Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	63,256
2	Barbara	44,739
3	Patricia	39,465
4	Linda	31,613
5	Carol	30,272
6	Sandra	24,994
7	Judith	24,792
8	Nancy	23,327
9	Betty	21,659
10	Carolyn	19,978
11	Sharon	19,648
12	Shirley	17,750
13	Joyce	16,728
14	Margaret	16,549
15	Judy	15,667
16	Karen	15,387
17	Dorothy	15,037
18	Joan	14,514
19	Janet	13,065
20	Donna	12,987
21	Susan	12,015
22	Elizabeth	11,186
23	Virginia	10,803
24	Kathleen	10,696
25	Janice	10,286
26	Helen	10,016
27	Marilyn	9,906
28	Diane	9,551
29	Martha	9,513
30	Frances	9,471
31	Gloria	9,450
32	Beverly	9,411
33	Ruth	9,315
34	Bonnie	8,823
35	Carole	8,407
36	Jean	8,257
37	Phyllis	7,793
38	Ann	7,666
39	Alice	7,382
40	Brenda	7,241
41	Doris	7,176
42	Peggy	6,580
43	Marie	6,559
44	Lois	6,406
45	Elaine	5,986
46	Jane	5,707
47	Geraldine	5,437
48	Joanne	5,342
49	Catherine	5,267
50	Rose	5,253
51	Charlotte	5,022
52	Norma	4,971
53	Evelyn	4,940
54	Wanda	4,792
55	Rita	4,706
56	Sally	4,655
57	Patsy	4,559
58	Joann	4,506
59	Anna	4,488
60	Gail	4,445
61	Louise	4,343
62	Annie	4,293
63	Dolores	4,267
64	Ellen	4,197
65	Jo	4,175
66	Roberta	4,105
67	Sarah	4,100
68	Diana	3,857
69	Jacqueline	3,831
70	Connie	3,825
71	Mildred	3,808
72	Sylvia	3,728
73	Sue	3,631
74	Marjorie	3,625
75	Kay	3,622
76	Anne	3,526
77	Ruby	3,519
78	Darlene	3,517
79	Loretta	3,406
80	Irene	3,383
81	Katherine	3,376
82	Kathryn	3,350
83	Arlene	3,331
84	Marlene	3,253
85	Rebecca	3,241
86	Delores	3,171
87	Eleanor	3,165
88	Eileen	3,108
89	Glenda	3,089
90	Juanita	3,074
91	Lorraine	3,010
92	Rosemary	3,005
93	Anita	2,998
94	Sheila	2,973
95	Julia	2,906
96	Christine	2,900
97	Maria	2,817
98	Theresa	2,799
99	Edna	2,764
100	Josephine	2,748

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	77,182
2	Robert	71,845
3	John	66,043
4	William	54,890
5	Richard	43,593
6	David	35,905
7	Charles	35,854
8	Thomas	31,100
9	Ronald	27,138
10	Donald	23,955
11	Joseph	22,429
12	Larry	22,099
13	Michael	21,728
14	George	21,275
15	Kenneth	18,210
16	Jerry	17,488
17	Edward	17,470
18	Gary	17,068
19	Paul	16,492
20	Dennis	13,281
21	Frank	12,248
22	Gerald	11,484
23	Douglas	11,233
24	Raymond	11,116
25	Roger	9,174
26	Walter	8,682
27	Harold	8,582
28	Daniel	8,507
29	Arthur	8,027
30	Lawrence	7,639
31	Henry	7,561
32	Stephen	7,503
33	Joe	7,383
34	Jack	7,365
35	Billy	7,313
36	Carl	7,268
37	Willie	7,094
38	Ralph	6,637
39	Peter	6,587
40	Albert	6,496
41	Wayne	6,484
42	Roy	6,311
43	Bobby	6,248
44	Anthony	6,210
45	Eugene	6,092
46	Fred	6,088
47	Jimmy	5,949
48	Harry	5,629
49	Howard	5,571
50	Bruce	5,385
51	Louis	5,151
52	Terry	4,810
53	Norman	4,683
54	Philip	4,604
55	Johnny	4,588
56	Stanley	4,587
57	Leonard	4,370
58	Francis	4,297
59	Samuel	4,190
60	Melvin	4,188
61	Ernest	4,079
62	Earl	4,050
63	Dale	3,863
64	Patrick	3,804
65	Bill	3,794
66	Marvin	3,792
67	Clarence	3,741
68	Frederick	3,738
69	Leroy	3,717
70	Russell	3,676
71	Allen	3,571
72	Don	3,564
73	Tommy	3,532
74	Jim	3,514
75	Steven	3,505
76	Alfred	3,408
77	Phillip	3,373
78	Ronnie	3,363
79	Barry	3,209
80	Andrew	3,142
81	Alan	3,134
82	Gene	3,127
83	Herbert	3,113
84	Ray	3,067
85	Martin	3,045
86	Eddie	3,019
87	Lee	2,923
88	Glenn	2,888
89	Tom	2,875
90	Bernard	2,724
91	Theodore	2,665
92	Gordon	2,606
93	Leon	2,550
94	Jimmie	2,541
95	Clifford	2,533
96	Lloyd	2,462
97	Warren	2,423
98	Curtis	2,420
99	Victor	2,397
100	Jesse	2,396