Top Boys Names of 1940 in the United States
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 62K |
| 2 | Robert | 61K |
| 3 | John | 55K |
| 4 | William | 45K |
| 5 | Richard | 37K |
| 6 | Charles | 32K |
| 7 | David | 28K |
| 8 | Thomas | 24K |
| 9 | Donald | 23K |
| 10 | Ronald | 21K |
| 11 | George | 18K |
| 12 | Joseph | 18K |
| 13 | Larry | 17K |
| 14 | Jerry | 15K |
| 15 | Kenneth | 15K |
| 16 | Edward | 14K |
| 17 | Paul | 14K |
| 18 | Michael | 13K |
| 19 | Gary | 13K |
| 20 | Frank | 11K |
| 21 | Gerald | 10K |
| 22 | Raymond | 10K |
| 23 | Harold | 8K |
| 24 | Dennis | 8K |
| 25 | Walter | 8K |
| 26 | Roger | 8K |
| 27 | Billy | 8K |
| 28 | Joe | 7K |
| 29 | Jack | 7K |
| 30 | Bobby | 7K |
| 31 | Henry | 7K |
| 32 | Carl | 7K |
| 33 | Arthur | 7K |
| 34 | Daniel | 6K |
| 35 | Willie | 6K |
| 36 | Lawrence | 6K |
| 37 | Ralph | 6K |
| 38 | Eugene | 6K |
| 39 | Wayne | 6K |
| 40 | Fred | 6K |
| 41 | Albert | 6K |
| 42 | Roy | 6K |
| 43 | Peter | 5K |
| 44 | Jimmy | 5K |
| 45 | Howard | 5K |
| 46 | Anthony | 5K |
| 47 | Harry | 5K |
| 48 | Norman | 5K |
| 49 | Stephen | 4K |
| 50 | Louis | 4K |
| 51 | Johnny | 4K |
| 52 | Earl | 4K |
| 53 | Melvin | 4K |
| 54 | Leonard | 4K |
| 55 | Bruce | 4K |
| 56 | Douglas | 4K |
| 57 | Dale | 4K |
| 58 | Ernest | 4K |
| 59 | Stanley | 4K |
| 60 | Philip | 4K |
| 61 | Francis | 4K |
| 62 | Don | 4K |
| 63 | Marvin | 4K |
| 64 | Clarence | 3K |
| 65 | Samuel | 3K |
| 66 | Leroy | 3K |
| 67 | Bill | 3K |
| 68 | Frederick | 3K |
| 69 | Alfred | 3K |
| 70 | Gene | 3K |
| 71 | Allen | 3K |
| 72 | Russell | 3K |
| 73 | Terry | 3K |
| 74 | Patrick | 3K |
| 75 | Herbert | 3K |
| 76 | Tommy | 3K |
| 77 | Ray | 3K |
| 78 | Jim | 3K |
| 79 | Phillip | 3K |
| 80 | Lee | 3K |
| 81 | Eddie | 3K |
| 82 | Bernard | 2K |
| 83 | Glenn | 2K |
| 84 | Andrew | 2K |
| 85 | Martin | 2K |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2K |
| 87 | Franklin | 2K |
| 88 | Alan | 2K |
| 89 | Leon | 2K |
| 90 | Theodore | 2K |
| 91 | Gordon | 2K |
| 92 | Tom | 2K |
| 93 | Jesse | 2K |
| 94 | Clifford | 2K |
| 95 | Jerome | 2K |
| 96 | Edwin | 2K |
| 97 | Curtis | 2K |
| 98 | Harvey | 2K |
| 99 | Bob | 2K |
| 100 | Lloyd | 2K |