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

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1941 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1940						Change from 1940
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	58,040	4.659	0	1,837	1	James	66,736	5.319	0	4,263
2	Barbara	39,538	3.174	0	2,804	2	Robert	64,233	5.119	0	3,037
3	Patricia	36,901	2.962	0	4,237	3	John	57,515	4.584	0	2,736
4	Carol	24,181	1.941	2	2,420	4	William	47,789	3.809	0	3,021
5	Linda	23,721	1.904	3	5,352	5	Richard	39,106	3.117	0	1,691
6	Judith	23,316	1.871	-2	934	6	Charles	32,732	2.609	0	1,048
7	Betty	20,905	1.678	-2	-1,169	7	David	30,551	2.435	0	2,864
8	Nancy	20,881	1.676	-1	1,149	8	Thomas	26,643	2.123	0	2,656
9	Sandra	19,498	1.565	1	3,348	9	Ronald	24,399	1.945	1	3,669
10	Shirley	16,953	1.361	-1	-925	10	Donald	22,633	1.804	-1	-473
11	Carolyn	16,273	1.306	4	3,619	11	Larry	20,130	1.604	2	2,930
12	Margaret	15,698	1.260	-1	640	12	Joseph	19,803	1.578	0	1,596
13	Joyce	15,681	1.259	0	879	13	George	19,260	1.535	-2	951
14	Dorothy	14,565	1.169	-2	-310	14	Jerry	16,805	1.339	0	1,605
15	Sharon	14,271	1.145	2	3,153	15	Kenneth	16,136	1.286	0	1,002
16	Judy	13,966	1.121	0	2,582	16	Michael	15,931	1.270	2	2,703
17	Joan	13,383	1.074	-3	97	17	Edward	15,579	1.242	-1	1,179
18	Janet	11,137	0.894	1	1,033	18	Paul	15,161	1.208	-1	1,060
19	Karen	10,830	0.869	15	3,547	19	Gary	14,566	1.161	0	1,995
20	Donna	10,446	0.838	3	1,215	20	Gerald	10,942	0.872	1	703
21	Elizabeth	10,269	0.824	-1	317	21	Frank	10,793	0.860	-1	198
22	Janice	10,061	0.808	0	746	22	Raymond	9,948	0.793	0	380
23	Virginia	10,043	0.806	-2	489	23	Dennis	9,560	0.762	1	1,715
24	Helen	9,890	0.794	-6	-310	24	Harold	8,103	0.646	-1	25
25	Martha	9,158	0.735	1	466	25	Roger	8,093	0.645	1	495
26	Gloria	9,006	0.723	4	981	26	Walter	7,747	0.617	-1	23
27	Susan	8,888	0.713	9	2,133	27	Billy	7,659	0.610	0	63
28	Ruth	8,863	0.711	-4	-22	28	Henry	7,164	0.571	3	345
29	Beverly	8,726	0.700	-2	69	29	Carl	7,160	0.571	3	406
30	Marilyn	8,555	0.687	-5	-146	30	Joe	7,152	0.570	-2	-70
31	Frances	8,468	0.680	-3	-151	31	Daniel	7,051	0.562	3	830
32	Jean	7,840	0.629	-3	-226	32	Jack	6,950	0.554	-3	-96
33	Bonnie	7,759	0.623	6	1,801	33	Arthur	6,738	0.537	0	230
34	Alice	7,446	0.598	-2	-156	34	Lawrence	6,652	0.530	2	481
35	Phyllis	7,347	0.590	-2	-69	35	Bobby	6,588	0.525	-5	-294
36	Kathleen	7,160	0.575	4	1,463	36	Willie	6,531	0.521	-1	358
37	Ann	7,122	0.572	-2	-73	37	Wayne	6,108	0.487	2	382
38	Doris	7,077	0.568	-7	-690	38	Ralph	6,038	0.481	-1	203
39	Peggy	6,559	0.526	-2	432	39	Roy	5,946	0.474	3	381
40	Diane	6,426	0.516	5	1,253	40	Albert	5,929	0.473	1	358
41	Brenda	6,331	0.508	1	890	41	Stephen	5,807	0.463	8	1,385
42	Marie	6,151	0.494	-1	609	42	Eugene	5,754	0.459	-4	-44
43	Lois	6,106	0.490	-5	-20	43	Fred	5,619	0.448	-3	34
44	Elaine	5,377	0.432	6	595	44	Peter	5,611	0.447	-1	563
45	Geraldine	5,227	0.420	1	75	45	Jimmy	5,333	0.425	-1	372
46	Jane	5,089	0.408	1	-1	46	Anthony	5,237	0.417	0	471
47	Norma	5,020	0.403	-4	-314	47	Howard	5,071	0.404	-2	246
48	Carole	4,964	0.398	1	175	48	Harry	5,057	0.403	-1	379
49	Rose	4,949	0.397	-5	-249	49	Norman	4,457	0.355	-1	-118
50	Evelyn	4,929	0.396	-2	-55	50	Louis	4,441	0.354	0	117

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.