Top 100 names of the 1940s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 James 795758 5.35
2 Robert 758107 5.09
3 John 711591 4.78
4 William 556451 3.74
5 Richard 477463 3.21
6 David 426359 2.86
7 Charles 361752 2.43
8 Thomas 350766 2.36
9 Michael 336561 2.26
10 Ronald 282468 1.9
11 Larry 255904 1.72
12 Donald 247826 1.66
13 Joseph 230275 1.55
14 Gary 217767 1.46
15 George 209004 1.4
16 Kenneth 198545 1.33
17 Paul 183348 1.23
18 Edward 174794 1.17
19 Jerry 167245 1.12
20 Dennis 162112 1.09
21 Frank 119421 0.8
22 Daniel 112777 0.76
23 Raymond 109067 0.73
24 Roger 107597 0.72
25 Stephen 106808 0.72
26 Gerald 103342 0.69
27 Walter 83727 0.56
28 Harold 82175 0.55
29 Steven 81204 0.55
30 Douglas 80758 0.54
31 Lawrence 80457 0.54
32 Terry 76966 0.52
33 Wayne 75126 0.5
34 Arthur 73967 0.5
35 Jack 73920 0.5
36 Carl 72737 0.49
37 Henry 72483 0.49
38 Willie 72418 0.49
39 Bruce 72096 0.48
40 Joe 72013 0.48
41 Peter 69330 0.47
42 Billy 67828 0.46
43 Roy 65643 0.44
44 Ralph 64978 0.44
45 Anthony 64826 0.44
46 Jimmy 63522 0.43
47 Albert 60276 0.4
48 Bobby 58889 0.4
49 Eugene 57269 0.38
50 Johnny 57198 0.38
51 Fred 56664 0.38
52 Harry 56244 0.38
53 Howard 53529 0.36
54 Mark 50731 0.34
55 Alan 50302 0.34
56 Louis 49427 0.33
57 Philip 48733 0.33
58 Patrick 48617 0.33
59 Dale 46811 0.31
60 Danny 46657 0.31
61 Stanley 46263 0.31
62 Leonard 44285 0.3
63 Timothy 43502 0.29
64 Gregory 43223 0.29
65 Samuel 43127 0.29
66 Ronnie 42456 0.29
67 Norman 42164 0.28
68 Ernest 41760 0.28
69 Russell 41332 0.28
70 Francis 39518 0.27
71 Melvin 39235 0.26
72 Earl 39126 0.26
73 Frederick 39112 0.26
74 Allen 39048 0.26
75 Bill 37756 0.25
76 Tommy 37045 0.25
77 Phillip 36988 0.25
78 Marvin 36443 0.24
79 Steve 36283 0.24
80 Don 36253 0.24
81 Clarence 36196 0.24
82 Barry 36190 0.24
83 Glenn 35716 0.24
84 Jim 35631 0.24
85 Eddie 34806 0.23
86 Mike 34643 0.23
87 Andrew 34617 0.23
88 Jeffrey 34342 0.23
89 Leroy 33861 0.23
90 Alfred 31995 0.21
91 Martin 31402 0.21
92 Lee 30976 0.21
93 Tom 29884 0.2
94 Ray 29654 0.2
95 Herbert 28705 0.19
96 Gene 27740 0.19
97 Bernard 26446 0.18
98 Theodore 26246 0.18
99 Curtis 26005 0.17
100 Keith 25871 0.17

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 640072 4.42
2 Linda 531655 3.67
3 Barbara 425262 2.94
4 Patricia 411410 2.84
5 Carol 292329 2.02
6 Sandra 265536 1.83
7 Nancy 252057 1.74
8 Sharon 221235 1.53
9 Judith 218035 1.51
10 Susan 212014 1.46
11 Betty 194623 1.34
12 Carolyn 181854 1.26
13 Margaret 173023 1.19
14 Shirley 171780 1.19
15 Judy 167717 1.16
16 Karen 167699 1.16
17 Donna 165523 1.14
18 Kathleen 152980 1.06
19 Joyce 151494 1.05
20 Dorothy 132254 0.91
21 Janet 130754 0.9
22 Diane 122876 0.85
23 Janice 118892 0.82
24 Joan 117707 0.81
25 Elizabeth 116548 0.8
26 Brenda 112412 0.78
27 Gloria 105052 0.73
28 Virginia 98998 0.68
29 Marilyn 98977 0.68
30 Martha 95384 0.66
31 Beverly 95123 0.66
32 Helen 90742 0.63
33 Bonnie 86886 0.6
34 Ruth 85662 0.59
35 Frances 85444 0.59
36 Jean 80365 0.55
37 Ann 76795 0.53
38 Phyllis 76139 0.53
39 Pamela 73120 0.5
40 Jane 72537 0.5
41 Alice 72392 0.5
42 Peggy 72121 0.5
43 Cheryl 70959 0.49
44 Doris 64142 0.44
45 Catherine 62085 0.43
46 Elaine 60103 0.41
47 Cynthia 58060 0.4
48 Marie 57521 0.4
49 Lois 56854 0.39
50 Connie 56603 0.39
51 Christine 54562 0.38
52 Diana 53698 0.37
53 Gail 53139 0.37
54 Joanne 51653 0.36
55 Rose 51641 0.36
56 Wanda 50776 0.35
57 Carole 50303 0.35
58 Rita 49853 0.34
59 Charlotte 49478 0.34
60 Jo 48448 0.33
61 Evelyn 48158 0.33
62 Geraldine 47933 0.33
63 Jacqueline 45558 0.31
64 Ellen 45405 0.31
65 Sally 45344 0.31
66 Rebecca 45313 0.31
67 Kathryn 44581 0.31
68 Deborah 44055 0.3
69 Norma 43030 0.3
70 Suzanne 41404 0.29
71 Anna 41281 0.28
72 Sue 40943 0.28
73 Darlene 40321 0.28
74 Patsy 40279 0.28
75 Joann 40016 0.28
76 Sarah 39975 0.28
77 Katherine 39911 0.28
78 Paula 39044 0.27
79 Annie 38714 0.27
80 Louise 38663 0.27
81 Roberta 38049 0.26
82 Sylvia 37286 0.26
83 Anne 36145 0.25
84 Theresa 35790 0.25
85 Sheila 35741 0.25
86 Maria 35568 0.25
87 Laura 35070 0.24
88 Kathy 34765 0.24
89 Eileen 34694 0.24
90 Marcia 34395 0.24
91 Rosemary 34296 0.24
92 Glenda 33348 0.23
93 Dolores 33099 0.23
94 Mildred 33069 0.23
95 Lorraine 33046 0.23
96 Marjorie 32901 0.23
97 Sherry 32758 0.23
98 Kay 32653 0.23
99 Anita 32528 0.22
100 Dianne 32296 0.22