Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1942
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1941.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1941 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 77,182 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 71,845 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 66,043 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 54,890 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 43,593 | 0 |
| 6 | David | 35,905 | +1 |
| 7 | Charles | 35,854 | -1 |
| 8 | Thomas | 31,100 | 0 |
| 9 | Ronald | 27,138 | 0 |
| 10 | Donald | 23,955 | 0 |
| 11 | Joseph | 22,429 | +1 |
| 12 | Larry | 22,099 | -1 |
| 13 | Michael | 21,728 | +3 |
| 14 | George | 21,275 | -1 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 18,210 | 0 |
| 16 | Jerry | 17,488 | -2 |
| 17 | Edward | 17,470 | 0 |
| 18 | Gary | 17,068 | +1 |
| 19 | Paul | 16,492 | -1 |
| 20 | Dennis | 13,281 | +3 |
| 21 | Frank | 12,248 | 0 |
| 22 | Gerald | 11,484 | -2 |
| 23 | Douglas | 11,233 | +30 |
| 24 | Raymond | 11,116 | -2 |
| 25 | Roger | 9,174 | 0 |
| 26 | Walter | 8,682 | 0 |
| 27 | Harold | 8,582 | -3 |
| 28 | Daniel | 8,507 | +3 |
| 29 | Arthur | 8,027 | +4 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 7,639 | +4 |
| 31 | Henry | 7,561 | -3 |
| 32 | Stephen | 7,503 | +9 |
| 33 | Joe | 7,383 | -3 |
| 34 | Jack | 7,365 | -2 |
| 35 | Billy | 7,313 | -8 |
| 36 | Carl | 7,268 | -7 |
| 37 | Willie | 7,094 | -1 |
| 38 | Ralph | 6,637 | 0 |
| 39 | Peter | 6,587 | +5 |
| 40 | Albert | 6,496 | 0 |
| 41 | Wayne | 6,484 | -4 |
| 42 | Roy | 6,311 | -3 |
| 43 | Bobby | 6,248 | -8 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,210 | +2 |
| 45 | Eugene | 6,092 | -3 |
| 46 | Fred | 6,088 | -3 |
| 47 | Jimmy | 5,949 | -2 |
| 48 | Harry | 5,629 | 0 |
| 49 | Howard | 5,571 | -2 |
| 50 | Bruce | 5,385 | +1 |
| 51 | Louis | 5,151 | -1 |
| 52 | Terry | 4,810 | +12 |
| 53 | Norman | 4,683 | -4 |
| 54 | Philip | 4,604 | -2 |
| 55 | Johnny | 4,588 | 0 |
| 56 | Stanley | 4,587 | +1 |
| 57 | Leonard | 4,370 | -3 |
| 58 | Francis | 4,297 | +2 |
| 59 | Samuel | 4,190 | +6 |
| 60 | Melvin | 4,188 | -4 |
| 61 | Ernest | 4,079 | 0 |
| 62 | Earl | 4,050 | -4 |
| 63 | Dale | 3,863 | -4 |
| 64 | Patrick | 3,804 | +6 |
| 65 | Bill | 3,794 | +3 |
| 66 | Marvin | 3,792 | -3 |
| 67 | Clarence | 3,741 | -5 |
| 68 | Frederick | 3,738 | +1 |
| 69 | Leroy | 3,717 | -2 |
| 70 | Russell | 3,676 | +5 |
| 71 | Allen | 3,571 | +2 |
| 72 | Don | 3,564 | -6 |
| 73 | Tommy | 3,532 | -2 |
| 74 | Jim | 3,514 | +6 |
| 75 | Steven | 3,505 | +15 |
| 76 | Alfred | 3,408 | -2 |
| 77 | Phillip | 3,373 | 0 |
| 78 | Ronnie | 3,363 | +1 |
| 79 | Barry | 3,209 | +12 |
| 80 | Andrew | 3,142 | +2 |
| 81 | Alan | 3,134 | +3 |
| 82 | Gene | 3,127 | -10 |
| 83 | Herbert | 3,113 | -7 |
| 84 | Ray | 3,067 | -1 |
| 85 | Martin | 3,045 | 0 |
| 86 | Eddie | 3,019 | -8 |
| 87 | Lee | 2,923 | -6 |
| 88 | Glenn | 2,888 | -2 |
| 89 | Tom | 2,875 | -1 |
| 90 | Bernard | 2,724 | -3 |
| 91 | Theodore | 2,665 | +4 |
| 92 | Gordon | 2,606 | 0 |
| 93 | Leon | 2,550 | 0 |
| 94 | Jimmie | 2,541 | -5 |
| 95 | Clifford | 2,533 | -1 |
| 96 | Lloyd | 2,462 | 0 |
| 97 | Warren | 2,423 | +8 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,420 | +2 |
| 99 | Victor | 2,397 | +19 |
| 100 | Jesse | 2,396 | -1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.