Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1942

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1942 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	63,254	4.549	-125	-60,927	1	James	77,176	5.481	-3	-63,651
2	Barbara	44,734	3.217	-928	-44,449	2	Robert	71,838	5.102	-69	-66,698
3	Patricia	39,456	2.838	-910	-39,163	3	John	66,027	4.689	-24	-56,908
4	Linda	31,611	2.273	-722	-31,222	4	William	54,884	3.898	1	-40,368
5	Carol	30,273	2.177	-1,783	-30,160	5	Richard	43,585	3.095	-183	-41,466
6	Sandra	24,993	1.798	-969	-24,724	6	David	35,894	2.549	-16	-26,197
7	Judith	24,792	1.783	-843	-24,474	7	Charles	35,843	2.545	-45	-29,239
8	Nancy	23,325	1.678	-831	-23,003	8	Thomas	31,098	2.208	-41	-24,319
9	Betty	21,653	1.557	-1,119	-21,438	9	Ronald	27,134	1.927	-484	-26,556
10	Carolyn	19,979	1.437	-850	-19,667	10	Donald	23,951	1.701	-516	-23,418
11	Sharon	19,647	1.413	-1,116	-19,431	11	Joseph	22,421	1.592	-12	-12,866
12	Shirley	17,745	1.276	-1,452	-17,595	12	Larry	22,098	1.569	-694	-21,759
13	Joyce	16,727	1.203	-934	-16,449	13	Michael	21,726	1.543	-1	-10,106
14	Margaret	16,550	1.190	-113	-14,238	14	George	21,272	1.511	-113	-18,213
15	Judy	15,668	1.127	-1,518	-15,527	15	Kenneth	18,205	1.293	-211	-16,550
16	Karen	15,386	1.107	-619	-14,918	16	Jerry	17,481	1.241	-585	-17,030
17	Dorothy	15,032	1.081	-569	-14,515	17	Edward	17,468	1.241	-152	-15,200
18	Joan	14,514	1.044	-1,709	-14,396	18	Gary	17,067	1.212	-656	-16,700
19	Janet	13,060	0.939	-1,393	-12,903	19	Paul	16,486	1.171	-215	-14,861
20	Donna	12,985	0.934	-1,547	-12,848	20	Dennis	13,282	0.943	-536	-12,789
21	Susan	12,016	0.864	-1,058	-11,782	21	Frank	12,244	0.870	-371	-11,441
22	Elizabeth	11,182	0.804	9	-2,669	22	Gerald	11,476	0.815	-872	-11,235
23	Virginia	10,804	0.777	-517	-10,226	23	Douglas	11,231	0.798	-649	-10,860
24	Kathleen	10,694	0.769	-870	-10,393	24	Raymond	11,111	0.789	-275	-9,962
25	Janice	10,283	0.740	-1,408	-10,130	25	Roger	9,173	0.651	-611	-8,762
26	Helen	10,015	0.720	-387	-9,270	26	Walter	8,677	0.616	-245	-7,374
27	Marilyn	9,906	0.712	-583	-9,412	27	Harold	8,582	0.609	-770	-8,301
28	Diane	9,552	0.687	-2,445	-9,481	28	Daniel	8,505	0.604	13	2,668
29	Martha	9,509	0.684	-768	-9,168	29	Arthur	8,027	0.570	-201	-6,385
30	Frances	9,471	0.681	-415	-8,756	30	Lawrence	7,639	0.543	-468	-7,066
31	Gloria	9,447	0.679	-553	-8,926	31	Henry	7,563	0.537	15	3,086
32	Beverly	9,408	0.677	-1,261	-9,233	32	Stephen	7,501	0.533	-252	-6,265
33	Ruth	9,315	0.670	-232	-8,081	33	Joe	7,383	0.524	-662	-7,038
34	Bonnie	8,822	0.634	-657	-8,405	34	Jack	7,360	0.523	6	1,474
35	Carole	8,409	0.605	-9,857	-8,399	35	Billy	7,309	0.519	-810	-7,049
36	Jean	8,255	0.594	-2,357	-8,180	36	Carl	7,266	0.516	-664	-6,924
37	Phyllis	7,791	0.560	-6,938	-7,774	37	Willie	7,091	0.504	-897	-6,867
38	Ann	7,666	0.551	-945	-7,399	38	Ralph	6,635	0.471	-913	-6,418
39	Alice	7,378	0.531	-32	-3,735	39	Peter	6,586	0.468	-172	-4,774
40	Brenda	7,238	0.521	-972	-6,983	40	Albert	6,494	0.461	-412	-5,837
41	Doris	7,178	0.516	-1,773	-7,067	41	Wayne	6,482	0.460	-732	-6,183
42	Peggy	6,579	0.473	-5,512	-6,556	42	Roy	6,307	0.448	-500	-5,793
43	Marie	6,556	0.472	-533	-6,026	43	Bobby	6,249	0.444	-781	-5,981
44	Lois	6,404	0.461	-1,649	-6,282	44	Anthony	6,210	0.441	6	1,793
45	Elaine	5,984	0.430	-589	-5,516	45	Eugene	6,090	0.432	-817	-5,838
46	Jane	5,708	0.411	-245	-4,585	46	Fred	6,087	0.432	-1,604	-5,990
47	Geraldine	5,437	0.391	-1,672	-5,318	47	Jimmy	5,949	0.422	-606	-5,559
48	Joanne	5,342	0.384	-2,079	-5,253	48	Harry	5,628	0.400	-572	-5,201
49	Catherine	5,267	0.379	-155	-3,769	49	Howard	5,567	0.395	-919	-5,354
50	Rose	5,251	0.378	-73	-2,819	50	Bruce	5,383	0.382	-428	-4,776

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.