Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1939

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1939 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,901	4.841	-125	-52,574	1	Robert	59,645	5.263	-70	-54,505
2	Barbara	37,258	3.285	-928	-36,973	2	James	59,627	5.262	-2	-46,102
3	Patricia	29,706	2.619	-910	-29,413	3	John	51,015	4.502	-24	-41,896
4	Betty	23,641	2.085	-1,124	-23,426	4	William	42,077	3.713	1	-27,561
5	Shirley	20,445	1.803	-1,459	-20,295	5	Richard	35,373	3.122	-183	-33,254
6	Carol	20,166	1.778	-1,782	-20,053	6	Charles	30,787	2.717	-46	-24,183
7	Nancy	19,726	1.739	-832	-19,404	7	David	25,362	2.238	-15	-15,665
8	Judith	16,626	1.466	-842	-16,308	8	Donald	24,056	2.123	-518	-23,523
9	Dorothy	15,171	1.338	-577	-14,654	9	Thomas	22,128	1.953	-40	-15,349
10	Margaret	14,952	1.318	-117	-12,640	10	Ronald	19,835	1.750	-483	-19,257
11	Joan	14,140	1.247	-1,716	-14,022	11	George	17,888	1.579	-116	-14,829
12	Joyce	13,394	1.181	-935	-13,116	12	Joseph	17,716	1.563	-11	-8,161
13	Sandra	11,970	1.056	-962	-11,701	13	Kenneth	14,710	1.298	-213	-13,055
14	Carolyn	11,292	0.996	-846	-10,980	14	Larry	14,529	1.282	-692	-14,190
15	Linda	10,714	0.945	-711	-10,325	15	Edward	14,427	1.273	-154	-12,159
16	Helen	10,418	0.919	-397	-9,673	16	Jerry	13,728	1.211	-585	-13,277
17	Janet	10,115	0.892	-1,395	-9,958	17	Paul	13,333	1.177	-217	-11,708
18	Elizabeth	9,707	0.856	5	-1,194	18	Michael	10,824	0.955	4	796
19	Marilyn	9,539	0.841	-591	-9,045	19	Gerald	10,053	0.887	-875	-9,812
20	Donna	9,370	0.826	-1,547	-9,233	20	Frank	9,988	0.881	-372	-9,185
21	Virginia	9,227	0.814	-519	-8,649	21	Gary	9,681	0.854	-653	-9,314
22	Ruth	9,060	0.799	-243	-7,826	22	Raymond	9,247	0.816	-277	-8,098
23	Sharon	9,014	0.795	-1,104	-8,798	23	Harold	8,300	0.732	-774	-8,019
24	Janice	8,779	0.774	-1,409	-8,626	24	Billy	7,470	0.659	-821	-7,210
25	Beverly	8,701	0.767	-1,268	-8,526	25	Walter	7,319	0.646	-246	-6,016
26	Frances	8,578	0.756	-419	-7,863	26	Jack	7,307	0.645	-2	1,527
27	Martha	8,492	0.749	-770	-8,151	27	Joe	7,189	0.634	-668	-6,844
28	Judy	8,081	0.713	-1,505	-7,940	28	Roger	7,153	0.631	-608	-6,742
29	Doris	7,685	0.678	-1,785	-7,574	29	Bobby	7,058	0.623	-795	-6,790
30	Phyllis	7,590	0.669	-6,945	-7,573	30	Carl	6,594	0.582	-670	-6,252
31	Alice	7,368	0.650	-40	-3,725	31	Henry	6,559	0.579	15	4,090
32	Jean	7,289	0.643	-2,361	-7,214	32	Arthur	6,381	0.563	-198	-4,739
33	Ann	6,550	0.578	-950	-6,283	33	Willie	6,305	0.556	-901	-6,081
34	Peggy	6,049	0.533	-5,520	-6,026	34	Dennis	6,213	0.548	-522	-5,720
35	Lois	6,033	0.532	-1,658	-5,911	35	Ralph	5,957	0.526	-916	-5,740
36	Gloria	5,939	0.524	-548	-5,418	36	Lawrence	5,882	0.519	-462	-5,309
37	Marie	5,889	0.519	-539	-5,359	37	Eugene	5,875	0.518	-825	-5,623
38	Norma	5,827	0.514	-2,233	-5,747	38	Daniel	5,796	0.511	23	5,377
39	Karen	5,542	0.489	-596	-5,074	39	Wayne	5,653	0.499	-734	-5,354
40	Evelyn	5,329	0.470	30	5,047	40	Fred	5,535	0.488	-1,610	-5,438
41	Geraldine	5,159	0.455	-1,678	-5,040	41	Albert	5,477	0.483	-411	-4,820
42	Rose	5,040	0.444	-81	-2,608	42	Roy	5,154	0.455	-500	-4,640
43	Anna	4,931	0.435	-11	-786	43	Jimmy	4,752	0.419	-610	-4,362
44	Susan	4,887	0.431	-1,035	-4,653	44	Norman	4,741	0.418	-1,180	-4,590
45	Elaine	4,785	0.422	-589	-4,317	45	Harry	4,663	0.411	-575	-4,236
46	Jane	4,770	0.421	-245	-3,647	46	Peter	4,641	0.410	-165	-2,829
47	Carole	4,679	0.413	-9,845	-4,669	47	Anthony	4,609	0.407	9	3,394
48	Kathleen	4,656	0.411	-846	-4,355	48	Howard	4,608	0.407	-920	-4,395
49	Catherine	4,576	0.404	-155	-3,078	49	Louis	4,224	0.373	-214	-2,856
50	Wanda	4,559	0.402	-6,147	-4,539	50	Earl	3,894	0.344	-1,614	-3,799

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.