Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	58,048
2	Barbara	39,543
3	Patricia	36,905
4	Carol	24,187
5	Linda	23,721
6	Judith	23,320
7	Betty	20,905
8	Nancy	20,885
9	Sandra	19,500
10	Shirley	16,954
11	Carolyn	16,273
12	Margaret	15,696
13	Joyce	15,684
14	Dorothy	14,566
15	Sharon	14,272
16	Judy	13,968
17	Joan	13,380
18	Janet	11,136
19	Karen	10,831
20	Donna	10,446
21	Elizabeth	10,267
22	Janice	10,061
23	Virginia	10,043
24	Helen	9,887
25	Martha	9,156
26	Gloria	9,008
27	Susan	8,889
28	Ruth	8,863
29	Beverly	8,727
30	Marilyn	8,556
31	Frances	8,468
32	Jean	7,840
33	Bonnie	7,762
34	Alice	7,445
35	Phyllis	7,346
36	Kathleen	7,160
37	Ann	7,121
38	Doris	7,081
39	Peggy	6,561
40	Diane	6,427
41	Brenda	6,332
42	Marie	6,152
43	Lois	6,105
44	Elaine	5,376
45	Geraldine	5,229
46	Jane	5,090
47	Norma	5,021
48	Carole	4,966
49	Rose	4,955
50	Evelyn	4,928
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	3,982
61	Sally	3,965
62	Louise	3,910
63	Rita	3,879
64	Mildred	3,846
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	3,359
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	3,096
83	Marlene	3,068
84	Juanita	3,044
85	Katherine	3,004
86	Rebecca	2,924
87	Kathryn	2,869
88	Julia	2,844
89	Edna	2,835
90	June	2,766
91	Anita	2,740
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

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	66,751
2	Robert	64,247
3	John	57,520
4	William	47,798
5	Richard	39,112
6	Charles	32,742
7	David	30,553
8	Thomas	26,641
9	Ronald	24,407
10	Donald	22,641
11	Larry	20,134
12	Joseph	19,808
13	George	19,260
14	Jerry	16,799
15	Kenneth	16,143
16	Michael	15,935
17	Edward	15,580
18	Paul	15,166
19	Gary	14,568
20	Gerald	10,942
21	Frank	10,795
22	Raymond	9,951
23	Dennis	9,562
24	Harold	8,102
25	Roger	8,095
26	Walter	7,745
27	Billy	7,655
28	Henry	7,165
29	Carl	7,160
30	Joe	7,158
31	Daniel	7,050
32	Jack	6,950
33	Arthur	6,739
34	Lawrence	6,653
35	Bobby	6,589
36	Willie	6,526
37	Wayne	6,112
38	Ralph	6,040
39	Roy	5,950
40	Albert	5,927
41	Stephen	5,811
42	Eugene	5,754
43	Fred	5,619
44	Peter	5,607
45	Jimmy	5,336
46	Anthony	5,239
47	Howard	5,067
48	Harry	5,056
49	Norman	4,459
50	Louis	4,447
51	Bruce	4,302
52	Philip	4,166
53	Douglas	4,146
54	Leonard	3,986
55	Johnny	3,983
56	Melvin	3,951
57	Stanley	3,926
58	Earl	3,806
59	Dale	3,791
60	Francis	3,738
61	Ernest	3,726
62	Clarence	3,671
63	Marvin	3,626
64	Terry	3,606
65	Samuel	3,538
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	2,871
78	Eddie	2,850
79	Ronnie	2,848
80	Jim	2,843
81	Lee	2,742
82	Andrew	2,708
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	2,465
92	Gordon	2,404
93	Leon	2,375
94	Clifford	2,363
95	Theodore	2,330
96	Lloyd	2,252
97	Edwin	2,214
98	Franklin	2,205
99	Jesse	2,184
100	Curtis	2,164