100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1942

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Vincent +3 2,379
102 Steve +10 2,375
103 Franklin -5 2,364
104 Jerome -3 2,339
105 Edwin -8 2,295
106 Mike +5 2,293
107 Harvey -1 2,283
108 Timothy +13 2,275
109 Danny +11 2,204
110 Bob -7 2,203
111 Clyde +2 2,203
112 Lewis -3 2,181
113 Floyd -11 2,171
114 Vernon -6 2,101
115 Alvin -8 2,070
116 Jeffrey +18 2,056
117 Mark +5 2,040
118 Charlie -3 1,869
119 Jackie -9 1,847
120 Leo -4 1,799
121 Herman -7 1,789
122 Keith -3 1,785
123 Rodney +4 1,785
124 Allan +11 1,764
125 Jon +3 1,763
126 Lester -1 1,751
127 Leslie -1 1,734
128 Gilbert -11 1,723
129 Benjamin -5 1,690
130 Arnold -7 1,684
131 Duane -2 1,620
132 Cecil 0 1,617
133 Jay +4 1,600
134 Joel +8 1,595
135 Darrell -5 1,591
136 Calvin -3 1,577
137 Chester -1 1,558
138 Johnnie -7 1,557
139 Brian +14 1,521
140 Freddie -2 1,512
141 Milton -1 1,505
142 Nicholas +4 1,502
143 Roland +1 1,449
144 Glen -5 1,420
145 Tony 0 1,408
146 Lynn -5 1,395
147 Dan +5 1,344
148 Lonnie -1 1,317
149 Claude +2 1,316
150 Jose -1 1,310
151 Dean -8 1,286
152 Sam -2 1,280
153 Manuel +1 1,274
154 Hugh +6 1,254
155 Wesley +3 1,254
156 Ted 0 1,252
157 Wallace -2 1,230
158 Elmer -10 1,228
159 Willard 0 1,191
160 Neil +1 1,101
161 Everett +5 1,057
162 Dave +14 1,054
163 Marion +1 1,052
164 Edgar +3 1,050
165 Gregory +18 1,026
166 Maurice -3 1,026
167 Jessie -5 1,003
168 Virgil +2 1,002
169 Sidney +3 1,000
170 Max -1 971
171 Stuart +2 964
172 Oscar -7 957
173 Marshall +2 952
174 Morris 0 909
175 Craig +61 891
176 Lyle -8 891
177 Lowell +1 884
178 Bennie +2 882
179 Karl -2 878
180 Benny +1 877
181 Nelson +5 870
182 Eric +17 867
183 Alexander +1 860
184 Dick -13 860
185 Luther -6 859
186 Ben +4 851
187 Wendell -30 847
188 Nathaniel -6 842
189 Matthew +8 841
190 Mack +86 839
191 Donnie -4 837
192 Earnest -7 836
193 Sammy +15 832
194 Gerard +6 830
195 Christopher +20 812
196 Guy -5 799
197 Delbert -5 797
198 Clifton +5 793
199 Fredrick -1 788
200 Carroll -12 787
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
101 Cynthia +11 2,726
102 Maureen +27 2,722
103 Suzanne -6 2,709
104 Jeanette -6 2,687
105 Marcia 0 2,669
106 Pamela +49 2,632
107 June -17 2,608
108 Emma -9 2,605
109 Dianne +37 2,546
110 Florence -3 2,535
111 Lillian -7 2,489
112 Pauline -3 2,473
113 Edith -10 2,457
114 Wilma -8 2,456
115 Laura 0 2,409
116 Constance -2 2,356
117 Charlene +8 2,319
118 Lucille +1 2,297
119 Jeanne +7 2,287
120 Audrey -3 2,285
121 Thelma -13 2,257
122 Clara -11 2,247
123 Georgia +4 2,214
124 Vivian -11 2,205
125 Ethel -9 2,203
126 Margie -4 2,193
127 Gladys -9 2,191
128 Sara -4 2,190
129 Grace -6 2,157
130 Marion 0 2,153
131 Yvonne -11 2,113
132 Lynda +21 2,107
133 Willie +3 2,068
134 Annette -6 2,042
135 Priscilla -3 1,991
136 Paula +15 1,974
137 Bernice -4 1,964
138 Maryann +9 1,925
139 Hazel -8 1,911
140 Eva -5 1,876
141 Marian +1 1,837
142 Esther -4 1,831
143 Billie +6 1,828
144 Pat -10 1,825
145 Sherry +27 1,818
146 Beatrice -3 1,771
147 Bertha -7 1,757
148 Maxine -9 1,750
149 Lynn +22 1,749
150 Lillie -6 1,717
151 Bobbie -6 1,668
152 Ella -11 1,659
153 Ida -5 1,620
154 Joy -4 1,592
155 Rosa -1 1,572
156 Marsha +47 1,570
157 Julie +12 1,566
158 Rosalie -6 1,544
159 Kathy +40 1,538
160 Minnie +6 1,447
161 Deanna -24 1,446
162 Harriet -4 1,442
163 Rachel -4 1,426
164 Emily -2 1,419
165 Alma -2 1,406
166 Elsie -9 1,399
167 Caroline +7 1,391
168 Jessie -3 1,391
169 Gwendolyn -1 1,380
170 Victoria +46 1,372
171 Mattie -7 1,361
172 Claudia +13 1,360
173 Lucy -17 1,337
174 Vera -4 1,317
175 Faye -15 1,305
176 Bessie -3 1,266
177 Madeline +24 1,253
178 Veronica +32 1,253
179 Rosemarie -4 1,240
180 Lynne +20 1,235
181 Jackie -3 1,224
182 Marianne 0 1,219
183 Nellie -16 1,206
184 Gayle +3 1,189
185 Carrie -2 1,187
186 Patty -10 1,164
187 Agnes -8 1,132
188 Stella -4 1,126
189 Rosie -12 1,112
190 Myrna -29 1,104
191 Pearl +21 1,092
192 Johnnie 0 1,067
193 Dixie -12 1,060
194 Jeannette +4 1,055
195 Leona -5 1,055
196 Vicki +78 1,051
197 Velma -9 1,050
198 Geneva -18 1,047
199 Claire -3 1,027
200 Valerie +29 1,017