1942
Top Baby Names of 1942
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1942
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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 51
Charlotte 5,022 52
Norma 4,971 53
Evelyn 4,940 54
Wanda 4,792 55
Rita 4,706 56
Sally 4,655 57
Patsy 4,559 58
Joann 4,506 59
Anna 4,488 60
Gail 4,445 61
Louise 4,343 62
Annie 4,294 63
Dolores 4,267 64
Ellen 4,197 65
Jo 4,175 66
Roberta 4,105 67
Sarah 4,100 68
Diana 3,857 69
Jacqueline 3,831 70
Connie 3,825 71
Mildred 3,807 72
Sylvia 3,728 73
Sue 3,630 74
Marjorie 3,625 75
Kay 3,623 76
Anne 3,525 77
Ruby 3,519 78
Darlene 3,517 79
Loretta 3,406 80
Irene 3,383 81
Katherine 3,376 82
Kathryn 3,350 83
Arlene 3,331 84
Marlene 3,253 85
Rebecca 3,241 86
Delores 3,170 87
Eleanor 3,165 88
Eileen 3,107 89
Glenda 3,089 90
Juanita 3,074 91
Lorraine 3,010 92
Rosemary 3,004 93
Anita 2,998 94
Sheila 2,973 95
Julia 2,905 96
Christine 2,901 97
Maria 2,817 98
Theresa 2,799 99
Edna 2,763 100
Josephine 2,748 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1942
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 51
Louis 5,151 52
Terry 4,810 53
Norman 4,683 54
Philip 4,603 55
Stanley 4,587 55
Johnny 4,587 57
Leonard 4,369 58
Francis 4,297 59
Samuel 4,190 60
Melvin 4,189 61
Ernest 4,079 62
Earl 4,049 63
Dale 3,864 64
Patrick 3,804 65
Bill 3,795 66
Marvin 3,792 67
Clarence 3,741 68
Frederick 3,738 69
Leroy 3,717 70
Russell 3,675 71
Allen 3,571 72
Don 3,564 73
Tommy 3,531 74
Jim 3,514 75
Steven 3,505 76
Alfred 3,408 77
Phillip 3,373 78
Ronnie 3,363 79
Barry 3,209 80
Andrew 3,142 81
Alan 3,134 82
Gene 3,127 83
Herbert 3,112 84
Ray 3,066 85
Martin 3,046 86
Eddie 3,018 87
Lee 2,922 88
Glenn 2,888 89
Tom 2,875 90
Bernard 2,724 91
Theodore 2,665 92
Gordon 2,606 93
Leon 2,550 94
Jimmie 2,541 95
Clifford 2,533 96
Lloyd 2,463 97
Warren 2,423 98
Curtis 2,419 99
Jesse 2,397 100
Victor 2,395 About 1942 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1942, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.