The names of 1940

The ten most popular names given in 1940, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 56,216
  2. Barbara 36,736
  3. Patricia 32,665
  4. Judith 22,385
  5. Betty 22,077
  6. Carol 21,759
  7. Nancy 19,737
  8. Linda 18,370
  9. Shirley 17,881
  10. Sandra 16,153

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US: boys

  1. James 62,481
  2. Robert 61,198
  3. John 54,786
  4. William 44,779
  5. Richard 37,425
  6. Charles 31,689
  7. David 27,690
  8. Thomas 23,991
  9. Donald 23,115
  10. Ronald 20,741

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Canadian provinces in 1940

US states in 1940