Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,620
2	Barbara	1,160
3	Betty	943
4	Shirley	794
5	Patricia	722
6	Linda	644
7	Carolyn	638
8	Nancy	609
9	Joyce	600
10	Dorothy	481
11	Margaret	473
12	Sandra	451
13	Brenda	407
14	Frances	404
14	Virginia	404
16	Peggy	333
17	Elizabeth	332
18	Martha	322
19	Doris	315
20	Carol	307
21	Phyllis	303
22	Judith	300
23	Helen	294
24	Judy	288
25	Gloria	283
26	Ruth	249
27	Alice	229
28	Jean	228
29	Joan	214
30	Ann	208
31	Evelyn	194
32	Annie	186
33	Mildred	182
34	Lois	177
34	Patsy	177
36	Rebecca	174
37	Janet	170
38	Ruby	169
39	Charlotte	168
40	Janice	165
41	Sarah	162
42	Bonnie	153
43	Norma	152
44	Jane	141
45	Juanita	140
46	Edith	137
46	Gladys	137
46	Wanda	137
49	Catherine	132
50	Louise	131

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,284
2	William	1,703
3	Robert	1,445
4	John	1,369
5	Charles	1,025
6	Thomas	696
7	Richard	632
8	George	601
9	David	567
10	Donald	449
11	Joseph	435
12	Douglas	430
13	Jerry	365
14	Edward	356
15	Kenneth	345
15	Ronald	345
17	Larry	296
18	Walter	269
19	Paul	259
20	Bobby	248
21	Henry	238
22	Roy	233
23	Raymond	232
24	Harold	225
25	Clarence	219
26	Billy	214
27	Frank	207
27	Roger	207
29	Harry	204
29	Samuel	204
31	Earl	201
31	Willie	201
33	Ralph	195
34	Wayne	186
35	Melvin	182
36	Arthur	171
37	Howard	168
38	Lawrence	164
39	Carl	163
39	Michael	163
41	Ernest	156
42	Fred	155
43	Albert	144
44	Gerald	137
45	Herbert	135
46	Gary	132
47	Daniel	130
48	Charlie	129
49	Joe	125
50	Curtis	124