Names That Peaked in the 1940s
Every name here reached its all-time U.S. popularity high in the 1940s. Some faded, some are staging comebacks — the peak year tells the story.
- 1Linda#1 in 1947
- 2James#1 in 1940
- 3Larry#10 in 1947
- 4Sandra#5 in 1947
- 5Kathleen#9 in 1949
- 6Sharon#8 in 1943
- 7Ronald#9 in 1941
- 8Carol#4 in 1941
- 9Judith#4 in 1940
- 10Dennis#16 in 1949
- 11Stephen#19 in 1949
- 12Judy#11 in 1946
- 13Carolyn#10 in 1942
- 14Jerry#14 in 1940
- 15Douglas#23 in 1942
- 16Terry#26 in 1946
- 17Roger#22 in 1945
- 18Jane#35 in 1946
- 19Wayne#29 in 1946
- 20Danny#39 in 1947
- 21Bonnie#33 in 1941
- 22Lawrence#30 in 1942
- 23Diana#42 in 1946
- 24Jimmy#41 in 1944
- 25Ronnie#54 in 1946
- 26Johnny#45 in 1944
- 27Ellen#58 in 1946
- 28Rosemary#74 in 1946
- 29Constance#83 in 1949
- 30Philip#52 in 1941
- 31Eileen#68 in 1943
- 32Tommy#70 in 1944
- 33Charlene#100 in 1949
- 34Allen#71 in 1940
- 35Paulette#117 in 1946
- 36Maryann#135 in 1943
- 37Priscilla#127 in 1940
- 38Dianna#172 in 1948
- 39Wendell#114 in 1940
- 40Allan#115 in 1940
- 41Lana#188 in 1948
- 42Bernadette#188 in 1946
- 43Sammy#170 in 1946
- 44Francine#216 in 1946
- 45Rudy#235 in 1947
- 46Frankie#232 in 1945
- 47Jan#247 in 1944
- 48Winston#234 in 1941
- 49Truman#247 in 1945
- 50Rosalind#292 in 1942