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The most popular baby names of 1941

SSA recorded 2,436,437 births in 1941 across all reported names — 1,208,119 girls and 1,228,318 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1941

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1940.
#NameBirthsvs 1940
1 Mary 58,048 —
2 Barbara 39,543 —
3 Patricia 36,905 —
4 Carol 24,187 +2
5 Linda 23,721 +3
6 Judith 23,320 -2
7 Betty 20,905 -2
8 Nancy 20,885 -1
9 Sandra 19,500 +1
10 Shirley 16,954 -1
11 Carolyn 16,273 +4
12 Margaret 15,696 -1
13 Joyce 15,684 —
14 Dorothy 14,566 -2
15 Sharon 14,272 +2
16 Judy 13,968 —
17 Joan 13,380 -3
18 Janet 11,136 +1
19 Karen 10,831 +15
20 Donna 10,446 +3
21 Elizabeth 10,267 -1
22 Janice 10,061 —
23 Virginia 10,043 -2
24 Helen 9,887 -6
25 Martha 9,156 +1
26 Gloria 9,008 +4
27 Susan 8,889 +9
28 Ruth 8,863 -4
29 Beverly 8,727 -2
30 Marilyn 8,556 -5
31 Frances 8,468 -3
32 Jean 7,840 -3
33 Bonnie 7,762 +6
34 Alice 7,445 -2
35 Phyllis 7,346 -2
36 Kathleen 7,160 +4
37 Ann 7,121 -2
38 Doris 7,081 -7
39 Peggy 6,561 -2
40 Diane 6,427 +5
41 Brenda 6,332 +1
42 Marie 6,152 -1
43 Lois 6,105 -5
44 Elaine 5,376 +6
45 Geraldine 5,229 +1
46 Jane 5,090 +1
47 Norma 5,021 -4
48 Carole 4,966 +1
49 Rose 4,955 -5
50 Evelyn 4,928 -2
51 Catherine 4,884 +2
52 Patsy 4,788 +5
53 Wanda 4,735 -1
54 Joanne 4,665 —
55 Charlotte 4,564 —
56 Anna 4,432 -5
57 Dolores 4,384 +10
58 Joann 4,275 +5
59 Annie 4,073 -3
60 Sarah 3,982 —
61 Sally 3,965 —
62 Louise 3,910 -3
63 Rita 3,879 +7
64 Mildred 3,846 -6
65 Sylvia 3,788 -3
66 Jo 3,757 +6
67 Ellen 3,664 +7
68 Gail 3,609 -3
69 Ruby 3,581 -3
70 Kay 3,538 +7
71 Marjorie 3,517 -7
72 Roberta 3,396 -1
73 Jacqueline 3,388 +3
74 Irene 3,370 -1
75 Sue 3,359 +6
76 Darlene 3,344 +3
77 Arlene 3,291 -2
78 Eleanor 3,250 -10
79 Connie 3,205 +9
80 Delores 3,160 +3
81 Loretta 3,100 -12
82 Anne 3,096 +2
83 Marlene 3,068 -3
84 Juanita 3,044 -6
85 Katherine 3,004 +6
86 Rebecca 2,924 +10
87 Kathryn 2,869 +16
88 Julia 2,844 +3
89 Edna 2,835 -3
90 June 2,766 -8
91 Anita 2,740 -4
92 Josephine 2,726 -3
93 Lorraine 2,688 +2
94 Rosemary 2,677 -9
95 Theresa 2,675 +7
96 Glenda 2,643 +11
97 Suzanne 2,611 +12
98 Jeanette 2,596 -8
99 Emma 2,546 -5
100 Diana 2,544 +17

Top 100 boys' names in 1941

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1940.
#NameBirthsvs 1940
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 +1
10 Donald 22,641 -1
11 Larry 20,134 +2
12 Joseph 19,808 —
13 George 19,260 -2
14 Jerry 16,799 —
15 Kenneth 16,143 —
16 Michael 15,935 +2
17 Edward 15,580 -1
18 Paul 15,166 -1
19 Gary 14,568 —
20 Gerald 10,942 +1
21 Frank 10,795 -1
22 Raymond 9,951 —
23 Dennis 9,562 +1
24 Harold 8,102 -1
25 Roger 8,095 +1
26 Walter 7,745 -1
27 Billy 7,655 —
28 Henry 7,165 +3
29 Carl 7,160 +3
30 Joe 7,158 -2
31 Daniel 7,050 +3
32 Jack 6,950 -3
33 Arthur 6,739 —
34 Lawrence 6,653 +2
35 Bobby 6,589 -5
36 Willie 6,526 -1
37 Wayne 6,112 +2
38 Ralph 6,040 -1
39 Roy 5,950 +3
40 Albert 5,927 +1
41 Stephen 5,811 +8
42 Eugene 5,754 -4
43 Fred 5,619 -3
44 Peter 5,607 -1
45 Jimmy 5,336 -1
46 Anthony 5,239 —
47 Howard 5,067 -2
48 Harry 5,056 -1
49 Norman 4,459 -1
50 Louis 4,447 —
51 Bruce 4,302 +4
52 Philip 4,166 +8
53 Douglas 4,146 +3
54 Leonard 3,986 —
55 Johnny 3,983 -4
56 Melvin 3,951 -3
57 Stanley 3,926 +2
58 Earl 3,806 -6
59 Dale 3,791 -2
60 Francis 3,738 +1
61 Ernest 3,726 -3
62 Clarence 3,671 +2
63 Marvin 3,626 —
64 Terry 3,606 +9
65 Samuel 3,538 —
66 Don 3,533 -4
67 Leroy 3,524 -1
68 Bill 3,453 -1
69 Frederick 3,288 -1
70 Patrick 3,155 +4
71 Tommy 3,087 +5
72 Gene 3,073 -2
73 Allen 3,060 -2
74 Alfred 3,052 -5
75 Russell 3,032 -3
76 Herbert 2,964 -1
77 Phillip 2,871 +2
78 Eddie 2,850 +3
79 Ronnie 2,848 +22
80 Jim 2,843 -2
81 Lee 2,742 -1
82 Andrew 2,708 +2
83 Ray 2,695 -6
84 Alan 2,624 +4
85 Martin 2,605 —
86 Glenn 2,523 -3
87 Bernard 2,509 -5
88 Tom 2,500 +4
89 Jimmie 2,473 -3
90 Steven 2,468 +29
91 Barry 2,465 +18
92 Gordon 2,404 -1
93 Leon 2,375 -4
94 Clifford 2,363 —
95 Theodore 2,330 -5
96 Lloyd 2,252 +4
97 Edwin 2,214 -1
98 Franklin 2,205 -11
99 Jesse 2,184 -6
100 Curtis 2,164 -3

Names that climbed fastest in 1941

Ranked by places gained against 1940, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1941Rank 1940Change
Leslie girls 288 427 +139
Cheryl girls 309 410 +101
Pamela girls 155 251 +96
Melanie girls 393 477 +84
Margo girls 297 380 +83
Winston boys 234 310 +76
Jeannie girls 343 412 +69
Wendy girls 358 427 +69
Dianna girls 338 404 +66
Kathy girls 199 256 +57
Toni girls 332 389 +57
Francine girls 333 387 +54
Lucinda girls 417 471 +54
Ron boys 336 389 +53
Veronica girls 210 262 +52

Names that fell fastest in 1941

NameRank 1941Rank 1940Change
Cecile girls 439 372 -67
Iva girls 391 328 -63
Sybil girls 394 332 -62
Sonia girls 446 387 -59
Dorothea girls 401 343 -58
Edwina girls 476 421 -55
Ola girls 392 345 -47
Nell girls 440 393 -47
Goldie girls 465 421 -44
Wendell boys 157 114 -43
Opal girls 315 273 -42
Gale girls 365 323 -42
Nona girls 476 436 -40
Fay girls 318 280 -38
Alta girls 436 398 -38

Names that first appear in 1941

1941 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1941

For these names, 1941 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.