100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1941

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 66,731
2 Robert 0 64,233
3 John 0 57,515
4 William 0 47,786
5 Richard 0 39,104
6 Charles 0 32,728
7 David 0 30,552
8 Thomas 0 26,641
9 Ronald +1 24,397
10 Donald -1 22,628
11 Larry +2 20,130
12 Joseph 0 19,800
13 George -2 19,260
14 Jerry 0 16,805
15 Kenneth 0 16,133
16 Michael +2 15,931
17 Edward -1 15,575
18 Paul -1 15,162
19 Gary 0 14,566
20 Gerald +1 10,940
21 Frank -1 10,793
22 Raymond 0 9,949
23 Dennis +1 9,559
24 Harold -1 8,102
25 Roger +1 8,093
26 Walter -1 7,747
27 Billy 0 7,661
28 Henry +3 7,163
29 Carl +3 7,160
30 Joe -2 7,150
31 Daniel +3 7,049
32 Jack -3 6,950
33 Arthur 0 6,739
34 Lawrence +2 6,652
35 Bobby -5 6,588
36 Willie -1 6,530
37 Wayne +2 6,108
38 Ralph -1 6,037
39 Roy +3 5,947
40 Albert +1 5,927
41 Stephen +8 5,808
42 Eugene -4 5,753
43 Fred -3 5,617
44 Peter -1 5,611
45 Jimmy -1 5,331
46 Anthony 0 5,235
47 Howard -2 5,071
48 Harry -1 5,058
49 Norman -1 4,457
50 Louis 0 4,440
51 Bruce +4 4,297
52 Philip +8 4,165
53 Douglas +3 4,147
54 Johnny -3 3,984
55 Leonard -1 3,983
56 Melvin -3 3,954
57 Stanley +2 3,925
58 Earl -6 3,804
59 Dale -2 3,788
60 Francis +1 3,738
61 Ernest -3 3,724
62 Clarence +2 3,670
63 Marvin 0 3,626
64 Terry +9 3,606
65 Samuel 0 3,536
66 Don -4 3,533
67 Leroy -1 3,520
68 Bill -1 3,454
69 Frederick -1 3,288
70 Patrick +4 3,154
71 Tommy +5 3,087
72 Gene -2 3,073
73 Allen -2 3,057
74 Alfred -5 3,051
75 Russell -3 3,032
76 Herbert -1 2,963
77 Phillip +3 2,871
78 Eddie +3 2,849
79 Ronnie +22 2,847
80 Jim -2 2,843
81 Lee -2 2,741
82 Andrew +2 2,709
83 Ray -6 2,696
84 Alan +4 2,624
85 Martin 0 2,605
86 Glenn -3 2,524
87 Bernard -5 2,508
88 Tom +4 2,498
89 Jimmie -3 2,471
90 Steven +29 2,466
91 Barry +18 2,465
92 Gordon -1 2,402
93 Leon -4 2,374
94 Clifford 0 2,364
95 Theodore -5 2,332
96 Lloyd +4 2,252
97 Edwin -1 2,214
98 Franklin -11 2,205
99 Jesse -6 2,188
100 Curtis -3 2,164
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 58,040
2 Barbara 0 39,537
3 Patricia 0 36,901
4 Carol +2 24,181
5 Linda +3 23,720
6 Judith -2 23,317
7 Betty -2 20,902
8 Nancy -1 20,882
9 Sandra +1 19,499
10 Shirley -1 16,953
11 Carolyn +4 16,273
12 Margaret -1 15,696
13 Joyce 0 15,681
14 Dorothy -2 14,563
15 Sharon +2 14,270
16 Judy 0 13,966
17 Joan -3 13,382
18 Janet +1 11,136
19 Karen +15 10,830
20 Donna +3 10,446
21 Elizabeth -1 10,269
22 Janice 0 10,060
23 Virginia -2 10,043
24 Helen -6 9,889
25 Martha +1 9,159
26 Gloria +4 9,006
27 Susan +9 8,889
28 Ruth -4 8,862
29 Beverly -2 8,726
30 Marilyn -5 8,553
31 Frances -3 8,468
32 Jean -3 7,840
33 Bonnie +6 7,758
34 Alice -2 7,446
35 Phyllis -2 7,347
36 Kathleen +4 7,160
37 Ann -2 7,122
38 Doris -7 7,077
39 Peggy -2 6,559
40 Diane +5 6,425
41 Brenda +1 6,331
42 Marie -1 6,151
43 Lois -5 6,106
44 Elaine +6 5,377
45 Geraldine +1 5,228
46 Jane +1 5,089
47 Norma -4 5,020
48 Carole +1 4,964
49 Rose -5 4,949
50 Evelyn -2 4,929
51 Catherine +2 4,884
52 Patsy +5 4,790
53 Wanda -1 4,734
54 Joanne 0 4,665
55 Charlotte 0 4,563
56 Anna -5 4,430
57 Dolores +10 4,384
58 Joann +5 4,275
59 Annie -3 4,078
60 Sarah 0 3,981
61 Sally 0 3,963
62 Louise -3 3,911
63 Rita +7 3,881
64 Mildred -6 3,844
65 Sylvia -3 3,786
66 Jo +6 3,756
67 Ellen +7 3,663
68 Gail -3 3,608
69 Ruby -3 3,583
70 Kay +7 3,536
71 Marjorie -7 3,517
72 Roberta -1 3,396
73 Jacqueline +3 3,387
74 Irene -1 3,368
75 Sue +6 3,359
76 Darlene +3 3,346
77 Arlene -2 3,290
78 Eleanor -10 3,249
79 Connie +9 3,204
80 Delores +3 3,157
81 Loretta -12 3,100
82 Anne +2 3,096
83 Marlene -3 3,068
84 Juanita -6 3,045
85 Katherine +6 3,003
86 Rebecca +10 2,924
87 Kathryn +16 2,868
88 Julia +4 2,846
89 Edna -3 2,835
90 June -8 2,766
91 Anita -4 2,741
92 Josephine -3 2,727
93 Lorraine +2 2,686
94 Rosemary -9 2,676
95 Theresa +7 2,674
96 Glenda +11 2,645
97 Suzanne +12 2,610
98 Jeanette -8 2,596
99 Emma -5 2,545
100 Diana +17 2,543