The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1942

4,044 different boys’ names were recorded in 1942, covering 1,381,161 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
51	Louis	5,151
52	Terry	4,810
53	Norman	4,683
54	Philip	4,604
55	Johnny	4,588
56	Stanley	4,587
57	Leonard	4,370
58	Francis	4,297
59	Samuel	4,190
60	Melvin	4,188
61	Ernest	4,079
62	Earl	4,050
63	Dale	3,863
64	Patrick	3,804
65	Bill	3,794
66	Marvin	3,792
67	Clarence	3,741
68	Frederick	3,738
69	Leroy	3,717
70	Russell	3,676
71	Allen	3,571
72	Don	3,564
73	Tommy	3,532
74	Jim	3,514
75	Steven	3,505
76	Alfred	3,408
77	Phillip	3,373
78	Ronnie	3,363
79	Barry	3,209
80	Andrew	3,142
81	Alan	3,134
82	Gene	3,127
83	Herbert	3,113
84	Ray	3,067
85	Martin	3,045
86	Eddie	3,019
87	Lee	2,923
88	Glenn	2,888
89	Tom	2,875
90	Bernard	2,724
91	Theodore	2,665
92	Gordon	2,606
93	Leon	2,550
94	Jimmie	2,541
95	Clifford	2,533
96	Lloyd	2,462
97	Warren	2,423
98	Curtis	2,420
99	Victor	2,397
100	Jesse	2,396
101	Vincent	2,381
102	Steve	2,376
103	Franklin	2,365
104	Jerome	2,340
105	Edwin	2,295
106	Mike	2,293
107	Harvey	2,284
108	Timothy	2,275
109	Clyde	2,206
110	Bob	2,203
110	Danny	2,203
112	Lewis	2,180
113	Floyd	2,172
114	Vernon	2,103
115	Alvin	2,071
116	Jeffrey	2,055
117	Mark	2,039
118	Charlie	1,869
119	Jackie	1,847
120	Leo	1,800
121	Rodney	1,788
122	Herman	1,787
123	Keith	1,785
124	Allan	1,764
125	Jon	1,763
126	Lester	1,749
127	Leslie	1,733
128	Gilbert	1,723
129	Benjamin	1,692
130	Arnold	1,685
131	Cecil	1,620
131	Duane	1,620
133	Jay	1,598
134	Joel	1,595
135	Darrell	1,591
136	Calvin	1,578
137	Chester	1,559
138	Johnnie	1,558
139	Brian	1,523
140	Freddie	1,514
141	Milton	1,507
142	Nicholas	1,500
143	Roland	1,452
144	Glen	1,421
145	Tony	1,408
146	Lynn	1,394
147	Dan	1,344
148	Lonnie	1,318
149	Claude	1,314
150	Jose	1,310
151	Dean	1,285
152	Sam	1,280
153	Manuel	1,275
154	Hugh	1,254
155	Wesley	1,253
156	Ted	1,252
157	Wallace	1,232
158	Elmer	1,228
159	Willard	1,191
160	Neil	1,101
161	Everett	1,056
162	Dave	1,054
163	Marion	1,052
164	Edgar	1,049
165	Maurice	1,027
165	Gregory	1,027
167	Jessie	1,003
167	Virgil	1,003
169	Sidney	1,000
170	Max	971
171	Stuart	963
172	Oscar	958
173	Marshall	952
174	Morris	909
175	Craig	892
176	Lyle	890
177	Bennie	885
177	Lowell	885
179	Karl	878
180	Benny	877
181	Nelson	870
182	Eric	866
183	Dick	862
184	Alexander	861
185	Luther	858
186	Ben	852
187	Wendell	846
188	Nathaniel	843
189	Matthew	842
190	Mack	840
191	Donnie	837
192	Earnest	835
193	Gerard	832
193	Sammy	832
195	Christopher	813
196	Guy	799
197	Delbert	797
198	Clifton	793
199	Fredrick	789
200	Carroll	788

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1942 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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