The Most Popular Wisconsin Boy Baby Names in 1940
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| Rank | Name | How Unique? | Total births this year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 1 in 16 (6.3%) | 1,576 |
| 2 | James | 1 in 16 (6.2%) | 1,552 |
| 3 | John | 1 in 19 (5.2%) | 1,318 |
| 4 | Richard | 1 in 20 (5%) | 1,255 |
| 5 | Thomas | 1 in 28 (3.6%) | 909 |
| 6 | David | 1 in 28 (3.6%) | 903 |
| 7 | William | 1 in 29 (3.5%) | 879 |
| 8 | Ronald | 1 in 35 (2.9%) | 728 |
| 9 | Donald | 1 in 35 (2.9%) | 725 |
| 10 | Gerald | 1 in 44 (2.3%) | 577 |
| 11 | Kenneth | 1 in 49 (2.1%) | 517 |
| 12 | Dennis | 1 in 53 (1.9%) | 476 |
| 13 | Charles | 1 in 55 (1.8%) | 457 |
| 14 | Roger | 1 in 56 (1.8%) | 447 |
| 15 | Gary | 1 in 58 (1.7%) | 435 |
| 16 | Michael | 1 in 60 (1.7%) | 418 |
| 17 | Larry | 1 in 77 (1.3%) | 325 |
| 18 | Edward | 1 in 85 (1.2%) | 294 |
| 19 | Joseph | 1 in 88 (1.1%) | 284 |
| 20 | Wayne | 1 in 89 (1.1%) | 281 |
| 21 | Paul | 1 in 100 (1%) | 250 |
| 22 | Jerry | 1 in 109 (0.9%) | 231 |
| 23 | George | 1 in 110 (0.9%) | 229 |
| 24 | Daniel | 1 in 116 (0.9%) | 216 |
| 25 | Eugene | 1 in 121 (0.8%) | 207 |
| 26 | Jerome | 1 in 132 (0.8%) | 191 |
| 27 | Raymond | 1 in 135 (0.7%) | 186 |
| 28 | Peter | 1 in 135 (0.7%) | 186 |
| 29 | Dale | 1 in 135 (0.7%) | 186 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 1 in 140 (0.7%) | 180 |
| 31 | Harold | 1 in 167 (0.6%) | 150 |
| 32 | Bruce | 1 in 172 (0.6%) | 146 |
| 33 | Ralph | 1 in 182 (0.5%) | 138 |
| 34 | Gordon | 1 in 185 (0.5%) | 136 |
| 35 | Carl | 1 in 186 (0.5%) | 135 |
| 36 | Duane | 1 in 192 (0.5%) | 131 |
| 37 | Frank | 1 in 196 (0.5%) | 128 |
| 38 | Patrick | 1 in 199 (0.5%) | 126 |
| 39 | Walter | 1 in 203 (0.5%) | 124 |
| 40 | Allen | 1 in 209 (0.5%) | 120 |
| 41 | Jack | 1 in 215 (0.5%) | 117 |
| 42 | Russell | 1 in 217 (0.5%) | 116 |
| 43 | Douglas | 1 in 220 (0.5%) | 114 |
| 44 | Frederick | 1 in 220 (0.5%) | 114 |
| 45 | Marvin | 1 in 228 (0.4%) | 110 |
| 46 | Norman | 1 in 228 (0.4%) | 110 |
| 47 | Gene | 1 in 230 (0.4%) | 109 |
| 48 | Terry | 1 in 246 (0.4%) | 102 |
| 49 | Leroy | 1 in 251 (0.4%) | 100 |
| 50 | Fred | 1 in 254 (0.4%) | 99 |
| 51 | Henry | 1 in 262 (0.4%) | 96 |
| 52 | Arthur | 1 in 264 (0.4%) | 95 |
| 53 | Stanley | 1 in 276 (0.4%) | 91 |
| 54 | Tom | 1 in 279 (0.4%) | 90 |
| 55 | Howard | 1 in 282 (0.4%) | 89 |
| 56 | Leonard | 1 in 289 (0.3%) | 87 |
| 57 | Glenn | 1 in 296 (0.3%) | 85 |
| 58 | Philip | 1 in 299 (0.3%) | 84 |
| 59 | Francis | 1 in 310 (0.3%) | 81 |
| 60 | Lee | 1 in 314 (0.3%) | 80 |
| 61 | Allan | 1 in 322 (0.3%) | 78 |
| 62 | Bernard | 1 in 331 (0.3%) | 76 |
| 63 | Anthony | 1 in 331 (0.3%) | 76 |
| 64 | Jon | 1 in 344 (0.3%) | 73 |
| 65 | Alan | 1 in 349 (0.3%) | 72 |
| 66 | Keith | 1 in 354 (0.3%) | 71 |
| 67 | Theodore | 1 in 359 (0.3%) | 70 |
| 68 | Melvin | 1 in 359 (0.3%) | 70 |
| 69 | Roy | 1 in 369 (0.3%) | 68 |
| 70 | Albert | 1 in 375 (0.3%) | 67 |
| 71 | Stephen | 1 in 381 (0.3%) | 66 |
| 72 | Lyle | 1 in 386 (0.3%) | 65 |
| 73 | Vernon | 1 in 393 (0.3%) | 64 |
| 74 | Clarence | 1 in 405 (0.2%) | 62 |
| 75 | Jim | 1 in 419 (0.2%) | 60 |
| 76 | Darrell | 1 in 441 (0.2%) | 57 |
| 77 | Phillip | 1 in 449 (0.2%) | 56 |
| 78 | Louis | 1 in 449 (0.2%) | 56 |
| 79 | Lloyd | 1 in 449 (0.2%) | 56 |
| 80 | Herbert | 1 in 457 (0.2%) | 55 |
| 81 | Earl | 1 in 465 (0.2%) | 54 |
| 82 | Arnold | 1 in 483 (0.2%) | 52 |
| 83 | Don | 1 in 483 (0.2%) | 52 |
| 84 | Harvey | 1 in 493 (0.2%) | 51 |
| 85 | Edwin | 1 in 502 (0.2%) | 50 |
| 86 | Neil | 1 in 502 (0.2%) | 50 |
| 87 | Rodney | 1 in 502 (0.2%) | 50 |
| 88 | Timothy | 1 in 502 (0.2%) | 50 |
| 89 | Clifford | 1 in 513 (0.2%) | 49 |
| 90 | Dean | 1 in 513 (0.2%) | 49 |
| 91 | Leon | 1 in 513 (0.2%) | 49 |
| 92 | Mark | 1 in 546 (0.2%) | 46 |
| 93 | Harry | 1 in 558 (0.2%) | 45 |
| 94 | Glen | 1 in 558 (0.2%) | 45 |
| 95 | Brian | 1 in 558 (0.2%) | 45 |
| 96 | Karl | 1 in 571 (0.2%) | 44 |
| 97 | Martin | 1 in 571 (0.2%) | 44 |
| 98 | Leo | 1 in 598 (0.2%) | 42 |
| 99 | Gregory | 1 in 613 (0.2%) | 41 |
| 100 | Leslie | 1 in 628 (0.2%) | 40 |





