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.