United States · 2,436,437 recorded births
Top baby names of 1941
Mary and James led the year. Climbing fast: Lynn (up 22), Cynthia (up 21), Jeffrey (up 49), Steven (up 29).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 58,048 | · |
| 2 | Barbara | 39,543 | · |
| 3 | Patricia | 36,905 | · |
| 4 | Carol | 24,187 | ▲ 2 |
| 5 | Linda | 23,721 | ▲ 3 |
| 6 | Judith | 23,320 | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Betty | 20,905 | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | Nancy | 20,885 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Sandra | 19,500 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Shirley | 16,954 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Carolyn | 16,273 | ▲ 4 |
| 12 | Margaret | 15,696 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Joyce | 15,684 | · |
| 14 | Dorothy | 14,566 | ▼ 2 |
| 15 | Sharon | 14,272 | ▲ 2 |
| 16 | Judy | 13,968 | · |
| 17 | Joan | 13,380 | ▼ 3 |
| 18 | Janet | 11,136 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Karen | 10,831 | ▲ 15 |
| 20 | Donna | 10,446 | ▲ 3 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 10,267 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Janice | 10,061 | · |
| 23 | Virginia | 10,043 | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | Helen | 9,887 | ▼ 6 |
| 25 | Martha | 9,156 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Gloria | 9,008 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Susan | 8,889 | ▲ 9 |
| 28 | Ruth | 8,863 | ▼ 4 |
| 29 | Beverly | 8,727 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Marilyn | 8,556 | ▼ 5 |
| 31 | Frances | 8,468 | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | Jean | 7,840 | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Bonnie | 7,762 | ▲ 6 |
| 34 | Alice | 7,445 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Phyllis | 7,346 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Kathleen | 7,160 | ▲ 4 |
| 37 | Ann | 7,121 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Doris | 7,081 | ▼ 7 |
| 39 | Peggy | 6,561 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Diane | 6,427 | ▲ 5 |
| 41 | Brenda | 6,332 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Marie | 6,152 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Lois | 6,105 | ▼ 5 |
| 44 | Elaine | 5,376 | ▲ 6 |
| 45 | Geraldine | 5,229 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Jane | 5,090 | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | Norma | 5,021 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Carole | 4,966 | ▲ 1 |
| 49 | Rose | 4,955 | ▼ 5 |
| 50 | Evelyn | 4,928 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Catherine | 4,884 | ▲ 2 |
| 52 | Patsy | 4,788 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Wanda | 4,735 | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Joanne | 4,665 | · |
| 55 | Charlotte | 4,564 | · |
| 56 | Anna | 4,432 | ▼ 5 |
| 57 | Dolores | 4,384 | ▲ 10 |
| 58 | Joann | 4,275 | ▲ 5 |
| 59 | Annie | 4,073 | ▼ 3 |
| 60 | Sarah | 3,982 | · |
| 61 | Sally | 3,965 | · |
| 62 | Louise | 3,910 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Rita | 3,879 | ▲ 7 |
| 64 | Mildred | 3,846 | ▼ 6 |
| 65 | Sylvia | 3,788 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Jo | 3,757 | ▲ 6 |
| 67 | Ellen | 3,664 | ▲ 7 |
| 68 | Gail | 3,609 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Ruby | 3,581 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Kay | 3,538 | ▲ 7 |
| 71 | Marjorie | 3,517 | ▼ 7 |
| 72 | Roberta | 3,396 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Jacqueline | 3,388 | ▲ 3 |
| 74 | Irene | 3,370 | ▼ 1 |
| 75 | Sue | 3,359 | ▲ 6 |
| 76 | Darlene | 3,344 | ▲ 3 |
| 77 | Arlene | 3,291 | ▼ 2 |
| 78 | Eleanor | 3,250 | ▼ 10 |
| 79 | Connie | 3,205 | ▲ 9 |
| 80 | Delores | 3,160 | ▲ 3 |
| 81 | Loretta | 3,100 | ▼ 12 |
| 82 | Anne | 3,096 | ▲ 2 |
| 83 | Marlene | 3,068 | ▼ 3 |
| 84 | Juanita | 3,044 | ▼ 6 |
| 85 | Katherine | 3,004 | ▲ 7 |
| 86 | Rebecca | 2,924 | ▲ 10 |
| 87 | Kathryn | 2,869 | ▲ 16 |
| 88 | Julia | 2,844 | ▲ 3 |
| 89 | Edna | 2,835 | ▼ 3 |
| 90 | June | 2,766 | ▼ 8 |
| 91 | Anita | 2,740 | ▼ 4 |
| 92 | Josephine | 2,726 | ▼ 3 |
| 93 | Lorraine | 2,688 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Rosemary | 2,677 | ▼ 9 |
| 95 | Theresa | 2,675 | ▲ 7 |
| 96 | Glenda | 2,643 | ▲ 11 |
| 97 | Suzanne | 2,611 | ▲ 12 |
| 98 | Jeanette | 2,596 | ▼ 8 |
| 99 | Emma | 2,546 | ▼ 5 |
| 100 | Diana | 2,544 | ▲ 17 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 66,751 | · |
| 2 | Robert | 64,247 | · |
| 3 | John | 57,520 | · |
| 4 | William | 47,798 | · |
| 5 | Richard | 39,112 | · |
| 6 | Charles | 32,742 | · |
| 7 | David | 30,553 | · |
| 8 | Thomas | 26,641 | · |
| 9 | Ronald | 24,407 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Donald | 22,641 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Larry | 20,134 | ▲ 2 |
| 12 | Joseph | 19,808 | · |
| 13 | George | 19,260 | ▼ 2 |
| 14 | Jerry | 16,799 | · |
| 15 | Kenneth | 16,143 | · |
| 16 | Michael | 15,935 | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | Edward | 15,580 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Paul | 15,166 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Gary | 14,568 | · |
| 20 | Gerald | 10,942 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Frank | 10,795 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,951 | · |
| 23 | Dennis | 9,562 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Harold | 8,102 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Roger | 8,095 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,745 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Billy | 7,655 | · |
| 28 | Henry | 7,165 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Carl | 7,160 | ▲ 3 |
| 30 | Joe | 7,158 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Daniel | 7,050 | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Jack | 6,950 | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Arthur | 6,739 | · |
| 34 | Lawrence | 6,653 | ▲ 2 |
| 35 | Bobby | 6,589 | ▼ 5 |
| 36 | Willie | 6,526 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Wayne | 6,112 | ▲ 2 |
| 38 | Ralph | 6,040 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Roy | 5,950 | ▲ 3 |
| 40 | Albert | 5,927 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Stephen | 5,811 | ▲ 8 |
| 42 | Eugene | 5,754 | ▼ 4 |
| 43 | Fred | 5,619 | ▼ 3 |
| 44 | Peter | 5,607 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Jimmy | 5,336 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Anthony | 5,239 | · |
| 47 | Howard | 5,067 | ▼ 2 |
| 48 | Harry | 5,056 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Norman | 4,459 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Louis | 4,447 | · |
| 51 | Bruce | 4,302 | ▲ 4 |
| 52 | Philip | 4,166 | ▲ 8 |
| 53 | Douglas | 4,146 | ▲ 3 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,986 | · |
| 55 | Johnny | 3,983 | ▼ 4 |
| 56 | Melvin | 3,951 | ▼ 3 |
| 57 | Stanley | 3,926 | ▲ 2 |
| 58 | Earl | 3,806 | ▼ 6 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,791 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Francis | 3,738 | ▲ 1 |
| 61 | Ernest | 3,726 | ▼ 3 |
| 62 | Clarence | 3,671 | ▲ 2 |
| 63 | Marvin | 3,626 | · |
| 64 | Terry | 3,606 | ▲ 9 |
| 65 | Samuel | 3,538 | · |
| 66 | Don | 3,533 | ▼ 4 |
| 67 | Leroy | 3,524 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Bill | 3,453 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Frederick | 3,288 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Patrick | 3,155 | ▲ 4 |
| 71 | Tommy | 3,087 | ▲ 5 |
| 72 | Gene | 3,073 | ▼ 2 |
| 73 | Allen | 3,060 | ▼ 2 |
| 74 | Alfred | 3,052 | ▼ 5 |
| 75 | Russell | 3,032 | ▼ 3 |
| 76 | Herbert | 2,964 | ▼ 1 |
| 77 | Phillip | 2,871 | ▲ 2 |
| 78 | Eddie | 2,850 | ▲ 3 |
| 79 | Ronnie | 2,848 | ▲ 22 |
| 80 | Jim | 2,843 | ▼ 2 |
| 81 | Lee | 2,742 | ▼ 1 |
| 82 | Andrew | 2,708 | ▲ 2 |
| 83 | Ray | 2,695 | ▼ 6 |
| 84 | Alan | 2,624 | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Martin | 2,605 | · |
| 86 | Glenn | 2,523 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Bernard | 2,509 | ▼ 5 |
| 88 | Tom | 2,500 | ▲ 4 |
| 89 | Jimmie | 2,473 | ▼ 3 |
| 90 | Steven | 2,468 | ▲ 29 |
| 91 | Barry | 2,465 | ▲ 18 |
| 92 | Gordon | 2,404 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Leon | 2,375 | ▼ 4 |
| 94 | Clifford | 2,363 | · |
| 95 | Theodore | 2,330 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Lloyd | 2,252 | ▲ 4 |
| 97 | Edwin | 2,214 | ▼ 1 |
| 98 | Franklin | 2,205 | ▼ 11 |
| 99 | Jesse | 2,184 | ▼ 6 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,164 | ▼ 3 |