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

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1939 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1938						Change from 1938
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,901	4.841	0	-1,314	1	Robert	59,645	5.263	0	-2,623
2	Barbara	37,258	3.285	0	-2,021	2	James	59,627	5.262	0	528
3	Patricia	29,706	2.619	0	2,150	3	John	51,015	4.502	0	496
4	Betty	23,641	2.085	0	-1,863	4	William	42,077	3.713	0	-345
5	Shirley	20,445	1.803	0	-3,322	5	Richard	35,373	3.122	0	993
6	Carol	20,166	1.778	0	742	6	Charles	30,787	2.717	0	-351
7	Nancy	19,726	1.739	0	778	7	David	25,362	2.238	1	2,370
8	Judith	16,626	1.466	4	5,750	8	Donald	24,056	2.123	-1	-2,609
9	Dorothy	15,171	1.338	-1	-1,177	9	Thomas	22,128	1.953	0	752
10	Margaret	14,952	1.318	-1	-378	10	Ronald	19,835	1.750	0	-461
11	Joan	14,140	1.247	-1	-162	11	George	17,888	1.579	0	-548
12	Joyce	13,394	1.181	-1	701	12	Joseph	17,716	1.563	0	-19
13	Sandra	11,970	1.056	1	1,164	13	Kenneth	14,710	1.298	1	312
14	Carolyn	11,292	0.996	1	706	14	Larry	14,529	1.282	2	2,143
15	Linda	10,714	0.945	16	3,668	15	Edward	14,427	1.273	-2	-120
16	Helen	10,418	0.919	-3	-416	16	Jerry	13,728	1.211	1	1,554
17	Janet	10,115	0.892	-1	247	17	Paul	13,333	1.177	-2	-23
18	Elizabeth	9,707	0.856	-1	-93	18	Michael	10,824	0.955	3	1,744
19	Marilyn	9,539	0.841	0	-206	19	Gerald	10,053	0.887	0	82
20	Donna	9,370	0.826	0	-324	20	Frank	9,988	0.881	-2	-269
21	Virginia	9,227	0.814	1	-41	21	Gary	9,681	0.854	1	822
22	Ruth	9,060	0.799	-1	-242	22	Raymond	9,247	0.816	-2	-482
23	Sharon	9,014	0.795	7	1,770	23	Harold	8,300	0.732	0	-259
24	Janice	8,779	0.774	0	68	24	Billy	7,470	0.659	0	-778
25	Beverly	8,701	0.767	-7	-1,069	25	Walter	7,319	0.646	1	-240
26	Frances	8,578	0.756	-3	-345	26	Jack	7,307	0.645	-1	-833
27	Martha	8,492	0.749	-1	-87	27	Joe	7,189	0.634	1	-247
28	Judy	8,081	0.713	13	3,088	28	Roger	7,153	0.631	3	599
29	Doris	7,685	0.678	-4	-917	29	Bobby	7,058	0.623	-2	-436
30	Phyllis	7,590	0.669	-2	-56	30	Carl	6,594	0.582	-1	-252
31	Alice	7,368	0.650	-2	-122	31	Henry	6,559	0.579	-1	2
32	Jean	7,289	0.643	-5	-472	32	Arthur	6,381	0.563	0	-142
33	Ann	6,550	0.578	-1	-440	33	Willie	6,305	0.556	1	222
34	Peggy	6,049	0.533	1	-292	34	Dennis	6,213	0.548	15	1,977
35	Lois	6,033	0.532	-2	-471	35	Ralph	5,957	0.526	0	-61
36	Gloria	5,939	0.524	0	-361	36	Lawrence	5,882	0.519	0	10
37	Marie	5,889	0.519	0	-71	37	Eugene	5,875	0.518	-4	-237
38	Norma	5,827	0.514	-4	-540	38	Daniel	5,796	0.511	1	213
39	Karen	5,542	0.489	11	1,034	39	Wayne	5,653	0.499	1	429
40	Evelyn	5,329	0.470	-2	-361	40	Fred	5,535	0.488	-2	-231
41	Geraldine	5,159	0.455	4	507	41	Albert	5,477	0.483	-4	-315
42	Rose	5,040	0.444	-3	-249	42	Roy	5,154	0.455	-1	114
43	Anna	4,931	0.435	-3	-209	43	Jimmy	4,752	0.419	2	22
44	Susan	4,887	0.431	28	1,332	44	Norman	4,741	0.418	-1	-210
45	Elaine	4,785	0.422	-3	-50	45	Harry	4,663	0.411	-1	-159
46	Jane	4,770	0.421	-2	-17	46	Peter	4,641	0.410	2	346
47	Carole	4,679	0.413	-1	63	47	Anthony	4,609	0.407	-1	-80
48	Kathleen	4,656	0.411	10	427	48	Howard	4,608	0.407	-6	-408
49	Catherine	4,576	0.404	-1	52	49	Louis	4,224	0.373	-2	-165
50	Wanda	4,559	0.402	-1	47	50	Earl	3,894	0.344	0	-113

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.