Year rank 1941

Names picked for kids in 1941

For a girl

1. mary

58045

2. barbara

39542

3. patricia

36903

4. carol

24185

5. linda

23722

6. judith

23318

7. betty

20906

8. nancy

20885

9. sandra

19498

10. shirley

16955

11. carolyn

16273

12. margaret

15695

13. joyce

15683

14. dorothy

14567

15. sharon

14269

16. judy

13967

17. joan

13381

18. janet

11138

19. karen

10831

20. donna

10446

21. elizabeth

10267

22. janice

10062

23. virginia

10042

24. helen

9886

25. martha

9157

26. gloria

9008

27. susan

8888

28. ruth

8863

29. beverly

8727

30. marilyn

8557

31. frances

8467

32. jean

7840

33. bonnie

7761

34. alice

7446

35. phyllis

7346

36. kathleen

7160

37. ann

7122

38. doris

7079

39. peggy

6561

40. diane

6426

41. brenda

6331

42. marie

6153

43. lois

6106

44. elaine

5378

45. geraldine

5227

46. jane

5089

47. norma

5021

48. carole

4966

49. rose

4954

50. evelyn

4930

51. catherine

4884

52. patsy

4789

53. wanda

4735

54. joanne

4665

55. charlotte

4564

56. anna

4432

57. dolores

4385

58. joann

4275

59. annie

4074

60. sarah

3982

61. sally

3964

62. louise

3911

63. rita

3879

64. mildred

3848

65. sylvia

3787

66. jo

3756

67. ellen

3664

68. gail

3609

69. ruby

3581

70. kay

3537

71. marjorie

3517

72. roberta

3396

73. jacqueline

3388

74. irene

3370

75. sue

3358

76. darlene

3345

77. arlene

3291

78. eleanor

3249

79. connie

3205

80. delores

3159

81. loretta

3100

82. anne

3097

83. marlene

3068

84. juanita

3044

85. katherine

3004

86. rebecca

2924

87. kathryn

2868

88. julia

2845

89. edna

2834

90. june

2766

91. anita

2741

92. josephine

2727

93. lorraine

2688

94. rosemary

2677

95. theresa

2674

96. glenda

2643

97. suzanne

2611

98. jeanette

2596

99. emma

2546

100. diana

2544

For a boy

1. james

66746

2. robert

64243

3. john

57517

4. william

47793

5. richard

39109

6. charles

32741

7. david

30550

8. thomas

26642

9. ronald

24406

10. donald

22639

11. larry

20133

12. joseph

19807

13. george

19259

14. jerry

16798

15. kenneth

16140

16. michael

15932

17. edward

15580

18. paul

15166

19. gary

14568

20. gerald

10941

21. frank

10793

22. raymond

9948

23. dennis

9561

24. harold

8103

25. roger

8094

26. walter

7748

27. billy

7656

28. henry

7165

29. carl

7161

30. joe

7158

31. daniel

7050

32. jack

6950

33. arthur

6738

34. lawrence

6652

35. bobby

6588

36. willie

6529

37. wayne

6110

38. ralph

6040

39. roy

5947

40. albert

5927

41. stephen

5810

42. eugene

5755

43. fred

5618

44. peter

5607

45. jimmy

5336

46. anthony

5239

47. howard

5068

48. harry

5056

49. norman

4458

50. louis

4445

51. bruce

4302

52. philip

4166

53. douglas

4147

54. leonard

3984

55. johnny

3984

56. melvin

3952

57. stanley

3926

58. earl

3803

59. dale

3789

60. francis

3738

61. ernest

3725

62. clarence

3671

63. marvin

3626

64. terry

3606

65. samuel

3536

66. don

3533

67. leroy

3522

68. bill

3453

69. frederick

3287

70. patrick

3155

71. tommy

3087

72. gene

3073

73. allen

3060

74. alfred

3052

75. russell

3032

76. herbert

2964

77. phillip

2870

78. eddie

2849

79. ronnie

2848

80. jim

2843

81. lee

2743

82. andrew

2708

83. ray

2695

84. alan

2624

85. martin

2605

86. glenn

2523

87. bernard

2509

88. tom

2500

89. jimmie

2473

90. steven

2467

91. barry

2464

92. gordon

2403

93. leon

2374

94. clifford

2363

95. theodore

2331

96. lloyd

2252

97. edwin

2213

98. franklin

2205

99. jesse

2185

100. curtis

2164