Top 100 baby names 1940

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Top 100 baby names 1940

In 1940, Australian boys received 1,471 name registrations (10 unique), girls 1,051 (10 unique).

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What changed vs 1939

♂ Biggest risers

Brian ↑1 #5 → #4
Ronald ↑1 #6 → #5
Barry ↑1 #8 → #7

♀ Biggest risers

Judith ↑5 #8 → #3
Janice ↑5 #10 → #5
Mary ↑1 #9 → #8

♂ Biggest fallers

William ↓2 #4 → #6
Kevin ↓1 #7 → #8

♀ Biggest fallers

Maureen ↓3 #4 → #7
Dorothy ↓1 #3 → #4

♂ New entries in top 100

David NEW #9

♀ New entries in top 100

Barbara NEW #6
Lynette NEW #9
Elizabeth NEW #10

♂ Top 100 boys — 1940

001 John — 319
002 Robert — 232
003 Peter — 144
004 Brian ↑1 132
005 Ronald ↑1 124
006 William ↓2 123
007 Barry ↑1 109
008 Kevin ↓1 104
009 David NEW 92
010 James — 92

♀ Top 100 girls — 1940

001 Margaret — 214
002 Patricia — 146
003 Judith ↑5 121
004 Dorothy ↓1 92
005 Janice ↑5 91
006 Barbara NEW 86
007 Maureen ↓3 81
008 Mary ↑1 80
009 Lynette NEW 72
010 Elizabeth NEW 68

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