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Top Baby Names 1939

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,096,611 · Total Boys: 1,106,831

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	54,900	5.006%
2	Barbara	37,257	3.397%
3	Patricia	29,701	2.708%
4	Betty	23,642	2.156%
5	Shirley	20,445	1.864%
6	Carol	20,166	1.839%
7	Nancy	19,722	1.798%
8	Judith	16,626	1.516%
9	Dorothy	15,169	1.383%
10	Margaret	14,951	1.363%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joan	14,143	1.290%
12	Joyce	13,393	1.221%
13	Sandra	11,970	1.092%
14	Carolyn	11,290	1.030%
15	Linda	10,713	0.977%
16	Helen	10,419	0.950%
17	Janet	10,120	0.923%
18	Elizabeth	9,709	0.885%
19	Marilyn	9,538	0.870%
20	Donna	9,371	0.855%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Virginia	9,227	0.841%
22	Ruth	9,063	0.826%
23	Sharon	9,014	0.822%
24	Janice	8,779	0.801%
25	Beverly	8,704	0.794%
26	Frances	8,577	0.782%
27	Martha	8,492	0.774%
28	Judy	8,081	0.737%
29	Doris	7,687	0.701%
30	Phyllis	7,590	0.692%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Alice	7,366	0.672%
32	Jean	7,292	0.665%
33	Ann	6,551	0.597%
34	Peggy	6,050	0.552%
35	Lois	6,034	0.550%
36	Gloria	5,939	0.542%
37	Marie	5,890	0.537%
38	Norma	5,827	0.531%
39	Karen	5,541	0.505%
40	Evelyn	5,331	0.486%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Geraldine	5,160	0.471%
42	Rose	5,040	0.460%
43	Anna	4,929	0.449%
44	Susan	4,887	0.446%
45	Elaine	4,785	0.436%
46	Jane	4,771	0.435%
47	Carole	4,679	0.427%
48	Kathleen	4,656	0.425%
49	Catherine	4,577	0.417%
50	Wanda	4,557	0.416%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Diane	4,339	0.396%
52	Sally	4,244	0.387%
53	Joanne	4,225	0.385%
54	Annie	4,155	0.379%
55	Mildred	4,137	0.377%
56	Patsy	4,110	0.375%
57	Joann	3,993	0.364%
58	Dolores	3,980	0.363%
59	Louise	3,958	0.361%
60	Marjorie	3,907	0.356%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bonnie	3,887	0.354%
62	Sylvia	3,870	0.353%
63	Eleanor	3,810	0.347%
64	Marlene	3,773	0.344%
65	Loretta	3,769	0.344%
66	Charlotte	3,739	0.341%
67	Ruby	3,712	0.339%
68	Sarah	3,671	0.335%
69	Arlene	3,578	0.326%
70	Jo	3,524	0.321%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Roberta	3,409	0.311%
72	Jacqueline	3,388	0.309%
73	Gail	3,355	0.306%
74	Irene	3,331	0.304%
75	Darlene	3,287	0.300%
76	Kay	3,260	0.297%
77	Juanita	3,212	0.293%
78	Rita	3,188	0.291%
79	Delores	3,018	0.275%
80	Ellen	3,005	0.274%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Edna	2,904	0.265%
82	Jeanette	2,893	0.264%
83	June	2,867	0.261%
84	Josephine	2,837	0.259%
85	Anne	2,769	0.253%
86	Brenda	2,756	0.251%
87	Wilma	2,701	0.246%
88	Thelma	2,696	0.246%
89	Emma	2,685	0.245%
90	Yvonne	2,648	0.241%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Julia	2,635	0.240%
92	Sue	2,623	0.239%
93	Rosemary	2,612	0.238%
94	Theresa	2,611	0.238%
95	Lorraine	2,593	0.236%
96	Florence	2,591	0.236%
97	Anita	2,588	0.236%
98	Audrey	2,569	0.234%
99	Lillian	2,551	0.233%
100	Ethel	2,496	0.228%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	59,659	5.390%
2	James	59,636	5.388%
3	John	51,025	4.610%
4	William	42,073	3.801%
5	Richard	35,385	3.197%
6	Charles	30,786	2.781%
7	David	25,359	2.291%
8	Donald	24,055	2.173%
9	Thomas	22,128	1.999%
10	Ronald	19,835	1.792%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	George	17,888	1.616%
12	Joseph	17,723	1.601%
13	Kenneth	14,715	1.329%
14	Larry	14,531	1.313%
15	Edward	14,428	1.304%
16	Jerry	13,729	1.240%
17	Paul	13,336	1.205%
18	Michael	10,829	0.978%
19	Gerald	10,057	0.909%
20	Frank	9,990	0.903%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Gary	9,681	0.875%
22	Raymond	9,252	0.836%
23	Harold	8,300	0.750%
24	Billy	7,475	0.675%
25	Walter	7,323	0.662%
26	Jack	7,306	0.660%
27	Joe	7,188	0.649%
28	Roger	7,155	0.646%
29	Bobby	7,056	0.638%
30	Carl	6,593	0.596%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Henry	6,561	0.593%
32	Arthur	6,380	0.576%
33	Willie	6,309	0.570%
34	Dennis	6,212	0.561%
35	Ralph	5,958	0.538%
36	Lawrence	5,882	0.531%
37	Eugene	5,869	0.530%
38	Daniel	5,797	0.524%
39	Wayne	5,653	0.511%
40	Fred	5,538	0.500%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Albert	5,478	0.495%
42	Roy	5,155	0.466%
43	Jimmy	4,752	0.429%
44	Norman	4,742	0.428%
45	Harry	4,661	0.421%
46	Peter	4,639	0.419%
47	Howard	4,613	0.417%
48	Anthony	4,609	0.416%
49	Louis	4,224	0.382%
50	Earl	3,896	0.352%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Melvin	3,853	0.348%
52	Marvin	3,758	0.340%
53	Francis	3,721	0.336%
54	Leonard	3,711	0.335%
55	Ernest	3,688	0.333%
56	Don	3,589	0.324%
57	Stanley	3,570	0.323%
58	Douglas	3,564	0.322%
59	Dale	3,531	0.319%
60	Clarence	3,483	0.315%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Leroy	3,388	0.306%
62	Johnny	3,370	0.304%
63	Samuel	3,254	0.294%
64	Bruce	3,233	0.292%
65	Stephen	3,176	0.287%
66	Philip	3,174	0.287%
67	Bill	3,161	0.286%
68	Herbert	3,097	0.280%
69	Gene	3,013	0.272%
70	Alfred	2,990	0.270%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Frederick	2,972	0.269%
72	Allen	2,929	0.265%
73	Russell	2,833	0.256%
74	Ray	2,709	0.245%
75	Jim	2,636	0.238%
76	Bernard	2,624	0.237%
77	Tommy	2,622	0.237%
78	Lee	2,589	0.234%
79	Patrick	2,530	0.229%
80	Jimmie	2,524	0.228%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Eddie	2,512	0.227%
82	Gordon	2,508	0.227%
83	Terry	2,443	0.221%
84	Andrew	2,440	0.220%
85	Alan	2,330	0.211%
86	Leon	2,327	0.210%
87	Glenn	2,303	0.208%
88	Clifford	2,291	0.207%
89	Bob	2,244	0.203%
90	Theodore	2,196	0.198%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Martin	2,192	0.198%
92	Phillip	2,175	0.197%
93	Jerome	2,153	0.195%
94	Floyd	2,094	0.189%
95	Lloyd	2,087	0.189%
96	Edwin	2,063	0.186%
97	Tom	2,028	0.183%
98	Curtis	2,012	0.182%
99	Jesse	2,010	0.182%
100	Vernon	1,994	0.180%

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