Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	400
2	Barbara	379
3	Patricia	356
4	Margaret	171
5	Nancy	156
6	Joan	154
7	Judith	151
8	Sandra	147
9	Carol	142
10	Carolyn	141
11	Joyce	131
12	Betty	126
13	Linda	121
14	Dorothy	114
15	Elizabeth	113
16	Shirley	110
17	Gloria	102
18	Virginia	91
19	Susan	90
20	Jean	86
21	Ann	78
22	Ruth	69
23	Janet	67
24	Helen	66
25	Martha	65
26	Alice	62
27	Frances	60
28	Delores	57
29	Beverly	56
30	Diane	55
31	Donna	54
31	Doris	54
33	Carole	50
33	Joanne	50
33	Kathleen	50
36	Jacqueline	49
37	Yvonne	48
38	Phyllis	47
39	Catherine	46
39	Judy	46
41	Marie	44
42	Brenda	43
42	Evelyn	43
44	Jane	42
44	Janice	42
44	Sharon	42
47	Bonnie	41
48	Lois	40
49	Anne	39
50	Charlotte	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	585
2	John	533
3	Robert	518
4	William	473
5	Richard	293
6	Charles	269
7	Thomas	236
8	Joseph	193
9	Michael	191
10	David	179
11	George	156
12	Donald	134
13	Ronald	127
14	Paul	126
15	Edward	116
16	Kenneth	95
17	Stephen	82
18	Raymond	79
19	Frank	77
20	Harry	68
21	Lawrence	66
21	Walter	66
23	Henry	63
24	Gerald	58
25	Arthur	56
26	Larry	55
27	Carl	52
28	Daniel	50
29	Peter	49
30	Albert	48
30	Eugene	48
32	Francis	45
33	Harold	43
34	Dennis	39
34	Samuel	39
34	Wayne	39
37	Bernard	38
38	Frederick	37
38	Norman	37
40	Howard	36
40	Theodore	36
42	Gary	35
43	Anthony	33
43	Melvin	33
45	Earl	32
45	Herbert	32
45	Louis	32
45	Stanley	32
49	Alfred	31
49	Douglas	31