The Most Popular Maine Boy Baby Names in 1940
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| Rank | Name | How Unique? | Total births this year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 1 in 14 (6.9%) | 442 |
| 2 | Richard | 1 in 16 (6.1%) | 388 |
| 3 | John | 1 in 22 (4.5%) | 285 |
| 4 | David | 1 in 25 (4%) | 258 |
| 5 | James | 1 in 31 (3.2%) | 206 |
| 6 | William | 1 in 36 (2.8%) | 179 |
| 7 | Donald | 1 in 36 (2.8%) | 177 |
| 8 | Ronald | 1 in 46 (2.2%) | 139 |
| 9 | George | 1 in 47 (2.1%) | 137 |
| 10 | Paul | 1 in 48 (2.1%) | 134 |
| 11 | Charles | 1 in 51 (2%) | 126 |
| 12 | Roger | 1 in 57 (1.8%) | 112 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1 in 64 (1.6%) | 99 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 1 in 72 (1.4%) | 89 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1 in 76 (1.3%) | 84 |
| 16 | Peter | 1 in 78 (1.3%) | 82 |
| 17 | Gerald | 1 in 81 (1.2%) | 79 |
| 18 | Edward | 1 in 82 (1.2%) | 78 |
| 19 | Wayne | 1 in 82 (1.2%) | 78 |
| 20 | Raymond | 1 in 83 (1.2%) | 77 |
| 21 | Arthur | 1 in 97 (1%) | 66 |
| 22 | Norman | 1 in 98 (1%) | 65 |
| 23 | Gary | 1 in 101 (1%) | 63 |
| 24 | Roland | 1 in 101 (1%) | 63 |
| 25 | Philip | 1 in 106 (0.9%) | 60 |
| 26 | Lawrence | 1 in 108 (0.9%) | 59 |
| 27 | Ralph | 1 in 114 (0.9%) | 56 |
| 28 | Albert | 1 in 116 (0.9%) | 55 |
| 29 | Harold | 1 in 116 (0.9%) | 55 |
| 30 | Michael | 1 in 120 (0.8%) | 53 |
| 31 | Daniel | 1 in 130 (0.8%) | 49 |
| 32 | Larry | 1 in 130 (0.8%) | 49 |
| 33 | Carl | 1 in 133 (0.8%) | 48 |
| 34 | Dennis | 1 in 136 (0.7%) | 47 |
| 35 | Bruce | 1 in 139 (0.7%) | 46 |
| 36 | Eugene | 1 in 139 (0.7%) | 46 |
| 37 | Frank | 1 in 139 (0.7%) | 46 |
| 38 | Stephen | 1 in 139 (0.7%) | 46 |
| 39 | Walter | 1 in 152 (0.7%) | 42 |
| 40 | Dale | 1 in 160 (0.6%) | 40 |
| 41 | Frederick | 1 in 160 (0.6%) | 40 |
| 42 | Reginald | 1 in 182 (0.5%) | 35 |
| 43 | Stanley | 1 in 182 (0.5%) | 35 |
| 44 | Maurice | 1 in 193 (0.5%) | 33 |
| 45 | Bernard | 1 in 193 (0.5%) | 33 |
| 46 | Henry | 1 in 206 (0.5%) | 31 |
| 47 | Keith | 1 in 206 (0.5%) | 31 |
| 48 | Douglas | 1 in 213 (0.5%) | 30 |
| 49 | Francis | 1 in 213 (0.5%) | 30 |
| 50 | Gordon | 1 in 228 (0.4%) | 28 |
| 51 | Alfred | 1 in 228 (0.4%) | 28 |
| 52 | Ernest | 1 in 236 (0.4%) | 27 |
| 53 | Fred | 1 in 236 (0.4%) | 27 |
| 54 | Leo | 1 in 255 (0.4%) | 25 |
| 55 | Herbert | 1 in 255 (0.4%) | 25 |
| 56 | Gerard | 1 in 255 (0.4%) | 25 |
| 57 | Brian | 1 in 255 (0.4%) | 25 |
| 58 | Barry | 1 in 266 (0.4%) | 24 |
| 59 | Earl | 1 in 266 (0.4%) | 24 |
| 60 | Louis | 1 in 266 (0.4%) | 24 |
| 61 | Russell | 1 in 278 (0.4%) | 23 |
| 62 | Jack | 1 in 278 (0.4%) | 23 |
| 63 | Edwin | 1 in 278 (0.4%) | 23 |
| 64 | Alan | 1 in 290 (0.3%) | 22 |
| 65 | Clifford | 1 in 290 (0.3%) | 22 |
| 66 | Harry | 1 in 290 (0.3%) | 22 |
| 67 | Howard | 1 in 290 (0.3%) | 22 |
| 68 | Rodney | 1 in 290 (0.3%) | 22 |
| 69 | Lewis | 1 in 319 (0.3%) | 20 |
| 70 | Leroy | 1 in 319 (0.3%) | 20 |
| 71 | Bertrand | 1 in 319 (0.3%) | 20 |
| 72 | Clarence | 1 in 336 (0.3%) | 19 |
| 73 | Leonard | 1 in 336 (0.3%) | 19 |
| 74 | Roy | 1 in 336 (0.3%) | 19 |
| 75 | Theodore | 1 in 355 (0.3%) | 18 |
| 76 | Gilbert | 1 in 355 (0.3%) | 18 |
| 77 | Dana | 1 in 355 (0.3%) | 18 |
| 78 | Malcolm | 1 in 376 (0.3%) | 17 |
| 79 | Maynard | 1 in 376 (0.3%) | 17 |
| 80 | Patrick | 1 in 376 (0.3%) | 17 |
| 81 | Vincent | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 82 | Normand | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 83 | Lloyd | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 84 | Guy | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 85 | Darrell | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 86 | Claude | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 87 | Carroll | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 88 | Arnold | 1 in 399 (0.3%) | 16 |
| 89 | Steven | 1 in 426 (0.2%) | 15 |
| 90 | Samuel | 1 in 426 (0.2%) | 15 |
| 91 | Perley | 1 in 426 (0.2%) | 15 |
| 92 | Lionel | 1 in 426 (0.2%) | 15 |
| 93 | Alton | 1 in 426 (0.2%) | 15 |
| 94 | Wallace | 1 in 456 (0.2%) | 14 |
| 95 | Melvin | 1 in 456 (0.2%) | 14 |
| 96 | Clayton | 1 in 456 (0.2%) | 14 |
| 97 | Allan | 1 in 456 (0.2%) | 14 |
| 98 | Warren | 1 in 491 (0.2%) | 13 |
| 99 | Linwood | 1 in 491 (0.2%) | 13 |
| 100 | Leslie | 1 in 491 (0.2%) | 13 |





