United States · 2,203,464 recorded births
Top baby names of 1939
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Priscilla (up 40), Susan (up 27), Steven (up 40), Barry (up 28).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 54,900 | · |
| 2 | Barbara | 37,257 | · |
| 3 | Patricia | 29,701 | · |
| 4 | Betty | 23,639 | · |
| 5 | Shirley | 20,447 | · |
| 6 | Carol | 20,166 | · |
| 7 | Nancy | 19,723 | · |
| 8 | Judith | 16,625 | ▲ 4 |
| 9 | Dorothy | 15,169 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Margaret | 14,949 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Joan | 14,143 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Joyce | 13,394 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Sandra | 11,970 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Carolyn | 11,290 | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Linda | 10,713 | ▲ 16 |
| 16 | Helen | 10,420 | ▼ 3 |
| 17 | Janet | 10,120 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 9,709 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 9,538 | · |
| 20 | Donna | 9,371 | · |
| 21 | Virginia | 9,227 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Ruth | 9,062 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Sharon | 9,014 | ▲ 7 |
| 24 | Janice | 8,778 | · |
| 25 | Beverly | 8,706 | ▼ 7 |
| 26 | Frances | 8,577 | ▼ 3 |
| 27 | Martha | 8,493 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Judy | 8,081 | ▲ 13 |
| 29 | Doris | 7,687 | ▼ 4 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 7,590 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Alice | 7,365 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Jean | 7,292 | ▼ 5 |
| 33 | Ann | 6,551 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Peggy | 6,050 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Lois | 6,034 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Gloria | 5,939 | · |
| 37 | Marie | 5,890 | · |
| 38 | Norma | 5,827 | ▼ 4 |
| 39 | Karen | 5,541 | ▲ 11 |
| 40 | Evelyn | 5,332 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 5,160 | ▲ 4 |
| 42 | Rose | 5,040 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Anna | 4,929 | ▼ 3 |
| 44 | Susan | 4,887 | ▲ 27 |
| 45 | Elaine | 4,785 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Jane | 4,771 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Carole | 4,679 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Kathleen | 4,656 | ▲ 10 |
| 49 | Catherine | 4,577 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Wanda | 4,557 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Diane | 4,340 | ▲ 13 |
| 52 | Sally | 4,244 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Joanne | 4,225 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Annie | 4,155 | ▼ 7 |
| 55 | Mildred | 4,137 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Patsy | 4,111 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Joann | 3,994 | ▲ 11 |
| 58 | Dolores | 3,980 | ▼ 15 |
| 59 | Louise | 3,956 | · |
| 60 | Marjorie | 3,907 | ▼ 7 |
| 61 | Bonnie | 3,887 | ▲ 4 |
| 62 | Sylvia | 3,870 | ▼ 6 |
| 63 | Eleanor | 3,810 | ▼ 3 |
| 64 | Marlene | 3,773 | ▼ 13 |
| 65 | Loretta | 3,769 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Charlotte | 3,739 | ▲ 4 |
| 67 | Ruby | 3,712 | ▼ 6 |
| 68 | Sarah | 3,671 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Arlene | 3,578 | ▼ 6 |
| 70 | Jo | 3,524 | ▲ 8 |
| 71 | Roberta | 3,409 | ▲ 2 |
| 72 | Jacqueline | 3,388 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Gail | 3,355 | ▲ 4 |
| 74 | Irene | 3,331 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Darlene | 3,287 | ▲ 1 |
| 76 | Kay | 3,260 | ▲ 5 |
| 77 | Juanita | 3,212 | ▲ 3 |
| 78 | Rita | 3,188 | ▼ 4 |
| 79 | Delores | 3,018 | ▼ 4 |
| 80 | Ellen | 3,005 | ▲ 9 |
| 81 | Edna | 2,904 | ▲ 1 |
| 82 | Jeanette | 2,893 | ▲ 9 |
| 83 | June | 2,867 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Josephine | 2,837 | ▼ 1 |
| 85 | Anne | 2,769 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Brenda | 2,756 | new |
| 87 | Wilma | 2,701 | ▼ 2 |
| 88 | Thelma | 2,696 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Emma | 2,685 | ▲ 7 |
| 90 | Yvonne | 2,648 | ▲ 11 |
| 91 | Julia | 2,635 | ▲ 16 |
| 92 | Sue | 2,623 | ▲ 12 |
| 93 | Rosemary | 2,612 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Theresa | 2,611 | ▼ 2 |
| 95 | Lorraine | 2,593 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Florence | 2,592 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Anita | 2,588 | ▲ 2 |
| 98 | Audrey | 2,569 | ▼ 11 |
| 99 | Lillian | 2,551 | ▼ 11 |
| 100 | Ethel | 2,496 | ▼ 6 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Donald | 24,056 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Thomas | 22,129 | · |
| 10 | Ronald | 19,837 | · |
| 11 | George | 17,886 | · |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,722 | · |
| 13 | Kenneth | 14,715 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Larry | 14,532 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Edward | 14,427 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Jerry | 13,729 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Paul | 13,337 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Michael | 10,828 | ▲ 3 |
| 19 | Gerald | 10,057 | · |
| 20 | Frank | 9,991 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Gary | 9,684 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,252 | ▼ 2 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,299 | · |
| 24 | Billy | 7,474 | · |
| 25 | Walter | 7,322 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Jack | 7,306 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Joe | 7,189 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Roger | 7,155 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Bobby | 7,057 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,593 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,561 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,380 | · |
| 33 | Willie | 6,308 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Dennis | 6,212 | ▲ 15 |
| 35 | Ralph | 5,959 | · |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,882 | · |
| 37 | Eugene | 5,869 | ▼ 4 |
| 38 | Daniel | 5,797 | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,653 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,538 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,477 | ▼ 4 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,156 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 4,753 | ▲ 2 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,742 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Harry | 4,661 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Peter | 4,639 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Howard | 4,613 | ▼ 5 |
| 48 | Anthony | 4,610 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Louis | 4,224 | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Earl | 3,896 | · |
| 51 | Melvin | 3,853 | ▲ 3 |
| 52 | Marvin | 3,758 | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Francis | 3,721 | ▼ 2 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,711 | ▲ 3 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,688 | · |
| 56 | Don | 3,589 | ▼ 4 |
| 57 | Stanley | 3,570 | ▲ 2 |
| 58 | Douglas | 3,564 | ▲ 2 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,531 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Clarence | 3,482 | ▼ 2 |
| 61 | Leroy | 3,388 | · |
| 62 | Johnny | 3,371 | ▲ 1 |
| 63 | Samuel | 3,254 | ▼ 1 |
| 64 | Bruce | 3,233 | ▲ 2 |
| 65 | Stephen | 3,176 | ▲ 9 |
| 66 | Philip | 3,174 | ▼ 2 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,161 | · |
| 68 | Herbert | 3,097 | · |
| 69 | Gene | 3,014 | ▼ 4 |
| 70 | Alfred | 2,990 | ▼ 1 |
| 71 | Frederick | 2,972 | · |
| 72 | Allen | 2,928 | ▲ 1 |
| 73 | Russell | 2,833 | ▼ 3 |
| 74 | Ray | 2,709 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Jim | 2,636 | ▲ 6 |
| 76 | Bernard | 2,624 | ▼ 1 |
| 77 | Tommy | 2,622 | · |
| 78 | Lee | 2,589 | ▲ 2 |
| 79 | Patrick | 2,530 | ▲ 9 |
| 80 | Jimmie | 2,524 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Eddie | 2,511 | ▼ 2 |
| 82 | Gordon | 2,508 | ▼ 4 |
| 83 | Terry | 2,444 | ▲ 3 |
| 84 | Andrew | 2,440 | ▼ 2 |
| 85 | Alan | 2,330 | ▲ 6 |
| 86 | Leon | 2,327 | ▼ 1 |
| 87 | Glenn | 2,303 | ▼ 4 |
| 88 | Clifford | 2,290 | ▲ 1 |
| 89 | Bob | 2,244 | ▲ 5 |
| 90 | Theodore | 2,196 | ▼ 6 |
| 91 | Martin | 2,192 | ▼ 4 |
| 92 | Phillip | 2,175 | ▲ 3 |
| 93 | Jerome | 2,153 | · |
| 94 | Floyd | 2,094 | ▲ 2 |
| 95 | Lloyd | 2,087 | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Edwin | 2,063 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Tom | 2,028 | ▲ 9 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,012 | ▲ 3 |
| 99 | Jesse | 2,010 | ▲ 8 |
| 100 | Vernon | 1,994 | ▲ 3 |