Kate -34 now at 97 Emma -28 now at 79 Charlotte -21 now at 96 Louisa -20 now at 73 Bertha -20 now at 85 Rank.

Most common names during ww2. The table below includes last names ranked 1001-2000 in America. And I think that the jewishyiddish names wouldve been most unique in pre-war poland at least compared to the common names of ethnic Poles today. These names according to the Social Security Administration were the top five names for boys and girls among parents in the United States.

The most popular 1000 names of the 1940s. Joan 61 now at 29 Nancy 50 now at 50 Eileen 43 now at 27 Freda 34 now at 52 Iris 34 now at 58 Largest falls. Naturally there were a lot of baby girls named Mary Nancy and Carol.

101 rows Top Male Names. From 1940 to 1949. Popular names in the World War II era for boys were James Robert John William and Richard.

These names were usually constructed of Bolsheviks slogans and names of revolutionary leaders. Male Ernst Friedrich Hans Heinrich Hermann Karl Otto Paul Walter Wilhelm female Anna Bertha Elisabeth Emma Frieda Gertrud Margarethe Maria Marie Martha 1920s male Gerhard Günter Hans Heinz Helmut Herbert Karl Kurt Walter Werner. Rank Name -Quantity Add.

1000 Most Popular Names of the 1940s All names are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States. The first names that were most often given in Germany from 1933 to 1945 are by and large the same as those that were common before and after. 203 rows Name Number Name Number.

For girls the top five names were Mary Linda Barbara Patricia and Carol. Menachem Herman Mordechaj Yitzhak Szmul Shevah Moshe etc. These usually reflected the new communist ideals for example Борец baRYETSfighter Идея eeDYEyaidea or Победа paBYEdavictory Some names were also abbreviations of famous communist slogans.