The names of 1939

The ten most popular names given in 1939, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 54,900
  2. Barbara 37,257
  3. Patricia 29,701
  4. Betty 23,639
  5. Shirley 20,447
  6. Carol 20,166
  7. Nancy 19,723
  8. Judith 16,625
  9. Dorothy 15,169
  10. Margaret 14,949

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US: boys

  1. Robert 59,666
  2. James 59,636
  3. John 51,025
  4. William 42,071
  5. Richard 35,386
  6. Charles 30,789
  7. David 25,360
  8. Donald 24,056
  9. Thomas 22,129
  10. Ronald 19,837

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Canadian provinces in 1939

US states in 1939