Top names of 1942

Girls

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▲ 33 89Glenda3,089▲ 7 90Juanita3,074▼ 6 91Lorraine3,010▲ 2 92Rosemary3,005▲ 2 93Anita2,998▼ 2 94Sheila2,973▲ 16 95Julia2,906▼ 7 96Christine2,900▲ 5 97Maria2,817▲ 5 98Theresa2,799▼ 3 99Edna2,764▼ 10 100Josephine2,748▼ 8

Boys

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▲ 8 98Curtis2,420▲ 2 99Victor2,397▲ 19 100Jesse2,396▼ 1