Year rank 1942

Names picked for kids in 1942

For a girl

1. mary

63254

2. barbara

44736

3. patricia

39461

4. linda

31611

5. carol

30271

6. sandra

24994

7. judith

24792

8. nancy

23328

9. betty

21659

10. carolyn

19977

11. sharon

19647

12. shirley

17751

13. joyce

16728

14. margaret

16548

15. judy

15668

16. karen

15385

17. dorothy

15032

18. joan

14514

19. janet

13064

20. donna

12985

21. susan

12015

22. elizabeth

11185

23. virginia

10804

24. kathleen

10696

25. janice

10286

26. helen

10015

27. marilyn

9908

28. diane

9552

29. martha

9512

30. frances

9471

31. gloria

9450

32. beverly

9409

33. ruth

9316

34. bonnie

8823

35. carole

8407

36. jean

8256

37. phyllis

7792

38. ann

7665

39. alice

7382

40. brenda

7239

41. doris

7177

42. peggy

6579

43. marie

6558

44. lois

6406

45. elaine

5985

46. jane

5708

47. geraldine

5438

48. joanne

5342

49. catherine

5266

50. rose

5252

51. charlotte

5022

52. norma

4971

53. evelyn

4938

54. wanda

4792

55. rita

4706

56. sally

4656

57. patsy

4559

58. joann

4506

59. anna

4487

60. gail

4444

61. louise

4342

62. annie

4294

63. dolores

4267

64. ellen

4196

65. jo

4174

66. roberta

4105

67. sarah

4100

68. diana

3857

69. jacqueline

3831

70. connie

3823

71. mildred

3806

72. sylvia

3728

73. sue

3630

74. marjorie

3625

75. kay

3624

76. anne

3525

77. ruby

3521

78. darlene

3516

79. loretta

3407

80. irene

3382

81. katherine

3377

82. kathryn

3351

83. arlene

3331

84. marlene

3253

85. rebecca

3241

86. delores

3171

87. eleanor

3165

88. eileen

3107

89. glenda

3089

90. juanita

3074

91. lorraine

3010

92. rosemary

3004

93. anita

2998

94. sheila

2973

95. julia

2905

96. christine

2901

97. maria

2816

98. theresa

2799

99. edna

2763

100. josephine

2747

For a boy

1. james

77175

2. robert

71843

3. john

66037

4. william

54889

5. richard

43588

6. david

35902

7. charles

35851

8. thomas

31099

9. ronald

27136

10. donald

23954

11. joseph

22427

12. larry

22098

13. michael

21729

14. george

21274

15. kenneth

18208

16. jerry

17486

17. edward

17469

18. gary

17067

19. paul

16491

20. dennis

13281

21. frank

12247

22. gerald

11481

23. douglas

11231

24. raymond

11111

25. roger

9174

26. walter

8678

27. harold

8582

28. daniel

8507

29. arthur

8027

30. lawrence

7639

31. henry

7564

32. stephen

7500

33. joe

7380

34. jack

7363

35. billy

7312

36. carl

7266

37. willie

7090

38. ralph

6634

39. peter

6587

40. albert

6497

41. wayne

6483

42. roy

6311

43. bobby

6250

44. anthony

6209

45. eugene

6091

46. fred

6089

47. jimmy

5950

48. harry

5628

49. howard

5571

50. bruce

5384

51. louis

5150

52. terry

4810

53. norman

4682

54. philip

4601

55. stanley

4587

56. johnny

4587

57. leonard

4371

58. francis

4296

59. samuel

4193

60. melvin

4186

61. ernest

4080

62. earl

4049

63. dale

3864

64. patrick

3805

65. bill

3795

66. marvin

3792

67. clarence

3741

68. frederick

3739

69. leroy

3718

70. russell

3674

71. allen

3571

72. don

3564

73. tommy

3531

74. jim

3515

75. steven

3505

76. alfred

3407

77. phillip

3373

78. ronnie

3362

79. barry

3208

80. andrew

3144

81. alan

3135

82. gene

3127

83. herbert

3110

84. ray

3065

85. martin

3046

86. eddie

3019

87. lee

2922

88. glenn

2889

89. tom

2875

90. bernard

2724

91. theodore

2664

92. gordon

2606

93. leon

2548

94. jimmie

2540

95. clifford

2533

96. lloyd

2462

97. warren

2424

98. curtis

2418

99. jesse

2396

100. victor

2395