Most Popular Names of the 1940's

Female

1. Mary
2. Betty
3. Dorothy
4. Helen
5. Barbara
6. Margaret
7. Maria
8. Patricia
9. Doris
10. Ruth
11. Joan
12. Shirley
13. Dolores
14. Jean
15. Virginia
16. Anna
17. Elizabeth
18. Lois
19. Frances
20. Mildred

Male

1. Robert
2. James
3. John
4. William
5. Richard
6. Charles
7. Donald
8. George
9. Joseph
10. Edward
11. Thomas
12. Paul
13. Frank
14. Harold
15. Jack
16. Kenneth
17. Raymond
18. David
19. Walter
20. Billy

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