United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1941

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 James 66,751 babies =
  2. 2 Robert 64,247 babies =
  3. 3 John 57,520 babies =
  4. 4 William 47,798 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 39,112 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 32,742 babies =
  7. 7 David 30,553 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 26,641 babies =
  9. 9 Ronald 24,407 babies 1
  10. 10 Donald 22,641 babies 1
  11. 11 Larry 20,134 babies 2
  12. 12 Joseph 19,808 babies =
  13. 13 George 19,260 babies 2
  14. 14 Jerry 16,799 babies =
  15. 15 Kenneth 16,143 babies =
  16. 16 Michael 15,935 babies 2
  17. 17 Edward 15,580 babies 1
  18. 18 Paul 15,166 babies 1
  19. 19 Gary 14,568 babies =
  20. 20 Gerald 10,942 babies 1
  21. 21 Frank 10,795 babies 1
  22. 22 Raymond 9,951 babies =
  23. 23 Dennis 9,562 babies 1
  24. 24 Harold 8,102 babies 1
  25. 25 Roger 8,095 babies 1
  26. 26 Walter 7,745 babies 1
  27. 27 Billy 7,655 babies =
  28. 28 Henry 7,165 babies 3
  29. 29 Carl 7,160 babies 3
  30. 30 Joe 7,158 babies 2
  31. 31 Daniel 7,050 babies 3
  32. 32 Jack 6,950 babies 3
  33. 33 Arthur 6,739 babies =
  34. 34 Lawrence 6,653 babies 2
  35. 35 Bobby 6,589 babies 5
  36. 36 Willie 6,526 babies 1
  37. 37 Wayne 6,112 babies 2
  38. 38 Ralph 6,040 babies 1
  39. 39 Roy 5,950 babies 3
  40. 40 Albert 5,927 babies 1
  41. 41 Stephen 5,811 babies 8
  42. 42 Eugene 5,754 babies 4
  43. 43 Fred 5,619 babies 3
  44. 44 Peter 5,607 babies 1
  45. 45 Jimmy 5,336 babies 1
  46. 46 Anthony 5,239 babies =
  47. 47 Howard 5,067 babies 2
  48. 48 Harry 5,056 babies 1
  49. 49 Norman 4,459 babies 1
  50. 50 Louis 4,447 babies =
  51. 51 Bruce 4,302 babies 4
  52. 52 Philip 4,166 babies 8
  53. 53 Douglas 4,146 babies 3
  54. 54 Leonard 3,986 babies =
  55. 55 Johnny 3,983 babies 4
  56. 56 Melvin 3,951 babies 3
  57. 57 Stanley 3,926 babies 2
  58. 58 Earl 3,806 babies 6
  59. 59 Dale 3,791 babies 2
  60. 60 Francis 3,738 babies 1
  61. 61 Ernest 3,726 babies 3
  62. 62 Clarence 3,671 babies 2
  63. 63 Marvin 3,626 babies =
  64. 64 Terry 3,606 babies 9
  65. 65 Samuel 3,538 babies =
  66. 66 Don 3,533 babies 4
  67. 67 Leroy 3,524 babies 1
  68. 68 Bill 3,453 babies 1
  69. 69 Frederick 3,288 babies 1
  70. 70 Patrick 3,155 babies 4
  71. 71 Tommy 3,087 babies 5
  72. 72 Gene 3,073 babies 2
  73. 73 Allen 3,060 babies 2
  74. 74 Alfred 3,052 babies 5
  75. 75 Russell 3,032 babies 3
  76. 76 Herbert 2,964 babies 1
  77. 77 Phillip 2,871 babies 2
  78. 78 Eddie 2,850 babies 3
  79. 79 Ronnie 2,848 babies 22
  80. 80 Jim 2,843 babies 2
  81. 81 Lee 2,742 babies 1
  82. 82 Andrew 2,708 babies 2
  83. 83 Ray 2,695 babies 6
  84. 84 Alan 2,624 babies 4
  85. 85 Martin 2,605 babies =
  86. 86 Glenn 2,523 babies 3
  87. 87 Bernard 2,509 babies 5
  88. 88 Tom 2,500 babies 4
  89. 89 Jimmie 2,473 babies 3
  90. 90 Steven 2,468 babies 29
  91. 91 Barry 2,465 babies 18
  92. 92 Gordon 2,404 babies 1
  93. 93 Leon 2,375 babies 4
  94. 94 Clifford 2,363 babies =
  95. 95 Theodore 2,330 babies 5
  96. 96 Lloyd 2,252 babies 4
  97. 97 Edwin 2,214 babies 1
  98. 98 Franklin 2,205 babies 11
  99. 99 Jesse 2,184 babies 6
  100. 100 Curtis 2,164 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 58,048 babies =
  2. 2 Barbara 39,543 babies =
  3. 3 Patricia 36,905 babies =
  4. 4 Carol 24,187 babies 2
  5. 5 Linda 23,721 babies 3
  6. 6 Judith 23,320 babies 2
  7. 7 Betty 20,905 babies 2
  8. 8 Nancy 20,885 babies 1
  9. 9 Sandra 19,500 babies 1
  10. 10 Shirley 16,954 babies 1
  11. 11 Carolyn 16,273 babies 4
  12. 12 Margaret 15,696 babies 1
  13. 13 Joyce 15,684 babies =
  14. 14 Dorothy 14,566 babies 2
  15. 15 Sharon 14,272 babies 2
  16. 16 Judy 13,968 babies =
  17. 17 Joan 13,380 babies 3
  18. 18 Janet 11,136 babies 1
  19. 19 Karen 10,831 babies 15
  20. 20 Donna 10,446 babies 3
  21. 21 Elizabeth 10,267 babies 1
  22. 22 Janice 10,061 babies =
  23. 23 Virginia 10,043 babies 2
  24. 24 Helen 9,887 babies 6
  25. 25 Martha 9,156 babies 1
  26. 26 Gloria 9,008 babies 4
  27. 27 Susan 8,889 babies 9
  28. 28 Ruth 8,863 babies 4
  29. 29 Beverly 8,727 babies 2
  30. 30 Marilyn 8,556 babies 5
  31. 31 Frances 8,468 babies 3
  32. 32 Jean 7,840 babies 3
  33. 33 Bonnie 7,762 babies 6
  34. 34 Alice 7,445 babies 2
  35. 35 Phyllis 7,346 babies 2
  36. 36 Kathleen 7,160 babies 4
  37. 37 Ann 7,121 babies 2
  38. 38 Doris 7,081 babies 7
  39. 39 Peggy 6,561 babies 2
  40. 40 Diane 6,427 babies 5
  41. 41 Brenda 6,332 babies 1
  42. 42 Marie 6,152 babies 1
  43. 43 Lois 6,105 babies 5
  44. 44 Elaine 5,376 babies 6
  45. 45 Geraldine 5,229 babies 1
  46. 46 Jane 5,090 babies 1
  47. 47 Norma 5,021 babies 4
  48. 48 Carole 4,966 babies 1
  49. 49 Rose 4,955 babies 5
  50. 50 Evelyn 4,928 babies 2
  51. 51 Catherine 4,884 babies 2
  52. 52 Patsy 4,788 babies 5
  53. 53 Wanda 4,735 babies 1
  54. 54 Joanne 4,665 babies =
  55. 55 Charlotte 4,564 babies =
  56. 56 Anna 4,432 babies 5
  57. 57 Dolores 4,384 babies 10
  58. 58 Joann 4,275 babies 5
  59. 59 Annie 4,073 babies 3
  60. 60 Sarah 3,982 babies =
  61. 61 Sally 3,965 babies =
  62. 62 Louise 3,910 babies 3
  63. 63 Rita 3,879 babies 7
  64. 64 Mildred 3,846 babies 6
  65. 65 Sylvia 3,788 babies 3
  66. 66 Jo 3,757 babies 6
  67. 67 Ellen 3,664 babies 7
  68. 68 Gail 3,609 babies 3
  69. 69 Ruby 3,581 babies 3
  70. 70 Kay 3,538 babies 7
  71. 71 Marjorie 3,517 babies 7
  72. 72 Roberta 3,396 babies 1
  73. 73 Jacqueline 3,388 babies 3
  74. 74 Irene 3,370 babies 1
  75. 75 Sue 3,359 babies 6
  76. 76 Darlene 3,344 babies 3
  77. 77 Arlene 3,291 babies 2
  78. 78 Eleanor 3,250 babies 10
  79. 79 Connie 3,205 babies 9
  80. 80 Delores 3,160 babies 3
  81. 81 Loretta 3,100 babies 12
  82. 82 Anne 3,096 babies 2
  83. 83 Marlene 3,068 babies 3
  84. 84 Juanita 3,044 babies 6
  85. 85 Katherine 3,004 babies 7
  86. 86 Rebecca 2,924 babies 10
  87. 87 Kathryn 2,869 babies 16
  88. 88 Julia 2,844 babies 3
  89. 89 Edna 2,835 babies 3
  90. 90 June 2,766 babies 8
  91. 91 Anita 2,740 babies 4
  92. 92 Josephine 2,726 babies 3
  93. 93 Lorraine 2,688 babies 2
  94. 94 Rosemary 2,677 babies 9
  95. 95 Theresa 2,675 babies 7
  96. 96 Glenda 2,643 babies 11
  97. 97 Suzanne 2,611 babies 12
  98. 98 Jeanette 2,596 babies 8
  99. 99 Emma 2,546 babies 5
  100. 100 Diana 2,544 babies 17

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Source: Social Security Administration

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