Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Indiana, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,547
2	Linda	1,116
3	Judith	1,109
4	Sharon	1,076
5	Barbara	1,007
6	Patricia	1,000
7	Sandra	908
8	Nancy	886
9	Carolyn	872
10	Carol	802
11	Karen	640
12	Janet	595
13	Judy	589
14	Donna	521
15	Betty	467
16	Shirley	461
17	Joyce	446
18	Marilyn	396
19	Janice	385
20	Beverly	326
21	Susan	325
22	Bonnie	323
23	Phyllis	310
24	Margaret	307
25	Ruth	293
26	Carole	278
27	Martha	275
28	Joan	241
29	Connie	223
30	Dorothy	218
31	Sue	216
32	Virginia	209
33	Kathleen	201
34	Rita	199
35	Elizabeth	198
36	Jane	197
37	Peggy	191
38	Gloria	186
39	Diane	182
40	Rebecca	177
41	Diana	176
42	Wanda	174
43	Norma	167
44	Helen	163
45	Sally	160
46	Brenda	156
47	Jean	154
48	Doris	150
49	Alice	146
50	Lois	145

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,044
2	Robert	1,859
3	John	1,652
4	William	1,451
5	Larry	1,429
6	David	1,410
7	Richard	1,159
8	Ronald	1,016
9	Charles	952
10	Thomas	942
11	Jerry	871
12	Donald	793
13	Michael	780
14	Paul	510
15	Kenneth	488
16	George	439
17	Gary	433
18	Stephen	403
19	Dennis	379
20	Joseph	377
21	Edward	334
21	Jack	334
23	Gerald	326
24	Terry	266
25	Harold	265
26	Daniel	231
26	Raymond	231
28	Roger	230
29	Carl	219
30	Phillip	201
31	Douglas	199
32	Ralph	194
33	Steven	192
34	Frank	186
35	Wayne	184
36	Walter	173
37	Lawrence	165
38	Tom	155
39	Jim	152
40	Dale	149
41	Philip	146
42	Arthur	143
43	Norman	142
44	Fred	139
45	Harry	138
45	Ronnie	138
47	Roy	136
48	Eugene	135
49	Stanley	133
50	Marvin	132