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

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1942 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1941						Change from 1941
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	63,254	4.549	0	5,214	1	James	77,176	5.481	0	10,440
2	Barbara	44,734	3.217	0	5,196	2	Robert	71,838	5.102	0	7,605
3	Patricia	39,456	2.838	0	2,555	3	John	66,027	4.689	0	8,512
4	Linda	31,611	2.273	1	7,890	4	William	54,884	3.898	0	7,095
5	Carol	30,273	2.177	-1	6,092	5	Richard	43,585	3.095	0	4,479
6	Sandra	24,993	1.798	3	5,495	6	David	35,894	2.549	1	5,343
7	Judith	24,792	1.783	-1	1,476	7	Charles	35,843	2.545	-1	3,111
8	Nancy	23,325	1.678	0	2,444	8	Thomas	31,098	2.208	0	4,455
9	Betty	21,653	1.557	-2	748	9	Ronald	27,134	1.927	0	2,735
10	Carolyn	19,979	1.437	1	3,706	10	Donald	23,951	1.701	0	1,318
11	Sharon	19,647	1.413	4	5,376	11	Joseph	22,421	1.592	1	2,618
12	Shirley	17,745	1.276	-2	792	12	Larry	22,098	1.569	-1	1,968
13	Joyce	16,727	1.203	0	1,046	13	Michael	21,726	1.543	3	5,795
14	Margaret	16,550	1.190	-2	852	14	George	21,272	1.511	-1	2,012
15	Judy	15,668	1.127	1	1,702	15	Kenneth	18,205	1.293	0	2,069
16	Karen	15,386	1.107	3	4,556	16	Jerry	17,481	1.241	-2	676
17	Dorothy	15,032	1.081	-3	467	17	Edward	17,468	1.241	0	1,889
18	Joan	14,514	1.044	-1	1,131	18	Gary	17,067	1.212	1	2,501
19	Janet	13,060	0.939	-1	1,923	19	Paul	16,486	1.171	-1	1,325
20	Donna	12,985	0.934	0	2,539	20	Dennis	13,282	0.943	3	3,722
21	Susan	12,016	0.864	6	3,128	21	Frank	12,244	0.870	0	1,451
22	Elizabeth	11,182	0.804	-1	913	22	Gerald	11,476	0.815	-2	534
23	Virginia	10,804	0.777	0	761	23	Douglas	11,231	0.798	30	7,084
24	Kathleen	10,694	0.769	12	3,534	24	Raymond	11,111	0.789	-2	1,163
25	Janice	10,283	0.740	-3	222	25	Roger	9,173	0.651	0	1,080
26	Helen	10,015	0.720	-2	125	26	Walter	8,677	0.616	0	930
27	Marilyn	9,906	0.712	3	1,351	27	Harold	8,582	0.609	-3	479
28	Diane	9,552	0.687	12	3,126	28	Daniel	8,505	0.604	3	1,454
29	Martha	9,509	0.684	-4	351	29	Arthur	8,027	0.570	4	1,289
30	Frances	9,471	0.681	1	1,003	30	Lawrence	7,639	0.543	4	987
31	Gloria	9,447	0.679	-5	441	31	Henry	7,563	0.537	-3	399
32	Beverly	9,408	0.677	-3	682	32	Stephen	7,501	0.533	9	1,694
33	Ruth	9,315	0.670	-5	452	33	Joe	7,383	0.524	-3	231
34	Bonnie	8,822	0.634	-1	1,063	34	Jack	7,360	0.523	-2	410
35	Carole	8,409	0.605	13	3,445	35	Billy	7,309	0.519	-8	-350
36	Jean	8,255	0.594	-4	415	36	Carl	7,266	0.516	-7	106
37	Phyllis	7,791	0.560	-2	444	37	Willie	7,091	0.504	-1	560
38	Ann	7,666	0.551	-1	544	38	Ralph	6,635	0.471	0	597
39	Alice	7,378	0.531	-5	-68	39	Peter	6,586	0.468	5	975
40	Brenda	7,238	0.521	1	907	40	Albert	6,494	0.461	0	565
41	Doris	7,178	0.516	-3	101	41	Wayne	6,482	0.460	-4	374
42	Peggy	6,579	0.473	-3	20	42	Roy	6,307	0.448	-3	361
43	Marie	6,556	0.472	-1	405	43	Bobby	6,249	0.444	-8	-339
44	Lois	6,404	0.461	-1	298	44	Anthony	6,210	0.441	2	973
45	Elaine	5,984	0.430	-1	607	45	Eugene	6,090	0.432	-3	336
46	Jane	5,708	0.411	0	619	46	Fred	6,087	0.432	-3	468
47	Geraldine	5,437	0.391	-2	210	47	Jimmy	5,949	0.422	-2	616
48	Joanne	5,342	0.384	6	677	48	Harry	5,628	0.400	0	571
49	Catherine	5,267	0.379	2	383	49	Howard	5,567	0.395	-2	496
50	Rose	5,251	0.378	-1	302	50	Bruce	5,383	0.382	1	1,084

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.