Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1941
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1940.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 66,751 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 64,247 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 57,520 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 47,798 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 39,112 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 32,742 | 0 |
| 7 | David | 30,553 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 26,641 | 0 |
| 9 | Ronald | 24,407 | +1 |
| 10 | Donald | 22,641 | -1 |
| 11 | Larry | 20,134 | +2 |
| 12 | Joseph | 19,808 | 0 |
| 13 | George | 19,260 | -2 |
| 14 | Jerry | 16,799 | 0 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 16,143 | 0 |
| 16 | Michael | 15,935 | +2 |
| 17 | Edward | 15,580 | -1 |
| 18 | Paul | 15,166 | -1 |
| 19 | Gary | 14,568 | 0 |
| 20 | Gerald | 10,942 | +1 |
| 21 | Frank | 10,795 | -1 |
| 22 | Raymond | 9,951 | 0 |
| 23 | Dennis | 9,562 | +1 |
| 24 | Harold | 8,102 | -1 |
| 25 | Roger | 8,095 | +1 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,745 | -1 |
| 27 | Billy | 7,655 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 47 | Howard | 5,067 | -2 |
| 48 | Harry | 5,056 | -1 |
| 49 | Norman | 4,459 | -1 |
| 50 | Louis | 4,447 | 0 |
| 51 | Bruce | 4,302 | +4 |
| 52 | Philip | 4,166 | +8 |
| 53 | Douglas | 4,146 | +3 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,986 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 64 | Terry | 3,606 | +9 |
| 65 | Samuel | 3,538 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.