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The most popular names in 1939

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

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Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #11Joan14,143
  12. #12Joyce13,394
  13. #13Sandra11,970
  14. #14Carolyn11,290
  15. #15Linda10,713
  16. #16Helen10,420
  17. #17Janet10,120
  18. #18Elizabeth9,709
  19. #19Marilyn9,538
  20. #20Donna9,371
  21. #21Virginia9,227
  22. #22Ruth9,062
  23. #23Sharon9,014
  24. #24Janice8,778
  25. #25Beverly8,706
  26. #26Frances8,577
  27. #27Martha8,493
  28. #28Judy8,081
  29. #29Doris7,687
  30. #30Phyllis7,590
  31. #31Alice7,365
  32. #32Jean7,292
  33. #33Ann6,551
  34. #34Peggy6,050
  35. #35Lois6,034
  36. #36Gloria5,939
  37. #37Marie5,890
  38. #38Norma5,827
  39. #39Karen5,541
  40. #40Evelyn5,332
  41. #41Geraldine5,160
  42. #42Rose5,040
  43. #43Anna4,929
  44. #44Susan4,887
  45. #45Elaine4,785
  46. #46Jane4,771
  47. #47Carole4,679
  48. #48Kathleen4,656
  49. #49Catherine4,577
  50. #50Wanda4,557
  51. #51Diane4,340
  52. #52Sally4,244
  53. #53Joanne4,225
  54. #54Annie4,155
  55. #55Mildred4,137
  56. #56Patsy4,111
  57. #57Joann3,994
  58. #58Dolores3,980
  59. #59Louise3,956
  60. #60Marjorie3,907
  61. #61Bonnie3,887
  62. #62Sylvia3,870
  63. #63Eleanor3,810
  64. #64Marlene3,773
  65. #65Loretta3,769
  66. #66Charlotte3,739
  67. #67Ruby3,712
  68. #68Sarah3,671
  69. #69Arlene3,578
  70. #70Jo3,524
  71. #71Roberta3,409
  72. #72Jacqueline3,388
  73. #73Gail3,355
  74. #74Irene3,331
  75. #75Darlene3,287
  76. #76Kay3,260
  77. #77Juanita3,212
  78. #78Rita3,188
  79. #79Delores3,018
  80. #80Ellen3,005
  81. #81Edna2,904
  82. #82Jeanette2,893
  83. #83June2,867
  84. #84Josephine2,837
  85. #85Anne2,769
  86. #86Brenda2,756
  87. #87Wilma2,701
  88. #88Thelma2,696
  89. #89Emma2,685
  90. #90Yvonne2,648
  91. #91Julia2,635
  92. #92Sue2,623
  93. #93Rosemary2,612
  94. #94Theresa2,611
  95. #95Lorraine2,593
  96. #96Florence2,592
  97. #97Anita2,588
  98. #98Audrey2,569
  99. #99Lillian2,551
  100. #100Ethel2,496

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #11George17,886
  12. #12Joseph17,722
  13. #13Kenneth14,715
  14. #14Larry14,532
  15. #15Edward14,427
  16. #16Jerry13,729
  17. #17Paul13,337
  18. #18Michael10,828
  19. #19Gerald10,057
  20. #20Frank9,991
  21. #21Gary9,684
  22. #22Raymond9,252
  23. #23Harold8,299
  24. #24Billy7,474
  25. #25Walter7,322
  26. #26Jack7,306
  27. #27Joe7,189
  28. #28Roger7,155
  29. #29Bobby7,057
  30. #30Carl6,593
  31. #31Henry6,561
  32. #32Arthur6,380
  33. #33Willie6,308
  34. #34Dennis6,212
  35. #35Ralph5,959
  36. #36Lawrence5,882
  37. #37Eugene5,869
  38. #38Daniel5,797
  39. #39Wayne5,653
  40. #40Fred5,538
  41. #41Albert5,477
  42. #42Roy5,156
  43. #43Jimmy4,753
  44. #44Norman4,742
  45. #45Harry4,661
  46. #46Peter4,639
  47. #47Howard4,613
  48. #48Anthony4,610
  49. #49Louis4,224
  50. #50Earl3,896
  51. #51Melvin3,853
  52. #52Marvin3,758
  53. #53Francis3,721
  54. #54Leonard3,711
  55. #55Ernest3,688
  56. #56Don3,589
  57. #57Stanley3,570
  58. #58Douglas3,564
  59. #59Dale3,531
  60. #60Clarence3,482
  61. #61Leroy3,388
  62. #62Johnny3,371
  63. #63Samuel3,254
  64. #64Bruce3,233
  65. #65Stephen3,176
  66. #66Philip3,174
  67. #67Bill3,161
  68. #68Herbert3,097
  69. #69Gene3,014
  70. #70Alfred2,990
  71. #71Frederick2,972
  72. #72Allen2,928
  73. #73Russell2,833
  74. #74Ray2,709
  75. #75Jim2,636
  76. #76Bernard2,624
  77. #77Tommy2,622
  78. #78Lee2,589
  79. #79Patrick2,530
  80. #80Jimmie2,524
  81. #81Eddie2,511
  82. #82Gordon2,508
  83. #83Terry2,444
  84. #84Andrew2,440
  85. #85Alan2,330
  86. #86Leon2,327
  87. #87Glenn2,303
  88. #88Clifford2,290
  89. #89Bob2,244
  90. #90Theodore2,196
  91. #91Martin2,192
  92. #92Phillip2,175
  93. #93Jerome2,153
  94. #94Floyd2,094
  95. #95Lloyd2,087
  96. #96Edwin2,063
  97. #97Tom2,028
  98. #98Curtis2,012
  99. #99Jesse2,010
  100. #100Vernon1,994