Popular Baby Names for 2002, for 2001, for 2000, the 90's, the 80's, the 70's, the 60's, the 50's, the 40's, the 30's, the 20's, the 10's and 1900's.
| Most Popular Names of the 1940's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
| 1 | James | 41321 | Mary | 32160 |
| 2 | Robert | 39225 | Linda | 26255 |
| 3 | John | 36626 | Barbara | 21150 |
| 4 | William | 29189 | Patricia | 20684 |
| 5 | Richard | 24452 | Carol | 14417 |
| 6 | David | 22199 | Sandra | 13148 |
| 7 | Charles | 18395 | Nancy | 12593 |
| 8 | Thomas | 18087 | Judith | 11046 |
| 9 | Michael | 17283 | Sharon | 11008 |
| 10 | Ronald | 14614 | Susan | 10499 |
| 11 | Larry | 12915 | Betty | 9508 |
| 12 | Donald | 12885 | Carolyn | 9005 |
| 13 | Joseph | 11993 | Shirley | 8524 |
| 14 | Gary | 11064 | Margaret | 8507 |
| 15 | George | 10880 | Karen | 8383 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 10409 | Donna | 8350 |
| 17 | Paul | 9448 | Judy | 8298 |
| 18 | Edward | 9064 | Kathleen | 7697 |
| 19 | Jerry | 8635 | Joyce | 7516 |
| 20 | Dennis | 8311 | Dorothy | 6714 |
| 21 | Frank | 6272 | Janet | 6560 |
| 22 | Daniel | 5972 | Diane | 6156 |
| 23 | Raymond | 5724 | Elizabeth | 6077 |
| 24 | Stephen | 5581 | Janice | 5912 |
| 25 | Roger | 5478 | Joan | 5743 |
| 26 | Gerald | 5283 | Gloria | 5660 |
| 27 | Walter | 4429 | Brenda | 5613 |
| 28 | Harold | 4361 | Virginia | 5010 |
| 29 | Lawrence | 4291 | Marilyn | 4976 |
| 30 | Douglas | 4143 | Martha | 4802 |
| 31 | Steven | 4069 | Beverly | 4772 |
| 32 | Terry | 3919 | Helen | 4558 |
| 33 | Wayne | 3873 | Ruth | 4349 |
| 34 | Willie | 3815 | Bonnie | 4333 |
| 35 | Henry | 3789 | Frances | 4314 |
| 36 | Arthur | 3781 | Jean | 4108 |
| 37 | Jack | 3765 | Phyllis | 3795 |
| 38 | Joe | 3765 | Ann | 3757 |
| 39 | Carl | 3712 | Maria | 3735 |
| 40 | Bruce | 3668 | Jane | 3691 |
| 41 | Billy | 3579 | Pamela | 3590 |
| 42 | Peter | 3560 | Alice | 3589 |
| 43 | Roy | 3451 | Peggy | 3560 |
| 44 | Anthony | 3360 | Cheryl | 3538 |
| 45 | Ralph | 3327 | Doris | 3334 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 3297 | Catherine | 3145 |
| 47 | Jose | 3210 | Elaine | 2936 |
| 48 | Albert | 3161 | Cynthia | 2912 |
| 49 | Bobby | 3101 | Lois | 2839 |
| 50 | Johnny | 2968 | Carmen | 2832 |
| 51 | Eugene | 2934 | Marie | 2798 |
| 52 | Harry | 2896 | Gail | 2762 |
| 53 | Fred | 2892 | Connie | 2749 |
| 54 | Howard | 2822 | Diana | 2749 |
| 55 | Louis | 2626 | Christine | 2710 |
| 56 | Alan | 2624 | Joanne | 2597 |
| 57 | Mark | 2624 | Rita | 2578 |
| 58 | Patrick | 2615 | Rose | 2559 |
| 59 | Danny | 2480 | Wanda | 2545 |
| 60 | Philip | 2458 | Carole | 2510 |
| 61 | Samuel | 2454 | Evelyn | 2437 |
| 62 | Dale | 2421 | Jo | 2410 |
| 63 | Stanley | 2366 | Charlotte | 2403 |
| 64 | Leonard | 2265 | Geraldine | 2370 |
| 65 | Timothy | 2232 | Norma | 2330 |
| 66 | Gregory | 2202 | Deborah | 2288 |
| 67 | Ernest | 2192 | Jacqueline | 2266 |
| 68 | Ronnie | 2190 | Rebecca | 2253 |
| 69 | Norman | 2140 | Sally | 2247 |
| 70 | Russell | 2117 | Ellen | 2240 |
| 71 | Francis | 2111 | Kathryn | 2191 |
| 72 | Earl | 2014 | Anna | 2189 |
| 73 | Melvin | 2013 | Katherine | 2066 |
| 74 | Frederick | 2010 | Sue | 2066 |
| 75 | Allen | 1988 | Sarah | 2058 |
| 76 | Phillip | 1953 | Paula | 2015 |
| 77 | Tommy | 1935 | Joann | 1967 |
| 78 | Eddie | 1903 | Suzanne | 1957 |
| 79 | Barry | 1884 | Patsy | 1954 |
| 80 | Clarence | 1882 | Darlene | 1930 |
| 81 | Bill | 1877 | Roberta | 1925 |
| 82 | Mike | 1865 | Sylvia | 1896 |
| 83 | Glenn | 1842 | Annie | 1857 |
| 84 | Marvin | 1841 | Louise | 1842 |
| 85 | Steve | 1840 | Sheila | 1813 |
| 86 | Andrew | 1839 | Anne | 1795 |
| 87 | Don | 1836 | Marcia | 1775 |
| 88 | Jim | 1788 | Eileen | 1773 |
| 89 | Jeffrey | 1775 | Laura | 1772 |
| 90 | Leroy | 1748 | Theresa | 1772 |
| 91 | Victor | 1700 | Rosemary | 1730 |
| 92 | Alfred | 1690 | Dolores | 1727 |
| 93 | Martin | 1639 | Kathy | 1721 |
| 94 | Lee | 1614 | Mildred | 1709 |
| 95 | Juan | 1575 | Anita | 1672 |
| 96 | Ray | 1537 | Juanita | 1665 |
| 97 | Tom | 1485 | Glenda | 1653 |
| 98 | Herbert | 1476 | Kay | 1651 |
| 99 | Gene | 1437 | Marjorie | 1624 |
| 100 | Edwin | 1430 | Irene | 1621 |
| 101 | Theodore | 1370 | Lorraine | 1620 |
| 102 | Bernard | 1364 | Maureen | 1590 |
| 103 | Curtis | 1339 | Sherry | 1590 |
| 104 | Clifford | 1330 | Ruby | 1581 |
| 105 | Keith | 1327 | Julia | 1569 |
| 106 | Vincent | 1321 | Jeanne | 1546 |
| 107 | Gordon | 1303 | Dianne | 1501 |
| 108 | Lloyd | 1269 | Loretta | 1498 |
| 109 | Rodney | 1248 | Constance | 1491 |
| 110 | Warren | 1242 | Delores | 1489 |
| 111 | Luis | 1237 | Arlene | 1480 |
| 112 | Leon | 1210 | Marlene | 1464 |
| 113 | Brian | 1207 | Lynn | 1453 |
| 114 | Jimmie | 1206 | Charlene | 1424 |
| 115 | Jesse | 1179 | Lynda | 1406 |
| 116 | Alvin | 1132 | Rosa | 1378 |
| 117 | Manuel | 1128 | Marsha | 1353 |
| 118 | Jerome | 1117 | Edna | 1308 |
| 119 | Lewis | 1102 | June | 1266 |
| 120 | Floyd | 1093 | Jeanette | 1265 |
| 121 | Harvey | 1081 | Josephine | 1250 |
| 122 | Bob | 1079 | Eleanor | 1247 |
| 123 | Clyde | 1064 | Gladys | 1237 |
| 124 | Vernon | 1050 | Emma | 1229 |
| 125 | Leslie | 1041 | Yvonne | 1221 |
| 126 | Craig | 1034 | Edith | 1188 |
| 127 | Franklin | 1017 | Lillian | 1165 |
| 128 | Angel | 1013 | Vicki | 1163 |
| 129 | Calvin | 1002 | Vivian | 1139 |
| 130 | Benjamin | 998 | Pauline | 1126 |
| 131 | Charlie | 976 | Sara | 1062 |
| 132 | Jon | 964 | Victoria | 1061 |
| 133 | Randall | 958 | Wilma | 1060 |
| 134 | Dan | 956 | Teresa | 1049 |
| 135 | Jay | 947 | Florence | 1046 |
| 136 | Carlos | 946 | Clara | 1040 |
| 137 | Darrell | 934 | Esther | 1034 |
| 138 | Tony | 916 | Georgia | 1020 |
| 139 | Gilbert | 910 | Grace | 1014 |
| 140 | Duane | 903 | Julie | 990 |
| 141 | Nicholas | 893 | Margie | 985 |
| 142 | Jackie | 889 | Lucille | 977 |
| 143 | Joel | 880 | Thelma | 975 |
| 144 | Glen | 878 | Ethel | 972 |
| 145 | Herman | 877 | Audrey | 965 |
| 146 | Lester | 869 | Priscilla | 955 |
| 147 | Allan | 863 | Gwendolyn | 946 |
| 148 | Leo | 854 | Marion | 944 |
| 149 | Johnnie | 853 | Claudia | 941 |
| 150 | Arnold | 847 | Andrea | 924 |
| 151 | Freddie | 842 | Eva | 922 |
| 152 | Milton | 838 | Annette | 900 |
| 153 | Dean | 825 | Willie | 899 |
| 154 | Cecil | 819 | Hazel | 857 |
| 155 | Christopher | 794 | Maryann | 848 |
| 156 | Chester | 783 | Ana | 840 |
| 157 | Antonio | 735 | Pat | 830 |
| 158 | Randy | 735 | Bertha | 829 |
| 159 | Eric | 734 | Beatrice | 828 |
| 160 | Ramon | 727 | Bernice | 828 |
| 161 | Lonnie | 720 | Maxine | 819 |
| 162 | Lynn | 719 | Lydia | 817 |
| 163 | Miguel | 714 | Marian | 811 |
| 164 | Roland | 708 | Gayle | 804 |
| 165 | Claude | 679 | Bobbie | 794 |
| 166 | Pedro | 675 | Billie | 792 |
| 167 | Ted | 671 | Joy | 782 |
| 168 | Sam | 654 | Paulette | 780 |
| 169 | Francisco | 653 | Cathy | 767 |
| 170 | Neil | 648 | Ella | 766 |
| 171 | Hector | 645 | Lillie | 760 |
| 172 | Dave | 621 | Leslie | 751 |
| 173 | Dwight | 621 | Lucy | 742 |
| 174 | Wesley | 611 | Ida | 741 |
| 175 | Jesus | 600 | Angela | 727 |
| 176 | J | 596 | Valerie | 717 |
| 177 | Scott | 593 | Janis | 708 |
| 178 | Elmer | 588 | Terry | 707 |
| 179 | Wallace | 580 | Rachel | 696 |
| 180 | Maurice | 579 | Lynne | 687 |
| 181 | Rafael | 575 | Iris | 683 |
| 182 | Donnie | 568 | Alma | 682 |
| 183 | Oscar | 562 | Penny | 676 |
| 184 | Hugh | 559 | Janie | 675 |
| 185 | Kevin | 559 | Regina | 669 |
| 186 | Edgar | 557 | Luz | 665 |
| 187 | Micheal | 557 | Deanna | 660 |
| 188 | Jessie | 542 | Emily | 659 |
| 189 | Willard | 538 | Harriet | 649 |
| 190 | Karl | 531 | Elsie | 638 |
| 191 | Garry | 527 | Jackie | 636 |
| 192 | Stuart | 515 | Faye | 627 |
| 193 | Sidney | 513 | Vera | 623 |
| 194 | Nelson | 510 | Rosalie | 618 |
| 195 | Everett | 505 | Michele | 613 |
| 196 | Marshall | 505 | Marianne | 597 |
| 197 | Benny | 504 | Carrie | 595 |
| 198 | Marion | 503 | Mattie | 595 |
| 199 | Alexander | 499 | Veronica | 581 |
| 200 | Ruben | 497 | Stephanie | 580 |
| 201 | Virgil | 491 | Hilda | 578 |
| 202 | Sammy | 482 | Jessie | 578 |
| 203 | Max | 481 | Patty | 576 |
| 204 | Nathaniel | 479 | Minnie | 558 |
| 205 | Matthew | 474 | Claire | 553 |
| 206 | Felix | 473 | Jacquelyn | 553 |
| 207 | Roberto | 467 | Jill | 544 |
| 208 | Guy | 461 | Lana | 544 |
| 209 | Morris | 455 | Caroline | 543 |
| 210 | Wendell | 450 | Jennifer | 542 |
| 211 | Lyle | 449 | Sheryl | 540 |
| 212 | Raul | 449 | Stella | 537 |
| 213 | Bennie | 448 | Rosemarie | 533 |
| 214 | Earnest | 443 | Rosie | 532 |
| 215 | Otis | 438 | Irma | 527 |
| 216 | Jonathan | 433 | Bessie | 518 |
| 217 | Clifton | 428 | Dixie | 517 |
| 218 | Gerard | 423 | Bonita | 514 |
| 219 | Kent | 423 | Vickie | 514 |
| 220 | Luther | 418 | Toni | 512 |
| 221 | Dick | 417 | Denise | 510 |
| 222 | Terrence | 406 | Nellie | 503 |
| 223 | Ben | 405 | Yolanda | 502 |
| 224 | Tim | 405 | Dora | 500 |
| 225 | Julio | 404 | Ramona | 498 |
| 226 | Fredrick | 402 | Dianna | 496 |
| 227 | Hubert | 393 | Olga | 493 |
| 228 | Perry | 390 | Colleen | 491 |
| 229 | Horace | 371 | Agnes | 485 |
| 230 | Byron | 369 | Johnnie | 482 |
| 231 | Alex | 366 | Miriam | 477 |
| 232 | Randolph | 366 | Jeannette | 476 |
| 233 | Clayton | 365 | Geneva | 472 |
| 234 | Jorge | 364 | Susie | 468 |
| 235 | Rex | 363 | Carla | 467 |
| 236 | Reginald | 362 | Cecilia | 465 |
| 237 | Lowell | 357 | Jan | 464 |
| 238 | Ira | 351 | Naomi | 460 |
| 239 | Chris | 348 | Nora | 459 |
| 240 | Leland | 348 | Bernadette | 457 |
| 241 | Loren | 348 | Myrna | 457 |
| 242 | Homer | 346 | Nina | 454 |
| 243 | Carroll | 343 | Madeline | 453 |
| 244 | Roosevelt | 341 | Ada | 450 |
| 245 | Clinton | 337 | Leona | 449 |
| 246 | Delbert | 337 | Velma | 449 |
| 247 | Ricky | 336 | Antoinette | 448 |
| 248 | Ross | 333 | Deloris | 448 |
| 249 | Alton | 332 | Myra | 447 |
| 250 | Rudolph | 331 | Wendy | 447 |
This page presents the top 250 given names for births in the 1940's. The data comes from a 5% sampling of Social Security card applications with dates of birth from January 1940 through December 1949.