Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1941

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1941 were Mary for girls (400 babies) and James for boys (585). Social Security records list 14,795 babies born in District of Columbia in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Deborah: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Yvonne: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernestine: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Delores: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Jacqueline: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anne: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marion: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Pamela: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Milton: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maurice: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernard: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Theodore: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 82 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alvin: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 68 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Warren: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Allan: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	400	–	1
2	Barbara	379	–	2
3	Patricia	356	–	3
4	Margaret	171	↑1	12
5	Nancy	156	↑1	8
6	Joan	154	↓2	17
7	Judith	151	↑1	6
8	Sandra	147	↑3	9
9	Carol	142	–	4
10	Carolyn	141	↑11	11
11	Joyce	131	↓4	13
12	Betty	126	↓2	7
13	Linda	121	↑1	5
14	Dorothy	114	↑1	14
15	Elizabeth	113	↓2	21
16	Shirley	110	↓4	10
17	Gloria	102	–	26
18	Virginia	91	↑8	23
19	Susan	90	↑5	27
20	Jean	86	↓4	32
21	Ann	78	↓3	37
22	Ruth	69	↑3	28
23	Janet	67	–	18
24	Helen	66	↓5	24
25	Martha	65	↑3	25
26	Alice	62	↑1	34
27	Frances	60	↓5	31
28	Delores	57	↑4	80
29	Beverly	56	–	29
30	Diane	55	↑14	40
31	Donna	54	↑2	20
32	Doris	54	↓12	38
33	Carole	50	↑5	48
34	Joanne	50	↑11	54
35	Kathleen	50	↑11	36
36	Jacqueline	49	new	73
37	Yvonne	48	↓2	>100
38	Phyllis	47	↓4	35
39	Catherine	46	–	51
40	Judy	46	new	16
41	Marie	44	↑1	42
42	Brenda	43	↓11	41
43	Evelyn	43	↑6	50
44	Jane	42	↓7	46
45	Janice	42	↓5	22
46	Sharon	42	new	15
47	Bonnie	41	↓17	33
48	Lois	40	new	43
49	Anne	39	↓6	82
50	Charlotte	38	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	585	↑2	1
2	John	533	↓1	3
3	Robert	518	↓1	2
4	William	473	–	4
5	Richard	293	↑1	5
6	Charles	269	↓1	6
7	Thomas	236	↑1	8
8	Joseph	193	↑2	12
9	Michael	191	↑3	16
10	David	179	↓1	7
11	George	156	↓4	13
12	Donald	134	↑2	10
13	Ronald	127	–	9
14	Paul	126	↑1	18
15	Edward	116	↓4	17
16	Kenneth	95	–	15
17	Stephen	82	↑5	41
18	Raymond	79	–	22
19	Frank	77	↓2	21
20	Harry	68	↑8	48
21	Lawrence	66	↓1	34
22	Walter	66	↓3	26
23	Henry	63	↑10	28
24	Gerald	58	↓3	20
25	Arthur	56	↓1	33
26	Larry	55	↑8	11
27	Carl	52	↑4	29
28	Daniel	50	↓5	31
29	Peter	49	↓4	44
30	Albert	48	↑10	40
31	Eugene	48	↑4	42
32	Francis	45	↓6	60
33	Harold	43	↓1	24
34	Dennis	39	↑4	23
35	Samuel	39	↑7	65
36	Wayne	39	new	37
37	Bernard	38	↑10	87
38	Frederick	37	↑10	69
39	Norman	37	new	49
40	Howard	36	new	47
41	Theodore	36	new	95
42	Gary	35	new	19
43	Anthony	33	↓6	46
44	Melvin	33	↑1	56
45	Earl	32	↓1	58
46	Herbert	32	new	76
47	Louis	32	↓20	50
48	Stanley	32	↓9	57
49	Alfred	31	new	74
50	Douglas	31	↓7	53

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