The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1939

3,968 different boys’ names were recorded in 1939, covering 1,106,852 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	59,666
2	James	59,636
3	John	51,025
4	William	42,071
5	Richard	35,386
6	Charles	30,789
7	David	25,360
8	Donald	24,056
9	Thomas	22,129
10	Ronald	19,837
11	George	17,886
12	Joseph	17,722
13	Kenneth	14,715
14	Larry	14,532
15	Edward	14,427
16	Jerry	13,729
17	Paul	13,337
18	Michael	10,828
19	Gerald	10,057
20	Frank	9,991
21	Gary	9,684
22	Raymond	9,252
23	Harold	8,299
24	Billy	7,474
25	Walter	7,322
26	Jack	7,306
27	Joe	7,189
28	Roger	7,155
29	Bobby	7,057
30	Carl	6,593
31	Henry	6,561
32	Arthur	6,380
33	Willie	6,308
34	Dennis	6,212
35	Ralph	5,959
36	Lawrence	5,882
37	Eugene	5,869
38	Daniel	5,797
39	Wayne	5,653
40	Fred	5,538
41	Albert	5,477
42	Roy	5,156
43	Jimmy	4,753
44	Norman	4,742
45	Harry	4,661
46	Peter	4,639
47	Howard	4,613
48	Anthony	4,610
49	Louis	4,224
50	Earl	3,896
51	Melvin	3,853
52	Marvin	3,758
53	Francis	3,721
54	Leonard	3,711
55	Ernest	3,688
56	Don	3,589
57	Stanley	3,570
58	Douglas	3,564
59	Dale	3,531
60	Clarence	3,482
61	Leroy	3,388
62	Johnny	3,371
63	Samuel	3,254
64	Bruce	3,233
65	Stephen	3,176
66	Philip	3,174
67	Bill	3,161
68	Herbert	3,097
69	Gene	3,014
70	Alfred	2,990
71	Frederick	2,972
72	Allen	2,928
73	Russell	2,833
74	Ray	2,709
75	Jim	2,636
76	Bernard	2,624
77	Tommy	2,622
78	Lee	2,589
79	Patrick	2,530
80	Jimmie	2,524
81	Eddie	2,511
82	Gordon	2,508
83	Terry	2,444
84	Andrew	2,440
85	Alan	2,330
86	Leon	2,327
87	Glenn	2,303
88	Clifford	2,290
89	Bob	2,244
90	Theodore	2,196
91	Martin	2,192
92	Phillip	2,175
93	Jerome	2,153
94	Floyd	2,094
95	Lloyd	2,087
96	Edwin	2,063
97	Tom	2,028
98	Curtis	2,012
99	Jesse	2,010
100	Vernon	1,994
101	Clyde	1,959
102	Harvey	1,946
103	Alvin	1,940
104	Warren	1,892
105	Jackie	1,889
106	Lewis	1,856
106	Franklin	1,856
108	Leo	1,842
109	Ronnie	1,826
110	Vincent	1,810
111	Herman	1,800
112	Charlie	1,748
113	Arnold	1,617
114	Cecil	1,578
115	Gilbert	1,553
116	Lester	1,549
117	Keith	1,506
118	Duane	1,494
119	Victor	1,475
120	Johnnie	1,459
121	Jon	1,451
122	Rodney	1,446
123	Glen	1,428
124	Benjamin	1,423
125	Allan	1,413
126	Calvin	1,394
127	Barry	1,376
128	Milton	1,372
129	Mike	1,348
130	Darrell	1,340
131	Roland	1,329
132	Elmer	1,327
133	Chester	1,296
133	Dean	1,296
135	Joel	1,295
136	Leslie	1,294
137	Danny	1,271
138	Freddie	1,237
139	Steve	1,208
140	Tony	1,175
141	Claude	1,157
142	Jay	1,146
143	Manuel	1,143
144	Steven	1,130
145	Sam	1,121
146	Wesley	1,113
147	Willard	1,103
148	Jose	1,098
149	Ted	1,079
150	Lonnie	1,071
151	Wallace	1,070
152	Neil	1,068
153	Timothy	1,066
154	Jessie	1,058
155	Marion	1,033
156	Nicholas	1,032
157	Maurice	1,016
158	Edgar	1,008
159	Oscar	1,000
160	Hugh	999
161	Dan	996
162	Max	979
163	Everett	977
164	Virgil	937
165	Morris	927
166	Lowell	924
167	Lynn	885
168	Bennie	877
168	Dick	877
170	Mark	867
171	Karl	866
172	Benny	864
173	Sidney	861
174	Delbert	843
175	Lyle	834
176	Earnest	808
176	Brian	808
178	Nelson	801
179	Carroll	788
180	Homer	785
181	Hubert	783
182	Marshall	782
183	Nathaniel	770
184	Luther	765
185	Otis	730
186	Alexander	723
187	Guy	712
188	Horace	711
189	Ben	709
190	Wilbur	702
191	Willis	693
192	Alton	680
193	Dave	663
194	Clifton	662
195	Clinton	657
196	Donnie	641
197	Clayton	632
198	Fredrick	629
199	Juan	625
199	Loren	625

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1939 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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