United States · 1942
Baby names of 1942
Mary and James topped 1942.
Top girls' names of 1942
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 63,256 |
| 2 | Barbara | 44,739 |
| 3 | Patricia | 39,465 |
| 4 | Linda | 31,613 |
| 5 | Carol | 30,272 |
| 6 | Sandra | 24,994 |
| 7 | Judith | 24,792 |
| 8 | Nancy | 23,327 |
| 9 | Betty | 21,659 |
| 10 | Carolyn | 19,978 |
| 11 | Sharon | 19,648 |
| 12 | Shirley | 17,750 |
| 13 | Joyce | 16,728 |
| 14 | Margaret | 16,549 |
| 15 | Judy | 15,667 |
| 16 | Karen | 15,387 |
| 17 | Dorothy | 15,037 |
| 18 | Joan | 14,514 |
| 19 | Janet | 13,065 |
| 20 | Donna | 12,987 |
| 21 | Susan | 12,015 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 11,186 |
| 23 | Virginia | 10,803 |
| 24 | Kathleen | 10,696 |
| 25 | Janice | 10,286 |
| 26 | Helen | 10,016 |
| 27 | Marilyn | 9,906 |
| 28 | Diane | 9,551 |
| 29 | Martha | 9,513 |
| 30 | Frances | 9,471 |
| 31 | Gloria | 9,450 |
| 32 | Beverly | 9,411 |
| 33 | Ruth | 9,315 |
| 34 | Bonnie | 8,823 |
| 35 | Carole | 8,407 |
| 36 | Jean | 8,257 |
| 37 | Phyllis | 7,793 |
| 38 | Ann | 7,666 |
| 39 | Alice | 7,382 |
| 40 | Brenda | 7,241 |
| 41 | Doris | 7,176 |
| 42 | Peggy | 6,580 |
| 43 | Marie | 6,559 |
| 44 | Lois | 6,406 |
| 45 | Elaine | 5,986 |
| 46 | Jane | 5,707 |
| 47 | Geraldine | 5,437 |
| 48 | Joanne | 5,342 |
| 49 | Catherine | 5,267 |
| 50 | Rose | 5,253 |
Top boys' names of 1942
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 77,182 |
| 2 | Robert | 71,845 |
| 3 | John | 66,043 |
| 4 | William | 54,890 |
| 5 | Richard | 43,593 |
| 6 | David | 35,905 |
| 7 | Charles | 35,854 |
| 8 | Thomas | 31,100 |
| 9 | Ronald | 27,138 |
| 10 | Donald | 23,955 |
| 11 | Joseph | 22,429 |
| 12 | Larry | 22,099 |
| 13 | Michael | 21,728 |
| 14 | George | 21,275 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 18,210 |
| 16 | Jerry | 17,488 |
| 17 | Edward | 17,470 |
| 18 | Gary | 17,068 |
| 19 | Paul | 16,492 |
| 20 | Dennis | 13,281 |
| 21 | Frank | 12,248 |
| 22 | Gerald | 11,484 |
| 23 | Douglas | 11,233 |
| 24 | Raymond | 11,116 |
| 25 | Roger | 9,174 |
| 26 | Walter | 8,682 |
| 27 | Harold | 8,582 |
| 28 | Daniel | 8,507 |
| 29 | Arthur | 8,027 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 7,639 |
| 31 | Henry | 7,561 |
| 32 | Stephen | 7,503 |
| 33 | Joe | 7,383 |
| 34 | Jack | 7,365 |
| 35 | Billy | 7,313 |
| 36 | Carl | 7,268 |
| 37 | Willie | 7,094 |
| 38 | Ralph | 6,637 |
| 39 | Peter | 6,587 |
| 40 | Albert | 6,496 |
| 41 | Wayne | 6,484 |
| 42 | Roy | 6,311 |
| 43 | Bobby | 6,248 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,210 |
| 45 | Eugene | 6,092 |
| 46 | Fred | 6,088 |
| 47 | Jimmy | 5,949 |
| 48 | Harry | 5,629 |
| 49 | Howard | 5,571 |
| 50 | Bruce | 5,385 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026