Top Names of 1941

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary58,048 babies
  2. 2Barbara39,543 babies
  3. 3Patricia36,905 babies
  4. 4Carol24,187 babies
  5. 5Linda23,721 babies
  6. 6Judith23,320 babies
  7. 7Betty20,905 babies
  8. 8Nancy20,885 babies
  9. 9Sandra19,500 babies
  10. 10Shirley16,954 babies
  11. 11Carolyn16,273 babies
  12. 12Margaret15,696 babies
  13. 13Joyce15,684 babies
  14. 14Dorothy14,566 babies
  15. 15Sharon14,272 babies
  16. 16Judy13,968 babies
  17. 17Joan13,380 babies
  18. 18Janet11,136 babies
  19. 19Karen10,831 babies
  20. 20Donna10,446 babies
  21. 21Elizabeth10,267 babies
  22. 22Janice10,061 babies
  23. 23Virginia10,043 babies
  24. 24Helen9,887 babies
  25. 25Martha9,156 babies
  26. 26Gloria9,008 babies
  27. 27Susan8,889 babies
  28. 28Ruth8,863 babies
  29. 29Beverly8,727 babies
  30. 30Marilyn8,556 babies
  31. 31Frances8,468 babies
  32. 32Jean7,840 babies
  33. 33Bonnie7,762 babies
  34. 34Alice7,445 babies
  35. 35Phyllis7,346 babies
  36. 36Kathleen7,160 babies
  37. 37Ann7,121 babies
  38. 38Doris7,081 babies
  39. 39Peggy6,561 babies
  40. 40Diane6,427 babies
  41. 41Brenda6,332 babies
  42. 42Marie6,152 babies
  43. 43Lois6,105 babies
  44. 44Elaine5,376 babies
  45. 45Geraldine5,229 babies
  46. 46Jane5,090 babies
  47. 47Norma5,021 babies
  48. 48Carole4,966 babies
  49. 49Rose4,955 babies
  50. 50Evelyn4,928 babies
  51. 51Catherine4,884 babies
  52. 52Patsy4,788 babies
  53. 53Wanda4,735 babies
  54. 54Joanne4,665 babies
  55. 55Charlotte4,564 babies
  56. 56Anna4,432 babies
  57. 57Dolores4,384 babies
  58. 58Joann4,275 babies
  59. 59Annie4,073 babies
  60. 60Sarah3,982 babies
  61. 61Sally3,965 babies
  62. 62Louise3,910 babies
  63. 63Rita3,879 babies
  64. 64Mildred3,846 babies
  65. 65Sylvia3,788 babies
  66. 66Jo3,757 babies
  67. 67Ellen3,664 babies
  68. 68Gail3,609 babies
  69. 69Ruby3,581 babies
  70. 70Kay3,538 babies
  71. 71Marjorie3,517 babies
  72. 72Roberta3,396 babies
  73. 73Jacqueline3,388 babies
  74. 74Irene3,370 babies
  75. 75Sue3,359 babies
  76. 76Darlene3,344 babies
  77. 77Arlene3,291 babies
  78. 78Eleanor3,250 babies
  79. 79Connie3,205 babies
  80. 80Delores3,160 babies
  81. 81Loretta3,100 babies
  82. 82Anne3,096 babies
  83. 83Marlene3,068 babies
  84. 84Juanita3,044 babies
  85. 85Katherine3,004 babies
  86. 86Rebecca2,924 babies
  87. 87Kathryn2,869 babies
  88. 88Julia2,844 babies
  89. 89Edna2,835 babies
  90. 90June2,766 babies
  91. 91Anita2,740 babies
  92. 92Josephine2,726 babies
  93. 93Lorraine2,688 babies
  94. 94Rosemary2,677 babies
  95. 95Theresa2,675 babies
  96. 96Glenda2,643 babies
  97. 97Suzanne2,611 babies
  98. 98Jeanette2,596 babies
  99. 99Emma2,546 babies
  100. 100Diana2,544 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1James66,751 babies
  2. 2Robert64,247 babies
  3. 3John57,520 babies
  4. 4William47,798 babies
  5. 5Richard39,112 babies
  6. 6Charles32,742 babies
  7. 7David30,553 babies
  8. 8Thomas26,641 babies
  9. 9Ronald24,407 babies
  10. 10Donald22,641 babies
  11. 11Larry20,134 babies
  12. 12Joseph19,808 babies
  13. 13George19,260 babies
  14. 14Jerry16,799 babies
  15. 15Kenneth16,143 babies
  16. 16Michael15,935 babies
  17. 17Edward15,580 babies
  18. 18Paul15,166 babies
  19. 19Gary14,568 babies
  20. 20Gerald10,942 babies
  21. 21Frank10,795 babies
  22. 22Raymond9,951 babies
  23. 23Dennis9,562 babies
  24. 24Harold8,102 babies
  25. 25Roger8,095 babies
  26. 26Walter7,745 babies
  27. 27Billy7,655 babies
  28. 28Henry7,165 babies
  29. 29Carl7,160 babies
  30. 30Joe7,158 babies
  31. 31Daniel7,050 babies
  32. 32Jack6,950 babies
  33. 33Arthur6,739 babies
  34. 34Lawrence6,653 babies
  35. 35Bobby6,589 babies
  36. 36Willie6,526 babies
  37. 37Wayne6,112 babies
  38. 38Ralph6,040 babies
  39. 39Roy5,950 babies
  40. 40Albert5,927 babies
  41. 41Stephen5,811 babies
  42. 42Eugene5,754 babies
  43. 43Fred5,619 babies
  44. 44Peter5,607 babies
  45. 45Jimmy5,336 babies
  46. 46Anthony5,239 babies
  47. 47Howard5,067 babies
  48. 48Harry5,056 babies
  49. 49Norman4,459 babies
  50. 50Louis4,447 babies
  51. 51Bruce4,302 babies
  52. 52Philip4,166 babies
  53. 53Douglas4,146 babies
  54. 54Leonard3,986 babies
  55. 55Johnny3,983 babies
  56. 56Melvin3,951 babies
  57. 57Stanley3,926 babies
  58. 58Earl3,806 babies
  59. 59Dale3,791 babies
  60. 60Francis3,738 babies
  61. 61Ernest3,726 babies
  62. 62Clarence3,671 babies
  63. 63Marvin3,626 babies
  64. 64Terry3,606 babies
  65. 65Samuel3,538 babies
  66. 66Don3,533 babies
  67. 67Leroy3,524 babies
  68. 68Bill3,453 babies
  69. 69Frederick3,288 babies
  70. 70Patrick3,155 babies
  71. 71Tommy3,087 babies
  72. 72Gene3,073 babies
  73. 73Allen3,060 babies
  74. 74Alfred3,052 babies
  75. 75Russell3,032 babies
  76. 76Herbert2,964 babies
  77. 77Phillip2,871 babies
  78. 78Eddie2,850 babies
  79. 79Ronnie2,848 babies
  80. 80Jim2,843 babies
  81. 81Lee2,742 babies
  82. 82Andrew2,708 babies
  83. 83Ray2,695 babies
  84. 84Alan2,624 babies
  85. 85Martin2,605 babies
  86. 86Glenn2,523 babies
  87. 87Bernard2,509 babies
  88. 88Tom2,500 babies
  89. 89Jimmie2,473 babies
  90. 90Steven2,468 babies
  91. 91Barry2,465 babies
  92. 92Gordon2,404 babies
  93. 93Leon2,375 babies
  94. 94Clifford2,363 babies
  95. 95Theodore2,330 babies
  96. 96Lloyd2,252 babies
  97. 97Edwin2,214 babies
  98. 98Franklin2,205 babies
  99. 99Jesse2,184 babies
  100. 100Curtis2,164 babies
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