Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1941
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 5,653 |
| 2 | Robert | 5,598 |
| 3 | James | 4,392 |
| 4 | William | 4,339 |
| 5 | Richard | 3,321 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,874 |
| 7 | Thomas | 2,650 |
| 8 | Ronald | 2,418 |
| 9 | Charles | 2,347 |
| 10 | David | 2,224 |
| 11 | Edward | 1,793 |
| 12 | George | 1,761 |
| 13 | Donald | 1,748 |
| 14 | Paul | 1,342 |
| 15 | Michael | 1,240 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 1,081 |
| 17 | Frank | 958 |
| 18 | Larry | 956 |
| 19 | Raymond | 889 |
| 20 | Gerald | 829 |
| 21 | Harry | 763 |
| 22 | Gary | 702 |
| 23 | Walter | 682 |
| 24 | Francis | 677 |
| 25 | Daniel | 660 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 629 |
| 27 | Carl | 604 |
| 28 | Albert | 559 |
| 29 | Dennis | 547 |
| 30 | Eugene | 526 |
| 31 | Harold | 506 |
| 32 | Barry | 487 |
| 33 | Lawrence | 486 |
| 34 | Stephen | 475 |
| 35 | Ralph | 441 |
| 36 | Arthur | 440 |
| 37 | Jack | 420 |
| 38 | Louis | 414 |
| 39 | Howard | 413 |
| 40 | Henry | 409 |
| 41 | Samuel | 397 |
| 42 | Fred | 394 |
| 43 | Stanley | 383 |
| 44 | Peter | 363 |
| 45 | Wayne | 340 |
| 46 | Frederick | 333 |
| 47 | Bernard | 320 |
| 47 | Leonard | 320 |
| 49 | Andrew | 308 |
| 50 | Philip | 293 |
| 51 | Jerry | 292 |
| 52 | Dale | 290 |
| 52 | Roger | 290 |
| 54 | Terry | 279 |
| 55 | Norman | 278 |
| 56 | Vincent | 249 |
| 57 | Bruce | 248 |
| 57 | Glenn | 248 |
| 59 | Theodore | 245 |
| 60 | Roy | 241 |
| 61 | Martin | 238 |
| 62 | Earl | 236 |
| 63 | Melvin | 220 |
| 64 | Russell | 215 |
| 65 | Clarence | 209 |
| 66 | Alfred | 204 |
| 67 | Patrick | 201 |
| 68 | Ernest | 198 |
| 69 | Leroy | 193 |
| 70 | Alan | 192 |
| 71 | Lee | 190 |
| 72 | Allen | 187 |
| 73 | Herbert | 185 |
| 74 | Edwin | 183 |
| 75 | Nicholas | 177 |
| 76 | Jay | 169 |
| 77 | Ray | 162 |
| 78 | Jerome | 161 |
| 79 | Franklin | 153 |
| 80 | Mark | 148 |
| 81 | Marvin | 139 |
| 82 | Leon | 134 |
| 83 | Gene | 133 |
| 84 | Warren | 131 |
| 85 | Leo | 128 |
| 86 | Benjamin | 126 |
| 86 | Douglas | 126 |
| 86 | Lloyd | 126 |
| 89 | Harvey | 125 |
| 89 | Timothy | 125 |
| 91 | Clifford | 120 |
| 92 | Steven | 119 |
| 93 | Jeffrey | 118 |
| 94 | Victor | 116 |
| 95 | Lester | 108 |
| 95 | Lewis | 108 |
| 97 | Chester | 104 |
| 98 | Elmer | 99 |
| 99 | Clyde | 97 |
| 99 | Gordon | 97 |