Most Popular Baby Names of 1940
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 101 | Ronnie | +8 | 101 | Thelma | -13 |
| 102 | Floyd | -8 | 102 | Theresa | -9 |
| 103 | Clyde | -2 | 103 | Kathryn | +3 |
| 104 | Vincent | +6 | 104 | Pauline | +1 |
| 105 | Vernon | -5 | 105 | Grace | +3 |
| 106 | Alvin | -3 | 106 | Ethel | -6 |
| 107 | Lewis | -1 | 107 | Laura | 0 |
| 108 | Jackie | -4 | 108 | Glenda | +4 |
| 109 | Barry | +18 | 109 | Suzanne | +13 |
| 110 | Warren | -5 | 110 | Yvonne | -20 |
| 111 | Charlie | +1 | 111 | Clara | -8 |
| 112 | Leo | -4 | 112 | Marcia | -3 |
| 113 | Herman | -2 | 113 | Margie | 0 |
| 114 | Wendell | +92 | 114 | Lucille | -4 |
| 115 | Allan | +10 | 115 | Vivian | +12 |
| 116 | Lester | 0 | 116 | Gladys | -12 |
| 117 | Cecil | -3 | 117 | Diana | +21 |
| 118 | Steven | +26 | 118 | Christine | +6 |
| 119 | Arnold | -6 | 119 | Maria | 0 |
| 120 | Victor | -1 | 120 | Marion | +1 |
| 121 | Mike | +8 | 121 | Sara | +7 |
| 122 | Steve | +17 | 122 | Bernice | -6 |
| 123 | Jon | -2 | 123 | Hazel | -5 |
| 124 | Gilbert | -9 | 124 | Constance | -1 |
| 125 | Keith | -8 | 125 | Eileen | -10 |
| 126 | Danny | +11 | 126 | Annette | -6 |
| 127 | Calvin | -1 | 127 | Priscilla | +21 |
| 128 | Benjamin | -4 | 128 | Willie | -2 |
| 129 | Johnnie | -9 | 129 | Jeanne | +18 |
| 130 | Glen | -7 | 130 | Sheila | -5 |
| 131 | Darrell | -1 | 131 | Esther | -14 |
| 132 | Milton | -4 | 132 | Eva | -3 |
| 133 | Rodney | -11 | 133 | Cynthia | +19 |
| 134 | Timothy | +16 | 134 | Pat | +8 |
| 135 | Duane | -17 | 135 | Maureen | +11 |
| 136 | Leslie | -1 | 136 | Deanna | -3 |
| 137 | Chester | -1 | 137 | Maxine | 0 |
| 138 | Freddie | 0 | 138 | Georgia | -7 |
| 139 | Jay | +3 | 139 | Rosalie | -25 |
| 140 | Joel | -6 | 140 | Bertha | -6 |
| 141 | Roland | -9 | 141 | Beatrice | -5 |
| 142 | Tony | -2 | 142 | Marian | -12 |
| 143 | Dean | -10 | 143 | Lillie | 0 |
| 144 | Elmer | -13 | 144 | Ida | +1 |
| 145 | Claude | -4 | 145 | Charlene | -5 |
| 146 | Manuel | -3 | 146 | Ella | -14 |
| 147 | Wallace | +4 | 147 | Bobbie | -6 |
| 148 | Jose | 0 | 148 | Rosa | +3 |
| 149 | Mark | +21 | 149 | Billie | 0 |
| 150 | Sam | -5 | 150 | Myrna | -6 |
| 151 | Willard | -4 | 151 | Elsie | -12 |
| 152 | Wesley | -6 | 152 | Alma | -2 |
| 153 | Nicholas | +3 | 153 | Faye | +8 |
| 154 | Lonnie | -2 | 154 | Lucy | 0 |
| 155 | Dan | +6 | 155 | Paula | +4 |
| 156 | Neil | -3 | 156 | Maryann | +11 |
| 157 | Hugh | +3 | 157 | Harriet | -1 |
| 158 | Marion | -3 | 158 | Jessie | -3 |
| 159 | Lynn | +8 | 159 | Vera | -6 |
| 160 | Ted | -11 | 160 | Joy | +6 |
| 161 | Maurice | -4 | 161 | Bessie | -3 |
| 162 | Jessie | -8 | 162 | Nellie | -5 |
| 163 | Brian | +14 | 163 | Mattie | -1 |
| 164 | Edgar | -6 | 164 | Emily | 0 |
| 165 | Max | -3 | 165 | Lynda | +56 |
| 166 | Virgil | -2 | 166 | Rachel | -6 |
| 167 | Oscar | -8 | 167 | Dianne | +24 |
| 168 | Everett | -5 | 168 | Gwendolyn | 0 |
| 169 | Sidney | +4 | 169 | Minnie | -4 |
| 170 | Dick | -2 | 170 | Agnes | -7 |
| 171 | Morris | -6 | 171 | Dixie | -2 |
| 172 | Lowell | -6 | 172 | Caroline | +14 |
| 173 | Lyle | +2 | 173 | Rosemarie | +3 |
| 174 | Karl | -3 | 174 | Rosie | -3 |
| 175 | Bennie | -6 | 175 | Patty | +6 |
| 176 | Nathaniel | +7 | 176 | Carrie | -1 |
| 177 | Luther | +7 | 177 | Gayle | +29 |
| 178 | Ben | +11 | 178 | Geneva | -6 |
| 179 | Benny | -7 | 179 | Naomi | -5 |
| 180 | Delbert | -6 | 180 | Dora | +2 |
| 181 | Nelson | -3 | 181 | Julie | +50 |
| 182 | Jeffrey | +101 | 182 | Jeannette | +2 |
| 183 | Marshall | -1 | 183 | Leona | -6 |
| 184 | Earnest | -8 | 184 | Mae | -4 |
| 185 | Homer | -5 | 185 | Myrtle | -6 |
| 186 | Dave | +7 | 186 | Gertrude | -13 |
| 187 | Hubert | -6 | 187 | Shelby | -17 |
| 188 | Alexander | -3 | 188 | Velma | -10 |
| 189 | Gregory | +14 | 189 | Jackie | -4 |
| 190 | Carroll | -11 | 190 | Cora | -7 |
| 191 | Fredrick | +7 | 191 | Viola | -4 |
| 192 | Guy | -5 | 192 | Stella | -4 |
| 193 | Wilbur | -3 | 193 | Lynn | +9 |
| 194 | Alton | -2 | 194 | Claire | -5 |
| 195 | Stuart | +13 | 195 | Alberta | -5 |
| 196 | Donnie | 0 | 196 | Nina | -2 |
| 197 | Juan | +3 | 197 | Pearl | +1 |
| 198 | Matthew | +3 | 198 | Hattie | -3 |
| 199 | Horace | -11 | 199 | Sondra | +2 |
| 200 | Otis | -14 | 200 | Madeline | -1 |