Judith | +4 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Betty | -1 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Carol | 0 |
| 7 | David | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | +1 | 8 | Linda | +7 |
| 9 | Donald | -1 | 9 | Shirley | -4 |
| 10 | Ronald | 0 | 10 | Sandra | +3 |
| 11 | George | 0 | 11 | Margaret | -1 |
| 12 | Joseph | 0 | 12 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 13 | Larry | +1 | 13 | Joyce | -1 |
| 14 | Jerry | +2 | 14 | Joan | -3 |
| 15 | Kenneth | -2 | 15 | Carolyn | -1 |
| 16 | Edward | -1 | 16 | Judy | +12 |
| 17 | Paul | 0 | 17 | Sharon | +6 |
| 18 | Michael | 0 | 18 | Helen | -2 |
| 19 | Gary | +2 | 19 | Janet | -2 |
| 20 | Frank | 0 | 20 | Elizabeth | -2 |
| 21 | Gerald | -2 | 21 | Virginia | 0 |
| 22 | Raymond | 0 | 22 | Janice | +2 |
| 23 | Harold | 0 | 23 | Donna | -3 |
| 24 | Dennis | +10 | 24 | Ruth | -2 |
| 25 | Walter | 0 | 25 | Marilyn | -6 |
| 26 | Roger | +2 | 26 | Martha | +1 |
| 27 | Billy | -3 | 27 | Beverly | -2 |
| 28 | Joe | -1 | 28 | Frances | -2 |
| 29 | Jack | -3 | 29 | Jean | +3 |
| 30 | Bobby | -1 | 30 | Gloria | +6 |
| 31 | Henry | 0 | 31 | Doris | -2 |
| 32 | Carl | -2 | 32 | Alice | -1 |
| 33 | Arthur | -1 | 33 | Phyllis | -3 |
| 34 | Daniel | +4 | 34 | Karen | +5 |
| 35 | Willie | -2 | 35 | Ann | -2 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 0 | 36 | Susan | +8 |
| 37 | Ralph | -2 | 37 | Peggy | -3 |
| 38 | Eugene | -1 | 38 | Lois | -3 |
| 39 | Wayne | 0 | 39 | Bonnie | +22 |
| 40 | Fred | 0 | 40 | Kathleen | +8 |
| 41 | Albert | 0 | 41 | Marie | -4 |
| 42 | Roy | 0 | 42 | Brenda | +44 |
| 43 | Peter | +3 | 43 | Norma | -5 |
| 44 | Jimmy | -1 | 44 | Rose | -2 |
| 45 | Howard | +3 | 45 | Diane | +6 |
| 46 | Anthony | +1 | 46 | Geraldine | -5 |
| 47 | Harry | -2 | 47 | Jane | -1 |
| 48 | Norman | -4 | 48 | Evelyn | -8 |
| 49 | Stephen | +16 | 49 | Elaine | -4 |
| 50 | Louis | -1 | 50 | Carole | -3 |
| 51 | Johnny | +11 | 51 | Wanda | -1 |
| 52 | Earl | -2 | 52 | Anna | -9 |
| 53 | Melvin | -2 | 53 | Catherine | -4 |
| 54 | Leonard | -1 | 54 | Joanne | -1 |
| 55 | Bruce | +9 | 55 | Charlotte | +11 |
| 56 | Douglas | +2 | 56 | Annie | -2 |
| 57 | Ernest | -2 | 57 | Patsy | -1 |
| 58 | Dale | +1 | 58 | Mildred | -3 |
| 59 | Stanley | -2 | 59 | Louise | 0 |
| 60 | Philip | +6 | 60 | Sarah | +8 |
| 61 | Francis | -7 | 61 | Sally | -9 |
| 62 | Don | -6 | 62 | Sylvia | 0 |
| 63 | Marvin | -11 | 63 | Joann | -6 |
| 64 | Clarence | -4 | 64 | Marjorie | -4 |
| 65 | Samuel | -2 | 65 | Gail | +8 |
| 66 | Leroy | -5 | 66 | Ruby | +1 |
| 67 | Bill | 0 | 67 | Dolores | -9 |
| 68 | Frederick | +3 | 68 | Eleanor | -5 |
| 69 | Alfred | +1 | 69 | Loretta | -4 |
| 70 | Gene | -1 | 70 | Rita | +8 |
| 71 | Allen | +1 | 71 | Jo | -1 |
| 72 | Russell | +1 | 72 | Roberta | -1 |
| 73 | Terry | +10 | 73 | Irene | +1 |
| 74 | Patrick | +5 | 74 | Ellen | +6 |
| 75 | Herbert | -7 | 75 | Arlene | -6 |
| 76 | Tommy | +1 | 76 | Jacqueline | -4 |
| 77 | Ray | -3 | 77 | Kay | -1 |
| 78 | Jim | -3 | 78 | Juanita | -1 |
| 79 | Lee | -1 | 79 | Marlene | -15 |
| 80 | Phillip | +12 | 80 | Darlene | -5 |
| 81 | Eddie | 0 | 81 | Sue | +11 |
| 82 | Bernard | -6 | 82 | June | +1 |
| 83 | Glenn | +4 | 83 | Delores | -4 |
| 84 | Andrew | 0 | 84 | Anne | +1 |
| 85 | Martin | +6 | 85 | Rosemary | +9 |
| 86 | Jimmie | -6 | 86 | Edna | -5 |
| 87 | Franklin | +20 | 87 | Anita | +10 |
| 88 | Alan | -3 | 88 | Connie | +23 |
| 89 | Leon | -3 | 89 | Josephine | -5 |
| 90 | Theodore | 0 | 90 | Jeanette | -8 |
| 91 | Gordon | -9 | 91 | Katherine | +11 |
| 92 | Tom | +5 | 92 | Julia | -1 |
| 93 | Jesse | +5 | 93 | Wilma | -6 |
| 94 | Clifford | -6 | 94 | Emma | -5 |
| 95 | Jerome | -2 | 95 | Lorraine | +1 |
| 96 | Edwin | 0 | 96 | Rebecca | +39 |
| 97 | Curtis | +2 | 97 | Lillian | +2 |
| 98 | Bob | -9 | 98 | Edith | +3 |
| 99 | Harvey | +3 | 99 | Audrey | -1 |
| 100 | Lloyd | -5 | 100 | Florence | -5 |