Top baby names in North Carolina, 1942
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,416 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,495 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,356 |
| 4 | Betty | 1,296 |
| 5 | Brenda | 975 |
| 6 | Carolyn | 923 |
| 7 | Patricia | 864 |
| 8 | Shirley | 818 |
| 9 | Nancy | 753 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 689 |
| 11 | Margaret | 646 |
| 12 | Joyce | 630 |
| 13 | Judy | 612 |
| 14 | Annie | 601 |
| 15 | Peggy | 561 |
| 16 | Martha | 552 |
| 17 | Doris | 480 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 465 |
| 19 | Frances | 455 |
| 19 | Sandra | 455 |
| 21 | Helen | 441 |
| 22 | Alice | 384 |
| 23 | Virginia | 347 |
| 24 | Judith | 342 |
| 25 | Carol | 340 |
| 26 | Rebecca | 298 |
| 27 | Sarah | 292 |
| 28 | Patsy | 290 |
| 29 | Ruth | 280 |
| 30 | Janice | 272 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 268 |
| 32 | Gloria | 262 |
| 33 | Sylvia | 259 |
| 34 | Phyllis | 256 |
| 35 | Ann | 252 |
| 36 | Mildred | 251 |
| 36 | Ruby | 251 |
| 38 | Edna | 240 |
| 39 | Jean | 225 |
| 40 | Geraldine | 204 |
| 41 | Lois | 201 |
| 42 | Janet | 195 |
| 43 | Joan | 190 |
| 44 | Emma | 185 |
| 44 | Julia | 185 |
| 46 | Wanda | 184 |
| 47 | Glenda | 181 |
| 48 | Jo | 180 |
| 49 | Jane | 170 |
| 50 | Louise | 163 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 3,620 |
| 2 | William | 2,220 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,723 |
| 4 | John | 1,605 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,343 |
| 6 | Jerry | 845 |
| 7 | Thomas | 825 |
| 8 | Larry | 798 |
| 9 | David | 790 |
| 10 | George | 706 |
| 11 | Richard | 644 |
| 12 | Bobby | 643 |
| 13 | Donald | 590 |
| 14 | Willie | 582 |
| 15 | Billy | 525 |
| 16 | Joseph | 524 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 457 |
| 18 | Jimmy | 455 |
| 19 | Douglas | 445 |
| 20 | Ronald | 427 |
| 21 | Edward | 420 |
| 22 | Johnny | 371 |
| 23 | Paul | 361 |
| 24 | Walter | 346 |
| 25 | Henry | 339 |
| 26 | Joe | 333 |
| 27 | Roy | 324 |
| 28 | Harold | 321 |
| 29 | Clarence | 247 |
| 29 | Samuel | 247 |
| 31 | Frank | 246 |
| 31 | Ralph | 246 |
| 33 | Tommy | 223 |
| 34 | Raymond | 215 |
| 35 | Charlie | 213 |
| 35 | Jack | 213 |
| 37 | Carl | 208 |
| 38 | Wayne | 207 |
| 39 | Ernest | 199 |
| 39 | Fred | 199 |
| 41 | Earl | 192 |
| 41 | Gerald | 192 |
| 43 | Howard | 191 |
| 44 | Michael | 189 |
| 45 | Harry | 188 |
| 46 | Albert | 186 |
| 47 | Arthur | 183 |
| 48 | Roger | 178 |
| 49 | Jesse | 171 |
| 50 | Melvin | 169 |