Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1942
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 351 |
| 2 | Richard | 273 |
| 3 | John | 235 |
| 4 | William | 180 |
| 5 | David | 165 |
| 6 | James | 157 |
| 7 | Ronald | 127 |
| 8 | Donald | 111 |
| 9 | Paul | 110 |
| 10 | George | 94 |
| 11 | Raymond | 88 |
| 12 | Thomas | 83 |
| 13 | Edward | 76 |
| 14 | Roger | 70 |
| 15 | Charles | 68 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 58 |
| 17 | Peter | 57 |
| 18 | Douglas | 54 |
| 19 | Arthur | 48 |
| 20 | Stephen | 47 |
| 21 | Albert | 45 |
| 22 | Bruce | 44 |
| 22 | Michael | 44 |
| 24 | Roland | 43 |
| 25 | Gary | 41 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Daniel | 40 |
| 26 | Wayne | 40 |
| 28 | Norman | 39 |
| 29 | Joseph | 38 |
| 30 | Gerald | 37 |
| 31 | Frank | 36 |
| 32 | Dennis | 32 |
| 32 | Henry | 32 |
| 34 | Ralph | 30 |
| 35 | Leonard | 29 |
| 35 | Maurice | 29 |
| 37 | Francis | 28 |
| 37 | Frederick | 28 |
| 37 | Walter | 28 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 26 |
| 41 | Ernest | 25 |
| 41 | Philip | 25 |
| 43 | Alfred | 24 |
| 44 | Eugene | 23 |
| 44 | Harold | 23 |
| 46 | Gerard | 22 |
| 47 | Alan | 21 |
| 47 | Howard | 21 |
| 49 | Carl | 20 |
| 49 | Harry | 20 |
| 51 | Leo | 19 |
| 51 | Louis | 19 |
| 53 | Fred | 18 |
| 53 | Stanley | 18 |
| 55 | Herbert | 17 |
| 56 | Allen | 16 |
| 56 | Brian | 16 |
| 56 | Russell | 16 |
| 59 | Armand | 15 |
| 59 | Bernard | 15 |
| 59 | Dale | 15 |
| 59 | Larry | 15 |
| 59 | Rodney | 15 |
| 59 | Steven | 15 |
| 59 | Theodore | 15 |
| 66 | Normand | 14 |
| 66 | Victor | 14 |
| 68 | Gordon | 13 |
| 68 | Warren | 13 |
| 70 | Earl | 12 |
| 70 | Samuel | 12 |
| 72 | Barry | 11 |
| 72 | Glenn | 11 |
| 72 | Jon | 11 |
| 72 | Leon | 11 |
| 72 | Terry | 11 |
| 77 | Arnold | 10 |
| 77 | Everett | 10 |
| 77 | Lee | 10 |
| 77 | Melvin | 10 |
| 81 | Andrew | 9 |
| 81 | Anthony | 9 |
| 81 | Stuart | 9 |
| 84 | Allan | 8 |
| 84 | Gene | 8 |
| 84 | Leslie | 8 |
| 84 | Martin | 8 |
| 84 | Reginald | 8 |
| 84 | Rene | 8 |
| 84 | Timothy | 8 |
| 91 | Andre | 7 |
| 91 | Bradley | 7 |
| 91 | Christopher | 7 |
| 91 | Conrad | 7 |
| 91 | Denis | 7 |
| 91 | Jack | 7 |
| 91 | Jerry | 7 |
| 91 | Phillip | 7 |
| 99 | Alvin | 6 |
| 99 | Carlton | 6 |
| 99 | Clayton | 6 |
| 99 | Clifford | 6 |
| 99 | Curtis | 6 |
| 99 | Edmund | 6 |
| 99 | Gregory | 6 |
| 99 | Harvey | 6 |
| 99 | Laurence | 6 |
| 99 | Lucien | 6 |
| 99 | Malcolm | 6 |
| 99 | Marcel | 6 |
| 99 | Mark | 6 |
| 99 | Scott | 6 |
| 99 | Wesley | 6 |
| 99 | Wilfred | 6 |