Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1941

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1941 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	58,040	4.659	-125	-55,713	1	James	66,736	5.319	-3	-53,211
2	Barbara	39,538	3.174	-928	-39,253	2	Robert	64,233	5.119	-69	-59,093
3	Patricia	36,901	2.962	-910	-36,608	3	John	57,515	4.584	-24	-48,396
4	Carol	24,181	1.941	-1,784	-24,068	4	William	47,789	3.809	1	-33,273
5	Linda	23,721	1.904	-721	-23,332	5	Richard	39,106	3.117	-183	-36,987
6	Judith	23,316	1.871	-844	-22,998	6	Charles	32,732	2.609	-46	-26,128
7	Betty	20,905	1.678	-1,121	-20,690	7	David	30,551	2.435	-15	-20,854
8	Nancy	20,881	1.676	-831	-20,559	8	Thomas	26,643	2.123	-41	-19,864
9	Sandra	19,498	1.565	-966	-19,229	9	Ronald	24,399	1.945	-484	-23,821
10	Shirley	16,953	1.361	-1,454	-16,803	10	Donald	22,633	1.804	-516	-22,100
11	Carolyn	16,273	1.306	-849	-15,961	11	Larry	20,130	1.604	-695	-19,791
12	Margaret	15,698	1.260	-115	-13,386	12	Joseph	19,803	1.578	-11	-10,248
13	Joyce	15,681	1.259	-934	-15,403	13	George	19,260	1.535	-114	-16,201
14	Dorothy	14,565	1.169	-572	-14,048	14	Jerry	16,805	1.339	-587	-16,354
15	Sharon	14,271	1.145	-1,112	-14,055	15	Kenneth	16,136	1.286	-211	-14,481
16	Judy	13,966	1.121	-1,517	-13,825	16	Michael	15,931	1.270	2	-4,311
17	Joan	13,383	1.074	-1,710	-13,265	17	Edward	15,579	1.242	-152	-13,311
18	Janet	11,137	0.894	-1,394	-10,980	18	Paul	15,161	1.208	-216	-13,536
19	Karen	10,830	0.869	-616	-10,362	19	Gary	14,566	1.161	-655	-14,199
20	Donna	10,446	0.838	-1,547	-10,309	20	Gerald	10,942	0.872	-874	-10,701
21	Elizabeth	10,269	0.824	8	-1,756	21	Frank	10,793	0.860	-371	-9,990
22	Janice	10,061	0.808	-1,411	-9,908	22	Raymond	9,948	0.793	-277	-8,799
23	Virginia	10,043	0.806	-517	-9,465	23	Dennis	9,560	0.762	-533	-9,067
24	Helen	9,890	0.794	-389	-9,145	24	Harold	8,103	0.646	-773	-7,822
25	Martha	9,158	0.735	-772	-8,817	25	Roger	8,093	0.645	-611	-7,682
26	Gloria	9,006	0.723	-558	-8,485	26	Walter	7,747	0.617	-245	-6,444
27	Susan	8,888	0.713	-1,052	-8,654	27	Billy	7,659	0.610	-818	-7,399
28	Ruth	8,863	0.711	-237	-7,629	28	Henry	7,164	0.571	12	3,485
29	Beverly	8,726	0.700	-1,264	-8,551	29	Carl	7,160	0.571	-671	-6,818
30	Marilyn	8,555	0.687	-580	-8,061	30	Joe	7,152	0.570	-665	-6,807
31	Frances	8,468	0.680	-414	-7,753	31	Daniel	7,051	0.562	16	4,122
32	Jean	7,840	0.629	-2,361	-7,765	32	Jack	6,950	0.554	4	1,884
33	Bonnie	7,759	0.623	-658	-7,342	33	Arthur	6,738	0.537	-197	-5,096
34	Alice	7,446	0.598	-37	-3,803	34	Lawrence	6,652	0.530	-464	-6,079
35	Phyllis	7,347	0.590	-6,940	-7,330	35	Bobby	6,588	0.525	-789	-6,320
36	Kathleen	7,160	0.575	-858	-6,859	36	Willie	6,531	0.521	-898	-6,307
37	Ann	7,122	0.572	-946	-6,855	37	Wayne	6,108	0.487	-736	-5,809
38	Doris	7,077	0.568	-1,776	-6,966	38	Ralph	6,038	0.481	-913	-5,821
39	Peggy	6,559	0.526	-5,515	-6,536	39	Roy	5,946	0.474	-503	-5,432
40	Diane	6,426	0.516	-2,433	-6,355	40	Albert	5,929	0.473	-412	-5,272
41	Brenda	6,331	0.508	-971	-6,076	41	Stephen	5,807	0.463	-243	-4,571
42	Marie	6,151	0.494	-534	-5,621	42	Eugene	5,754	0.459	-820	-5,502
43	Lois	6,106	0.490	-1,650	-5,984	43	Fred	5,619	0.448	-1,607	-5,522
44	Elaine	5,377	0.432	-590	-4,909	44	Peter	5,611	0.447	-167	-3,799
45	Geraldine	5,227	0.420	-1,674	-5,108	45	Jimmy	5,333	0.425	-608	-4,943
46	Jane	5,089	0.408	-245	-3,966	46	Anthony	5,237	0.417	8	2,766
47	Norma	5,020	0.403	-2,224	-4,940	47	Howard	5,071	0.404	-921	-4,858
48	Carole	4,964	0.398	-9,844	-4,954	48	Harry	5,057	0.403	-572	-4,630
49	Rose	4,949	0.397	-74	-2,517	49	Norman	4,457	0.355	-1,175	-4,306
50	Evelyn	4,929	0.396	40	5,447	50	Louis	4,441	0.354	-213	-3,073

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.