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United States · 2,731,880 recorded births

Top baby names of 1942

Mary and James led the year. Climbing fast: Pamela (up 49), Kathy (up 40), Douglas (up 30), Victor (up 19).

Girls

#NameBirthsvs 1941
1 Mary 63,256 ·
2 Barbara 44,739 ·
3 Patricia 39,465 ·
4 Linda 31,613 ▲ 1
5 Carol 30,272 ▼ 1
6 Sandra 24,994 ▲ 3
7 Judith 24,792 ▼ 1
8 Nancy 23,327 ·
9 Betty 21,659 ▼ 2
10 Carolyn 19,978 ▲ 1
11 Sharon 19,648 ▲ 4
12 Shirley 17,750 ▼ 2
13 Joyce 16,728 ·
14 Margaret 16,549 ▼ 2
15 Judy 15,667 ▲ 1
16 Karen 15,387 ▲ 3
17 Dorothy 15,037 ▼ 3
18 Joan 14,514 ▼ 1
19 Janet 13,065 ▼ 1
20 Donna 12,987 ·
21 Susan 12,015 ▲ 6
22 Elizabeth 11,186 ▼ 1
23 Virginia 10,803 ·
24 Kathleen 10,696 ▲ 12
25 Janice 10,286 ▼ 3
26 Helen 10,016 ▼ 2
27 Marilyn 9,906 ▲ 3
28 Diane 9,551 ▲ 12
29 Martha 9,513 ▼ 4
30 Frances 9,471 ▲ 1
31 Gloria 9,450 ▼ 5
32 Beverly 9,411 ▼ 3
33 Ruth 9,315 ▼ 5
34 Bonnie 8,823 ▼ 1
35 Carole 8,407 ▲ 13
36 Jean 8,257 ▼ 4
37 Phyllis 7,793 ▼ 2
38 Ann 7,666 ▼ 1
39 Alice 7,382 ▼ 5
40 Brenda 7,241 ▲ 1
41 Doris 7,176 ▼ 3
42 Peggy 6,580 ▼ 3
43 Marie 6,559 ▼ 1
44 Lois 6,406 ▼ 1
45 Elaine 5,986 ▼ 1
46 Jane 5,707 ·
47 Geraldine 5,437 ▼ 2
48 Joanne 5,342 ▲ 6
49 Catherine 5,267 ▲ 2
50 Rose 5,253 ▼ 1
51 Charlotte 5,022 ▲ 4
52 Norma 4,971 ▼ 5
53 Evelyn 4,940 ▼ 3
54 Wanda 4,792 ▼ 1
55 Rita 4,706 ▲ 8
56 Sally 4,655 ▲ 5
57 Patsy 4,559 ▼ 5
58 Joann 4,506 ·
59 Anna 4,488 ▼ 3
60 Gail 4,445 ▲ 8
61 Louise 4,343 ▲ 1
62 Annie 4,293 ▼ 3
63 Dolores 4,267 ▼ 6
64 Ellen 4,197 ▲ 3
65 Jo 4,175 ▲ 1
66 Roberta 4,105 ▲ 6
67 Sarah 4,100 ▼ 7
68 Diana 3,857 ▲ 32
69 Jacqueline 3,831 ▲ 4
70 Connie 3,825 ▲ 9
71 Mildred 3,808 ▼ 7
72 Sylvia 3,728 ▼ 7
73 Sue 3,631 ▲ 2
74 Marjorie 3,625 ▼ 3
75 Kay 3,622 ▼ 5
76 Anne 3,526 ▲ 6
77 Ruby 3,519 ▼ 8
78 Darlene 3,517 ▼ 2
79 Loretta 3,406 ▲ 2
80 Irene 3,383 ▼ 6
81 Katherine 3,376 ▲ 4
82 Kathryn 3,350 ▲ 5
83 Arlene 3,331 ▼ 6
84 Marlene 3,253 ▼ 1
85 Rebecca 3,241 ▲ 1
86 Delores 3,171 ▼ 6
87 Eleanor 3,165 ▼ 9
88 Eileen 3,108 ▲ 33
89 Glenda 3,089 ▲ 7
90 Juanita 3,074 ▼ 6
91 Lorraine 3,010 ▲ 2
92 Rosemary 3,005 ▲ 2
93 Anita 2,998 ▼ 2
94 Sheila 2,973 ▲ 16
95 Julia 2,906 ▼ 7
96 Christine 2,900 ▲ 5
97 Maria 2,817 ▲ 5
98 Theresa 2,799 ▼ 3
99 Edna 2,764 ▼ 10
100 Josephine 2,748 ▼ 8

Boys

#NameBirthsvs 1941
1 James 77,182 ·
2 Robert 71,845 ·
3 John 66,043 ·
4 William 54,890 ·
5 Richard 43,593 ·
6 David 35,905 ▲ 1
7 Charles 35,854 ▼ 1
8 Thomas 31,100 ·
9 Ronald 27,138 ·
10 Donald 23,955 ·
11 Joseph 22,429 ▲ 1
12 Larry 22,099 ▼ 1
13 Michael 21,728 ▲ 3
14 George 21,275 ▼ 1
15 Kenneth 18,210 ·
16 Jerry 17,488 ▼ 2
17 Edward 17,470 ·
18 Gary 17,068 ▲ 1
19 Paul 16,492 ▼ 1
20 Dennis 13,281 ▲ 3
21 Frank 12,248 ·
22 Gerald 11,484 ▼ 2
23 Douglas 11,233 ▲ 30
24 Raymond 11,116 ▼ 2
25 Roger 9,174 ·
26 Walter 8,682 ·
27 Harold 8,582 ▼ 3
28 Daniel 8,507 ▲ 3
29 Arthur 8,027 ▲ 4
30 Lawrence 7,639 ▲ 4
31 Henry 7,561 ▼ 3
32 Stephen 7,503 ▲ 9
33 Joe 7,383 ▼ 3
34 Jack 7,365 ▼ 2
35 Billy 7,313 ▼ 8
36 Carl 7,268 ▼ 7
37 Willie 7,094 ▼ 1
38 Ralph 6,637 ·
39 Peter 6,587 ▲ 5
40 Albert 6,496 ·
41 Wayne 6,484 ▼ 4
42 Roy 6,311 ▼ 3
43 Bobby 6,248 ▼ 8
44 Anthony 6,210 ▲ 2
45 Eugene 6,092 ▼ 3
46 Fred 6,088 ▼ 3
47 Jimmy 5,949 ▼ 2
48 Harry 5,629 ·
49 Howard 5,571 ▼ 2
50 Bruce 5,385 ▲ 1
51 Louis 5,151 ▼ 1
52 Terry 4,810 ▲ 12
53 Norman 4,683 ▼ 4
54 Philip 4,604 ▼ 2
55 Johnny 4,588 ·
56 Stanley 4,587 ▲ 1
57 Leonard 4,370 ▼ 3
58 Francis 4,297 ▲ 2
59 Samuel 4,190 ▲ 6
60 Melvin 4,188 ▼ 4
61 Ernest 4,079 ·
62 Earl 4,050 ▼ 4
63 Dale 3,863 ▼ 4
64 Patrick 3,804 ▲ 6
65 Bill 3,794 ▲ 3
66 Marvin 3,792 ▼ 3
67 Clarence 3,741 ▼ 5
68 Frederick 3,738 ▲ 1
69 Leroy 3,717 ▼ 2
70 Russell 3,676 ▲ 5
71 Allen 3,571 ▲ 2
72 Don 3,564 ▼ 6
73 Tommy 3,532 ▼ 2
74 Jim 3,514 ▲ 6
75 Steven 3,505 ▲ 15
76 Alfred 3,408 ▼ 2
77 Phillip 3,373 ·
78 Ronnie 3,363 ▲ 1
79 Barry 3,209 ▲ 12
80 Andrew 3,142 ▲ 2
81 Alan 3,134 ▲ 3
82 Gene 3,127 ▼ 10
83 Herbert 3,113 ▼ 7
84 Ray 3,067 ▼ 1
85 Martin 3,045 ·
86 Eddie 3,019 ▼ 8
87 Lee 2,923 ▼ 6
88 Glenn 2,888 ▼ 2
89 Tom 2,875 ▼ 1
90 Bernard 2,724 ▼ 3
91 Theodore 2,665 ▲ 4
92 Gordon 2,606 ·
93 Leon 2,550 ·
94 Jimmie 2,541 ▼ 5
95 Clifford 2,533 ▼ 1
96 Lloyd 2,462 ·
97 Warren 2,423 ▲ 8
98 Curtis 2,420 ▲ 2
99 Victor 2,397 ▲ 19
100 Jesse 2,396 ▼ 1

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