100 Most popular boy names of 1940, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

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
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
62475
5.29
+1
2
Robert
61195
5.18
-1
3
John
54780
4.64
-
4
William
44775
3.79
-
5
Richard
37426
3.17
-
6
Charles
31685
2.68
-
7
David
27689
2.34
-
8
Thomas
23990
2.03
+1
9
Donald
23110
1.96
-1
10
Ronald
20731
1.75
-
11
George
18316
1.55
-
12
Joseph
18209
1.54
-
13
Larry
17197
1.46
+1
14
Jerry
15209
1.29
+2
15
Kenneth
15133
1.28
-2
16
Edward
14402
1.22
-1
17
Paul
14096
1.19
-
18
Michael
13229
1.12
-
19
Gary
12571
1.06
+2
20
Frank
10597
0.9
-
21
Gerald
10239
0.87
-2
22
Raymond
9569
0.81
-
23
Harold
8078
0.68
-
24
Dennis
7845
0.66
+10
25
Walter
7722
0.65
-
26
Roger
7598
0.64
+2
27
Billy
7596
0.64
-3
28
Joe
7221
0.61
-1
29
Jack
7048
0.6
-3
30
Bobby
6882
0.58
-1
31
Henry
6818
0.58
-
32
Carl
6753
0.57
-2
33
Arthur
6510
0.55
-1
34
Daniel
6224
0.53
+4
35
Willie
6175
0.52
-2
36
Lawrence
6171
0.52
-
37
Ralph
5836
0.49
-2
38
Eugene
5799
0.49
-1
39
Wayne
5726
0.48
-
40
Fred
5583
0.47
-
41
Albert
5572
0.47
-
42
Roy
5565
0.47
-
43
Peter
5046
0.43
+3
44
Jimmy
4963
0.42
-1
45
Howard
4824
0.41
+2
46
Anthony
4766
0.4
+2
47
Harry
4680
0.4
-2
48
Norman
4575
0.39
-4
49
Stephen
4421
0.37
+16
50
Louis
4324
0.37
-1
51
Johnny
4001
0.34
+11
52
Earl
3944
0.33
-2
53
Melvin
3935
0.33
-2
54
Leonard
3816
0.32
-
55
Bruce
3790
0.32
+9
56
Douglas
3733
0.32
+2
57
Dale
3699
0.31
+2
58
Ernest
3698
0.31
-3
59
Stanley
3693
0.31
-2
60
Philip
3674
0.31
+6
61
Francis
3607
0.31
-8
62
Don
3546
0.3
-6
63
Marvin
3501
0.3
-11
64
Clarence
3486
0.3
-4
65
Samuel
3362
0.28
-2
66
Leroy
3310
0.28
-5
67
Bill
3268
0.28
-
68
Frederick
3095
0.26
+3
69
Alfred
3063
0.26
+1
70
Gene
3060
0.26
-1
71
Allen
3029
0.26
+1
72
Russell
3012
0.25
+1
73
Terry
2981
0.25
+10
74
Patrick
2883
0.24
+5
75
Herbert
2874
0.24
-7
76
Tommy
2826
0.24
+1
77
Ray
2795
0.24
-3
78
Jim
2714
0.23
-3
79
Phillip
2628
0.22
+13
80
Lee
2624
0.22
-2
81
Eddie
2579
0.22
-
82
Bernard
2468
0.21
-6
83
Glenn
2465
0.21
+4
84
Andrew
2430
0.21
-
85
Martin
2423
0.21
+6
86
Jimmie
2408
0.2
-6
87
Franklin
2392
0.2
+20
88
Alan
2377
0.2
-3
89
Leon
2317
0.2
-3
90
Theodore
2306
0.2
-
91
Gordon
2296
0.19
-9
92
Tom
2287
0.19
+5
93
Jesse
2205
0.19
+6
94
Clifford
2184
0.18
-6
95
Jerome
2178
0.18
-2
96
Edwin
2116
0.18
-
97
Curtis
2103
0.18
+1
98
Harvey
2088
0.18
+4
99
Bob
2082
0.18
-10
100
Lloyd
2067
0.17
-5
101
Ronnie
2054
0.17
+8
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1940)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html