The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1940 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1940.
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Boy
Rank | Name | Occ.(%in 1940) | Change |
1. | James | 62474 (5.289%) | +1 |
2. | Robert | 61195 (5.181%) | -1 |
3. | John | 54777 (4.637%) | - |
4. | William | 44772 (3.790%) | - |
5. | Richard | 37415 (3.167%) | - |
6. | Charles | 31684 (2.682%) | - |
7. | David | 27684 (2.344%) | - |
8. | Thomas | 23987 (2.031%) | +1 |
9. | Donald | 23104 (1.956%) | -1 |
10. | Ronald | 20731 (1.755%) | - |
11. | George | 18309 (1.550%) | - |
12. | Joseph | 18206 (1.541%) | - |
13. | Larry | 17199 (1.456%) | +1 |
14. | Jerry | 15198 (1.287%) | +2 |
15. | Kenneth | 15134 (1.281%) | -2 |
16. | Edward | 14401 (1.219%) | -1 |
17. | Paul | 14102 (1.194%) | - |
18. | Michael | 13232 (1.120%) | - |
19. | Gary | 12571 (1.064%) | +2 |
20. | Frank | 10597 (0.897%) | - |
21. | Gerald | 10241 (0.867%) | -2 |
22. | Raymond | 9568 (0.810%) | - |
23. | Harold | 8074 (0.684%) | - |
24. | Dennis | 7845 (0.664%) | +10 |
25. | Walter | 7723 (0.654%) | - |
26. | Roger | 7599 (0.643%) | +2 |
27. | Billy | 7595 (0.643%) | -3 |
28. | Joe | 7221 (0.611%) | -1 |
29. | Jack | 7045 (0.596%) | -3 |
30. | Bobby | 6881 (0.583%) | -1 |
31. | Henry | 6820 (0.577%) | - |
32. | Carl | 6753 (0.572%) | -2 |
33. | Arthur | 6508 (0.551%) | -1 |
34. | Daniel | 6220 (0.527%) | +4 |
35. | Lawrence | 6172 (0.522%) | +1 |
36. | Willie | 6170 (0.522%) | -3 |
37. | Ralph | 5836 (0.494%) | -2 |
38. | Eugene | 5798 (0.491%) | -1 |
39. | Wayne | 5726 (0.485%) | - |
40. | Fred | 5586 (0.473%) | - |
41. | Albert | 5571 (0.472%) | - |
42. | Roy | 5564 (0.471%) | - |
43. | Peter | 5050 (0.428%) | +3 |
44. | Jimmy | 4962 (0.420%) | -1 |
45. | Howard | 4825 (0.408%) | +3 |
46. | Anthony | 4767 (0.404%) | +1 |
47. | Harry | 4677 (0.396%) | -2 |
48. | Norman | 4577 (0.387%) | -4 |
49. | Stephen | 4423 (0.374%) | +16 |
50. | Louis | 4324 (0.366%) | -1 |
51. | Johnny | 3995 (0.338%) | +11 |
52. | Earl | 3943 (0.334%) | -2 |
53. | Melvin | 3932 (0.333%) | -2 |
54. | Leonard | 3815 (0.323%) | - |
55. | Bruce | 3789 (0.321%) | +9 |
56. | Douglas | 3733 (0.316%) | +2 |
57. | Dale | 3698 (0.313%) | +2 |
58. | Ernest | 3695 (0.313%) | -3 |
59. | Stanley | 3693 (0.313%) | -2 |
60. | Philip | 3676 (0.311%) | +6 |
61. | Francis | 3606 (0.305%) | -8 |
62. | Don | 3543 (0.300%) | -6 |
63. | Marvin | 3499 (0.296%) | -11 |
64. | Clarence | 3484 (0.295%) | -4 |
65. | Samuel | 3361 (0.285%) | -2 |
66. | Leroy | 3310 (0.280%) | -5 |
67. | Bill | 3268 (0.277%) | - |
68. | Frederick | 3092 (0.262%) | +3 |
69. | Alfred | 3063 (0.259%) | +1 |
70. | Gene | 3059 (0.259%) | -1 |
71. | Allen | 3031 (0.257%) | +1 |
72. | Russell | 3011 (0.255%) | +1 |
73. | Terry | 2981 (0.252%) | +10 |
74. | Patrick | 2883 (0.244%) | +5 |
75. | Herbert | 2874 (0.243%) | -7 |
76. | Tommy | 2826 (0.239%) | +1 |
77. | Ray | 2792 (0.236%) | -3 |
78. | Jim | 2713 (0.230%) | -3 |
79. | Phillip | 2625 (0.222%) | +13 |
80. | Lee | 2624 (0.222%) | -2 |
81. | Eddie | 2578 (0.218%) | - |
82. | Bernard | 2469 (0.209%) | -6 |
83. | Glenn | 2465 (0.209%) | +4 |
84. | Andrew | 2430 (0.206%) | - |
85. | Martin | 2423 (0.205%) | +6 |
86. | Jimmie | 2406 (0.204%) | -6 |
87. | Franklin | 2391 (0.202%) | +19 |
88. | Alan | 2377 (0.201%) | -3 |
89. | Leon | 2316 (0.196%) | -3 |
90. | Theodore | 2306 (0.195%) | - |
91. | Gordon | 2293 (0.194%) | -9 |
92. | Tom | 2287 (0.194%) | +5 |
93. | Jesse | 2206 (0.187%) | +6 |
94. | Clifford | 2184 (0.185%) | -6 |
95. | Jerome | 2177 (0.184%) | -2 |
96. | Edwin | 2115 (0.179%) | - |
97. | Curtis | 2103 (0.178%) | +1 |
98. | Harvey | 2084 (0.176%) | +4 |
99. | Bob | 2082 (0.176%) | -10 |
100. | Lloyd | 2066 (0.175%) | -5 |