Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oregon, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	351
2	Sharon	338
3	Linda	323
4	Patricia	288
5	Barbara	269
6	Carol	264
7	Judith	234
8	Karen	221
9	Sandra	217
10	Judy	215
11	Nancy	210
12	Donna	180
13	Janet	172
14	Susan	149
15	Shirley	140
16	Janice	130
17	Kathleen	126
17	Marilyn	126
19	Carolyn	119
20	Betty	110
21	Bonnie	108
22	Joan	107
23	Joyce	106
24	Beverly	102
25	Diane	88
26	Darlene	82
26	Virginia	82
28	Margaret	71
29	Dorothy	68
30	Jean	65
30	Kay	65
32	Carole	63
33	Sally	60
34	Connie	52
35	Elizabeth	51
35	Gloria	51
37	Frances	50
38	Charlotte	49
39	Joanne	48
39	Roberta	48
41	Alice	47
41	Diana	47
41	Phyllis	47
41	Ruth	47
45	Lois	45
46	Helen	40
47	Norma	39
48	Doris	38
48	Gail	38
48	Peggy	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	484
2	James	453
3	John	442
3	Richard	442
5	David	371
6	William	337
7	Gary	318
8	Larry	299
9	Michael	297
10	Ronald	271
11	Donald	235
12	Dennis	216
13	Charles	191
14	Jerry	178
15	Thomas	175
16	Kenneth	166
17	Douglas	134
18	George	123
19	Paul	116
20	Gerald	103
21	Jack	100
22	Roger	95
23	Jim	91
24	Terry	84
25	Daniel	82
26	Bill	77
27	Stephen	76
28	Dale	74
28	Edward	74
28	Frank	74
31	Wayne	73
32	Steven	72
33	Mike	71
34	Raymond	68
35	Harold	67
36	Bruce	64
37	Lawrence	60
38	Joseph	55
39	Fred	54
40	Marvin	52
41	Gordon	49
41	Stanley	49
41	Tom	49
44	Don	48
44	Norman	48
44	Ralph	48
47	Carl	47
48	Arthur	45
49	Gene	42
49	Howard	42