Most Popular Baby Names in 1941

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	66,752
2	Robert	64,247
3	John	57,519
4	William	47,797
5	Richard	39,111
6	Charles	32,739
7	David	30,553
8	Thomas	26,643
9	Ronald	24,407
10	Donald	22,640
11	Larry	20,135
12	Joseph	19,808
13	George	19,260
14	Jerry	16,799
15	Kenneth	16,143
16	Michael	15,935
17	Edward	15,581
18	Paul	15,167
19	Gary	14,568
20	Gerald	10,941
21	Frank	10,795
22	Raymond	9,947
23	Dennis	9,562
24	Harold	8,103
25	Roger	8,094
26	Walter	7,746
27	Billy	7,655
28	Henry	7,164
29	Carl	7,161
30	Joe	7,158
31	Daniel	7,049
32	Jack	6,950
33	Arthur	6,738
34	Lawrence	6,652
35	Bobby	6,590
36	Willie	6,528
37	Wayne	6,111
38	Ralph	6,041
39	Roy	5,950
40	Albert	5,927
41	Stephen	5,811
42	Eugene	5,755
43	Fred	5,618
44	Peter	5,607
45	Jimmy	5,337
46	Anthony	5,239
47	Howard	5,068
48	Harry	5,056
49	Norman	4,459
50	Louis	4,446

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	58,049
2	Barbara	39,543
3	Patricia	36,904
4	Carol	24,187
5	Linda	23,721
6	Judith	23,318
7	Betty	20,904
8	Nancy	20,883
9	Sandra	19,498
10	Shirley	16,955
11	Carolyn	16,273
12	Margaret	15,695
13	Joyce	15,683
14	Dorothy	14,566
15	Sharon	14,271
16	Judy	13,967
17	Joan	13,380
18	Janet	11,137
19	Karen	10,831
20	Donna	10,446
21	Elizabeth	10,268
22	Janice	10,061
23	Virginia	10,044
24	Helen	9,887
25	Martha	9,157
26	Gloria	9,008
27	Susan	8,888
28	Ruth	8,863
29	Beverly	8,727
30	Marilyn	8,557
31	Frances	8,468
32	Jean	7,840
33	Bonnie	7,761
34	Alice	7,445
35	Phyllis	7,346
36	Kathleen	7,160
37	Ann	7,122
38	Doris	7,081
39	Peggy	6,560
40	Diane	6,428
41	Brenda	6,332
42	Marie	6,153
43	Lois	6,106
44	Elaine	5,377
45	Geraldine	5,228
46	Jane	5,089
47	Norma	5,021
48	Carole	4,966
49	Rose	4,954
50	Evelyn	4,929