Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1941
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 6,565 |
| 2 | John | 6,280 |
| 3 | Richard | 4,716 |
| 4 | William | 4,259 |
| 5 | James | 4,179 |
| 6 | Joseph | 3,407 |
| 7 | Thomas | 2,952 |
| 8 | Michael | 2,677 |
| 9 | David | 2,464 |
| 10 | Charles | 2,226 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,064 |
| 12 | Ronald | 1,937 |
| 13 | George | 1,824 |
| 14 | Donald | 1,695 |
| 15 | Paul | 1,599 |
| 16 | Frank | 1,570 |
| 17 | Peter | 1,545 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1,387 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 1,167 |
| 20 | Stephen | 1,115 |
| 21 | Gerald | 968 |
| 22 | Arthur | 945 |
| 23 | Raymond | 910 |
| 24 | Gary | 879 |
| 25 | Lawrence | 875 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Daniel | 843 |
| 27 | Walter | 712 |
| 28 | Dennis | 708 |
| 29 | Vincent | 701 |
| 30 | Philip | 691 |
| 31 | Louis | 673 |
| 32 | Martin | 663 |
| 33 | Harold | 639 |
| 34 | Henry | 633 |
| 35 | Howard | 631 |
| 36 | Bruce | 621 |
| 37 | Roger | 576 |
| 38 | Francis | 570 |
| 39 | Albert | 556 |
| 40 | Alan | 553 |
| 41 | Eugene | 550 |
| 41 | Frederick | 550 |
| 43 | Leonard | 543 |
| 44 | Ralph | 517 |
| 45 | Fred | 501 |
| 46 | Carl | 493 |
| 47 | Stanley | 484 |
| 48 | Patrick | 462 |
| 49 | Larry | 448 |
| 50 | Barry | 437 |
| 51 | Jack | 413 |
| 52 | Steven | 412 |
| 53 | Norman | 411 |
| 54 | Alfred | 378 |
| 55 | Andrew | 370 |
| 56 | Jeffrey | 360 |
| 57 | Bernard | 351 |
| 58 | Douglas | 348 |
| 58 | Harry | 348 |
| 60 | Nicholas | 345 |
| 61 | Jerry | 334 |
| 62 | Joel | 326 |
| 63 | Theodore | 311 |
| 64 | Herbert | 303 |
| 65 | Wayne | 291 |
| 66 | Allen | 289 |
| 67 | Salvatore | 285 |
| 68 | Allan | 278 |
| 69 | Harvey | 269 |
| 70 | Jerome | 261 |
| 71 | Samuel | 250 |
| 72 | Stuart | 249 |
| 73 | Mark | 241 |
| 74 | Ernest | 239 |
| 75 | Roy | 236 |
| 76 | Brian | 235 |
| 77 | Arnold | 233 |
| 78 | Warren | 230 |
| 79 | Victor | 229 |
| 80 | Gerard | 225 |
| 81 | Russell | 219 |
| 82 | Edwin | 218 |
| 83 | Melvin | 203 |
| 84 | Neil | 199 |
| 85 | Lewis | 184 |
| 86 | Gordon | 180 |
| 87 | Timothy | 179 |
| 88 | Jay | 177 |
| 89 | Clifford | 176 |
| 89 | Marvin | 176 |
| 91 | Matthew | 173 |
| 92 | Dominick | 168 |
| 93 | Angelo | 157 |
| 94 | Kevin | 154 |
| 94 | Steve | 154 |
| 96 | Leon | 149 |
| 97 | Alexander | 148 |
| 98 | Christopher | 143 |
| 99 | Ira | 142 |
| 100 | Eric | 141 |