NameTrends

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.

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