100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1943

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 80,231
2 Robert 0 74,837
3 John 0 68,888
4 William 0 55,892
5 Richard 0 46,325
6 David 0 37,220
7 Charles 0 36,606
8 Thomas 0 32,860
9 Ronald 0 29,224
10 Michael +3 24,733
11 Donald -1 24,405
12 Larry 0 22,957
13 Joseph -2 22,807
14 George 0 21,670
15 Kenneth 0 19,107
16 Gary +2 17,848
17 Jerry -1 17,721
18 Edward -1 17,706
19 Paul 0 17,241
20 Dennis 0 14,110
21 Frank 0 12,245
22 Raymond +2 11,389
23 Gerald -1 11,358
24 Roger +1 10,758
25 Daniel +3 9,166
26 Walter 0 9,033
27 Harold 0 8,658
28 Douglas -5 8,232
29 Stephen +3 7,923
30 Arthur -1 7,781
31 Henry 0 7,623
32 Lawrence -2 7,573
33 Carl +3 7,463
34 Jack 0 7,399
35 Joe -2 7,308
36 Willie +1 7,172
37 Billy -2 7,010
38 Roy +4 6,923
39 Peter 0 6,874
40 Wayne +1 6,766
41 Ralph -3 6,759
42 Jimmy +5 6,438
43 Albert -3 6,308
44 Anthony 0 6,203
45 Fred +1 6,164
46 Bobby -3 6,117
47 Eugene -2 5,892
48 Howard +1 5,736
49 Terry +3 5,733
50 Harry -2 5,717
51 Bruce -1 5,428
52 Johnny +4 5,373
53 Louis -2 5,025
54 Stanley +1 4,697
55 Leonard +2 4,607
56 Norman -3 4,519
57 Philip -3 4,472
58 Steven +17 4,268
59 Dale +4 4,232
60 Earl +2 4,181
61 Ernest 0 4,169
62 Samuel -3 4,137
63 Francis -5 4,064
64 Melvin -4 4,062
65 Bill +1 3,988
66 Marvin -1 3,936
67 Alan +14 3,855
68 Clarence -1 3,852
69 Patrick -5 3,847
70 Frederick -2 3,838
71 Ronnie +7 3,827
72 Don 0 3,813
73 Russell -3 3,750
74 Leroy -5 3,739
75 Jim -1 3,674
76 Allen -5 3,624
77 Tommy -4 3,611
78 Alfred -2 3,442
79 Andrew +1 3,347
80 Eddie +6 3,276
81 Phillip -4 3,247
82 Barry -3 3,192
83 Martin +2 3,078
84 Ray 0 3,062
85 Glenn +3 3,050
86 Herbert -3 3,044
87 Tom +2 2,911
88 Danny +23 2,899
89 Gene -7 2,867
90 Mike +16 2,803
91 Lee -4 2,789
92 Bernard -2 2,740
93 Steve +9 2,686
94 Clifford +1 2,657
95 Jimmie -1 2,625
96 Victor +4 2,616
97 Theodore -6 2,612
98 Gordon -6 2,607
99 Timothy +9 2,578
100 Curtis -2 2,527
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 66,156
2 Barbara 0 43,422
3 Patricia 0 39,615
4 Linda 0 38,433
5 Carol 0 31,673
6 Sandra 0 25,985
7 Judith 0 25,209
8 Sharon +3 24,705
9 Nancy -1 23,984
10 Betty -1 21,589
11 Carolyn -1 20,357
12 Shirley 0 17,823
13 Judy +2 17,382
14 Margaret 0 17,145
15 Karen +1 16,814
16 Joyce -3 16,486
17 Donna +3 14,913
18 Susan +3 14,886
19 Dorothy -2 14,780
20 Janet -1 13,316
21 Joan -3 13,230
22 Kathleen +2 12,150
23 Elizabeth -1 11,646
24 Diane +4 11,323
25 Virginia -2 10,839
26 Janice -1 10,652
27 Marilyn 0 10,143
28 Helen -2 9,798
29 Martha 0 9,703
30 Gloria +1 9,683
31 Frances -1 9,437
32 Beverly 0 9,430
33 Ruth 0 9,363
34 Bonnie 0 8,864
35 Brenda +5 8,433
36 Jean 0 8,097
37 Ann +1 7,826
38 Alice +1 7,644
39 Phyllis -2 7,604
40 Doris +1 7,128
41 Peggy +1 6,510
42 Carole -7 6,505
43 Lois +1 6,133
44 Jane +2 6,030
45 Marie -2 5,974
46 Elaine -1 5,966
47 Charlotte +4 5,481
48 Catherine +1 5,423
49 Joanne -1 5,268
50 Rose 0 5,206
51 Geraldine -4 5,189
52 Rita +3 5,009
53 Evelyn 0 4,911
54 Pamela +52 4,837
55 Gail +5 4,809
56 Wanda -2 4,703
57 Sally -1 4,656
58 Norma -6 4,541
59 Connie +11 4,509
60 Joann -2 4,463
61 Patsy -4 4,352
62 Diana +6 4,338
63 Jo +2 4,299
64 Anna -5 4,235
65 Jacqueline +4 4,187
66 Roberta 0 4,166
67 Ellen -3 4,152
68 Eileen +20 4,091
69 Annie -7 4,065
70 Louise -9 4,042
71 Sarah -4 3,986
72 Sue +1 3,846
73 Darlene +4 3,775
74 Dolores -11 3,697
75 Kathryn +7 3,644
76 Mildred -5 3,624
77 Sylvia -5 3,624
78 Katherine +3 3,614
79 Marjorie -5 3,607
80 Anne -4 3,536
81 Kay -6 3,491
82 Ruby -4 3,465
83 Glenda +6 3,402
84 Christine +12 3,315
85 Irene -5 3,298
86 Suzanne +17 3,280
87 Rebecca -2 3,269
88 Dianne +21 3,192
89 Loretta -10 3,170
90 Arlene -7 3,145
91 Juanita -1 3,078
92 Sheila +2 3,063
93 Paula +43 3,041
94 Lorraine -3 3,016
95 Rosemary -3 2,969
96 Julia -1 2,967
97 Marcia +8 2,967
98 Anita -5 2,948
99 Theresa -1 2,929
100 Delores -14 2,927