Most Popular Baby Names of The 1940's
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | +1 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | -1 | 2 | Linda | +87 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Barbara | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Patricia | +1 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | +6 |
| 6 | David | +5 | 6 | Sandra | +42 |
| 7 | Charles | -1 | 7 | Nancy | +2 |
| 8 | Thomas | +1 | 8 | Sharon | +75 |
| 9 | Michael | +26 | 9 | Judith | +31 |
| 10 | Ronald | +3 | 10 | Susan | +107 |
| 11 | Larry | +19 | 11 | Betty | -9 |
| 12 | Donald | -5 | 12 | Carolyn | +17 |
| 13 | Joseph | -3 | 13 | Margaret | -5 |
| 14 | Gary | +31 | 14 | Shirley | -10 |
| 15 | George | -7 | 15 | Judy | +97 |
| 16 | Kenneth | -1 | 16 | Karen | +122 |
| 17 | Paul | -3 | 17 | Donna | +6 |
| 18 | Edward | -6 | 18 | Kathleen | +54 |
| 19 | Jerry | +4 | 19 | Joyce | -7 |
| 20 | Dennis | +51 | 20 | Dorothy | -14 |
| 21 | Frank | -5 | 21 | Janet | +5 |
| 22 | Daniel | +20 | 22 | Diane | +93 |
| 23 | Raymond | -6 | 23 | Janice | +19 |
| 24 | Roger | +17 | 24 | Joan | -17 |
| 25 | Stephen | +80 | 25 | Elizabeth | -8 |
| 26 | Gerald | -5 | 26 | Brenda | +269 |
| 27 | Walter | -5 | 27 | Gloria | +4 |
| 28 | Harold | -9 | 28 | Virginia | -13 |
| 29 | Steven | +212 | 29 | Marilyn | -13 |
| 30 | Douglas | +42 | 30 | Martha | -6 |
| 31 | Lawrence | +5 | 31 | Beverly | -11 |
| 32 | Terry | +112 | 32 | Helen | -22 |
| 33 | Wayne | +16 | 33 | Bonnie | +33 |
| 34 | Arthur | -6 | 34 | Ruth | -20 |
| 35 | Jack | -17 | 35 | Frances | -16 |
| 36 | Carl | -7 | 36 | Jean | -18 |
| 37 | Henry | -11 | 37 | Ann | -3 |
| 38 | Willie | -5 | 38 | Phyllis | -11 |
| 39 | Bruce | +42 | 39 | Pamela | +442 |
| 40 | Joe | -16 | 40 | Jane | +7 |
| 41 | Peter | +17 | 41 | Alice | -19 |
| 42 | Billy | -22 | 42 | Peggy | -5 |
| 43 | Roy | -4 | 43 | Cheryl | +565 |
| 44 | Ralph | -13 | 44 | Doris | -31 |
| 45 | Anthony | +2 | 45 | Catherine | -6 |
| 46 | Jimmy | +13 | 46 | Elaine | +5 |
| 47 | Albert | -15 | 47 | Cynthia | +144 |
| 48 | Bobby | -21 | 48 | Marie | -15 |
| 49 | Eugene | -24 | 49 | Lois | -28 |
| 50 | Johnny | +28 | 50 | Connie | +95 |
| 51 | Fred | -17 | 51 | Christine | +78 |
| 52 | Harry | -15 | 52 | Diana | +143 |
| 53 | Howard | -15 | 53 | Gail | +91 |
| 54 | Mark | +128 | 54 | Joanne | -1 |
| 55 | Alan | +60 | 55 | Rose | -19 |
| 56 | Louis | -13 | 56 | Wanda | -6 |
| 57 | Philip | +10 | 57 | Carole | +37 |
| 58 | Patrick | +46 | 58 | Rita | -4 |
| 59 | Dale | +2 | 59 | Charlotte | +12 |
| 60 | Danny | +125 | 60 | Jo | +30 |
| 61 | Stanley | -6 | 61 | Evelyn | -31 |
| 62 | Leonard | -10 | 62 | Geraldine | -24 |
| 63 | Timothy | +169 | 63 | Jacqueline | +15 |
| 64 | Gregory | +215 | 64 | Ellen | +34 |
| 65 | Samuel | -2 | 65 | Sally | +5 |
| 66 | Ronnie | +100 | 66 | Rebecca | +97 |
| 67 | Norman | -27 | 67 | Kathryn | +43 |
| 68 | Ernest | -17 | 68 | Deborah | +324 |
| 69 | Russell | -1 | 69 | Norma | -41 |
| 70 | Francis | -22 | 70 | Suzanne | +91 |
| 71 | Melvin | -17 | 71 | Anna | -39 |
| 72 | Earl | -28 | 72 | Sue | +53 |
| 73 | Frederick | -4 | 73 | Darlene | +22 |
| 74 | Allen | +5 | 74 | Patsy | -13 |
| 75 | Bill | -13 | 75 | Joann | -6 |
| 76 | Tommy | +22 | 76 | Sarah | -16 |
| 77 | Phillip | +35 | 77 | Katherine | +20 |
| 78 | Marvin | -28 | 78 | Paula | +126 |
| 79 | Steve | +92 | 79 | Annie | -35 |
| 80 | Don | -23 | 80 | Louise | -39 |
| 81 | Clarence | -35 | 81 | Roberta | +12 |
| 82 | Barry | +113 | 82 | Sylvia | -6 |
| 83 | Glenn | -3 | 83 | Anne | +8 |
| 84 | Jim | +10 | 84 | Theresa | -7 |
| 85 | Eddie | +5 | 85 | Sheila | +92 |
| 86 | Mike | +90 | 86 | Maria | +32 |
| 87 | Andrew | -12 | 87 | Laura | +12 |
| 88 | Jeffrey | +591 | 88 | Kathy | +541 |
| 89 | Leroy | -33 | 89 | Eileen | +24 |
| 90 | Alfred | -30 | 90 | Marcia | +58 |
| 91 | Martin | +1 | 91 | Rosemary | +10 |
| 92 | Lee | -9 | 92 | Glenda | +87 |
| 93 | Tom | +21 | 93 | Dolores | -68 |
| 94 | Ray | -29 | 94 | Mildred | -59 |
| 95 | Herbert | -42 | 95 | Lorraine | -33 |
| 96 | Gene | -30 | 96 | Marjorie | -53 |
| 97 | Bernard | -33 | 97 | Sherry | +237 |
| 98 | Theodore | -22 | 98 | Kay | +38 |
| 99 | Curtis | +7 | 99 | Anita | +15 |
| 100 | Keith | +25 | 100 | Dianne | +212 |
