Most Popular Baby Names of 1942
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 101 | Vincent | +3 | 101 | Cynthia | +11 |
| 102 | Steve | +10 | 102 | Maureen | +27 |
| 103 | Franklin | -5 | 103 | Suzanne | -6 |
| 104 | Jerome | -3 | 104 | Jeanette | -6 |
| 105 | Mike | +6 | 105 | Marcia | 0 |
| 106 | Edwin | -9 | 106 | Pamela | +49 |
| 107 | Timothy | +14 | 107 | June | -17 |
| 108 | Harvey | -2 | 108 | Emma | -9 |
| 109 | Danny | +11 | 109 | Dianne | +36 |
| 110 | Clyde | +3 | 110 | Florence | -3 |
| 111 | Bob | -8 | 111 | Lillian | -7 |
| 112 | Lewis | -4 | 112 | Pauline | -3 |
| 113 | Floyd | -11 | 113 | Wilma | -7 |
| 114 | Vernon | -5 | 114 | Edith | -11 |
| 115 | Alvin | -8 | 115 | Laura | -1 |
| 116 | Jeffrey | +18 | 116 | Constance | -1 |
| 117 | Mark | +5 | 117 | Charlene | +9 |
| 118 | Charlie | -3 | 118 | Lucille | +1 |
| 119 | Jackie | -9 | 119 | Jeanne | +6 |
| 120 | Leo | -4 | 120 | Audrey | -3 |
| 121 | Keith | -2 | 121 | Clara | -10 |
| 122 | Rodney | +5 | 122 | Thelma | -14 |
| 123 | Herman | -9 | 123 | Georgia | +4 |
| 124 | Allan | +11 | 124 | Ethel | -8 |
| 125 | Jon | +3 | 125 | Vivian | -12 |
| 126 | Lester | 0 | 126 | Margie | -4 |
| 127 | Leslie | -2 | 127 | Gladys | -9 |
| 128 | Gilbert | -11 | 128 | Sara | -4 |
| 129 | Benjamin | -5 | 129 | Grace | -6 |
| 130 | Arnold | -7 | 130 | Marion | 0 |
| 131 | Cecil | +2 | 131 | Yvonne | -11 |
| 132 | Duane | -3 | 132 | Lynda | +21 |
| 133 | Jay | +4 | 133 | Willie | +3 |
| 134 | Joel | +8 | 134 | Annette | -6 |
| 135 | Darrell | -5 | 135 | Priscilla | -3 |
| 136 | Calvin | -4 | 136 | Paula | +15 |
| 137 | Johnnie | -6 | 137 | Bernice | -4 |
| 138 | Chester | -2 | 138 | Maryann | +9 |
| 139 | Brian | +14 | 139 | Hazel | -8 |
| 140 | Freddie | -1 | 140 | Eva | -5 |
| 141 | Milton | -1 | 141 | Marian | +1 |
| 142 | Nicholas | +4 | 142 | Esther | -4 |
| 143 | Roland | +1 | 143 | Billie | +6 |
| 144 | Glen | -6 | 144 | Pat | -10 |
| 145 | Tony | 0 | 145 | Sherry | +27 |
| 146 | Lynn | -5 | 146 | Beatrice | -3 |
| 147 | Dan | +5 | 147 | Bertha | -7 |
| 148 | Lonnie | -1 | 148 | Maxine | -9 |
| 149 | Claude | +1 | 149 | Lynn | +22 |
| 150 | Jose | -1 | 150 | Lillie | -6 |
| 151 | Manuel | +3 | 151 | Bobbie | -5 |
| 152 | Sam | -1 | 152 | Ella | -11 |
| 153 | Dean | -10 | 153 | Ida | -5 |
| 154 | Wesley | +4 | 154 | Joy | -4 |
| 155 | Hugh | +5 | 155 | Rosa | -1 |
| 156 | Ted | +1 | 156 | Marsha | +47 |
| 157 | Wallace | -2 | 157 | Julie | +12 |
| 158 | Elmer | -10 | 158 | Rosalie | -6 |
| 159 | Willard | 0 | 159 | Kathy | +40 |
| 160 | Neil | +1 | 160 | Deanna | -23 |
| 161 | Edgar | +6 | 161 | Minnie | +5 |
| 162 | Everett | +4 | 162 | Harriet | -4 |
| 163 | Marion | +2 | 163 | Rachel | -4 |
| 164 | Dave | +12 | 164 | Emily | -2 |
| 165 | Gregory | +17 | 165 | Alma | -2 |
| 166 | Maurice | -3 | 166 | Jessie | -1 |
| 167 | Jessie | -5 | 167 | Elsie | -10 |
| 168 | Sidney | +4 | 168 | Caroline | +6 |
| 169 | Virgil | +1 | 169 | Gwendolyn | +1 |
| 170 | Max | -1 | 170 | Victoria | +46 |
| 171 | Stuart | +2 | 171 | Claudia | +14 |
| 172 | Oscar | -8 | 172 | Mattie | -8 |
| 173 | Marshall | +1 | 173 | Lucy | -17 |
| 174 | Morris | +1 | 174 | Vera | -6 |
| 175 | Craig | +61 | 175 | Faye | -15 |
| 176 | Lyle | -8 | 176 | Bessie | -3 |
| 177 | Bennie | +3 | 177 | Veronica | +33 |
| 178 | Lowell | 0 | 178 | Madeline | +23 |
| 179 | Benny | +2 | 179 | Rosemarie | -4 |
| 180 | Karl | -3 | 180 | Lynne | +20 |
| 181 | Nelson | +5 | 181 | Jackie | -2 |
| 182 | Eric | +17 | 182 | Marianne | +1 |
| 183 | Alexander | +1 | 183 | Nellie | -16 |
| 184 | Luther | -5 | 184 | Gayle | +3 |
| 185 | Dick | -14 | 185 | Carrie | -3 |
| 186 | Ben | +4 | 186 | Patty | -10 |
| 187 | Nathaniel | -4 | 187 | Agnes | -9 |
| 188 | Mack | +88 | 188 | Stella | -4 |
| 189 | Matthew | +9 | 189 | Rosie | -12 |
| 190 | Wendell | -34 | 190 | Myrna | -29 |
| 191 | Donnie | -4 | 191 | Pearl | +21 |
| 192 | Earnest | -7 | 192 | Johnnie | 0 |
| 193 | Sammy | +15 | 193 | Dixie | -13 |
| 194 | Gerard | +6 | 194 | Leona | -4 |
| 195 | Christopher | +19 | 195 | Jeannette | +3 |
| 196 | Guy | -4 | 196 | Vicki | +78 |
| 197 | Clifton | +6 | 197 | Velma | -9 |
| 198 | Delbert | -7 | 198 | Geneva | -17 |
| 199 | Hubert | -2 | 199 | Claire | -3 |
| 200 | Fredrick | -4 | 200 | Angela | +14 |