Top Names of 1939
The most popular names recorded in 1939 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 54,900 |
| 2 | Barbara | 37,257 |
| 3 | Patricia | 29,701 |
| 4 | Betty | 23,642 |
| 5 | Shirley | 20,445 |
| 6 | Carol | 20,166 |
| 7 | Nancy | 19,722 |
| 8 | Judith | 16,626 |
| 9 | Dorothy | 15,169 |
| 10 | Margaret | 14,951 |
| 11 | Joan | 14,143 |
| 12 | Joyce | 13,393 |
| 13 | Sandra | 11,970 |
| 14 | Carolyn | 11,290 |
| 15 | Linda | 10,713 |
| 16 | Helen | 10,419 |
| 17 | Janet | 10,120 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 9,709 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 9,538 |
| 20 | Donna | 9,371 |
| 21 | Virginia | 9,227 |
| 22 | Ruth | 9,063 |
| 23 | Sharon | 9,014 |
| 24 | Janice | 8,779 |
| 25 | Beverly | 8,704 |
| 26 | Frances | 8,577 |
| 27 | Martha | 8,492 |
| 28 | Judy | 8,081 |
| 29 | Doris | 7,687 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 7,590 |
| 31 | Alice | 7,366 |
| 32 | Jean | 7,292 |
| 33 | Ann | 6,551 |
| 34 | Peggy | 6,050 |
| 35 | Lois | 6,034 |
| 36 | Gloria | 5,939 |
| 37 | Marie | 5,890 |
| 38 | Norma | 5,827 |
| 39 | Karen | 5,541 |
| 40 | Evelyn | 5,331 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 5,160 |
| 42 | Rose | 5,040 |
| 43 | Anna | 4,929 |
| 44 | Susan | 4,887 |
| 45 | Elaine | 4,785 |
| 46 | Jane | 4,771 |
| 47 | Carole | 4,679 |
| 48 | Kathleen | 4,656 |
| 49 | Catherine | 4,577 |
| 50 | Wanda | 4,557 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 59,659 |
| 2 | James | 59,636 |
| 3 | John | 51,025 |
| 4 | William | 42,073 |
| 5 | Richard | 35,385 |
| 6 | Charles | 30,786 |
| 7 | David | 25,359 |
| 8 | Donald | 24,055 |
| 9 | Thomas | 22,128 |
| 10 | Ronald | 19,835 |
| 11 | George | 17,888 |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,723 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 14,715 |
| 14 | Larry | 14,531 |
| 15 | Edward | 14,428 |
| 16 | Jerry | 13,729 |
| 17 | Paul | 13,336 |
| 18 | Michael | 10,829 |
| 19 | Gerald | 10,057 |
| 20 | Frank | 9,990 |
| 21 | Gary | 9,681 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,252 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,300 |
| 24 | Billy | 7,475 |
| 25 | Walter | 7,323 |
| 26 | Jack | 7,306 |
| 27 | Joe | 7,188 |
| 28 | Roger | 7,155 |
| 29 | Bobby | 7,056 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,593 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,561 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,380 |
| 33 | Willie | 6,309 |
| 34 | Dennis | 6,212 |
| 35 | Ralph | 5,958 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,882 |
| 37 | Eugene | 5,869 |
| 38 | Daniel | 5,797 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,653 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,538 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,478 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,155 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 4,752 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,742 |
| 45 | Harry | 4,661 |
| 46 | Peter | 4,639 |
| 47 | Howard | 4,613 |
| 48 | Anthony | 4,609 |
| 49 | Louis | 4,224 |
| 50 | Earl | 3,896 |