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The most popular names in 1941

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Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #11Carolyn16,273
  12. #12Margaret15,696
  13. #13Joyce15,684
  14. #14Dorothy14,566
  15. #15Sharon14,272
  16. #16Judy13,968
  17. #17Joan13,380
  18. #18Janet11,136
  19. #19Karen10,831
  20. #20Donna10,446
  21. #21Elizabeth10,267
  22. #22Janice10,061
  23. #23Virginia10,043
  24. #24Helen9,887
  25. #25Martha9,156
  26. #26Gloria9,008
  27. #27Susan8,889
  28. #28Ruth8,863
  29. #29Beverly8,727
  30. #30Marilyn8,556
  31. #31Frances8,468
  32. #32Jean7,840
  33. #33Bonnie7,762
  34. #34Alice7,445
  35. #35Phyllis7,346
  36. #36Kathleen7,160
  37. #37Ann7,121
  38. #38Doris7,081
  39. #39Peggy6,561
  40. #40Diane6,427
  41. #41Brenda6,332
  42. #42Marie6,152
  43. #43Lois6,105
  44. #44Elaine5,376
  45. #45Geraldine5,229
  46. #46Jane5,090
  47. #47Norma5,021
  48. #48Carole4,966
  49. #49Rose4,955
  50. #50Evelyn4,928
  51. #51Catherine4,884
  52. #52Patsy4,788
  53. #53Wanda4,735
  54. #54Joanne4,665
  55. #55Charlotte4,564
  56. #56Anna4,432
  57. #57Dolores4,384
  58. #58Joann4,275
  59. #59Annie4,073
  60. #60Sarah3,982
  61. #61Sally3,965
  62. #62Louise3,910
  63. #63Rita3,879
  64. #64Mildred3,846
  65. #65Sylvia3,788
  66. #66Jo3,757
  67. #67Ellen3,664
  68. #68Gail3,609
  69. #69Ruby3,581
  70. #70Kay3,538
  71. #71Marjorie3,517
  72. #72Roberta3,396
  73. #73Jacqueline3,388
  74. #74Irene3,370
  75. #75Sue3,359
  76. #76Darlene3,344
  77. #77Arlene3,291
  78. #78Eleanor3,250
  79. #79Connie3,205
  80. #80Delores3,160
  81. #81Loretta3,100
  82. #82Anne3,096
  83. #83Marlene3,068
  84. #84Juanita3,044
  85. #85Katherine3,004
  86. #86Rebecca2,924
  87. #87Kathryn2,869
  88. #88Julia2,844
  89. #89Edna2,835
  90. #90June2,766
  91. #91Anita2,740
  92. #92Josephine2,726
  93. #93Lorraine2,688
  94. #94Rosemary2,677
  95. #95Theresa2,675
  96. #96Glenda2,643
  97. #97Suzanne2,611
  98. #98Jeanette2,596
  99. #99Emma2,546
  100. #100Diana2,544

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #11Larry20,134
  12. #12Joseph19,808
  13. #13George19,260
  14. #14Jerry16,799
  15. #15Kenneth16,143
  16. #16Michael15,935
  17. #17Edward15,580
  18. #18Paul15,166
  19. #19Gary14,568
  20. #20Gerald10,942
  21. #21Frank10,795
  22. #22Raymond9,951
  23. #23Dennis9,562
  24. #24Harold8,102
  25. #25Roger8,095
  26. #26Walter7,745
  27. #27Billy7,655
  28. #28Henry7,165
  29. #29Carl7,160
  30. #30Joe7,158
  31. #31Daniel7,050
  32. #32Jack6,950
  33. #33Arthur6,739
  34. #34Lawrence6,653
  35. #35Bobby6,589
  36. #36Willie6,526
  37. #37Wayne6,112
  38. #38Ralph6,040
  39. #39Roy5,950
  40. #40Albert5,927
  41. #41Stephen5,811
  42. #42Eugene5,754
  43. #43Fred5,619
  44. #44Peter5,607
  45. #45Jimmy5,336
  46. #46Anthony5,239
  47. #47Howard5,067
  48. #48Harry5,056
  49. #49Norman4,459
  50. #50Louis4,447
  51. #51Bruce4,302
  52. #52Philip4,166
  53. #53Douglas4,146
  54. #54Leonard3,986
  55. #55Johnny3,983
  56. #56Melvin3,951
  57. #57Stanley3,926
  58. #58Earl3,806
  59. #59Dale3,791
  60. #60Francis3,738
  61. #61Ernest3,726
  62. #62Clarence3,671
  63. #63Marvin3,626
  64. #64Terry3,606
  65. #65Samuel3,538
  66. #66Don3,533
  67. #67Leroy3,524
  68. #68Bill3,453
  69. #69Frederick3,288
  70. #70Patrick3,155
  71. #71Tommy3,087
  72. #72Gene3,073
  73. #73Allen3,060
  74. #74Alfred3,052
  75. #75Russell3,032
  76. #76Herbert2,964
  77. #77Phillip2,871
  78. #78Eddie2,850
  79. #79Ronnie2,848
  80. #80Jim2,843
  81. #81Lee2,742
  82. #82Andrew2,708
  83. #83Ray2,695
  84. #84Alan2,624
  85. #85Martin2,605
  86. #86Glenn2,523
  87. #87Bernard2,509
  88. #88Tom2,500
  89. #89Jimmie2,473
  90. #90Steven2,468
  91. #91Barry2,465
  92. #92Gordon2,404
  93. #93Leon2,375
  94. #94Clifford2,363
  95. #95Theodore2,330
  96. #96Lloyd2,252
  97. #97Edwin2,214
  98. #98Franklin2,205
  99. #99Jesse2,184
  100. #100Curtis2,164