Top baby names of 1942
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Mary90,958
- 5William77,916
- 6Barbara64,342
- 7Richard61,882
- 8Patricia56,768
- 9David50,996
- 10Charles50,932
- 11Linda45,464
- 12Thomas44,170
- 13Carol43,532
- 14Ronald38,532
- 15Sandra35,954
- 16Judith35,648
- 17Donald34,008
- 18Nancy33,566
- 19Joseph31,856
- 20Larry31,372
- 21Betty31,142
- 22Michael30,868
- 23George30,220
- 24Carolyn28,754
- 25Sharon28,274
- 26Kenneth25,860
- 27Shirley25,516
- 28Jerry24,824
- 29Edward24,798
- 30Gary24,256
- 31Joyce24,056
- 32Margaret23,806
- 33Paul23,414
- 34Judy22,536
- 35Karen22,128
- 36Dorothy21,626
- 37Joan20,876
- 38Dennis18,866
- 39Janet18,792
- 40Donna18,684
- 41Frank17,396
- 42Susan17,286
- 43Gerald16,298
- 44Elizabeth16,088
- 45Douglas15,952
- 46Raymond15,772
- 47Virginia15,538
- 48Kathleen15,384
- 49Janice14,790
- 50Helen14,402
- 51Marilyn14,248
- 52Diane13,740
- 53Martha13,686
- 54Frances13,634
- 55Gloria13,588
- 56Beverly13,532
- 57Ruth13,404
- 58Roger13,040
- 59Bonnie12,686
- 60Walter12,310
- 61Harold12,184
- 62Carole12,092
- 63Daniel12,090
- 64Jean11,874
- 65Arthur11,404
- 66Phyllis11,206
- 67Ann11,032
- 68Lawrence10,858
- 69Henry10,734
- 70Stephen10,658
- 71Alice10,612
- 72Joe10,482
- 73Jack10,454
- 74Brenda10,414
- 75Billy10,378
- 76Carl10,320
- 77Doris10,316
- 78Willie10,082
- 79Peggy9,462
- 80Marie9,428
- 81Ralph9,420
- 82Peter9,354
- 83Lois9,218
- 84Albert9,216
- 85Wayne9,208
- 86Roy8,962
- 87Bobby8,874
- 88Anthony8,824
- 89Eugene8,654
- 90Fred8,648
- 91Elaine8,610
- 92Jimmy8,436
- 93Jane8,210
- 94Harry7,988
- 95Howard7,902
- 96Geraldine7,822
- 97Joanne7,680
- 98Bruce7,652
- 99Catherine7,574
- 100Rose7,550