California ★ 1942

Top names in California, 1942

Linda led for girls with 2,461 babies ; Robert for boys with 4,019. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,461
2	Mary	2,440
3	Barbara	2,212
4	Patricia	2,155
5	Sharon	1,828
6	Carol	1,672
7	Sandra	1,330
8	Nancy	1,259
9	Judith	1,224
10	Judy	1,119
11	Karen	1,063
12	Susan	1,058
13	Donna	1,007
14	Carolyn	996
15	Diane	931
16	Joan	764
17	Margaret	750
18	Kathleen	745
19	Shirley	737
20	Betty	669
21	Janet	665
22	Marilyn	653
23	Virginia	616
24	Carole	596
25	Joyce	592
26	Gloria	567
27	Janice	562
28	Bonnie	540
29	Beverly	483
30	Helen	468
31	Dorothy	461
32	Frances	459
33	Diana	444
34	Elizabeth	403
35	Alice	360
36	Jean	356
37	Joanne	344
38	Dolores	330
38	Ruth	330
40	Ann	326
41	Darlene	324
42	Martha	321
43	Phyllis	316
44	Sally	310
45	Pamela	301
46	Marie	296
47	Roberta	292
48	Irene	288
49	Gail	278
50	Connie	269
51	Maria	260
52	Charlotte	256
53	Pat	254
54	Norma	253
55	Jo	251
56	Elaine	241
57	Peggy	233
57	Rose	233
59	Sue	229
60	Jacqueline	226
60	Rita	226
60	Sylvia	226
63	Geraldine	222
64	Lynda	221
65	Katherine	213
65	Kathryn	213
67	Anita	208
68	Jane	205
69	Joann	204
70	Loretta	203
70	Sheila	203
72	Lois	200
72	Suzanne	200
74	Dianne	199
74	Louise	199
76	Charlene	196
76	Christine	196
78	Julie	191
78	Kathy	191
78	Lynn	191
81	Catherine	190
82	Marlene	183
83	Evelyn	182
84	Kay	177
85	Marcia	176
86	Arlene	171
87	Doris	170
87	Marjorie	170
89	Esther	168
90	Claudia	166
91	Anne	165
91	Ellen	165
93	Yvonne	162
94	Rosemary	158
95	Marsha	156
96	Maureen	154
97	Jeanne	153
98	Carmen	151
98	Jeanette	151
100	Sherry	150

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,019
2	John	3,422
3	James	3,273
4	Richard	2,951
5	William	2,540
6	David	2,304
7	Michael	1,959
8	Gary	1,793
9	Ronald	1,740
10	Charles	1,427
11	Thomas	1,282
12	Donald	1,260
13	Larry	1,258
14	Dennis	1,241
15	Kenneth	1,029
16	George	990
17	Jerry	875
18	Frank	800
19	Paul	776
20	Edward	716
21	Douglas	706
22	Stephen	639
23	Raymond	611
24	Joseph	574
25	Jack	543
26	Daniel	529
27	Gerald	523
28	Joe	487
29	Jim	485
30	Roger	484
31	Bill	480
32	Fred	423
33	Lawrence	408
34	Arthur	407
35	Bruce	390
35	Peter	390
37	Steven	385
38	Mike	380
39	Walter	370
40	Bob	360
40	Wayne	360
42	Harold	352
43	Don	345
44	Carl	341
44	Tom	341
46	Ralph	329
47	Terry	315
48	Anthony	309
49	Stanley	308
50	Albert	307
51	Henry	302
52	Steve	295
53	Manuel	284
54	Patrick	282
55	Norman	281
56	Philip	271
56	Roy	271
58	Eugene	255
59	Ray	254
60	Phillip	252
61	Ronnie	251
62	Dale	247
63	Harry	242
64	Ernest	234
65	Alan	230
66	Louis	220
67	Howard	216
68	Leonard	215
69	Johnny	210
70	Barry	209
70	Victor	209
72	Russell	201
72	Tony	201
74	Danny	199
75	Jimmy	195
76	Melvin	192
77	Alfred	189
77	Allen	189
77	Gordon	189
80	Gilbert	188
81	Tommy	185
82	Lee	178
83	Timothy	175
84	Clifford	174
84	Martin	174
86	Eddie	170
87	Gene	162
88	Glenn	161
89	Billy	160
90	Leroy	159
91	Mark	157
92	Marvin	153
93	Jeffrey	151
94	Dan	149
95	Brian	147
96	Jon	146
97	Lloyd	145
98	Earl	143
99	Andrew	139
100	Jose	138