United States · 1939
Baby names of 1939
Mary and Robert topped 1939.
Top girls' names of 1939
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 9 | Dorothy | 15,169 |
| 10 | Margaret | 14,949 |
| 11 | Joan | 14,143 |
| 12 | Joyce | 13,394 |
| 13 | Sandra | 11,970 |
| 14 | Carolyn | 11,290 |
| 15 | Linda | 10,713 |
| 16 | Helen | 10,420 |
| 17 | Janet | 10,120 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 9,709 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 9,538 |
| 20 | Donna | 9,371 |
| 21 | Virginia | 9,227 |
| 22 | Ruth | 9,062 |
| 23 | Sharon | 9,014 |
| 24 | Janice | 8,778 |
| 25 | Beverly | 8,706 |
| 26 | Frances | 8,577 |
| 27 | Martha | 8,493 |
| 28 | Judy | 8,081 |
| 29 | Doris | 7,687 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 7,590 |
| 31 | Alice | 7,365 |
| 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 | 5,332 |
| 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 |
Top boys' names of 1939
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | Donald | 24,056 |
| 9 | Thomas | 22,129 |
| 10 | Ronald | 19,837 |
| 11 | George | 17,886 |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,722 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 14,715 |
| 14 | Larry | 14,532 |
| 15 | Edward | 14,427 |
| 16 | Jerry | 13,729 |
| 17 | Paul | 13,337 |
| 18 | Michael | 10,828 |
| 19 | Gerald | 10,057 |
| 20 | Frank | 9,991 |
| 21 | Gary | 9,684 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,252 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,299 |
| 24 | Billy | 7,474 |
| 25 | Walter | 7,322 |
| 26 | Jack | 7,306 |
| 27 | Joe | 7,189 |
| 28 | Roger | 7,155 |
| 29 | Bobby | 7,057 |
| 30 | Carl | 6,593 |
| 31 | Henry | 6,561 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,380 |
| 33 | Willie | 6,308 |
| 34 | Dennis | 6,212 |
| 35 | Ralph | 5,959 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,882 |
| 37 | Eugene | 5,869 |
| 38 | Daniel | 5,797 |
| 39 | Wayne | 5,653 |
| 40 | Fred | 5,538 |
| 41 | Albert | 5,477 |
| 42 | Roy | 5,156 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 4,753 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,742 |
| 45 | Harry | 4,661 |
| 46 | Peter | 4,639 |
| 47 | Howard | 4,613 |
| 48 | Anthony | 4,610 |
| 49 | Louis | 4,224 |
| 50 | Earl | 3,896 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026