Most Popular Baby Names of 1941
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Carol | +2 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Linda | +3 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Judith | -2 |
| 7 | David | 0 | 7 | Betty | -2 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Nancy | -1 |
| 9 | Ronald | +1 | 9 | Sandra | +1 |
| 10 | Donald | -1 | 10 | Shirley | -1 |
| 11 | Larry | +2 | 11 | Carolyn | +4 |
| 12 | Joseph | 0 | 12 | Margaret | -1 |
| 13 | George | -2 | 13 | Joyce | 0 |
| 14 | Jerry | 0 | 14 | Dorothy | -2 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Sharon | +2 |
| 16 | Michael | +2 | 16 | Judy | 0 |
| 17 | Edward | -1 | 17 | Joan | -3 |
| 18 | Paul | -1 | 18 | Janet | +1 |
| 19 | Gary | 0 | 19 | Karen | +15 |
| 20 | Gerald | +1 | 20 | Donna | +3 |
| 21 | Frank | -1 | 21 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 0 | 22 | Janice | 0 |
| 23 | Dennis | +1 | 23 | Virginia | -2 |
| 24 | Harold | -1 | 24 | Helen | -6 |
| 25 | Roger | +1 | 25 | Martha | +1 |
| 26 | Walter | -1 | 26 | Gloria | +4 |
| 27 | Billy | 0 | 27 | Susan | +9 |
| 28 | Henry | +3 | 28 | Ruth | -4 |
| 29 | Carl | +3 | 29 | Beverly | -2 |
| 30 | Joe | -2 | 30 | Marilyn | -5 |
| 31 | Daniel | +3 | 31 | Frances | -3 |
| 32 | Jack | -3 | 32 | Jean | -3 |
| 33 | Arthur | 0 | 33 | Bonnie | +6 |
| 34 | Lawrence | +2 | 34 | Alice | -2 |
| 35 | Bobby | -5 | 35 | Phyllis | -2 |
| 36 | Willie | -1 | 36 | Kathleen | +4 |
| 37 | Wayne | +2 | 37 | Ann | -2 |
| 38 | Ralph | -1 | 38 | Doris | -7 |
| 39 | Roy | +3 | 39 | Peggy | -2 |
| 40 | Albert | +1 | 40 | Diane | +5 |
| 41 | Stephen | +8 | 41 | Brenda | +1 |
| 42 | Eugene | -4 | 42 | Marie | -1 |
| 43 | Fred | -3 | 43 | Lois | -5 |
| 44 | Peter | -1 | 44 | Elaine | +5 |
| 45 | Jimmy | -1 | 45 | Geraldine | +1 |
| 46 | Anthony | 0 | 46 | Jane | +1 |
| 47 | Howard | -2 | 47 | Norma | -4 |
| 48 | Harry | -1 | 48 | Carole | +2 |
| 49 | Norman | -1 | 49 | Rose | -5 |
| 50 | Louis | 0 | 50 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 51 | Bruce | +4 | 51 | Catherine | +2 |
| 52 | Douglas | +4 | 52 | Patsy | +5 |
| 53 | Philip | +7 | 53 | Wanda | -2 |
| 54 | Johnny | -3 | 54 | Joanne | 0 |
| 55 | Leonard | -1 | 55 | Charlotte | 0 |
| 56 | Melvin | -3 | 56 | Anna | -4 |
| 57 | Stanley | +2 | 57 | Dolores | +10 |
| 58 | Earl | -6 | 58 | Joann | +5 |
| 59 | Dale | -1 | 59 | Annie | -3 |
| 60 | Francis | +1 | 60 | Sarah | 0 |
| 61 | Ernest | -4 | 61 | Sally | 0 |
| 62 | Clarence | +2 | 62 | Louise | -3 |
| 63 | Marvin | 0 | 63 | Rita | +7 |
| 64 | Terry | +9 | 64 | Mildred | -6 |
| 65 | Samuel | 0 | 65 | Sylvia | -3 |
| 66 | Don | -4 | 66 | Jo | +5 |
| 67 | Leroy | -1 | 67 | Ellen | +7 |
| 68 | Bill | -1 | 68 | Gail | -3 |
| 69 | Frederick | -1 | 69 | Ruby | -3 |
| 70 | Patrick | +4 | 70 | Kay | +7 |
| 71 | Tommy | +5 | 71 | Marjorie | -7 |
| 72 | Gene | -2 | 72 | Roberta | 0 |
| 73 | Allen | -2 | 73 | Jacqueline | +3 |
| 74 | Alfred | -5 | 74 | Irene | -1 |
| 75 | Russell | -3 | 75 | Sue | +6 |
| 76 | Herbert | -1 | 76 | Darlene | +4 |
| 77 | Phillip | +3 | 77 | Arlene | -2 |
| 78 | Ronnie | +23 | 78 | Eleanor | -10 |
| 79 | Eddie | +2 | 79 | Connie | +9 |
| 80 | Jim | -2 | 80 | Delores | +3 |
| 81 | Lee | -2 | 81 | Loretta | -12 |
| 82 | Andrew | +2 | 82 | Anne | +2 |
| 83 | Ray | -6 | 83 | Marlene | -4 |
| 84 | Alan | +4 | 84 | Juanita | -6 |
| 85 | Martin | 0 | 85 | Katherine | +6 |
| 86 | Glenn | -3 | 86 | Rebecca | +10 |
| 87 | Bernard | -5 | 87 | Kathryn | +16 |
| 88 | Tom | +4 | 88 | Julia | +4 |
| 89 | Steven | +29 | 89 | Edna | -3 |
| 90 | Jimmie | -4 | 90 | June | -8 |
| 91 | Barry | +18 | 91 | Anita | -4 |
| 92 | Gordon | -1 | 92 | Josephine | -3 |
| 93 | Leon | -4 | 93 | Lorraine | +2 |
| 94 | Clifford | 0 | 94 | Rosemary | -9 |
| 95 | Theodore | -5 | 95 | Theresa | +7 |
| 96 | Lloyd | +4 | 96 | Glenda | +12 |
| 97 | Edwin | -1 | 97 | Suzanne | +12 |
| 98 | Franklin | -11 | 98 | Jeanette | -8 |
| 99 | Jesse | -6 | 99 | Emma | -5 |
| 100 | Curtis | -3 | 100 | Diana | +17 |