Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	820
2	Barbara	718
3	Mary	581
4	Carol	576
5	Judith	458
6	Joan	411
7	Sandra	380
8	Linda	366
9	Nancy	344
10	Susan	276
11	Elizabeth	239
12	Margaret	235
13	Kathleen	194
14	Diane	192
15	Beverly	185
15	Carolyn	185
15	Joyce	185
18	Gail	172
19	Ann	166
19	Elaine	166
21	Donna	164
22	Janet	161
22	Karen	161
24	Dorothy	159
25	Jean	158
26	Marie	144
27	Virginia	141
28	Carole	140
29	Marilyn	137
30	Joanne	136
31	Frances	131
31	Sharon	131
33	Lorraine	116
34	Shirley	115
35	Ruth	112
36	Helen	103
37	Janice	102
38	Maureen	101
39	Geraldine	98
40	Catherine	97
41	Jane	96
42	Dolores	95
42	Phyllis	95
44	Cynthia	94
44	Jacqueline	94
46	Anne	92
47	Gloria	91
48	Betty	89
49	Sheila	87
50	Ellen	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,241
2	John	1,138
3	Richard	966
4	William	854
5	James	719
6	Joseph	562
7	Thomas	558
8	David	530
9	Edward	429
10	Michael	390
11	George	362
11	Ronald	362
13	Charles	353
14	Paul	315
15	Peter	300
16	Donald	293
17	Raymond	256
18	Frank	251
19	Anthony	224
20	Kenneth	202
21	Arthur	174
22	Stephen	164
22	Walter	164
24	Francis	152
25	Daniel	146
26	Philip	142
27	Gerald	134
28	Dennis	130
29	Gary	127
30	Roger	125
31	Albert	120
32	Louis	117
33	Bruce	113
34	Lawrence	111
35	Henry	105
36	Frederick	104
37	Ralph	100
38	Fred	98
39	Douglas	93
40	Carl	92
41	Vincent	89
42	Harold	82
43	Andrew	81
43	Stanley	81
45	Alan	72
45	Norman	72
47	Howard	70
47	Russell	70
49	Eugene	68
50	Alfred	66