Popular Baby Names

Based on US Social Security Administration data

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Top Names of the 1940s

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Babies
1	James	795,767
2	Robert	758,115
3	John	711,600
4	William	556,469
5	Richard	477,472
6	David	426,365
7	Charles	361,760
8	Thomas	350,771
9	Michael	336,564
10	Ronald	282,478
11	Larry	255,907
12	Donald	247,829
13	Joseph	230,281
14	Gary	217,769
15	George	209,005
16	Kenneth	198,551
17	Paul	183,356
18	Edward	174,798
19	Jerry	167,250
20	Dennis	162,113

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	640,070
2	Linda	531,658
3	Barbara	425,267
4	Patricia	411,412
5	Carol	292,330
6	Sandra	265,536
7	Nancy	252,058
8	Sharon	221,236
9	Judith	218,035
10	Susan	212,014
11	Betty	194,622
12	Carolyn	181,855
13	Margaret	173,025
14	Shirley	171,780
15	Judy	167,718
16	Karen	167,699
17	Donna	165,523
18	Kathleen	152,981
19	Joyce	151,493
20	Dorothy	132,255

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