1941
Top Baby Names of 1941
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1941
1
Mary 58,049 2
Barbara 39,543 3
Patricia 36,904 4
Carol 24,187 5
Linda 23,721 6
Judith 23,318 7
Betty 20,904 8
Nancy 20,883 9
Sandra 19,498 10
Shirley 16,955 11
Carolyn 16,273 12
Margaret 15,695 13
Joyce 15,683 14
Dorothy 14,566 15
Sharon 14,271 16
Judy 13,967 17
Joan 13,380 18
Janet 11,137 19
Karen 10,831 20
Donna 10,446 21
Elizabeth 10,268 22
Janice 10,061 23
Virginia 10,044 24
Helen 9,887 25
Martha 9,157 26
Gloria 9,008 27
Susan 8,888 28
Ruth 8,863 29
Beverly 8,727 30
Marilyn 8,557 31
Frances 8,468 32
Jean 7,840 33
Bonnie 7,761 34
Alice 7,445 35
Phyllis 7,346 36
Kathleen 7,160 37
Ann 7,122 38
Doris 7,081 39
Peggy 6,560 40
Diane 6,428 41
Brenda 6,332 42
Marie 6,153 43
Lois 6,106 44
Elaine 5,377 45
Geraldine 5,228 46
Jane 5,089 47
Norma 5,021 48
Carole 4,966 49
Rose 4,954 50
Evelyn 4,929 51
Catherine 4,884 52
Patsy 4,788 53
Wanda 4,735 54
Joanne 4,665 55
Charlotte 4,564 56
Anna 4,432 57
Dolores 4,384 58
Joann 4,275 59
Annie 4,073 60
Sarah 3,983 61
Sally 3,965 62
Louise 3,910 63
Rita 3,879 64
Mildred 3,847 65
Sylvia 3,788 66
Jo 3,757 67
Ellen 3,664 68
Gail 3,609 69
Ruby 3,581 70
Kay 3,538 71
Marjorie 3,517 72
Roberta 3,396 73
Jacqueline 3,388 74
Irene 3,370 75
Sue 3,358 76
Darlene 3,344 77
Arlene 3,291 78
Eleanor 3,250 79
Connie 3,205 80
Delores 3,160 81
Loretta 3,100 82
Anne 3,097 83
Marlene 3,068 84
Juanita 3,045 85
Katherine 3,004 86
Rebecca 2,924 87
Kathryn 2,869 88
Julia 2,845 89
Edna 2,834 90
June 2,766 91
Anita 2,741 92
Josephine 2,726 93
Lorraine 2,688 94
Rosemary 2,677 95
Theresa 2,675 96
Glenda 2,643 97
Suzanne 2,611 98
Jeanette 2,596 99
Emma 2,546 100
Diana 2,544 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1941
1
James 66,752 2
Robert 64,247 3
John 57,519 4
William 47,797 5
Richard 39,111 6
Charles 32,739 7
David 30,553 8
Thomas 26,643 9
Ronald 24,407 10
Donald 22,640 11
Larry 20,135 12
Joseph 19,808 13
George 19,260 14
Jerry 16,799 15
Kenneth 16,143 16
Michael 15,935 17
Edward 15,581 18
Paul 15,167 19
Gary 14,568 20
Gerald 10,941 21
Frank 10,795 22
Raymond 9,947 23
Dennis 9,562 24
Harold 8,103 25
Roger 8,094 26
Walter 7,746 27
Billy 7,655 28
Henry 7,164 29
Carl 7,161 30
Joe 7,158 31
Daniel 7,049 32
Jack 6,950 33
Arthur 6,738 34
Lawrence 6,652 35
Bobby 6,590 36
Willie 6,528 37
Wayne 6,111 38
Ralph 6,041 39
Roy 5,950 40
Albert 5,927 41
Stephen 5,811 42
Eugene 5,755 43
Fred 5,618 44
Peter 5,607 45
Jimmy 5,337 46
Anthony 5,239 47
Howard 5,068 48
Harry 5,056 49
Norman 4,459 50
Louis 4,446 51
Bruce 4,302 52
Philip 4,166 53
Douglas 4,146 54
Leonard 3,985 55
Johnny 3,983 56
Melvin 3,951 57
Stanley 3,926 58
Earl 3,805 59
Dale 3,790 60
Francis 3,738 61
Ernest 3,726 62
Clarence 3,671 63
Marvin 3,626 64
Terry 3,606 65
Samuel 3,537 66
Don 3,533 67
Leroy 3,524 68
Bill 3,453 69
Frederick 3,288 70
Patrick 3,155 71
Tommy 3,087 72
Gene 3,073 73
Allen 3,060 74
Alfred 3,052 75
Russell 3,032 76
Herbert 2,964 77
Phillip 2,870 78
Eddie 2,850 79
Ronnie 2,848 80
Jim 2,843 81
Lee 2,744 82
Andrew 2,707 83
Ray 2,695 84
Alan 2,624 85
Martin 2,605 86
Glenn 2,523 87
Bernard 2,509 88
Tom 2,500 89
Jimmie 2,473 90
Steven 2,468 91
Barry 2,464 92
Gordon 2,404 93
Leon 2,375 94
Clifford 2,363 95
Theodore 2,330 96
Lloyd 2,251 97
Edwin 2,213 98
Franklin 2,205 99
Jesse 2,184 100
Curtis 2,164 About 1941 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1941, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.