California ★ 1940

Top names in California, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,821 babies ; Robert for boys with 3,120. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,821
2	Patricia	1,675
3	Barbara	1,598
4	Linda	1,568
5	Carol	1,079
6	Judith	1,035
7	Sharon	916
8	Nancy	890
9	Sandra	839
10	Judy	734
11	Susan	630
12	Donna	629
13	Margaret	625
14	Betty	603
15	Joan	586
16	Diane	582
16	Shirley	582
18	Carolyn	553
19	Marilyn	518
20	Joyce	508
21	Virginia	502
22	Gloria	468
23	Beverly	439
24	Janice	428
25	Janet	410
26	Dorothy	393
27	Bonnie	371
28	Frances	370
29	Kathleen	346
30	Helen	339
31	Alice	334
31	Karen	334
33	Carole	330
34	Jean	316
35	Elizabeth	298
36	Ann	293
37	Dolores	280
37	Irene	280
39	Ruth	271
40	Darlene	270
41	Martha	265
42	Joanne	259
43	Phyllis	257
44	Gail	248
44	Pat	248
46	Sally	245
47	Norma	240
48	Diana	237
49	Brenda	231
50	Marie	227
51	Roberta	225
52	Elaine	210
53	Evelyn	209
54	Rose	193
55	Marjorie	191
56	Lois	189
57	Loretta	188
57	Marlene	188
59	Arlene	187
60	Anita	186
61	Peggy	181
62	Geraldine	180
63	Charlotte	179
64	Jacqueline	177
65	Sylvia	172
66	Joann	171
67	Jo	169
67	Sue	169
69	Connie	168
70	Eleanor	167
71	Louise	165
72	Doris	164
73	Katherine	159
74	Maria	152
75	Carmen	151
76	Charlene	150
77	Catherine	147
77	Suzanne	147
79	Esther	145
79	Yvonne	145
81	Jane	138
82	Jeanette	136
83	Deanna	133
84	Josephine	131
84	Rosemary	131
86	Jeanne	130
87	Rachel	129
88	Lynda	127
89	Kay	125
89	Marcia	125
89	Wanda	125
92	Ellen	124
93	Juanita	119
94	Patsy	118
95	Rosalie	117
96	Anne	115
96	Dianne	115
98	Lorraine	113
98	Maureen	113
100	Julie	111

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,120
2	John	2,420
3	Richard	2,219
4	James	2,101
5	William	1,799
6	David	1,554
7	Gary	1,183
8	Ronald	1,160
9	Michael	1,124
10	Charles	1,051
11	Donald	1,023
12	Thomas	839
13	Larry	826
14	George	807
15	Frank	683
16	Dennis	650
17	Kenneth	643
18	Jerry	639
19	Edward	609
20	Paul	558
21	Raymond	472
22	Gerald	464
23	Joe	443
24	Jack	438
25	Joseph	430
26	Bill	390
27	Roger	361
28	Stephen	359
29	Daniel	353
30	Fred	339
31	Arthur	323
32	Jim	320
33	Lawrence	317
34	Don	312
35	Henry	303
36	Bob	299
37	Peter	285
38	Douglas	282
39	Carl	281
40	Ralph	279
41	Wayne	274
42	Walter	270
43	Albert	266
44	Bruce	262
45	Norman	259
46	Mike	256
47	Harold	254
48	Manuel	250
49	Roy	237
50	Tom	233
51	Eugene	224
52	Philip	223
53	Stanley	213
54	Steven	203
55	Alfred	199
56	Leonard	198
57	Anthony	195
58	Terry	193
59	Phillip	187
59	Tony	187
61	Dale	185
62	Ernest	184
63	Patrick	181
64	Harry	176
64	Louis	176
66	Alan	168
67	Howard	166
68	Ray	164
69	Gilbert	163
70	Steve	161
71	Melvin	158
72	Johnny	154
73	Allen	148
74	Leroy	144
75	Ronnie	139
76	Billy	138
77	Victor	135
78	Jimmy	127
79	Gordon	126
80	Russell	125
81	Earl	123
82	Eddie	122
83	Barry	121
83	Lee	121
85	Danny	120
86	Clifford	116
86	Tommy	116
88	Marvin	113
89	Jose	112
90	Bobby	109
91	Edwin	108
91	Gene	108
91	Warren	108
94	Jon	106
94	Timothy	106
96	Frederick	102
96	Lloyd	102
98	Dick	101
99	Allan	98
100	Martin	97