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Top Baby Names 1942

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,350,692 · Total Boys: 1,381,126

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	63,255	4.683%
2	Barbara	44,739	3.312%
3	Patricia	39,464	2.922%
4	Linda	31,614	2.341%
5	Carol	30,271	2.241%
6	Sandra	24,993	1.850%
7	Judith	24,792	1.836%
8	Nancy	23,328	1.727%
9	Betty	21,659	1.604%
10	Carolyn	19,977	1.479%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Sharon	19,648	1.455%
12	Shirley	17,749	1.314%
13	Joyce	16,728	1.238%
14	Margaret	16,548	1.225%
15	Judy	15,667	1.160%
16	Karen	15,386	1.139%
17	Dorothy	15,035	1.113%
18	Joan	14,514	1.075%
19	Janet	13,064	0.967%
20	Donna	12,986	0.961%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Susan	12,015	0.890%
22	Elizabeth	11,185	0.828%
23	Virginia	10,802	0.800%
24	Kathleen	10,696	0.792%
25	Janice	10,286	0.762%
26	Helen	10,016	0.742%
27	Marilyn	9,907	0.733%
28	Diane	9,550	0.707%
29	Martha	9,511	0.704%
30	Frances	9,471	0.701%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Gloria	9,450	0.700%
32	Beverly	9,411	0.697%
33	Ruth	9,315	0.690%
34	Bonnie	8,823	0.653%
35	Carole	8,407	0.622%
36	Jean	8,257	0.611%
37	Phyllis	7,793	0.577%
38	Ann	7,666	0.568%
39	Alice	7,382	0.547%
40	Brenda	7,241	0.536%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Doris	7,176	0.531%
42	Peggy	6,579	0.487%
43	Marie	6,559	0.486%
44	Lois	6,406	0.474%
45	Elaine	5,986	0.443%
46	Jane	5,708	0.423%
47	Geraldine	5,438	0.403%
48	Joanne	5,342	0.396%
49	Catherine	5,267	0.390%
50	Rose	5,253	0.389%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Charlotte	5,022	0.372%
52	Norma	4,971	0.368%
53	Evelyn	4,940	0.366%
54	Wanda	4,792	0.355%
55	Rita	4,706	0.348%
56	Sally	4,655	0.345%
57	Patsy	4,559	0.338%
58	Joann	4,506	0.334%
59	Anna	4,488	0.332%
60	Gail	4,445	0.329%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Louise	4,343	0.322%
62	Annie	4,294	0.318%
63	Dolores	4,267	0.316%
64	Ellen	4,197	0.311%
65	Jo	4,175	0.309%
66	Roberta	4,105	0.304%
67	Sarah	4,100	0.304%
68	Diana	3,857	0.286%
69	Jacqueline	3,831	0.284%
70	Connie	3,825	0.283%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Mildred	3,807	0.282%
72	Sylvia	3,728	0.276%
73	Sue	3,630	0.269%
74	Marjorie	3,625	0.268%
75	Kay	3,623	0.268%
76	Anne	3,525	0.261%
77	Ruby	3,519	0.261%
78	Darlene	3,517	0.260%
79	Loretta	3,406	0.252%
80	Irene	3,383	0.250%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Katherine	3,376	0.250%
82	Kathryn	3,350	0.248%
83	Arlene	3,331	0.247%
84	Marlene	3,253	0.241%
85	Rebecca	3,241	0.240%
86	Delores	3,170	0.235%
87	Eleanor	3,165	0.234%
88	Eileen	3,107	0.230%
89	Glenda	3,089	0.229%
90	Juanita	3,074	0.228%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lorraine	3,010	0.223%
92	Rosemary	3,004	0.222%
93	Anita	2,998	0.222%
94	Sheila	2,973	0.220%
95	Julia	2,905	0.215%
96	Christine	2,901	0.215%
97	Maria	2,817	0.209%
98	Theresa	2,799	0.207%
99	Edna	2,763	0.205%
100	Josephine	2,748	0.203%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	77,180	5.588%
2	Robert	71,841	5.202%
3	John	66,041	4.782%
4	William	54,891	3.974%
5	Richard	43,592	3.156%
6	David	35,905	2.600%
7	Charles	35,855	2.596%
8	Thomas	31,097	2.252%
9	Ronald	27,136	1.965%
10	Donald	23,956	1.735%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joseph	22,429	1.624%
12	Larry	22,099	1.600%
13	Michael	21,728	1.573%
14	George	21,275	1.540%
15	Kenneth	18,210	1.318%
16	Jerry	17,487	1.266%
17	Edward	17,469	1.265%
18	Gary	17,067	1.236%
19	Paul	16,493	1.194%
20	Dennis	13,281	0.962%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Frank	12,248	0.887%
22	Gerald	11,483	0.831%
23	Douglas	11,234	0.813%
24	Raymond	11,116	0.805%
25	Roger	9,174	0.664%
26	Walter	8,681	0.629%
27	Harold	8,582	0.621%
28	Daniel	8,507	0.616%
29	Arthur	8,028	0.581%
30	Lawrence	7,639	0.553%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Henry	7,562	0.548%
32	Stephen	7,503	0.543%
33	Joe	7,383	0.535%
34	Jack	7,365	0.533%
35	Billy	7,314	0.530%
36	Carl	7,267	0.526%
37	Willie	7,092	0.513%
38	Ralph	6,635	0.480%
39	Peter	6,587	0.477%
40	Albert	6,496	0.470%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Wayne	6,484	0.469%
42	Roy	6,311	0.457%
43	Bobby	6,249	0.452%
44	Anthony	6,210	0.450%
45	Eugene	6,091	0.441%
46	Fred	6,088	0.441%
47	Jimmy	5,948	0.431%
48	Harry	5,629	0.408%
49	Howard	5,570	0.403%
50	Bruce	5,385	0.390%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Louis	5,151	0.373%
52	Terry	4,810	0.348%
53	Norman	4,683	0.339%
54	Philip	4,603	0.333%
55	Johnny	4,587	0.332%
56	Stanley	4,587	0.332%
57	Leonard	4,369	0.316%
58	Francis	4,297	0.311%
59	Samuel	4,190	0.303%
60	Melvin	4,189	0.303%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ernest	4,079	0.295%
62	Earl	4,049	0.293%
63	Dale	3,864	0.280%
64	Patrick	3,804	0.275%
65	Bill	3,795	0.275%
66	Marvin	3,792	0.275%
67	Clarence	3,741	0.271%
68	Frederick	3,738	0.271%
69	Leroy	3,717	0.269%
70	Russell	3,675	0.266%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Allen	3,571	0.259%
72	Don	3,564	0.258%
73	Tommy	3,531	0.256%
74	Jim	3,514	0.254%
75	Steven	3,505	0.254%
76	Alfred	3,408	0.247%
77	Phillip	3,373	0.244%
78	Ronnie	3,363	0.244%
79	Barry	3,209	0.232%
80	Andrew	3,142	0.228%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Alan	3,134	0.227%
82	Gene	3,127	0.226%
83	Herbert	3,112	0.225%
84	Ray	3,066	0.222%
85	Martin	3,046	0.221%
86	Eddie	3,018	0.219%
87	Lee	2,922	0.212%
88	Glenn	2,888	0.209%
89	Tom	2,875	0.208%
90	Bernard	2,724	0.197%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Theodore	2,665	0.193%
92	Gordon	2,606	0.189%
93	Leon	2,550	0.185%
94	Jimmie	2,541	0.184%
95	Clifford	2,533	0.183%
96	Lloyd	2,463	0.178%
97	Warren	2,423	0.175%
98	Curtis	2,419	0.175%
99	Jesse	2,397	0.174%
100	Victor	2,395	0.173%

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