Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1940
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1939.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1939 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 62,481 | +1 |
| 2 | Robert | 61,198 | -1 |
| 3 | John | 54,786 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 44,779 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 37,425 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,689 | 0 |
| 7 | David | 27,690 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 23,991 | +1 |
| 9 | Donald | 23,115 | -1 |
| 10 | Ronald | 20,741 | 0 |
| 11 | George | 18,315 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 18,208 | 0 |
| 13 | Larry | 17,199 | +1 |
| 14 | Jerry | 15,213 | +2 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 15,132 | -2 |
| 16 | Edward | 14,405 | -1 |
| 17 | Paul | 14,097 | 0 |
| 18 | Michael | 13,228 | 0 |
| 19 | Gary | 12,573 | +2 |
| 20 | Frank | 10,595 | 0 |
| 21 | Gerald | 10,236 | -2 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,567 | 0 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,080 | 0 |
| 24 | Dennis | 7,845 | +10 |
| 25 | Walter | 7,723 | 0 |
| 26 | Roger | 7,598 | +2 |
| 27 | Billy | 7,596 | -3 |
| 28 | Joe | 7,216 | -1 |
| 29 | Jack | 7,048 | -3 |
| 30 | Bobby | 6,882 | -1 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,822 | 0 |
| 32 | Carl | 6,752 | -2 |
| 33 | Arthur | 6,510 | -1 |
| 34 | Daniel | 6,225 | +4 |
| 35 | Willie | 6,176 | -2 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 6,173 | 0 |
| 37 | Ralph | 5,838 | -2 |
| 38 | Eugene | 5,804 | -1 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,727 | 0 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,581 | 0 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,572 | 0 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,565 | 0 |
| 43 | Peter | 5,049 | +3 |
| 44 | Jimmy | 4,962 | -1 |
| 45 | Howard | 4,824 | +2 |
| 46 | Anthony | 4,769 | +2 |
| 47 | Harry | 4,681 | -2 |
| 48 | Norman | 4,576 | -4 |
| 49 | Stephen | 4,423 | +16 |
| 50 | Louis | 4,324 | -1 |
| 51 | Johnny | 4,006 | +11 |
| 52 | Earl | 3,944 | -2 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,935 | -2 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,817 | 0 |
| 55 | Bruce | 3,789 | +9 |
| 56 | Douglas | 3,732 | +2 |
| 57 | Dale | 3,699 | +2 |
| 58 | Ernest | 3,698 | -3 |
| 59 | Stanley | 3,694 | -2 |
| 60 | Philip | 3,674 | +6 |
| 61 | Francis | 3,607 | -8 |
| 62 | Don | 3,547 | -6 |
| 63 | Marvin | 3,502 | -11 |
| 64 | Clarence | 3,487 | -4 |
| 65 | Samuel | 3,364 | -2 |
| 66 | Leroy | 3,311 | -5 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,267 | 0 |
| 68 | Frederick | 3,096 | +3 |
| 69 | Alfred | 3,062 | +1 |
| 70 | Gene | 3,060 | -1 |
| 71 | Allen | 3,029 | +1 |
| 72 | Russell | 3,012 | +1 |
| 73 | Terry | 2,982 | +10 |
| 74 | Patrick | 2,883 | +5 |
| 75 | Herbert | 2,875 | -7 |
| 76 | Tommy | 2,827 | +1 |
| 77 | Ray | 2,795 | -3 |
| 78 | Jim | 2,715 | -3 |
| 79 | Phillip | 2,628 | +13 |
| 80 | Lee | 2,624 | -2 |
| 81 | Eddie | 2,576 | 0 |
| 82 | Bernard | 2,468 | -6 |
| 83 | Glenn | 2,465 | +4 |
| 84 | Andrew | 2,431 | 0 |
| 85 | Martin | 2,423 | +6 |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2,408 | -6 |
| 87 | Franklin | 2,391 | +19 |
| 88 | Alan | 2,377 | -3 |
| 89 | Leon | 2,318 | -3 |
| 90 | Theodore | 2,306 | 0 |
| 91 | Gordon | 2,296 | -9 |
| 92 | Tom | 2,287 | +5 |
| 93 | Jesse | 2,205 | +6 |
| 94 | Clifford | 2,185 | -6 |
| 95 | Jerome | 2,178 | -2 |
| 96 | Edwin | 2,116 | 0 |
| 97 | Curtis | 2,103 | +1 |
| 98 | Harvey | 2,088 | +4 |
| 99 | Bob | 2,082 | -10 |
| 100 | Lloyd | 2,067 | -5 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.