Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,461
2	Mary	2,440
3	Barbara	2,212
4	Patricia	2,155
5	Sharon	1,828
6	Carol	1,672
7	Sandra	1,330
8	Nancy	1,259
9	Judith	1,224
10	Judy	1,119
11	Karen	1,063
12	Susan	1,058
13	Donna	1,007
14	Carolyn	996
15	Diane	931
16	Joan	764
17	Margaret	750
18	Kathleen	745
19	Shirley	737
20	Betty	669
21	Janet	665
22	Marilyn	653
23	Virginia	616
24	Carole	596
25	Joyce	592
26	Gloria	567
27	Janice	562
28	Bonnie	540
29	Beverly	483
30	Helen	468
31	Dorothy	461
32	Frances	459
33	Diana	444
34	Elizabeth	403
35	Alice	360
36	Jean	356
37	Joanne	344
38	Dolores	330
38	Ruth	330
40	Ann	326
41	Darlene	324
42	Martha	321
43	Phyllis	316
44	Sally	310
45	Pamela	301
46	Marie	296
47	Roberta	292
48	Irene	288
49	Gail	278
50	Connie	269

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,019
2	John	3,422
3	James	3,273
4	Richard	2,951
5	William	2,540
6	David	2,304
7	Michael	1,959
8	Gary	1,793
9	Ronald	1,740
10	Charles	1,427
11	Thomas	1,282
12	Donald	1,260
13	Larry	1,258
14	Dennis	1,241
15	Kenneth	1,029
16	George	990
17	Jerry	875
18	Frank	800
19	Paul	776
20	Edward	716
21	Douglas	706
22	Stephen	639
23	Raymond	611
24	Joseph	574
25	Jack	543
26	Daniel	529
27	Gerald	523
28	Joe	487
29	Jim	485
30	Roger	484
31	Bill	480
32	Fred	423
33	Lawrence	408
34	Arthur	407
35	Bruce	390
35	Peter	390
37	Steven	385
38	Mike	380
39	Walter	370
40	Bob	360
40	Wayne	360
42	Harold	352
43	Don	345
44	Carl	341
44	Tom	341
46	Ralph	329
47	Terry	315
48	Anthony	309
49	Stanley	308
50	Albert	307