100 Most popular boy names of 1939, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1939 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1939.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
59654
5.26
-
2
James
59635
5.26
-
3
John
51020
4.5
-
4
William
42078
3.71
-
5
Richard
35379
3.12
-
6
Charles
30784
2.71
-
7
David
25362
2.24
+1
8
Donald
24057
2.12
-1
9
Thomas
22128
1.95
-
10
Ronald
19837
1.75
-
11
George
17886
1.58
-
12
Joseph
17719
1.56
-
13
Kenneth
14711
1.3
+1
14
Larry
14531
1.28
+2
15
Edward
14426
1.27
-2
16
Jerry
13731
1.21
+1
17
Paul
13336
1.18
-2
18
Michael
10828
0.95
+3
19
Gerald
10055
0.89
-
20
Frank
9988
0.88
-2
21
Gary
9680
0.85
+1
22
Raymond
9248
0.82
-2
23
Harold
8302
0.73
-
24
Billy
7473
0.66
-
25
Walter
7320
0.65
+1
26
Jack
7305
0.64
-1
27
Joe
7188
0.63
+1
28
Roger
7154
0.63
+3
29
Bobby
7056
0.62
-2
30
Carl
6593
0.58
-1
31
Henry
6561
0.58
-1
32
Arthur
6380
0.56
-
33
Willie
6308
0.56
+1
34
Dennis
6213
0.55
+15
35
Ralph
5959
0.53
-
36
Lawrence
5883
0.52
-
37
Eugene
5873
0.52
-4
38
Daniel
5797
0.51
+1
39
Wayne
5652
0.5
+1
40
Fred
5539
0.49
-2
41
Albert
5477
0.48
-4
42
Roy
5155
0.45
-1
43
Jimmy
4752
0.42
+2
44
Norman
4742
0.42
-1
45
Harry
4662
0.41
-1
46
Peter
4641
0.41
+2
47
Howard
4611
0.41
-5
48
Anthony
4609
0.41
-2
49
Louis
4225
0.37
-2
50
Earl
3897
0.34
-
51
Melvin
3853
0.34
+3
52
Marvin
3759
0.33
+1
53
Francis
3721
0.33
-2
54
Leonard
3712
0.33
+3
55
Ernest
3688
0.33
-
56
Don
3587
0.32
-4
57
Stanley
3570
0.31
+2
58
Douglas
3564
0.31
+2
59
Dale
3531
0.31
-3
60
Clarence
3483
0.31
-2
61
Leroy
3389
0.3
-
62
Johnny
3370
0.3
+1
63
Samuel
3254
0.29
-1
64
Bruce
3233
0.29
+2
65
Stephen
3176
0.28
+9
66
Philip
3174
0.28
-2
67
Bill
3161
0.28
-
68
Herbert
3098
0.27
-
69
Gene
3013
0.27
-4
70
Alfred
2989
0.26
-1
71
Frederick
2973
0.26
-
72
Allen
2928
0.26
+1
73
Russell
2832
0.25
-3
74
Ray
2709
0.24
-2
75
Jim
2637
0.23
+6
76
Bernard
2626
0.23
-1
77
Tommy
2622
0.23
-
78
Lee
2587
0.23
+2
79
Patrick
2530
0.22
+9
80
Jimmie
2524
0.22
-4
81
Eddie
2509
0.22
-2
82
Gordon
2507
0.22
-4
83
Terry
2444
0.22
+3
84
Andrew
2439
0.22
-2
85
Alan
2330
0.21
+6
86
Leon
2329
0.21
-1
87
Glenn
2302
0.2
-4
88
Clifford
2292
0.2
+1
89
Bob
2244
0.2
+5
90
Theodore
2196
0.19
-6
91
Martin
2192
0.19
-4
92
Phillip
2176
0.19
+3
93
Jerome
2152
0.19
-
94
Floyd
2094
0.18
+2
95
Lloyd
2087
0.18
-3
96
Edwin
2063
0.18
-6
97
Tom
2026
0.18
+9
98
Curtis
2011
0.18
+3
99
Jesse
2009
0.18
+8
100
Vernon
1994
0.18
+3
101
Clyde
1959
0.17
-4
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1939)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html