Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1939

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
11Robert59,646
22James59,630
33John51,021
44William42,076
55Richard35,371
66Charles30,784
77David25,360
88Donald24,057
99Thomas22,125
1010Ronald19,833
1111George17,886
1212Joseph17,717
1313Kenneth14,705
1414Larry14,525
1515Edward14,428
1616Jerry13,731
1717Paul13,330
1818Michael10,825
1919Gerald10,050
2020Frank9,985
2121Gary9,680
2222Raymond9,246
2323Harold8,305
2424Billy7,469
2525Walter7,319
2626Jack7,306
2727Joe7,192
2828Roger7,151
2929Bobby7,052
3030Carl6,594
3131Henry6,557
3232Arthur6,381
3333Willie6,302
3434Dennis6,211
3535Ralph5,956
3636Lawrence5,882
3737Eugene5,875
3838Daniel5,797
3939Wayne5,648
4040Fred5,535
4141Albert5,476
4242Roy5,151
4343Jimmy4,751
4444Norman4,739
4545Harry4,662
4646Peter4,643
4747Anthony4,610
4848Howard4,605
4949Louis4,224
5050Earl3,891
5151Melvin3,852
5252Marvin3,759
5353Francis3,720
5454Leonard3,713
5555Ernest3,687
5656Don3,585
5757Stanley3,571
5858Douglas3,564
5959Dale3,532
6060Clarence3,481
6161Leroy3,387
6262Johnny3,372
6363Samuel3,252
6464Bruce3,233
6565Stephen3,176
6666Philip3,172
6767Bill3,160
6868Herbert3,094
6969Gene3,012
7070Alfred2,988
7171Frederick2,972
7272Allen2,926
7373Russell2,828
7474Ray2,709
7575Jim2,636
7676Bernard2,627
7777Tommy2,621
7878Lee2,587
7979Patrick2,530
8080Jimmie2,524
8181Eddie2,509
8282Gordon2,507
8383Terry2,446
8484Andrew2,441
8585Alan2,330
8686Leon2,329
8787Glenn2,301
8888Clifford2,291
8989Bob2,242
9090Theodore2,196
9191Martin2,193
9292Phillip2,174
9393Jerome2,152
9494Floyd2,092
9595Lloyd2,087
9696Edwin2,063
9797Tom2,027
9898Curtis2,011
9999Jesse2,008
100100Vernon1,994

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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