Popular Maine Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Maine Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Maine was Robert. In total there were 6,384 boys born sharing 201 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

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