Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1942

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	568
2	2John	466
3	3William	403
4	4James	360
5	5David	355
6	6Donald	252
7	7Kenneth	240
8	8Ronald	212
9	9Richard	208
10	10Gordon	175
11	11George	155
12	12Edward	141
13	13Douglas	130
14	14Gary	130
15	15Michael	113
16	16Joseph	112
17	17Thomas	107
18	18Brian	106
19	19Peter	97
20	20Wayne	94
21	21Charles	89
22	22Barry	88
23	23Norman	81
24	24Gerald	79
25	25Larry	79
26	26Dennis	73
27	27Frederick	73
28	28Bruce	65
29	29Walter	64
30	30Lawrence	62
31	31Raymond	62
32	32Arthur	61
33	33Patrick	58
34	34Allan	57
35	35Leonard	57
36	36Daniel	52
37	37Stephen	52
38	38Frank	49
39	39Harold	49
40	40Ernest	46
41	41Albert	45
42	42Stanley	44
43	43Harry	42
44	44Henry	40
45	45Paul	40
46	46Roy	40
47	47Victor	40
48	48Alan	38
49	49Alfred	38
50	50Clifford	36
51	51Keith	35
52	52Philip	35
53	53Alexander	34
54	54Ralph	34
55	55Francis	33
56	56Roger	33
57	57Garry	31
58	58Jack	30
59	59Lorne	30
60	60Leslie	29
61	61Melvin	27
62	62Eric	26
63	63Ian	26
64	64Neil	26
65	65Glen	25
66	66Howard	25
67	67Lloyd	25
68	68Bryan	24
69	69Anthony	23
70	70Wilfred	23
71	71Andrew	22
72	72Bernard	22
73	73Carl	22
74	74Herbert	21
75	75Allen	20
76	76Barrie	20
77	77Fredrick	20
78	78Christopher	19
79	79Dale	19
80	80Edwin	19
81	81Marvin	19
82	82Terry	19
83	83Hugh	18
84	84Martin	18
85	85Vernon	18
86	86Arnold	17
87	87Earl	17
88	88Laurence	17
89	89Reginald	17
90	90Harvey	16
91	91Phillip	16
92	92Roderick	16
93	93Terence	16
94	94Derek	15
95	95Grant	15
96	96Malcolm	15
97	97Steven	15
98	98Eugene	14
99	99Maurice	14
100	100Rodney	14

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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