EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1941

United States · 2,436,437 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary58,048—
#2Barbara39,543—
#3Patricia36,905—
#4Carol24,187↑2
#5Linda23,721↑3
#6Judith23,320↓2
#7Betty20,905↓2
#8Nancy20,885↓1
#9Sandra19,500↑1
#10Shirley16,954↓1
#11Carolyn16,273↑4
#12Margaret15,696↓1
#13Joyce15,684—
#14Dorothy14,566↓2
#15Sharon14,272↑2
#16Judy13,968—
#17Joan13,380↓3
#18Janet11,136↑1
#19Karen10,831↑15
#20Donna10,446↑3
#21Elizabeth10,267↓1
#22Janice10,061—
#23Virginia10,043↓2
#24Helen9,887↓6
#25Martha9,156↑1
#26Gloria9,008↑4
#27Susan8,889↑9
#28Ruth8,863↓4
#29Beverly8,727↓2
#30Marilyn8,556↓5
#31Frances8,468↓3
#32Jean7,840↓3
#33Bonnie7,762↑6
#34Alice7,445↓2
#35Phyllis7,346↓2
#36Kathleen7,160↑4
#37Ann7,121↓2
#38Doris7,081↓7
#39Peggy6,561↓2
#40Diane6,427↑5
#41Brenda6,332↑1
#42Marie6,152↓1
#43Lois6,105↓5
#44Elaine5,376↑6
#45Geraldine5,229↑1
#46Jane5,090↑1
#47Norma5,021↓4
#48Carole4,966↑1
#49Rose4,955↓5
#50Evelyn4,928↓2
#51Catherine4,884↑2
#52Patsy4,788↑5
#53Wanda4,735↓1
#54Joanne4,665—
#55Charlotte4,564—
#56Anna4,432↓5
#57Dolores4,384↑10
#58Joann4,275↑5
#59Annie4,073↓3
#60Sarah3,982—
#61Sally3,965—
#62Louise3,910↓3
#63Rita3,879↑7
#64Mildred3,846↓6
#65Sylvia3,788↓3
#66Jo3,757↑6
#67Ellen3,664↑7
#68Gail3,609↓3
#69Ruby3,581↓3
#70Kay3,538↑7
#71Marjorie3,517↓7
#72Roberta3,396↓1
#73Jacqueline3,388↑3
#74Irene3,370↓1
#75Sue3,359↑6
#76Darlene3,344↑3
#77Arlene3,291↓2
#78Eleanor3,250↓10
#79Connie3,205↑9
#80Delores3,160↑3
#81Loretta3,100↓12
#82Anne3,096↑2
#83Marlene3,068↓3
#84Juanita3,044↓6
#85Katherine3,004↑6
#86Rebecca2,924↑10
#87Kathryn2,869
#88Julia2,844↑3
#89Edna2,835↓3
#90June2,766↓8
#91Anita2,740↓4
#92Josephine2,726↓3
#93Lorraine2,688↑2
#94Rosemary2,677↓9
#95Theresa2,675
#96Glenda2,643
#97Suzanne2,611
#98Jeanette2,596↓8
#99Emma2,546↓5
#100Diana2,544

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James66,751—
#2Robert64,247—
#3John57,520—
#4William47,798—
#5Richard39,112—
#6Charles32,742—
#7David30,553—
#8Thomas26,641—
#9Ronald24,407↑1
#10Donald22,641↓1
#11Larry20,134↑2
#12Joseph19,808—
#13George19,260↓2
#14Jerry16,799—
#15Kenneth16,143—
#16Michael15,935↑2
#17Edward15,580↓1
#18Paul15,166↓1
#19Gary14,568—
#20Gerald10,942↑1
#21Frank10,795↓1
#22Raymond9,951—
#23Dennis9,562↑1
#24Harold8,102↓1
#25Roger8,095↑1
#26Walter7,745↓1
#27Billy7,655—
#28Henry7,165↑3
#29Carl7,160↑3
#30Joe7,158↓2
#31Daniel7,050↑3
#32Jack6,950↓3
#33Arthur6,739—
#34Lawrence6,653↑2
#35Bobby6,589↓5
#36Willie6,526↓1
#37Wayne6,112↑2
#38Ralph6,040↓1
#39Roy5,950↑3
#40Albert5,927↑1
#41Stephen5,811↑8
#42Eugene5,754↓4
#43Fred5,619↓3
#44Peter5,607↓1
#45Jimmy5,336↓1
#46Anthony5,239—
#47Howard5,067↓2
#48Harry5,056↓1
#49Norman4,459↓1
#50Louis4,447—
#51Bruce4,302↑4
#52Philip4,166↑8
#53Douglas4,146↑3
#54Leonard3,986—
#55Johnny3,983↓4
#56Melvin3,951↓3
#57Stanley3,926↑2
#58Earl3,806↓6
#59Dale3,791↓2
#60Francis3,738↑1
#61Ernest3,726↓3
#62Clarence3,671↑2
#63Marvin3,626—
#64Terry3,606↑9
#65Samuel3,538—
#66Don3,533↓4
#67Leroy3,524↓1
#68Bill3,453↓1
#69Frederick3,288↓1
#70Patrick3,155↑4
#71Tommy3,087↑5
#72Gene3,073↓2
#73Allen3,060↓2
#74Alfred3,052↓5
#75Russell3,032↓3
#76Herbert2,964↓1
#77Phillip2,871↑2
#78Eddie2,850↑3
#79Ronnie2,848
#80Jim2,843↓2
#81Lee2,742↓1
#82Andrew2,708↑2
#83Ray2,695↓6
#84Alan2,624↑4
#85Martin2,605—
#86Glenn2,523↓3
#87Bernard2,509↓5
#88Tom2,500↑4
#89Jimmie2,473↓3
#90Steven2,468
#91Barry2,465
#92Gordon2,404↓1
#93Leon2,375↓4
#94Clifford2,363—
#95Theodore2,330↓5
#96Lloyd2,252↑4
#97Edwin2,214↓1
#98Franklin2,205↓11
#99Jesse2,184↓6
#100Curtis2,164↓3