Top 100 Indiana Boy Baby Names in 1942

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Indiana, in 1942.

The Most Popular Indiana Boy Baby Names in 1942


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Indiana was James. In total there were 34,230 boys born sharing 398 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1942 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1James1 in 17 (6%)2,042
2Robert1 in 18 (5.4%)1,859
3John1 in 21 (4.8%)1,651
4William1 in 24 (4.2%)1,452
5Larry1 in 24 (4.2%)1,429
6David1 in 24 (4.1%)1,408
7Richard1 in 30 (3.4%)1,157
8Ronald1 in 34 (3%)1,014
9Charles1 in 36 (2.8%)951
10Thomas1 in 36 (2.8%)942
11Jerry1 in 39 (2.5%)869
12Donald1 in 43 (2.3%)791
13Michael1 in 44 (2.3%)780
14Paul1 in 67 (1.5%)510
15Kenneth1 in 70 (1.4%)488
16George1 in 78 (1.3%)439
17Gary1 in 79 (1.3%)433
18Stephen1 in 85 (1.2%)403
19Dennis1 in 90 (1.1%)379
20Joseph1 in 91 (1.1%)377
21Edward1 in 102 (1%)334
22Jack1 in 102 (1%)334
23Gerald1 in 105 (1%)326
24Harold1 in 129 (0.8%)265
25Terry1 in 129 (0.8%)265
26Daniel1 in 148 (0.7%)231
27Roger1 in 149 (0.7%)230
28Raymond1 in 149 (0.7%)229
29Carl1 in 156 (0.6%)219
30Phillip1 in 169 (0.6%)202
31Douglas1 in 172 (0.6%)199
32Ralph1 in 176 (0.6%)194
33Steven1 in 179 (0.6%)191
34Frank1 in 184 (0.5%)186
35Wayne1 in 186 (0.5%)184
36Walter1 in 198 (0.5%)173
37Lawrence1 in 207 (0.5%)165
38Tom1 in 221 (0.5%)155
39Jim1 in 225 (0.4%)152
40Dale1 in 230 (0.4%)149
41Philip1 in 234 (0.4%)146
42Arthur1 in 239 (0.4%)143
43Norman1 in 241 (0.4%)142
44Fred1 in 246 (0.4%)139
45Harry1 in 248 (0.4%)138
46Ronnie1 in 250 (0.4%)137
47Roy1 in 252 (0.4%)136
48Eugene1 in 255 (0.4%)134
49Marvin1 in 257 (0.4%)133
50Stanley1 in 257 (0.4%)133
51Don1 in 265 (0.4%)129
52Billy1 in 288 (0.3%)119
53Danny1 in 290 (0.3%)118
54Joe1 in 290 (0.3%)118
55Earl1 in 293 (0.3%)117
56Howard1 in 295 (0.3%)116
57Melvin1 in 298 (0.3%)115
58Steve1 in 303 (0.3%)113
59Bill1 in 303 (0.3%)113
60Jon1 in 326 (0.3%)105
61Bruce1 in 339 (0.3%)101
62Russell1 in 339 (0.3%)101
63Gene1 in 346 (0.3%)99
64Mike1 in 353 (0.3%)97
65Albert1 in 364 (0.3%)94
66Frederick1 in 364 (0.3%)94
67Louis1 in 380 (0.3%)90
68Samuel1 in 403 (0.2%)85
69Clarence1 in 408 (0.2%)84
70Leonard1 in 417 (0.2%)82
71Henry1 in 417 (0.2%)82
72Anthony1 in 417 (0.2%)82
73Max1 in 423 (0.2%)81
74Bob1 in 433 (0.2%)79
75Darrell1 in 433 (0.2%)79
76Jackie1 in 433 (0.2%)79
77Allen1 in 439 (0.2%)78
78Ernest1 in 445 (0.2%)77
79Keith1 in 445 (0.2%)77
80Patrick1 in 463 (0.2%)74
81Timothy1 in 475 (0.2%)72
82Jimmy1 in 475 (0.2%)72
83Bernard1 in 475 (0.2%)72
84Alan1 in 475 (0.2%)72
85Lloyd1 in 482 (0.2%)71
86Gordon1 in 519 (0.2%)66
87Mark1 in 519 (0.2%)66
88Tommy1 in 519 (0.2%)66
89Ray1 in 543 (0.2%)63
90Leroy1 in 543 (0.2%)63
91Eddie1 in 561 (0.2%)61
92Glenn1 in 561 (0.2%)61
93Herbert1 in 571 (0.2%)60
94Jerome1 in 571 (0.2%)60
95Lewis1 in 580 (0.2%)59
96Clifford1 in 580 (0.2%)59
97Peter1 in 601 (0.2%)57
98Floyd1 in 611 (0.2%)56
99Francis1 in 611 (0.2%)56
100Lowell1 in 611 (0.2%)56


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