The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1942 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1942.
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Boy
Rank | Name | Occ.(%in 1942) | Change |
1. | James | 77179 (5.551%) | - |
2. | Robert | 71839 (5.167%) | - |
3. | John | 66028 (4.749%) | - |
4. | William | 54879 (3.947%) | - |
5. | Richard | 43582 (3.135%) | - |
6. | David | 35895 (2.582%) | +1 |
7. | Charles | 35843 (2.578%) | -1 |
8. | Thomas | 31100 (2.237%) | - |
9. | Ronald | 27130 (1.951%) | - |
10. | Donald | 23950 (1.723%) | - |
11. | Joseph | 22422 (1.613%) | +1 |
12. | Larry | 22097 (1.589%) | -1 |
13. | Michael | 21726 (1.563%) | +3 |
14. | George | 21273 (1.530%) | -1 |
15. | Kenneth | 18206 (1.309%) | - |
16. | Jerry | 17479 (1.257%) | -2 |
17. | Edward | 17465 (1.256%) | - |
18. | Gary | 17066 (1.227%) | +1 |
19. | Paul | 16486 (1.186%) | -1 |
20. | Dennis | 13281 (0.955%) | +3 |
21. | Frank | 12242 (0.880%) | - |
22. | Gerald | 11478 (0.826%) | -2 |
23. | Douglas | 11231 (0.808%) | +30 |
24. | Raymond | 11110 (0.799%) | -2 |
25. | Roger | 9173 (0.660%) | - |
26. | Walter | 8678 (0.624%) | - |
27. | Harold | 8582 (0.617%) | -3 |
28. | Daniel | 8507 (0.612%) | +3 |
29. | Arthur | 8026 (0.577%) | +4 |
30. | Lawrence | 7637 (0.549%) | +4 |
31. | Henry | 7563 (0.544%) | -3 |
32. | Stephen | 7502 (0.540%) | +9 |
33. | Joe | 7382 (0.531%) | -3 |
34. | Jack | 7361 (0.529%) | -2 |
35. | Billy | 7306 (0.525%) | -8 |
36. | Carl | 7267 (0.523%) | -7 |
37. | Willie | 7091 (0.510%) | -1 |
38. | Ralph | 6634 (0.477%) | - |
39. | Peter | 6586 (0.474%) | +5 |
40. | Albert | 6494 (0.467%) | - |
41. | Wayne | 6481 (0.466%) | -4 |
42. | Roy | 6306 (0.454%) | -3 |
43. | Bobby | 6248 (0.449%) | -8 |
44. | Anthony | 6211 (0.447%) | +2 |
45. | Eugene | 6091 (0.438%) | -3 |
46. | Fred | 6087 (0.438%) | -3 |
47. | Jimmy | 5947 (0.428%) | -2 |
48. | Harry | 5627 (0.405%) | - |
49. | Howard | 5567 (0.400%) | -2 |
50. | Bruce | 5383 (0.387%) | +1 |
51. | Louis | 5152 (0.371%) | -1 |
52. | Terry | 4811 (0.346%) | +12 |
53. | Norman | 4680 (0.337%) | -4 |
54. | Philip | 4601 (0.331%) | -2 |
55. | Stanley | 4587 (0.330%) | +2 |
56. | Johnny | 4584 (0.330%) | -2 |
57. | Leonard | 4371 (0.314%) | -3 |
58. | Francis | 4296 (0.309%) | +2 |
59. | Samuel | 4195 (0.302%) | +6 |
60. | Melvin | 4183 (0.301%) | -4 |
61. | Ernest | 4077 (0.293%) | - |
62. | Earl | 4047 (0.291%) | -4 |
63. | Dale | 3864 (0.278%) | -4 |
64. | Patrick | 3804 (0.274%) | +6 |
65. | Bill | 3791 (0.273%) | +3 |
66. | Marvin | 3790 (0.273%) | -3 |
67. | Clarence | 3738 (0.269%) | -5 |
68. | Frederick | 3735 (0.269%) | +1 |
69. | Leroy | 3718 (0.267%) | -2 |
70. | Russell | 3674 (0.264%) | +5 |
71. | Allen | 3571 (0.257%) | +2 |
72. | Don | 3563 (0.256%) | -6 |
73. | Tommy | 3529 (0.254%) | -2 |
74. | Jim | 3515 (0.253%) | +6 |
75. | Steven | 3505 (0.252%) | +15 |
76. | Alfred | 3404 (0.245%) | -2 |
77. | Phillip | 3376 (0.243%) | - |
78. | Ronnie | 3361 (0.242%) | +1 |
79. | Barry | 3207 (0.231%) | +12 |
80. | Andrew | 3144 (0.226%) | +2 |
81. | Alan | 3135 (0.225%) | +3 |
82. | Gene | 3125 (0.225%) | -10 |
83. | Herbert | 3110 (0.224%) | -7 |
84. | Ray | 3064 (0.220%) | -1 |
85. | Martin | 3044 (0.219%) | - |
86. | Eddie | 3018 (0.217%) | -8 |
87. | Lee | 2923 (0.210%) | -6 |
88. | Glenn | 2887 (0.208%) | -2 |
89. | Tom | 2876 (0.207%) | -1 |
90. | Bernard | 2723 (0.196%) | -3 |
91. | Theodore | 2662 (0.191%) | +4 |
92. | Gordon | 2606 (0.187%) | - |
93. | Leon | 2547 (0.183%) | - |
94. | Jimmie | 2540 (0.183%) | -5 |
95. | Clifford | 2532 (0.182%) | -1 |
96. | Lloyd | 2461 (0.177%) | - |
97. | Warren | 2425 (0.174%) | +8 |
98. | Curtis | 2418 (0.174%) | +2 |
99. | Victor | 2395 (0.172%) | +19 |
100. | Jesse | 2392 (0.172%) | -1 |