100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1942

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 77,173
2 Robert 0 71,835
3 John 0 66,027
4 William 0 54,879
5 Richard 0 43,583
6 David +1 35,891
7 Charles -1 35,845
8 Thomas 0 31,099
9 Ronald 0 27,134
10 Donald 0 23,951
11 Joseph +1 22,421
12 Larry -1 22,098
13 Michael +3 21,726
14 George -1 21,273
15 Kenneth 0 18,205
16 Jerry -2 17,480
17 Edward 0 17,465
18 Gary +1 17,067
19 Paul -1 16,486
20 Dennis +3 13,282
21 Frank 0 12,245
22 Gerald -2 11,477
23 Douglas +30 11,231
24 Raymond -2 11,111
25 Roger 0 9,173
26 Walter 0 8,677
27 Harold -3 8,582
28 Daniel +3 8,506
29 Arthur +4 8,026
30 Lawrence +4 7,638
31 Henry -3 7,563
32 Stephen +9 7,503
33 Joe -3 7,382
34 Jack -2 7,360
35 Billy -8 7,307
36 Carl -7 7,266
37 Willie -1 7,091
38 Ralph 0 6,635
39 Peter +5 6,586
40 Albert 0 6,494
41 Wayne -4 6,481
42 Roy -3 6,304
43 Bobby -8 6,248
44 Anthony +2 6,210
45 Eugene -3 6,090
46 Fred -3 6,087
47 Jimmy -2 5,948
48 Harry 0 5,626
49 Howard -2 5,567
50 Bruce +1 5,383
51 Louis -1 5,153
52 Terry +12 4,811
53 Norman -4 4,680
54 Philip -2 4,601
55 Johnny -1 4,585
56 Stanley +1 4,585
57 Leonard -2 4,371
58 Francis +2 4,296
59 Samuel +6 4,195
60 Melvin -4 4,183
61 Ernest 0 4,078
62 Earl -4 4,047
63 Dale -4 3,865
64 Patrick +6 3,802
65 Bill +3 3,792
66 Marvin -3 3,792
67 Clarence -5 3,738
68 Frederick +1 3,737
69 Leroy -2 3,720
70 Russell +5 3,673
71 Allen +2 3,571
72 Don -6 3,565
73 Tommy -2 3,529
74 Jim +6 3,515
75 Steven +15 3,504
76 Alfred -2 3,405
77 Phillip 0 3,376
78 Ronnie +1 3,362
79 Barry +12 3,207
80 Andrew +2 3,143
81 Alan +3 3,136
82 Gene -10 3,127
83 Herbert -7 3,110
84 Ray -1 3,064
85 Martin 0 3,046
86 Eddie -8 3,018
87 Lee -6 2,923
88 Glenn -2 2,887
89 Tom -1 2,876
90 Bernard -3 2,723
91 Theodore +4 2,663
92 Gordon 0 2,606
93 Leon 0 2,548
94 Jimmie -5 2,541
95 Clifford -1 2,532
96 Lloyd 0 2,461
97 Warren +8 2,424
98 Curtis +2 2,418
99 Victor +19 2,395
100 Jesse -1 2,393
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 63,249
2 Barbara 0 44,734
3 Patricia 0 39,454
4 Linda +1 31,611
5 Carol -1 30,271
6 Sandra +3 24,993
7 Judith -1 24,790
8 Nancy 0 23,325
9 Betty -2 21,654
10 Carolyn +1 19,978
11 Sharon +4 19,647
12 Shirley -2 17,745
13 Joyce 0 16,726
14 Margaret -2 16,551
15 Judy +1 15,668
16 Karen +3 15,385
17 Dorothy -3 15,032
18 Joan -1 14,513
19 Janet -1 13,060
20 Donna 0 12,985
21 Susan +6 12,016
22 Elizabeth -1 11,182
23 Virginia 0 10,804
24 Kathleen +12 10,694
25 Janice -3 10,282
26 Helen -2 10,015
27 Marilyn +3 9,906
28 Diane +12 9,552
29 Martha -4 9,510
30 Frances +1 9,470
31 Gloria -5 9,446
32 Beverly -3 9,408
33 Ruth -5 9,315
34 Bonnie -1 8,821
35 Carole +13 8,409
36 Jean -4 8,254
37 Phyllis -2 7,791
38 Ann -1 7,667
39 Alice -5 7,379
40 Brenda +1 7,238
41 Doris -3 7,178
42 Peggy -3 6,578
43 Marie -1 6,556
44 Lois -1 6,404
45 Elaine -1 5,984
46 Jane 0 5,707
47 Geraldine -2 5,436
48 Joanne +6 5,342
49 Catherine +2 5,267
50 Rose -1 5,251
51 Charlotte +4 5,021
52 Norma -5 4,968
53 Evelyn -3 4,939
54 Wanda -1 4,791
55 Rita +8 4,705
56 Sally +5 4,655
57 Patsy -5 4,559
58 Joann 0 4,504
59 Anna -3 4,487
60 Gail +8 4,444
61 Louise +1 4,339
62 Annie -3 4,291
63 Dolores -6 4,269
64 Ellen +3 4,194
65 Jo +1 4,175
66 Roberta +6 4,105
67 Sarah -7 4,102
68 Diana +32 3,857
69 Jacqueline +4 3,831
70 Connie +9 3,821
71 Mildred -7 3,810
72 Sylvia -7 3,728
73 Sue +2 3,630
74 Marjorie -3 3,625
75 Kay -5 3,623
76 Anne +6 3,524
77 Ruby -8 3,519
78 Darlene -2 3,515
79 Loretta +2 3,406
80 Irene -6 3,381
81 Katherine +4 3,377
82 Kathryn +5 3,351
83 Arlene -6 3,332
84 Marlene -1 3,253
85 Rebecca +1 3,241
86 Delores -6 3,173
87 Eleanor -9 3,165
88 Eileen +33 3,105
89 Glenda +7 3,090
90 Juanita -6 3,077
91 Lorraine +2 3,010
92 Rosemary +2 3,002
93 Anita -2 2,998
94 Sheila +16 2,973
95 Julia -7 2,904
96 Christine +5 2,901
97 Maria +5 2,817
98 Theresa -3 2,799
99 Edna -10 2,762
100 Josephine -8 2,746