Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania was Robert. In total there were 76,802 boys born sharing 549 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 (7%)	5,354
2	John	1 in 15 (6.8%)	5,254
3	William	1 in 19 (5.4%)	4,126
4	James	1 in 19 (5.4%)	4,109
5	Richard	1 in 24 (4.2%)	3,220
6	Joseph	1 in 29 (3.5%)	2,659
7	Thomas	1 in 32 (3.1%)	2,374
8	Charles	1 in 33 (3.1%)	2,346
9	Ronald	1 in 35 (2.9%)	2,210
10	David	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,001
11	Donald	1 in 42 (2.4%)	1,818
12	George	1 in 45 (2.2%)	1,707
13	Edward	1 in 48 (2.1%)	1,607
14	Paul	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,270
15	Michael	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,075
16	Kenneth	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,060
17	Frank	1 in 83 (1.2%)	930
18	Raymond	1 in 93 (1.1%)	825
19	Larry	1 in 96 (1%)	796
20	Gerald	1 in 100 (1%)	766
21	Harry	1 in 104 (1%)	738
22	Francis	1 in 111 (0.9%)	690
23	Gary	1 in 119 (0.8%)	643
24	Walter	1 in 123 (0.8%)	625
25	Anthony	1 in 132 (0.8%)	584
26	Daniel	1 in 133 (0.8%)	578
27	Carl	1 in 139 (0.7%)	552
28	Eugene	1 in 147 (0.7%)	522
29	Harold	1 in 152 (0.7%)	504
30	Albert	1 in 159 (0.6%)	484
31	Lawrence	1 in 170 (0.6%)	451
32	Ralph	1 in 173 (0.6%)	445
33	Jack	1 in 175 (0.6%)	438
34	Arthur	1 in 179 (0.6%)	429
35	Dennis	1 in 179 (0.6%)	428
36	Stephen	1 in 190 (0.5%)	405
37	Samuel	1 in 199 (0.5%)	386
38	Fred	1 in 202 (0.5%)	381
39	Louis	1 in 209 (0.5%)	367
40	Barry	1 in 210 (0.5%)	366
41	Howard	1 in 212 (0.5%)	363
42	Stanley	1 in 212 (0.5%)	362
43	Henry	1 in 218 (0.5%)	352
44	Wayne	1 in 219 (0.5%)	350
45	Peter	1 in 224 (0.4%)	343
46	Bernard	1 in 225 (0.4%)	341
47	Frederick	1 in 238 (0.4%)	323
48	Leonard	1 in 248 (0.4%)	310
49	Dale	1 in 250 (0.4%)	307
50	Andrew	1 in 261 (0.4%)	294
51	Jerry	1 in 263 (0.4%)	292
52	Norman	1 in 263 (0.4%)	292
53	Philip	1 in 265 (0.4%)	290
54	Earl	1 in 278 (0.4%)	276
55	Russell	1 in 289 (0.3%)	266
56	Glenn	1 in 302 (0.3%)	254
57	Vincent	1 in 313 (0.3%)	245
58	Bruce	1 in 316 (0.3%)	243
59	Theodore	1 in 317 (0.3%)	242
60	Roger	1 in 331 (0.3%)	232
61	Melvin	1 in 334 (0.3%)	230
62	Roy	1 in 337 (0.3%)	228
63	Martin	1 in 340 (0.3%)	226
64	Patrick	1 in 356 (0.3%)	216
65	Alfred	1 in 357 (0.3%)	215
66	Ernest	1 in 388 (0.3%)	198
67	Clarence	1 in 400 (0.2%)	192
68	Terry	1 in 400 (0.2%)	192
69	Allen	1 in 406 (0.2%)	189
70	Herbert	1 in 417 (0.2%)	184
71	Ray	1 in 444 (0.2%)	173
72	Leroy	1 in 449 (0.2%)	171
73	Alan	1 in 454 (0.2%)	169
74	Edwin	1 in 457 (0.2%)	168
75	Nicholas	1 in 460 (0.2%)	167
76	Franklin	1 in 468 (0.2%)	164
77	Jerome	1 in 489 (0.2%)	157
78	Lee	1 in 505 (0.2%)	152
79	Warren	1 in 515 (0.2%)	149
80	Jay	1 in 515 (0.2%)	149
81	Lewis	1 in 541 (0.2%)	142
82	Leon	1 in 545 (0.2%)	141
83	Harvey	1 in 565 (0.2%)	136
84	Gene	1 in 569 (0.2%)	135
85	Clyde	1 in 586 (0.2%)	131
86	Lester	1 in 610 (0.2%)	126
87	Leo	1 in 640 (0.2%)	120
88	Marvin	1 in 640 (0.2%)	120
89	Chester	1 in 656 (0.2%)	117
90	Clifford	1 in 668 (0.1%)	115
91	Lloyd	1 in 705 (0.1%)	109
92	Steve	1 in 705 (0.1%)	109
93	Victor	1 in 711 (0.1%)	108
94	Allan	1 in 725 (0.1%)	106
95	Timothy	1 in 731 (0.1%)	105
96	Douglas	1 in 776 (0.1%)	99
97	Gordon	1 in 776 (0.1%)	99
98	Mark	1 in 784 (0.1%)	98
99	Alvin	1 in 792 (0.1%)	97
100	Bill	1 in 826 (0.1%)	93