Popular Wisconsin Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin was Robert. In total there were 25,121 boys born sharing 335 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 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