Top 100 names of the 1940s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 James 795775 5.35
2 Robert 758126 5.09
3 John 711614 4.78
4 William 556478 3.74
5 Richard 477476 3.21
6 David 426372 2.86
7 Charles 361772 2.43
8 Thomas 350775 2.36
9 Michael 336568 2.26
10 Ronald 282489 1.9
11 Larry 255908 1.72
12 Donald 247834 1.66
13 Joseph 230285 1.55
14 Gary 217772 1.46
15 George 209013 1.4
16 Kenneth 198553 1.33
17 Paul 183364 1.23
18 Edward 174801 1.17
19 Jerry 167257 1.12
20 Dennis 162114 1.09
21 Frank 119417 0.8
22 Daniel 112778 0.76
23 Raymond 109076 0.73
24 Roger 107602 0.72
25 Stephen 106812 0.72
26 Gerald 103342 0.69
27 Walter 83728 0.56
28 Harold 82176 0.55
29 Steven 81204 0.55
30 Douglas 80760 0.54
31 Lawrence 80461 0.54
32 Terry 76965 0.52
33 Wayne 75131 0.5
34 Arthur 73968 0.5
35 Jack 73919 0.5
36 Carl 72739 0.49
37 Henry 72488 0.49
38 Willie 72422 0.49
39 Bruce 72097 0.48
40 Joe 72015 0.48
41 Peter 69330 0.47
42 Billy 67833 0.46
43 Roy 65648 0.44
44 Ralph 64983 0.44
45 Anthony 64825 0.44
46 Jimmy 63523 0.43
47 Albert 60278 0.4
48 Bobby 58890 0.4
49 Eugene 57275 0.38
50 Johnny 57200 0.38
51 Fred 56665 0.38
52 Harry 56245 0.38
53 Howard 53530 0.36
54 Mark 50731 0.34
55 Alan 50302 0.34
56 Louis 49430 0.33
57 Philip 48735 0.33
58 Patrick 48619 0.33
59 Dale 46815 0.31
60 Danny 46661 0.31
61 Stanley 46263 0.31
62 Leonard 44289 0.3
63 Timothy 43503 0.29
64 Gregory 43222 0.29
65 Samuel 43129 0.29
66 Ronnie 42456 0.29
67 Norman 42164 0.28
68 Ernest 41762 0.28
69 Russell 41336 0.28
70 Francis 39519 0.27
71 Melvin 39236 0.26
72 Earl 39128 0.26
73 Frederick 39114 0.26
74 Allen 39049 0.26
75 Bill 37756 0.25
76 Tommy 37046 0.25
77 Phillip 36989 0.25
78 Marvin 36445 0.24
79 Steve 36286 0.24
80 Don 36255 0.24
81 Clarence 36197 0.24
82 Barry 36192 0.24
83 Glenn 35717 0.24
84 Jim 35632 0.24
85 Eddie 34807 0.23
86 Mike 34645 0.23
87 Andrew 34618 0.23
88 Jeffrey 34340 0.23
89 Leroy 33864 0.23
90 Alfred 31998 0.21
91 Martin 31402 0.21
92 Lee 30978 0.21
93 Tom 29884 0.2
94 Ray 29656 0.2
95 Herbert 28710 0.19
96 Gene 27739 0.19
97 Bernard 26446 0.18
98 Theodore 26249 0.18
99 Curtis 26009 0.17
100 Keith 25871 0.17

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 640080 4.42
2 Linda 531660 3.67
3 Barbara 425271 2.94
4 Patricia 411412 2.84
5 Carol 292333 2.02
6 Sandra 265538 1.83
7 Nancy 252061 1.74
8 Sharon 221237 1.53
9 Judith 218037 1.51
10 Susan 212016 1.46
11 Betty 194623 1.34
12 Carolyn 181858 1.26
13 Margaret 173028 1.19
14 Shirley 171780 1.19
15 Judy 167719 1.16
16 Karen 167700 1.16
17 Donna 165523 1.14
18 Kathleen 152981 1.06
19 Joyce 151494 1.05
20 Dorothy 132257 0.91
21 Janet 130755 0.9
22 Diane 122878 0.85
23 Janice 118893 0.82
24 Joan 117708 0.81
25 Elizabeth 116551 0.8
26 Brenda 112415 0.78
27 Gloria 105055 0.73
28 Virginia 99000 0.68
29 Marilyn 98977 0.68
30 Martha 95384 0.66
31 Beverly 95122 0.66
32 Helen 90742 0.63
33 Bonnie 86886 0.6
34 Ruth 85666 0.59
35 Frances 85448 0.59
36 Jean 80363 0.55
37 Ann 76797 0.53
38 Phyllis 76143 0.53
39 Pamela 73121 0.5
40 Jane 72537 0.5
41 Alice 72392 0.5
42 Peggy 72122 0.5
43 Cheryl 70959 0.49
44 Doris 64144 0.44
45 Catherine 62086 0.43
46 Elaine 60105 0.41
47 Cynthia 58061 0.4
48 Marie 57521 0.4
49 Lois 56854 0.39
50 Connie 56604 0.39
51 Christine 54565 0.38
52 Diana 53698 0.37
53 Gail 53140 0.37
54 Joanne 51655 0.36
55 Rose 51643 0.36
56 Wanda 50775 0.35
57 Carole 50303 0.35
58 Rita 49853 0.34
59 Charlotte 49478 0.34
60 Jo 48449 0.33
61 Evelyn 48157 0.33
62 Geraldine 47933 0.33
63 Jacqueline 45559 0.31
64 Ellen 45404 0.31
65 Sally 45344 0.31
66 Rebecca 45313 0.31
67 Kathryn 44581 0.31
68 Deborah 44054 0.3
69 Norma 43030 0.3
70 Suzanne 41405 0.29
71 Anna 41282 0.29
72 Sue 40943 0.28
73 Darlene 40321 0.28
74 Patsy 40282 0.28
75 Joann 40015 0.28
76 Sarah 39977 0.28
77 Katherine 39912 0.28
78 Paula 39044 0.27
79 Annie 38714 0.27
80 Louise 38665 0.27
81 Roberta 38051 0.26
82 Sylvia 37288 0.26
83 Anne 36146 0.25
84 Theresa 35789 0.25
85 Sheila 35740 0.25
86 Maria 35571 0.25
87 Laura 35071 0.24
88 Kathy 34766 0.24
89 Eileen 34695 0.24
90 Marcia 34397 0.24
91 Rosemary 34297 0.24
92 Glenda 33348 0.23
93 Dolores 33099 0.23
94 Mildred 33071 0.23
95 Lorraine 33047 0.23
96 Marjorie 32901 0.23
97 Sherry 32759 0.23
98 Kay 32654 0.23
99 Anita 32531 0.22
100 Dianne 32296 0.22