Most Popular Baby Names in 1942

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	James	77,180
2	Robert	71,841
3	John	66,041
4	William	54,891
5	Richard	43,592
6	David	35,905
7	Charles	35,855
8	Thomas	31,097
9	Ronald	27,136
10	Donald	23,956
11	Joseph	22,429
12	Larry	22,099
13	Michael	21,728
14	George	21,275
15	Kenneth	18,210
16	Jerry	17,487
17	Edward	17,469
18	Gary	17,067
19	Paul	16,493
20	Dennis	13,281
21	Frank	12,248
22	Gerald	11,483
23	Douglas	11,234
24	Raymond	11,116
25	Roger	9,174
26	Walter	8,681
27	Harold	8,582
28	Daniel	8,507
29	Arthur	8,028
30	Lawrence	7,639
31	Henry	7,562
32	Stephen	7,503
33	Joe	7,383
34	Jack	7,365
35	Billy	7,314
36	Carl	7,267
37	Willie	7,092
38	Ralph	6,635
39	Peter	6,587
40	Albert	6,496
41	Wayne	6,484
42	Roy	6,311
43	Bobby	6,249
44	Anthony	6,210
45	Eugene	6,091
46	Fred	6,088
47	Jimmy	5,948
48	Harry	5,629
49	Howard	5,570
50	Bruce	5,385

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	63,255
2	Barbara	44,739
3	Patricia	39,464
4	Linda	31,614
5	Carol	30,271
6	Sandra	24,993
7	Judith	24,792
8	Nancy	23,328
9	Betty	21,659
10	Carolyn	19,977
11	Sharon	19,648
12	Shirley	17,749
13	Joyce	16,728
14	Margaret	16,548
15	Judy	15,667
16	Karen	15,386
17	Dorothy	15,035
18	Joan	14,514
19	Janet	13,064
20	Donna	12,986
21	Susan	12,015
22	Elizabeth	11,185
23	Virginia	10,802
24	Kathleen	10,696
25	Janice	10,286
26	Helen	10,016
27	Marilyn	9,907
28	Diane	9,550
29	Martha	9,511
30	Frances	9,471
31	Gloria	9,450
32	Beverly	9,411
33	Ruth	9,315
34	Bonnie	8,823
35	Carole	8,407
36	Jean	8,257
37	Phyllis	7,793
38	Ann	7,666
39	Alice	7,382
40	Brenda	7,241
41	Doris	7,176
42	Peggy	6,579
43	Marie	6,559
44	Lois	6,406
45	Elaine	5,986
46	Jane	5,708
47	Geraldine	5,438
48	Joanne	5,342
49	Catherine	5,267
50	Rose	5,253