Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,723
2	Barbara	2,281
3	Patricia	2,211
4	Carol	1,913
5	Judith	1,700
6	Linda	1,515
7	Nancy	1,488
8	Sandra	1,433
9	Judy	1,096
10	Janet	1,021
11	Carolyn	938
12	Joyce	880
13	Betty	848
14	Sharon	844
15	Donna	823
16	Shirley	812
17	Karen	805
18	Marilyn	681
19	Margaret	667
20	Ruth	653
21	Beverly	635
22	Susan	598
23	Joan	588
24	Janice	582
25	Bonnie	570
26	Phyllis	519
27	Dorothy	485
28	Kathleen	468
29	Virginia	451
30	Jean	442
31	Martha	423
32	Elizabeth	383
33	Helen	381
34	Gloria	360
35	Diane	346
36	Carole	338
37	Lois	337
38	Sally	333
38	Sue	333
40	Jane	308
41	Frances	305
42	Joanne	303
43	Elaine	297
44	Ann	288
45	Kay	283
46	Alice	271
47	Norma	267
48	Peggy	265
49	Marlene	262
50	Rose	254

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,678
2	Robert	3,660
3	John	3,127
4	William	2,628
5	Richard	2,395
6	David	2,334
7	Thomas	1,746
8	Ronald	1,710
9	Charles	1,701
10	Larry	1,512
11	Donald	1,435
12	Gary	1,036
13	Paul	983
14	Kenneth	977
15	Jerry	972
16	George	905
17	Joseph	869
17	Michael	869
19	Edward	739
20	Gerald	621
21	Roger	619
22	Dennis	582
23	Jack	550
24	Frank	530
25	Raymond	488
26	Carl	474
27	Daniel	464
28	Ralph	396
29	Harold	395
30	Lawrence	386
31	Harry	329
32	Dale	323
33	Fred	322
34	Tom	312
35	Walter	295
36	Terry	289
37	Stephen	284
38	Arthur	274
39	Wayne	263
40	Philip	251
41	Bill	245
42	Eugene	239
43	Albert	237
44	Howard	234
44	Norman	234
46	Bruce	229
47	Joe	228
48	Anthony	220
49	Russell	201
50	Jim	200