Top Boys Names of 1942 in the United States
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 77K |
| 2 | Robert | 72K |
| 3 | John | 66K |
| 4 | William | 55K |
| 5 | Richard | 44K |
| 6 | David | 36K |
| 7 | Charles | 36K |
| 8 | Thomas | 31K |
| 9 | Ronald | 27K |
| 10 | Donald | 24K |
| 11 | Joseph | 22K |
| 12 | Larry | 22K |
| 13 | Michael | 22K |
| 14 | George | 21K |
| 15 | Kenneth | 18K |
| 16 | Jerry | 17K |
| 17 | Edward | 17K |
| 18 | Gary | 17K |
| 19 | Paul | 16K |
| 20 | Dennis | 13K |
| 21 | Frank | 12K |
| 22 | Gerald | 11K |
| 23 | Douglas | 11K |
| 24 | Raymond | 11K |
| 25 | Roger | 9K |
| 26 | Walter | 9K |
| 27 | Harold | 9K |
| 28 | Daniel | 9K |
| 29 | Arthur | 8K |
| 30 | Lawrence | 8K |
| 31 | Henry | 8K |
| 32 | Stephen | 8K |
| 33 | Joe | 7K |
| 34 | Jack | 7K |
| 35 | Billy | 7K |
| 36 | Carl | 7K |
| 37 | Willie | 7K |
| 38 | Ralph | 7K |
| 39 | Peter | 7K |
| 40 | Albert | 6K |
| 41 | Wayne | 6K |
| 42 | Roy | 6K |
| 43 | Bobby | 6K |
| 44 | Anthony | 6K |
| 45 | Eugene | 6K |
| 46 | Fred | 6K |
| 47 | Jimmy | 6K |
| 48 | Harry | 6K |
| 49 | Howard | 6K |
| 50 | Bruce | 5K |
| 51 | Louis | 5K |
| 52 | Terry | 5K |
| 53 | Norman | 5K |
| 54 | Philip | 5K |
| 55 | Johnny | 5K |
| 56 | Stanley | 5K |
| 57 | Leonard | 4K |
| 58 | Francis | 4K |
| 59 | Samuel | 4K |
| 60 | Melvin | 4K |
| 61 | Ernest | 4K |
| 62 | Earl | 4K |
| 63 | Dale | 4K |
| 64 | Patrick | 4K |
| 65 | Bill | 4K |
| 66 | Marvin | 4K |
| 67 | Clarence | 4K |
| 68 | Frederick | 4K |
| 69 | Leroy | 4K |
| 70 | Russell | 4K |
| 71 | Allen | 4K |
| 72 | Don | 4K |
| 73 | Tommy | 4K |
| 74 | Jim | 4K |
| 75 | Steven | 4K |
| 76 | Alfred | 3K |
| 77 | Phillip | 3K |
| 78 | Ronnie | 3K |
| 79 | Barry | 3K |
| 80 | Andrew | 3K |
| 81 | Alan | 3K |
| 82 | Gene | 3K |
| 83 | Herbert | 3K |
| 84 | Ray | 3K |
| 85 | Martin | 3K |
| 86 | Eddie | 3K |
| 87 | Lee | 3K |
| 88 | Glenn | 3K |
| 89 | Tom | 3K |
| 90 | Bernard | 3K |
| 91 | Theodore | 3K |
| 92 | Gordon | 3K |
| 93 | Leon | 3K |
| 94 | Jimmie | 3K |
| 95 | Clifford | 3K |
| 96 | Lloyd | 2K |
| 97 | Warren | 2K |
| 98 | Curtis | 2K |
| 99 | Victor | 2K |
| 100 | Jesse | 2K |