Top Baby Names of 1939
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1939 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1939, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.