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Baby Names from 1941

2,436,425 registered births | 1,228,300 boys | 1,208,125 girls

← 1940 1940s Overview 1942 →

Top 10 Baby Names of 1941

Top 10 Boy Names

1 James
66,752 births
2 Robert
64,247 births
3 John
57,519 births
4 William
47,797 births
5 Richard
39,111 births
6 Charles
32,739 births
7 David
30,553 births
8 Thomas
26,643 births
9 Ronald
24,407 births
10 Donald
22,640 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
58,049 births
2 Barbara
39,543 births
3 Patricia
36,904 births
4 Carol
24,187 births
5 Linda
23,721 births
6 Judith
23,318 births
7 Betty
20,904 births
8 Nancy
20,883 births
9 Sandra
19,498 births
10 Shirley
16,955 births

Top Unisex Names of 1941

Willie
6,528 boys 1,860 girls
Terry
3,606 boys 444 girls
Lee
2,744 boys 520 girls
Jackie
1,966 boys 1,094 girls
Marion
1,025 boys 1,986 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1941

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Pamela
#251 → #155 (+96)
G Kathy
#256 → #199 (+57)
B Eric
#249 → #199 (+50)

New to the Top 200 in 1941

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Pamela #155 Sherry #172 Marianne #182 Eric #199 Kathy #199 Gerard #200 Lynne #200
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