Birth year

Born in 1941? Here's your year in charts

In 1941, the top baby names were Mary and James and a newborn could expect to live 64.8 years.

Top baby names of 1941

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 58,048 babies, 4.8% of girls
  2. 2. Barbara 39,543 babies, 3.3% of girls
  3. 3. Patricia 36,905 babies, 3.1% of girls
  4. 4. Carol 24,187 babies, 2.0% of girls
  5. 5. Linda 23,721 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. James 66,751 babies, 5.4% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 64,247 babies, 5.2% of boys
  3. 3. John 57,520 babies, 4.7% of boys
  4. 4. William 47,798 babies, 3.9% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 39,112 babies, 3.2% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1941 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    64.8 years in 1941, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1941.

$100 in 1941 buys about as much as $2,288.22 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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