EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1942

United States · 2,731,880 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary63,256—
#2Barbara44,739—
#3Patricia39,465—
#4Linda31,613↑1
#5Carol30,272↓1
#6Sandra24,994↑3
#7Judith24,792↓1
#8Nancy23,327—
#9Betty21,659↓2
#10Carolyn19,978↑1
#11Sharon19,648↑4
#12Shirley17,750↓2
#13Joyce16,728—
#14Margaret16,549↓2
#15Judy15,667↑1
#16Karen15,387↑3
#17Dorothy15,037↓3
#18Joan14,514↓1
#19Janet13,065↓1
#20Donna12,987—
#21Susan12,015↑6
#22Elizabeth11,186↓1
#23Virginia10,803—
#24Kathleen10,696↑12
#25Janice10,286↓3
#26Helen10,016↓2
#27Marilyn9,906↑3
#28Diane9,551↑12
#29Martha9,513↓4
#30Frances9,471↑1
#31Gloria9,450↓5
#32Beverly9,411↓3
#33Ruth9,315↓5
#34Bonnie8,823↓1
#35Carole8,407↑13
#36Jean8,257↓4
#37Phyllis7,793↓2
#38Ann7,666↓1
#39Alice7,382↓5
#40Brenda7,241↑1
#41Doris7,176↓3
#42Peggy6,580↓3
#43Marie6,559↓1
#44Lois6,406↓1
#45Elaine5,986↓1
#46Jane5,707—
#47Geraldine5,437↓2
#48Joanne5,342↑6
#49Catherine5,267↑2
#50Rose5,253↓1
#51Charlotte5,022↑4
#52Norma4,971↓5
#53Evelyn4,940↓3
#54Wanda4,792↓1
#55Rita4,706↑8
#56Sally4,655↑5
#57Patsy4,559↓5
#58Joann4,506—
#59Anna4,488↓3
#60Gail4,445↑8
#61Louise4,343↑1
#62Annie4,293↓3
#63Dolores4,267↓6
#64Ellen4,197↑3
#65Jo4,175↑1
#66Roberta4,105↑6
#67Sarah4,100↓7
#68Diana3,857↑32
#69Jacqueline3,831↑4
#70Connie3,825↑9
#71Mildred3,808↓7
#72Sylvia3,728↓7
#73Sue3,631↑2
#74Marjorie3,625↓3
#75Kay3,622↓5
#76Anne3,526↑6
#77Ruby3,519↓8
#78Darlene3,517↓2
#79Loretta3,406↑2
#80Irene3,383↓6
#81Katherine3,376↑4
#82Kathryn3,350↑5
#83Arlene3,331↓6
#84Marlene3,253↓1
#85Rebecca3,241↑1
#86Delores3,171↓6
#87Eleanor3,165↓9
#88Eileen3,108
#89Glenda3,089↑7
#90Juanita3,074↓6
#91Lorraine3,010↑2
#92Rosemary3,005↑2
#93Anita2,998↓2
#94Sheila2,973
#95Julia2,906↓7
#96Christine2,900
#97Maria2,817
#98Theresa2,799↓3
#99Edna2,764↓10
#100Josephine2,748↓8

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1James77,182—
#2Robert71,845—
#3John66,043—
#4William54,890—
#5Richard43,593—
#6David35,905↑1
#7Charles35,854↓1
#8Thomas31,100—
#9Ronald27,138—
#10Donald23,955—
#11Joseph22,429↑1
#12Larry22,099↓1
#13Michael21,728↑3
#14George21,275↓1
#15Kenneth18,210—
#16Jerry17,488↓2
#17Edward17,470—
#18Gary17,068↑1
#19Paul16,492↓1
#20Dennis13,281↑3
#21Frank12,248—
#22Gerald11,484↓2
#23Douglas11,233↑30
#24Raymond11,116↓2
#25Roger9,174—
#26Walter8,682—
#27Harold8,582↓3
#28Daniel8,507↑3
#29Arthur8,027↑4
#30Lawrence7,639↑4
#31Henry7,561↓3
#32Stephen7,503↑9
#33Joe7,383↓3
#34Jack7,365↓2
#35Billy7,313↓8
#36Carl7,268↓7
#37Willie7,094↓1
#38Ralph6,637—
#39Peter6,587↑5
#40Albert6,496—
#41Wayne6,484↓4
#42Roy6,311↓3
#43Bobby6,248↓8
#44Anthony6,210↑2
#45Eugene6,092↓3
#46Fred6,088↓3
#47Jimmy5,949↓2
#48Harry5,629—
#49Howard5,571↓2
#50Bruce5,385↑1
#51Louis5,151↓1
#52Terry4,810↑12
#53Norman4,683↓4
#54Philip4,604↓2
#55Johnny4,588—
#56Stanley4,587↑1
#57Leonard4,370↓3
#58Francis4,297↑2
#59Samuel4,190↑6
#60Melvin4,188↓4
#61Ernest4,079—
#62Earl4,050↓4
#63Dale3,863↓4
#64Patrick3,804↑6
#65Bill3,794↑3
#66Marvin3,792↓3
#67Clarence3,741↓5
#68Frederick3,738↑1
#69Leroy3,717↓2
#70Russell3,676↑5
#71Allen3,571↑2
#72Don3,564↓6
#73Tommy3,532↓2
#74Jim3,514↑6
#75Steven3,505↑15
#76Alfred3,408↓2
#77Phillip3,373—
#78Ronnie3,363↑1
#79Barry3,209↑12
#80Andrew3,142↑2
#81Alan3,134↑3
#82Gene3,127↓10
#83Herbert3,113↓7
#84Ray3,067↓1
#85Martin3,045—
#86Eddie3,019↓8
#87Lee2,923↓6
#88Glenn2,888↓2
#89Tom2,875↓1
#90Bernard2,724↓3
#91Theodore2,665↑4
#92Gordon2,606—
#93Leon2,550—
#94Jimmie2,541↓5
#95Clifford2,533↓1
#96Lloyd2,462—
#97Warren2,423
#98Curtis2,420↑2
#99Victor2,397
#100Jesse2,396↓1