Top Names of 1941
The most popular names recorded in 1941 were Mary for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |