Most popular US names of 1940

The 100 most given girl names and boy names in 1940, by count of births. Source: US Social Security Administration.

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♀ Girls

  1. Mary
  2. Barbara
  3. Patricia
  4. Judith
  5. Betty
  6. Carol
  7. Nancy
  8. Linda
  9. Shirley
  10. Sandra
  11. Margaret
  12. Dorothy
  13. Joyce
  14. Joan
  15. Carolyn
  16. Judy
  17. Sharon
  18. Helen
  19. Janet
  20. Elizabeth
  21. Virginia
  22. Janice
  23. Donna
  24. Ruth
  25. Marilyn
  26. Martha
  27. Beverly
  28. Frances
  29. Jean
  30. Gloria
  31. Doris
  32. Alice
  33. Phyllis
  34. Karen
  35. Ann
  36. Susan
  37. Peggy
  38. Lois
  39. Bonnie
  40. Kathleen
  41. Marie
  42. Brenda
  43. Norma
  44. Rose
  45. Diane
  46. Geraldine
  47. Jane
  48. Evelyn
  49. Carole
  50. Elaine
  51. Anna
  52. Wanda
  53. Catherine
  54. Joanne
  55. Charlotte
  56. Annie
  57. Patsy
  58. Mildred
  59. Louise
  60. Sarah
  61. Sally
  62. Sylvia
  63. Joann
  64. Marjorie
  65. Gail
  66. Ruby
  67. Dolores
  68. Eleanor
  69. Loretta
  70. Rita
  71. Roberta
  72. Jo
  73. Irene
  74. Ellen
  75. Arlene
  76. Jacqueline
  77. Kay
  78. Juanita
  79. Darlene
  80. Marlene
  81. Sue
  82. June
  83. Delores
  84. Anne
  85. Rosemary
  86. Edna
  87. Anita
  88. Connie
  89. Josephine
  90. Jeanette
  91. Katherine
  92. Julia
  93. Wilma
  94. Emma
  95. Lorraine
  96. Rebecca
  97. Lillian
  98. Edith
  99. Audrey
  100. Florence

♂ Boys

  1. Lorel
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