Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1942

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1942 were Mary for girls (515 babies) and John for boys (675). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,775 babies born in District of Columbia in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1942

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Leslie: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delores: 74 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anne: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Yvonne: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Katherine: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Veronica: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Catherine: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Grace: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marian: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Christopher: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eric: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hugh: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stuart: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Warren: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maurice: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Timothy: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	515	–	1
2	Barbara	426	–	2
3	Patricia	377	–	3
4	Margaret	197	–	14
5	Carol	194	↑4	5
6	Joan	184	–	18
7	Nancy	177	↓2	8
8	Sandra	173	–	6
9	Linda	172	↑4	4
10	Carolyn	167	–	10
11	Judith	154	↓4	7
12	Dorothy	152	↑2	17
13	Susan	126	↑6	21
14	Elizabeth	122	↑1	22
15	Betty	119	↓3	9
16	Shirley	114	–	12
17	Joyce	113	↓6	13
18	Jean	99	↑2	36
19	Gloria	96	↓2	31
20	Frances	93	↑7	30
21	Kathleen	92	↑14	24
22	Diane	91	↑8	28
23	Janet	91	–	19
24	Helen	89	–	26
25	Ann	79	↓4	38
26	Catherine	76	↑13	49
27	Carole	74	↑6	35
28	Delores	74	–	86
29	Donna	72	↑2	20
30	Virginia	70	↓12	23
31	Sharon	69	↑15	11
32	Anne	68	↑17	76
33	Karen	67	new	16
34	Alice	65	↓8	39
35	Judy	65	↑5	15
36	Ruth	64	↓14	33
37	Doris	58	↓5	41
38	Martha	58	↓13	29
39	Peggy	55	new	42
40	Katherine	53	new	81
41	Beverly	51	↓12	32
42	Jacqueline	50	↓6	69
43	Jane	50	↑1	46
44	Bonnie	49	↑3	34
45	Brenda	49	↓3	40
46	Phyllis	49	↓8	37
47	Marie	48	↓6	43
48	Ellen	45	new	64
49	Evelyn	43	↓6	53
50	Elaine	42	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	John	675	↑1	3
2	Robert	624	↑1	2
3	William	600	↑1	4
4	James	586	↓3	1
5	Charles	340	↑1	7
6	Richard	333	↓1	5
7	Michael	281	↑2	13
8	David	264	↑2	6
9	Thomas	262	↓2	8
10	George	216	↑1	14
11	Joseph	195	↓3	11
12	Ronald	170	↑1	9
13	Paul	146	↑1	19
14	Edward	142	↑1	17
15	Donald	137	↓3	10
16	Kenneth	127	–	15
17	Stephen	89	–	32
18	Frank	86	↑1	21
19	Lawrence	78	↑2	30
20	Raymond	74	↓2	24
21	Douglas	73	↑29	23
22	Walter	70	–	26
23	Arthur	67	↑2	29
24	Albert	65	↑6	40
25	Daniel	62	↑3	28
26	Larry	62	–	12
27	Harry	58	↓7	48
28	Ralph	57	new	38
29	Gerald	56	↓5	22
30	Henry	56	↓7	31
31	Carl	52	↓4	36
32	Dennis	52	↑2	20
33	Bernard	51	↑4	90
34	Peter	51	↓5	39
35	Gary	50	↑7	18
36	Norman	49	↑3	53
37	Anthony	47	↑6	44
38	Jerry	47	new	16
39	Samuel	46	↓4	59
40	Ernest	45	new	61
41	Harold	45	↓8	27
42	Melvin	45	↑2	60
43	Eugene	44	↓12	45
44	Roger	44	new	25
45	Wayne	44	↓9	41
46	Bruce	41	new	50
47	Howard	41	↓7	49
48	Stanley	39	–	56
49	Francis	38	↓17	58
50	Martin	38	new	85

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