Birth year roster
Top names in 1942
The names most likely to appear on 1942 birth certificates, ranked by SSA records.
Girls
- #1Mary63,256
- #2Barbara44,739
- #3Patricia39,465
- #4Linda31,613
- #5Carol30,272
- #6Sandra24,994
- #7Judith24,792
- #8Nancy23,327
- #9Betty21,659
- #10Carolyn19,978
- #11Sharon19,648
- #12Shirley17,750
- #13Joyce16,728
- #14Margaret16,549
- #15Judy15,667
- #16Karen15,387
- #17Dorothy15,037
- #18Joan14,514
- #19Janet13,065
- #20Donna12,987
- #21Susan12,015
- #22Elizabeth11,186
- #23Virginia10,803
- #24Kathleen10,696
- #25Janice10,286
Boys
- #1James77,182
- #2Robert71,845
- #3John66,043
- #4William54,890
- #5Richard43,593
- #6David35,905
- #7Charles35,854
- #8Thomas31,100
- #9Ronald27,138
- #10Donald23,955
- #11Joseph22,429
- #12Larry22,099
- #13Michael21,728
- #14George21,275
- #15Kenneth18,210
- #16Jerry17,488
- #17Edward17,470
- #18Gary17,068
- #19Paul16,492
- #20Dennis13,281
- #21Frank12,248
- #22Gerald11,484
- #23Douglas11,233
- #24Raymond11,116
- #25Roger9,174