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Top Baby Names 1941

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,208,125 · Total Boys: 1,228,300

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	58,049	4.805%
2	Barbara	39,543	3.273%
3	Patricia	36,904	3.055%
4	Carol	24,187	2.002%
5	Linda	23,721	1.963%
6	Judith	23,318	1.930%
7	Betty	20,904	1.730%
8	Nancy	20,883	1.729%
9	Sandra	19,498	1.614%
10	Shirley	16,955	1.403%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Carolyn	16,273	1.347%
12	Margaret	15,695	1.299%
13	Joyce	15,683	1.298%
14	Dorothy	14,566	1.206%
15	Sharon	14,271	1.181%
16	Judy	13,967	1.156%
17	Joan	13,380	1.108%
18	Janet	11,137	0.922%
19	Karen	10,831	0.897%
20	Donna	10,446	0.865%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Elizabeth	10,268	0.850%
22	Janice	10,061	0.833%
23	Virginia	10,044	0.831%
24	Helen	9,887	0.818%
25	Martha	9,157	0.758%
26	Gloria	9,008	0.746%
27	Susan	8,888	0.736%
28	Ruth	8,863	0.734%
29	Beverly	8,727	0.722%
30	Marilyn	8,557	0.708%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Frances	8,468	0.701%
32	Jean	7,840	0.649%
33	Bonnie	7,761	0.642%
34	Alice	7,445	0.616%
35	Phyllis	7,346	0.608%
36	Kathleen	7,160	0.593%
37	Ann	7,122	0.590%
38	Doris	7,081	0.586%
39	Peggy	6,560	0.543%
40	Diane	6,428	0.532%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Brenda	6,332	0.524%
42	Marie	6,153	0.509%
43	Lois	6,106	0.505%
44	Elaine	5,377	0.445%
45	Geraldine	5,228	0.433%
46	Jane	5,089	0.421%
47	Norma	5,021	0.416%
48	Carole	4,966	0.411%
49	Rose	4,954	0.410%
50	Evelyn	4,929	0.408%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Catherine	4,884	0.404%
52	Patsy	4,788	0.396%
53	Wanda	4,735	0.392%
54	Joanne	4,665	0.386%
55	Charlotte	4,564	0.378%
56	Anna	4,432	0.367%
57	Dolores	4,384	0.363%
58	Joann	4,275	0.354%
59	Annie	4,073	0.337%
60	Sarah	3,983	0.330%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Sally	3,965	0.328%
62	Louise	3,910	0.324%
63	Rita	3,879	0.321%
64	Mildred	3,847	0.318%
65	Sylvia	3,788	0.314%
66	Jo	3,757	0.311%
67	Ellen	3,664	0.303%
68	Gail	3,609	0.299%
69	Ruby	3,581	0.296%
70	Kay	3,538	0.293%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Marjorie	3,517	0.291%
72	Roberta	3,396	0.281%
73	Jacqueline	3,388	0.280%
74	Irene	3,370	0.279%
75	Sue	3,358	0.278%
76	Darlene	3,344	0.277%
77	Arlene	3,291	0.272%
78	Eleanor	3,250	0.269%
79	Connie	3,205	0.265%
80	Delores	3,160	0.262%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Loretta	3,100	0.257%
82	Anne	3,097	0.256%
83	Marlene	3,068	0.254%
84	Juanita	3,045	0.252%
85	Katherine	3,004	0.249%
86	Rebecca	2,924	0.242%
87	Kathryn	2,869	0.237%
88	Julia	2,845	0.235%
89	Edna	2,834	0.235%
90	June	2,766	0.229%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Anita	2,741	0.227%
92	Josephine	2,726	0.226%
93	Lorraine	2,688	0.222%
94	Rosemary	2,677	0.222%
95	Theresa	2,675	0.221%
96	Glenda	2,643	0.219%
97	Suzanne	2,611	0.216%
98	Jeanette	2,596	0.215%
99	Emma	2,546	0.211%
100	Diana	2,544	0.211%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	66,752	5.435%
2	Robert	64,247	5.231%
3	John	57,519	4.683%
4	William	47,797	3.891%
5	Richard	39,111	3.184%
6	Charles	32,739	2.665%
7	David	30,553	2.487%
8	Thomas	26,643	2.169%
9	Ronald	24,407	1.987%
10	Donald	22,640	1.843%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Larry	20,135	1.639%
12	Joseph	19,808	1.613%
13	George	19,260	1.568%
14	Jerry	16,799	1.368%
15	Kenneth	16,143	1.314%
16	Michael	15,935	1.297%
17	Edward	15,581	1.269%
18	Paul	15,167	1.235%
19	Gary	14,568	1.186%
20	Gerald	10,941	0.891%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Frank	10,795	0.879%
22	Raymond	9,947	0.810%
23	Dennis	9,562	0.778%
24	Harold	8,103	0.660%
25	Roger	8,094	0.659%
26	Walter	7,746	0.631%
27	Billy	7,655	0.623%
28	Henry	7,164	0.583%
29	Carl	7,161	0.583%
30	Joe	7,158	0.583%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Daniel	7,049	0.574%
32	Jack	6,950	0.566%
33	Arthur	6,738	0.549%
34	Lawrence	6,652	0.542%
35	Bobby	6,590	0.537%
36	Willie	6,528	0.531%
37	Wayne	6,111	0.498%
38	Ralph	6,041	0.492%
39	Roy	5,950	0.484%
40	Albert	5,927	0.483%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Stephen	5,811	0.473%
42	Eugene	5,755	0.469%
43	Fred	5,618	0.457%
44	Peter	5,607	0.456%
45	Jimmy	5,337	0.435%
46	Anthony	5,239	0.427%
47	Howard	5,068	0.413%
48	Harry	5,056	0.412%
49	Norman	4,459	0.363%
50	Louis	4,446	0.362%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bruce	4,302	0.350%
52	Philip	4,166	0.339%
53	Douglas	4,146	0.338%
54	Leonard	3,985	0.324%
55	Johnny	3,983	0.324%
56	Melvin	3,951	0.322%
57	Stanley	3,926	0.320%
58	Earl	3,805	0.310%
59	Dale	3,790	0.309%
60	Francis	3,738	0.304%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ernest	3,726	0.303%
62	Clarence	3,671	0.299%
63	Marvin	3,626	0.295%
64	Terry	3,606	0.294%
65	Samuel	3,537	0.288%
66	Don	3,533	0.288%
67	Leroy	3,524	0.287%
68	Bill	3,453	0.281%
69	Frederick	3,288	0.268%
70	Patrick	3,155	0.257%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Tommy	3,087	0.251%
72	Gene	3,073	0.250%
73	Allen	3,060	0.249%
74	Alfred	3,052	0.248%
75	Russell	3,032	0.247%
76	Herbert	2,964	0.241%
77	Phillip	2,870	0.234%
78	Eddie	2,850	0.232%
79	Ronnie	2,848	0.232%
80	Jim	2,843	0.231%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Lee	2,744	0.223%
82	Andrew	2,707	0.220%
83	Ray	2,695	0.219%
84	Alan	2,624	0.214%
85	Martin	2,605	0.212%
86	Glenn	2,523	0.205%
87	Bernard	2,509	0.204%
88	Tom	2,500	0.204%
89	Jimmie	2,473	0.201%
90	Steven	2,468	0.201%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Barry	2,464	0.201%
92	Gordon	2,404	0.196%
93	Leon	2,375	0.193%
94	Clifford	2,363	0.192%
95	Theodore	2,330	0.190%
96	Lloyd	2,251	0.183%
97	Edwin	2,213	0.180%
98	Franklin	2,205	0.180%
99	Jesse	2,184	0.178%
100	Curtis	2,164	0.176%

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