Top Baby Names of 1941
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1941, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1941)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Bruce | 4,302 |
| 52 | Philip | 4,166 |
| 53 | Douglas | 4,146 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,985 |
| 55 | Johnny | 3,983 |
| 56 | Melvin | 3,951 |
| 57 | Stanley | 3,926 |
| 58 | Earl | 3,805 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,790 |
| 60 | Francis | 3,738 |
| 61 | Ernest | 3,726 |
| 62 | Clarence | 3,671 |
| 63 | Marvin | 3,626 |
| 64 | Terry | 3,606 |
| 65 | Samuel | 3,537 |
| 66 | Don | 3,533 |
| 67 | Leroy | 3,524 |
| 68 | Bill | 3,453 |
| 69 | Frederick | 3,288 |
| 70 | Patrick | 3,155 |
| 71 | Tommy | 3,087 |
| 72 | Gene | 3,073 |
| 73 | Allen | 3,060 |
| 74 | Alfred | 3,052 |
| 75 | Russell | 3,032 |
| 76 | Herbert | 2,964 |
| 77 | Phillip | 2,870 |
| 78 | Eddie | 2,850 |
| 79 | Ronnie | 2,848 |
| 80 | Jim | 2,843 |
| 81 | Lee | 2,744 |
| 82 | Andrew | 2,707 |
| 83 | Ray | 2,695 |
| 84 | Alan | 2,624 |
| 85 | Martin | 2,605 |
| 86 | Glenn | 2,523 |
| 87 | Bernard | 2,509 |
| 88 | Tom | 2,500 |
| 89 | Jimmie | 2,473 |
| 90 | Steven | 2,468 |
| 91 | Barry | 2,464 |
| 92 | Gordon | 2,404 |
| 93 | Leon | 2,375 |
| 94 | Clifford | 2,363 |
| 95 | Theodore | 2,330 |
| 96 | Lloyd | 2,251 |
| 97 | Edwin | 2,213 |
| 98 | Franklin | 2,205 |
| 99 | Jesse | 2,184 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,164 |