Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1941 Most Popular Baby Names of 1941 Social Security has card records for 2,500,812 people born in the U.S. in 1941. Mary was the top girl name (58,048 babies) and James the top boy name (66,751).
Top 100 names of 1941 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1941, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 58,048 #125 2 Barbara 39,543 #968 3 Patricia 36,905 #1,334 4 Carol 24,187 #2,239 5 Linda 23,721 #902 6 Judith 23,320 #788 7 Betty 20,905 #1,113 8 Nancy 20,885 #965 9 Sandra 19,500 #1,207 10 Shirley 16,954 #1,581 11 Carolyn 16,273 #1,222 12 Margaret 15,696 #112 13 Joyce 15,684 #1,071 14 Dorothy 14,566 #421 15 Sharon 14,272 #1,250 16 Judy 13,968 #1,872 17 Joan 13,380 #1,085 18 Janet 11,136 #2,778 19 Karen 10,831 #1,279 20 Donna 10,446 #1,962 21 Elizabeth 10,267 #17 22 Janice 10,061 #2,514 23 Virginia 10,043 #525 24 Helen 9,887 #461 25 Martha 9,156 #712 26 Gloria 9,008 #654 27 Susan 8,889 #1,085 28 Ruth 8,863 #173 29 Beverly 8,727 #1,016 30 Marilyn 8,556 #760 31 Frances 8,468 #318 32 Jean 7,840 #2,117 33 Bonnie 7,762 #396 34 Alice 7,445 #65 35 Phyllis 7,346 #11,932 36 Kathleen 7,160 #1,150 37 Ann 7,121 #1,076 38 Doris 7,081 #2,895 39 Peggy 6,561 #8,362 40 Diane 6,427 #2,607 41 Brenda 6,332 #1,525 42 Marie 6,152 #617 43 Lois 6,105 #1,666 44 Elaine 5,376 #304 45 Geraldine 5,229 #2,438 46 Jane 5,090 #221 47 Norma 5,021 #2,002 48 Carole 4,966 #10,107 49 Rose 4,955 #114 50 Evelyn 4,928 #8
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1941, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Catherine 4,884 #313 52 Patsy 4,788 #5,917 53 Wanda 4,735 #5,917 54 Joanne 4,665 #2,607 55 Charlotte 4,564 #2 56 Anna 4,432 #107 57 Dolores 4,384 #2,564 58 Joann 4,275 #3,028 59 Annie 4,073 #182 60 Sarah 3,982 #90 61 Sally 3,965 #1,150 62 Louise 3,910 #514 63 Rita 3,879 #1,285 64 Mildred 3,846 #1,962 65 Sylvia 3,788 #300 66 Jo 3,757 #3,975 67 Ellen 3,664 #1,062 68 Gail 3,609 #8,362 69 Ruby 3,581 #64 70 Kay 3,538 #3,903 71 Marjorie 3,517 #1,016 72 Roberta 3,396 #2,778 73 Jacqueline 3,388 #558 74 Irene 3,370 #651 75 Sue 3,359 #8,860 76 Darlene 3,344 #1,844 77 Arlene 3,291 #1,631 78 Eleanor 3,250 #12 79 Connie 3,205 #3,067 80 Delores 3,160 #5,722 81 Loretta 3,100 #606 82 Anne 3,096 #619 83 Marlene 3,068 #1,261 84 Juanita 3,044 #2,778 85 Katherine 3,004 #186 86 Rebecca 2,924 #349 87 Kathryn 2,869 #729 88 Julia 2,844 #131 89 Edna 2,835 #2,458 90 June 2,766 #150 91 Anita 2,740 #1,341 92 Josephine 2,726 #53 93 Lorraine 2,688 #1,043 94 Rosemary 2,677 #251 95 Theresa 2,675 #1,548 96 Glenda 2,643 #5,917 97 Suzanne 2,611 #2,387 98 Jeanette 2,596 #2,387 99 Emma 2,546 #3 100 Diana 2,544 #244
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1941, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 66,751 #6 2 Robert 64,247 #92 3 John 57,520 #23 4 William 47,798 #9 5 Richard 39,112 #234 6 Charles 32,742 #48 7 David 30,553 #35 8 Thomas 26,641 #34 9 Ronald 24,407 #637 10 Donald 22,641 #690 11 Larry 20,134 #1,084 12 Joseph 19,808 #29 13 George 19,260 #126 14 Jerry 16,799 #906 15 Kenneth 16,143 #294 16 Michael 15,935 #21 17 Edward 15,580 #224 18 Paul 15,166 #262 19 Gary 14,568 #1,073 20 Gerald 10,942 #1,204 21 Frank 10,795 #513 22 Raymond 9,951 #394 23 Dennis 9,562 #707 24 Harold 8,102 #991 25 Roger 8,095 #832 26 Walter 7,745 #251 27 Billy 7,655 #1,068 28 Henry 7,165 #5 29 Carl 7,160 #1,132 30 Joe 7,158 #991 31 Daniel 7,050 #22 32 Jack 6,950 #15 33 Arthur 6,739 #87 34 Lawrence 6,653 #518 35 Bobby 6,589 #1,097 36 Willie 6,526 #1,315 37 Wayne 6,112 #652 38 Ralph 6,040 #1,046 39 Roy 5,950 #525 40 Albert 5,927 #614 41 Stephen 5,811 #383 42 Eugene 5,754 #943 43 Fred 5,619 #1,932 44 Peter 5,607 #187 45 Jimmy 5,336 #846 46 Anthony 5,239 #46 47 Howard 5,067 #1,002 48 Harry 5,056 #775 49 Norman 4,459 #1,196 50 Louis 4,447 #249
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1941, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bruce 4,302 #536 52 Philip 4,166 #527 53 Douglas 4,146 #807 54 Leonard 3,986 #637 55 Johnny 3,983 #457 56 Melvin 3,951 #958 57 Stanley 3,926 #863 58 Earl 3,806 #2,230 59 Dale 3,791 #1,409 60 Francis 3,738 #420 61 Ernest 3,726 #1,038 62 Clarence 3,671 #1,499 63 Marvin 3,626 #699 64 Terry 3,606 #1,115 65 Samuel 3,538 #18 66 Don 3,533 #1,793 67 Leroy 3,524 #883 68 Bill 3,453 #5,208 69 Frederick 3,288 #435 70 Patrick 3,155 #235 71 Tommy 3,087 #657 72 Gene 3,073 #2,230 73 Allen 3,060 #578 74 Alfred 3,052 #840 75 Russell 3,032 #345 76 Herbert 2,964 #2,641 77 Phillip 2,871 #651 78 Eddie 2,850 #860 79 Ronnie 2,848 #1,064 80 Jim 2,843 #3,128 81 Lee 2,742 #725 82 Andrew 2,708 #73 83 Ray 2,695 #791 84 Alan 2,624 #191 85 Martin 2,605 #335 86 Glenn 2,523 #1,443 87 Bernard 2,509 #1,362 88 Tom 2,500 #2,183 89 Jimmie 2,473 #3,658 90 Steven 2,468 #271 91 Barry 2,465 #1,520 92 Gordon 2,404 #1,051 93 Leon 2,375 #138 94 Clifford 2,363 #1,352 95 Theodore 2,330 #4 96 Lloyd 2,252 #1,547 97 Edwin 2,214 #398 98 Franklin 2,205 #359 99 Jesse 2,184 #184 100 Curtis 2,164 #984
Entered the top 100 in 1941
