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Most popular names of the 1940s

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Girls

  1. 1 Mary 640,080
  2. 2 Linda 531,660
  3. 3 Barbara 425,271
  4. 4 Patricia 411,412
  5. 5 Carol 292,333
  6. 6 Sandra 265,538
  7. 7 Nancy 252,061
  8. 8 Sharon 221,237
  9. 9 Judith 218,037
  10. 10 Susan 212,016
  11. 11 Betty 194,623
  12. 12 Carolyn 181,858
  13. 13 Margaret 173,028
  14. 14 Shirley 171,780
  15. 15 Judy 167,719
  16. 16 Karen 167,700
  17. 17 Donna 165,523
  18. 18 Kathleen 152,981
  19. 19 Joyce 151,494
  20. 20 Dorothy 132,257
  21. 21 Janet 130,755
  22. 22 Diane 122,878
  23. 23 Janice 118,893
  24. 24 Joan 117,708
  25. 25 Elizabeth 116,551
  26. 26 Brenda 112,415
  27. 27 Gloria 105,055
  28. 28 Virginia 99,000
  29. 29 Marilyn 98,977
  30. 30 Martha 95,384
  31. 31 Beverly 95,122
  32. 32 Helen 90,742
  33. 33 Bonnie 86,886
  34. 34 Ruth 85,666
  35. 35 Frances 85,448
  36. 36 Jean 80,363
  37. 37 Ann 76,797
  38. 38 Phyllis 76,143
  39. 39 Pamela 73,121
  40. 40 Jane 72,537
  41. 41 Alice 72,392
  42. 42 Peggy 72,122
  43. 43 Cheryl 70,959
  44. 44 Doris 64,144
  45. 45 Catherine 62,086
  46. 46 Elaine 60,105
  47. 47 Cynthia 58,061
  48. 48 Marie 57,521
  49. 49 Lois 56,854
  50. 50 Connie 56,604
  51. 51 Christine 54,565
  52. 52 Diana 53,698
  53. 53 Gail 53,140
  54. 54 Joanne 51,655
  55. 55 Rose 51,643
  56. 56 Wanda 50,775
  57. 57 Carole 50,303
  58. 58 Rita 49,853
  59. 59 Charlotte 49,478
  60. 60 Jo 48,449
  61. 61 Evelyn 48,157
  62. 62 Geraldine 47,933
  63. 63 Jacqueline 45,559
  64. 64 Ellen 45,404
  65. 65 Sally 45,344
  66. 66 Rebecca 45,313
  67. 67 Kathryn 44,581
  68. 68 Deborah 44,054
  69. 69 Norma 43,030
  70. 70 Suzanne 41,405
  71. 71 Anna 41,282
  72. 72 Sue 40,943
  73. 73 Darlene 40,321
  74. 74 Patsy 40,282
  75. 75 Joann 40,015
  76. 76 Sarah 39,977
  77. 77 Katherine 39,912
  78. 78 Paula 39,044
  79. 79 Annie 38,714
  80. 80 Louise 38,665
  81. 81 Roberta 38,051
  82. 82 Sylvia 37,288
  83. 83 Anne 36,146
  84. 84 Theresa 35,789
  85. 85 Sheila 35,740
  86. 86 Maria 35,571
  87. 87 Laura 35,071
  88. 88 Kathy 34,766
  89. 89 Eileen 34,695
  90. 90 Marcia 34,397
  91. 91 Rosemary 34,297
  92. 92 Glenda 33,348
  93. 93 Dolores 33,099
  94. 94 Mildred 33,071
  95. 95 Lorraine 33,047
  96. 96 Marjorie 32,901
  97. 97 Sherry 32,759
  98. 98 Kay 32,654
  99. 99 Anita 32,531
  100. 100 Dianne 32,296

Boys

  1. 1 James 795,775
  2. 2 Robert 758,126
  3. 3 John 711,614
  4. 4 William 556,478
  5. 5 Richard 477,476
  6. 6 David 426,372
  7. 7 Charles 361,772
  8. 8 Thomas 350,775
  9. 9 Michael 336,568
  10. 10 Ronald 282,489
  11. 11 Larry 255,908
  12. 12 Donald 247,834
  13. 13 Joseph 230,285
  14. 14 Gary 217,772
  15. 15 George 209,013
  16. 16 Kenneth 198,553
  17. 17 Paul 183,364
  18. 18 Edward 174,801
  19. 19 Jerry 167,257
  20. 20 Dennis 162,114
  21. 21 Frank 119,417
  22. 22 Daniel 112,778
  23. 23 Raymond 109,076
  24. 24 Roger 107,602
  25. 25 Stephen 106,812
  26. 26 Gerald 103,342
  27. 27 Walter 83,728
  28. 28 Harold 82,176
  29. 29 Steven 81,204
  30. 30 Douglas 80,760
  31. 31 Lawrence 80,461
  32. 32 Terry 76,965
  33. 33 Wayne 75,131
  34. 34 Arthur 73,968
  35. 35 Jack 73,919
  36. 36 Carl 72,739
  37. 37 Henry 72,488
  38. 38 Willie 72,422
  39. 39 Bruce 72,097
  40. 40 Joe 72,015
  41. 41 Peter 69,330
  42. 42 Billy 67,833
  43. 43 Roy 65,648
  44. 44 Ralph 64,983
  45. 45 Anthony 64,825
  46. 46 Jimmy 63,523
  47. 47 Albert 60,278
  48. 48 Bobby 58,890
  49. 49 Eugene 57,275
  50. 50 Johnny 57,200
  51. 51 Fred 56,665
  52. 52 Harry 56,245
  53. 53 Howard 53,530
  54. 54 Mark 50,731
  55. 55 Alan 50,302
  56. 56 Louis 49,430
  57. 57 Philip 48,735
  58. 58 Patrick 48,619
  59. 59 Dale 46,815
  60. 60 Danny 46,661
  61. 61 Stanley 46,263
  62. 62 Leonard 44,289
  63. 63 Timothy 43,503
  64. 64 Gregory 43,222
  65. 65 Samuel 43,129
  66. 66 Ronnie 42,456
  67. 67 Norman 42,164
  68. 68 Ernest 41,762
  69. 69 Russell 41,336
  70. 70 Francis 39,519
  71. 71 Melvin 39,236
  72. 72 Earl 39,128
  73. 73 Frederick 39,114
  74. 74 Allen 39,049
  75. 75 Bill 37,756
  76. 76 Tommy 37,046
  77. 77 Phillip 36,989
  78. 78 Marvin 36,445
  79. 79 Steve 36,286
  80. 80 Don 36,255
  81. 81 Clarence 36,197
  82. 82 Barry 36,192
  83. 83 Glenn 35,717
  84. 84 Jim 35,632
  85. 85 Eddie 34,807
  86. 86 Mike 34,645
  87. 87 Andrew 34,618
  88. 88 Jeffrey 34,340
  89. 89 Leroy 33,864
  90. 90 Alfred 31,998
  91. 91 Martin 31,402
  92. 92 Lee 30,978
  93. 93 Tom 29,884
  94. 94 Ray 29,656
  95. 95 Herbert 28,710
  96. 96 Gene 27,739
  97. 97 Bernard 26,446
  98. 98 Theodore 26,249
  99. 99 Curtis 26,009
  100. 100 Keith 25,871

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