Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1939
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1938.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 59,666 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 59,636 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 51,025 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 42,071 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 35,386 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 30,789 | 0 |
| 7 | David | 25,360 | +1 |
| 8 | Donald | 24,056 | -1 |
| 9 | Thomas | 22,129 | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald | 19,837 | 0 |
| 11 | George | 17,886 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,722 | 0 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 14,715 | +1 |
| 14 | Larry | 14,532 | +2 |
| 15 | Edward | 14,427 | -2 |
| 16 | Jerry | 13,729 | +1 |
| 17 | Paul | 13,337 | -2 |
| 18 | Michael | 10,828 | +3 |
| 19 | Gerald | 10,057 | 0 |
| 20 | Frank | 9,991 | -2 |
| 21 | Gary | 9,684 | +1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,252 | -2 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,299 | 0 |
| 24 | Billy | 7,474 | 0 |
| 25 | Walter | 7,322 | +1 |
| 26 | Jack | 7,306 | -1 |
| 27 | Joe | 7,189 | +1 |
| 28 | Roger | 7,155 | +3 |
| 29 | Bobby | 7,057 | -2 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,593 | -1 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,561 | -1 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,380 | 0 |
| 33 | Willie | 6,308 | +1 |
| 34 | Dennis | 6,212 | +15 |
| 35 | Ralph | 5,959 | 0 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,882 | 0 |
| 37 | Eugene | 5,869 | -4 |
| 38 | Daniel | 5,797 | +1 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,653 | +1 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,538 | -2 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,477 | -4 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,156 | -1 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 4,753 | +2 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,742 | -1 |
| 45 | Harry | 4,661 | -1 |
| 46 | Peter | 4,639 | +2 |
| 47 | Howard | 4,613 | -5 |
| 48 | Anthony | 4,610 | -2 |
| 49 | Louis | 4,224 | -2 |
| 50 | Earl | 3,896 | 0 |
| 51 | Melvin | 3,853 | +3 |
| 52 | Marvin | 3,758 | 0 |
| 53 | Francis | 3,721 | -2 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,711 | +3 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,688 | 0 |
| 56 | Don | 3,589 | -4 |
| 57 | Stanley | 3,570 | +2 |
| 58 | Douglas | 3,564 | +2 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,531 | -3 |
| 60 | Clarence | 3,482 | -2 |
| 61 | Leroy | 3,388 | 0 |
| 62 | Johnny | 3,371 | +1 |
| 63 | Samuel | 3,254 | -1 |
| 64 | Bruce | 3,233 | +2 |
| 65 | Stephen | 3,176 | +9 |
| 66 | Philip | 3,174 | -2 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,161 | 0 |
| 68 | Herbert | 3,097 | 0 |
| 69 | Gene | 3,014 | -4 |
| 70 | Alfred | 2,990 | -1 |
| 71 | Frederick | 2,972 | 0 |
| 72 | Allen | 2,928 | +1 |
| 73 | Russell | 2,833 | -3 |
| 74 | Ray | 2,709 | -2 |
| 75 | Jim | 2,636 | +6 |
| 76 | Bernard | 2,624 | -1 |
| 77 | Tommy | 2,622 | 0 |
| 78 | Lee | 2,589 | +2 |
| 79 | Patrick | 2,530 | +9 |
| 80 | Jimmie | 2,524 | -4 |
| 81 | Eddie | 2,511 | -2 |
| 82 | Gordon | 2,508 | -4 |
| 83 | Terry | 2,444 | +3 |
| 84 | Andrew | 2,440 | -2 |
| 85 | Alan | 2,330 | +6 |
| 86 | Leon | 2,327 | -1 |
| 87 | Glenn | 2,303 | -4 |
| 88 | Clifford | 2,290 | +1 |
| 89 | Bob | 2,244 | +5 |
| 90 | Theodore | 2,196 | -6 |
| 91 | Martin | 2,192 | -4 |
| 92 | Phillip | 2,175 | +3 |
| 93 | Jerome | 2,153 | 0 |
| 94 | Floyd | 2,094 | +2 |
| 95 | Lloyd | 2,087 | -3 |
| 96 | Edwin | 2,063 | -6 |
| 97 | Tom | 2,028 | +9 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,012 | +3 |
| 99 | Jesse | 2,010 | +8 |
| 100 | Vernon | 1,994 | +3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.