Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,946
2	Patricia	4,345
3	Mary	4,171
4	Carol	3,837
5	Linda	2,601
6	Joan	2,525
7	Judith	2,264
8	Susan	1,965
9	Sandra	1,784
10	Nancy	1,778
11	Margaret	1,756
12	Kathleen	1,482
13	Elizabeth	1,363
14	Diane	1,285
15	Joyce	1,274
16	Marie	1,164
17	Sharon	1,131
18	Ann	1,124
19	Marilyn	1,104
20	Karen	1,071
21	Dorothy	1,067
22	Frances	1,022
23	Janet	1,008
24	Carole	1,007
25	Carolyn	990
26	Helen	938
27	Virginia	934
28	Jean	916
29	Elaine	884
30	Eileen	868
31	Phyllis	851
32	Donna	834
33	Ellen	817
34	Catherine	815
35	Gail	799
36	Gloria	759
37	Maureen	747
38	Rose	703
39	Beverly	702
40	Jane	662
41	Joanne	658
42	Ruth	648
43	Arlene	634
44	Judy	626
45	Anne	623
46	Dolores	615
46	Geraldine	615
48	Betty	613
49	Lorraine	601
50	Alice	595

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	7,664
2	John	7,265
3	Richard	5,371
4	William	5,048
5	James	4,975
6	Joseph	3,980
7	Thomas	3,433
8	Michael	3,397
9	David	3,089
10	Charles	2,521
11	Edward	2,313
12	Ronald	2,212
13	George	2,183
14	Peter	1,846
15	Paul	1,836
16	Frank	1,822
17	Donald	1,749
18	Anthony	1,670
19	Kenneth	1,497
20	Stephen	1,329
21	Arthur	1,175
22	Gary	1,101
23	Daniel	1,060
24	Dennis	1,034
25	Gerald	1,027
26	Lawrence	1,025
27	Raymond	1,012
28	Douglas	868
29	Walter	841
30	Bruce	812
31	Louis	799
32	Philip	796
32	Vincent	796
34	Howard	755
34	Martin	755
36	Steven	727
37	Roger	719
38	Alan	716
39	Henry	675
40	Francis	660
41	Frederick	648
42	Ralph	632
43	Harold	617
44	Carl	597
44	Stanley	597
46	Leonard	596
47	Albert	586
48	Fred	579
49	Barry	566
50	Eugene	554