Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1940

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1James	62,473
2	2Robert	61,194
3	3John	54,766
4	4William	44,775
5	5Richard	37,418
6	6Charles	31,679
7	7David	27,685
8	8Thomas	23,985
9	9Donald	23,106
10	10Ronald	20,730
11	11George	18,307
12	12Joseph	18,204
13	13Larry	17,201
14	14Jerry	15,200
15	15Kenneth	15,133
16	16Edward	14,400
17	17Paul	14,104
18	18Michael	13,231
19	19Gary	12,568
20	20Frank	10,596
21	21Gerald	10,240
22	22Raymond	9,567
23	23Harold	8,074
24	24Dennis	7,845
25	25Walter	7,722
26	26Roger	7,599
27	27Billy	7,593
28	28Joe	7,221
29	29Jack	7,046
30	30Bobby	6,881
31	31Henry	6,818
32	32Carl	6,754
33	33Arthur	6,508
34	34Daniel	6,220
35	35Lawrence	6,172
36	36Willie	6,170
37	37Ralph	5,834
38	38Eugene	5,798
39	39Wayne	5,726
40	40Fred	5,585
41	41Albert	5,569
42	42Roy	5,563
43	43Peter	5,049
44	44Jimmy	4,964
45	45Howard	4,825
46	46Anthony	4,768
47	47Harry	4,677
48	48Norman	4,577
49	49Stephen	4,423
50	50Louis	4,324
51	51Johnny	3,996
52	52Earl	3,942
53	53Melvin	3,933
54	54Leonard	3,815
55	55Bruce	3,789
56	56Douglas	3,731
57	57Dale	3,698
58	58Ernest	3,696
59	59Stanley	3,692
60	60Philip	3,676
61	61Francis	3,606
62	62Don	3,543
63	63Marvin	3,499
64	64Clarence	3,484
65	65Samuel	3,361
66	66Leroy	3,310
67	67Bill	3,268
68	68Frederick	3,092
69	69Alfred	3,063
70	70Gene	3,060
71	71Allen	3,031
72	72Russell	3,011
73	73Terry	2,981
74	74Patrick	2,883
75	75Herbert	2,873
76	76Tommy	2,826
77	77Ray	2,792
78	78Jim	2,713
79	79Phillip	2,625
80	80Lee	2,624
81	81Eddie	2,578
82	82Bernard	2,468
83	83Glenn	2,465
84	84Andrew	2,430
85	85Martin	2,423
86	86Jimmie	2,406
87	87Franklin	2,390
88	88Alan	2,377
89	89Leon	2,315
90	90Theodore	2,306
91	91Gordon	2,293
92	92Tom	2,287
93	93Jesse	2,206
94	94Clifford	2,184
95	95Jerome	2,177
96	96Edwin	2,115
97	97Curtis	2,102
98	98Harvey	2,084
99	99Bob	2,082
100	100Lloyd	2,066

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