Most Popular Baby Names of 1942
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Linda | +1 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | -1 |
| 6 | David | +1 | 6 | Sandra | +3 |
| 7 | Charles | -1 | 7 | Judith | -1 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Nancy | 0 |
| 9 | Ronald | 0 | 9 | Betty | -2 |
| 10 | Donald | 0 | 10 | Carolyn | +1 |
| 11 | Joseph | +1 | 11 | Sharon | +4 |
| 12 | Larry | -1 | 12 | Shirley | -2 |
| 13 | Michael | +3 | 13 | Joyce | 0 |
| 14 | George | -1 | 14 | Margaret | -2 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Judy | +1 |
| 16 | Jerry | -2 | 16 | Karen | +3 |
| 17 | Edward | 0 | 17 | Dorothy | -3 |
| 18 | Gary | +1 | 18 | Joan | -1 |
| 19 | Paul | -1 | 19 | Janet | -1 |
| 20 | Dennis | +3 | 20 | Donna | 0 |
| 21 | Frank | 0 | 21 | Susan | +6 |
| 22 | Gerald | -2 | 22 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 23 | Douglas | +29 | 23 | Virginia | 0 |
| 24 | Raymond | -2 | 24 | Kathleen | +12 |
| 25 | Roger | 0 | 25 | Janice | -3 |
| 26 | Walter | 0 | 26 | Helen | -2 |
| 27 | Harold | -3 | 27 | Marilyn | +3 |
| 28 | Daniel | +3 | 28 | Diane | +12 |
| 29 | Arthur | +4 | 29 | Martha | -4 |
| 30 | Lawrence | +4 | 30 | Frances | +1 |
| 31 | Henry | -3 | 31 | Gloria | -5 |
| 32 | Stephen | +9 | 32 | Beverly | -3 |
| 33 | Joe | -3 | 33 | Ruth | -5 |
| 34 | Jack | -2 | 34 | Bonnie | -1 |
| 35 | Billy | -8 | 35 | Carole | +13 |
| 36 | Carl | -7 | 36 | Jean | -4 |
| 37 | Willie | -1 | 37 | Phyllis | -2 |
| 38 | Ralph | 0 | 38 | Ann | -1 |
| 39 | Peter | +5 | 39 | Alice | -5 |
| 40 | Albert | 0 | 40 | Brenda | +1 |
| 41 | Wayne | -4 | 41 | Doris | -3 |
| 42 | Roy | -3 | 42 | Peggy | -3 |
| 43 | Bobby | -8 | 43 | Marie | -1 |
| 44 | Anthony | +2 | 44 | Lois | -1 |
| 45 | Fred | -2 | 45 | Elaine | -1 |
| 46 | Eugene | -4 | 46 | Jane | 0 |
| 47 | Jimmy | -2 | 47 | Geraldine | -2 |
| 48 | Harry | 0 | 48 | Joanne | +6 |
| 49 | Howard | -2 | 49 | Catherine | +2 |
| 50 | Bruce | +1 | 50 | Rose | -1 |
| 51 | Louis | -1 | 51 | Charlotte | +4 |
| 52 | Terry | +12 | 52 | Norma | -5 |
| 53 | Norman | -4 | 53 | Evelyn | -3 |
| 54 | Johnny | 0 | 54 | Wanda | -1 |
| 55 | Philip | -2 | 55 | Rita | +8 |
| 56 | Stanley | +1 | 56 | Sally | +5 |
| 57 | Leonard | -2 | 57 | Patsy | -5 |
| 58 | Francis | +2 | 58 | Joann | 0 |
| 59 | Melvin | -3 | 59 | Anna | -3 |
| 60 | Samuel | +5 | 60 | Gail | +8 |
| 61 | Ernest | 0 | 61 | Louise | +1 |
| 62 | Earl | -4 | 62 | Annie | -3 |
| 63 | Dale | -4 | 63 | Dolores | -6 |
| 64 | Patrick | +6 | 64 | Ellen | +3 |
| 65 | Marvin | -2 | 65 | Jo | +1 |
| 66 | Bill | +2 | 66 | Roberta | +6 |
| 67 | Clarence | -5 | 67 | Sarah | -7 |
| 68 | Frederick | +1 | 68 | Diana | +32 |
| 69 | Leroy | -2 | 69 | Jacqueline | +4 |
| 70 | Russell | +5 | 70 | Connie | +9 |
| 71 | Allen | +2 | 71 | Mildred | -7 |
| 72 | Don | -6 | 72 | Sylvia | -7 |
| 73 | Tommy | -2 | 73 | Sue | +2 |
| 74 | Jim | +6 | 74 | Marjorie | -3 |
| 75 | Steven | +14 | 75 | Kay | -5 |
| 76 | Alfred | -2 | 76 | Anne | +6 |
| 77 | Phillip | 0 | 77 | Darlene | -1 |
| 78 | Ronnie | 0 | 78 | Ruby | -9 |
| 79 | Barry | +12 | 79 | Loretta | +2 |
| 80 | Andrew | +2 | 80 | Irene | -6 |
| 81 | Alan | +3 | 81 | Katherine | +4 |
| 82 | Gene | -10 | 82 | Kathryn | +5 |
| 83 | Herbert | -7 | 83 | Arlene | -6 |
| 84 | Ray | -1 | 84 | Marlene | -1 |
| 85 | Martin | 0 | 85 | Rebecca | +1 |
| 86 | Eddie | -7 | 86 | Delores | -6 |
| 87 | Lee | -6 | 87 | Eleanor | -9 |
| 88 | Glenn | -2 | 88 | Eileen | +33 |
| 89 | Tom | -1 | 89 | Glenda | +7 |
| 90 | Bernard | -3 | 90 | Juanita | -6 |
| 91 | Theodore | +4 | 91 | Lorraine | +2 |
| 92 | Gordon | 0 | 92 | Rosemary | +2 |
| 93 | Leon | 0 | 93 | Anita | -2 |
| 94 | Jimmie | -4 | 94 | Sheila | +16 |
| 95 | Clifford | -1 | 95 | Julia | -7 |
| 96 | Lloyd | 0 | 96 | Christine | +6 |
| 97 | Warren | +8 | 97 | Maria | +4 |
| 98 | Curtis | +2 | 98 | Theresa | -3 |
| 99 | Jesse | 0 | 99 | Edna | -10 |
| 100 | Victor | +18 | 100 | Josephine | -8 |