Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	515
2	Barbara	426
3	Patricia	377
4	Margaret	197
5	Carol	194
6	Joan	184
7	Nancy	177
8	Sandra	173
9	Linda	172
10	Carolyn	167
11	Judith	154
12	Dorothy	152
13	Susan	126
14	Elizabeth	122
15	Betty	119
16	Shirley	114
17	Joyce	113
18	Jean	99
19	Gloria	96
20	Frances	93
21	Kathleen	92
22	Diane	91
22	Janet	91
24	Helen	89
25	Ann	79
26	Catherine	76
27	Carole	74
27	Delores	74
29	Donna	72
30	Virginia	70
31	Sharon	69
32	Anne	68
33	Karen	67
34	Alice	65
34	Judy	65
36	Ruth	64
37	Doris	58
37	Martha	58
39	Peggy	55
40	Katherine	53
41	Beverly	51
42	Jacqueline	50
42	Jane	50
44	Bonnie	49
44	Brenda	49
44	Phyllis	49
47	Marie	48
48	Ellen	45
49	Evelyn	43
50	Elaine	42

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	675
2	Robert	624
3	William	600
4	James	586
5	Charles	340
6	Richard	333
7	Michael	281
8	David	264
9	Thomas	262
10	George	216
11	Joseph	195
12	Ronald	170
13	Paul	146
14	Edward	142
15	Donald	137
16	Kenneth	127
17	Stephen	89
18	Frank	86
19	Lawrence	78
20	Raymond	74
21	Douglas	73
22	Walter	70
23	Arthur	67
24	Albert	65
25	Daniel	62
25	Larry	62
27	Harry	58
28	Ralph	57
29	Gerald	56
29	Henry	56
31	Carl	52
31	Dennis	52
33	Bernard	51
33	Peter	51
35	Gary	50
36	Norman	49
37	Anthony	47
37	Jerry	47
39	Samuel	46
40	Ernest	45
40	Harold	45
40	Melvin	45
43	Eugene	44
43	Roger	44
43	Wayne	44
46	Bruce	41
46	Howard	41
48	Stanley	39
49	Francis	38
49	Martin	38