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Top baby names of the 1940s

Mary and James lead the 1940s.

Girls

  1. Mary 640,080
  2. Linda 531,660
  3. Barbara 425,271
  4. Patricia 411,412
  5. Carol 292,333
  6. Sandra 265,538
  7. Nancy 252,061
  8. Sharon 221,237
  9. Judith 218,037
  10. Susan 212,016
  11. Betty 194,623
  12. Carolyn 181,858
  13. Margaret 173,028
  14. Shirley 171,780
  15. Judy 167,719
  16. Karen 167,700
  17. Donna 165,523
  18. Kathleen 152,981
  19. Joyce 151,494
  20. Dorothy 132,257

Boys

  1. James 795,775
  2. Robert 758,126
  3. John 711,614
  4. William 556,478
  5. Richard 477,476
  6. David 426,372
  7. Charles 361,772
  8. Thomas 350,775
  9. Michael 336,568
  10. Ronald 282,489
  11. Larry 255,908
  12. Donald 247,834
  13. Joseph 230,285
  14. Gary 217,772
  15. George 209,013
  16. Kenneth 198,553
  17. Paul 183,364
  18. Edward 174,801
  19. Jerry 167,257
  20. Dennis 162,114

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