Most Popular Baby Names of 1943
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | James | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Linda | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Carol | 0 |
| 6 | David | 0 | 6 | Sandra | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 0 | 7 | Judith | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 0 | 8 | Sharon | +3 |
| 9 | Ronald | 0 | 9 | Nancy | -1 |
| 10 | Michael | +3 | 10 | Betty | -1 |
| 11 | Donald | -1 | 11 | Carolyn | -1 |
| 12 | Larry | 0 | 12 | Shirley | 0 |
| 13 | Joseph | -2 | 13 | Judy | +2 |
| 14 | George | 0 | 14 | Margaret | 0 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 0 | 15 | Karen | +1 |
| 16 | Gary | +2 | 16 | Joyce | -3 |
| 17 | Jerry | -1 | 17 | Donna | +3 |
| 18 | Edward | -1 | 18 | Susan | +3 |
| 19 | Paul | 0 | 19 | Dorothy | -2 |
| 20 | Dennis | 0 | 20 | Janet | -1 |
| 21 | Frank | 0 | 21 | Joan | -3 |
| 22 | Raymond | +2 | 22 | Kathleen | +2 |
| 23 | Gerald | -1 | 23 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 24 | Roger | +1 | 24 | Diane | +4 |
| 25 | Daniel | +3 | 25 | Virginia | -2 |
| 26 | Walter | 0 | 26 | Janice | -1 |
| 27 | Harold | 0 | 27 | Marilyn | 0 |
| 28 | Douglas | -5 | 28 | Helen | -2 |
| 29 | Stephen | +3 | 29 | Martha | 0 |
| 30 | Arthur | -1 | 30 | Gloria | +1 |
| 31 | Henry | 0 | 31 | Frances | -1 |
| 32 | Lawrence | -2 | 32 | Beverly | 0 |
| 33 | Carl | +3 | 33 | Ruth | 0 |
| 34 | Jack | 0 | 34 | Bonnie | 0 |
| 35 | Joe | -2 | 35 | Brenda | +5 |
| 36 | Willie | +1 | 36 | Jean | 0 |
| 37 | Billy | -2 | 37 | Ann | +1 |
| 38 | Roy | +4 | 38 | Alice | +1 |
| 39 | Peter | 0 | 39 | Phyllis | -2 |
| 40 | Wayne | +1 | 40 | Doris | +1 |
| 41 | Ralph | -3 | 41 | Peggy | +1 |
| 42 | Jimmy | +5 | 42 | Carole | -7 |
| 43 | Albert | -3 | 43 | Lois | +1 |
| 44 | Anthony | 0 | 44 | Jane | +2 |
| 45 | Fred | 0 | 45 | Marie | -2 |
| 46 | Bobby | -3 | 46 | Elaine | -1 |
| 47 | Eugene | -1 | 47 | Charlotte | +4 |
| 48 | Terry | +4 | 48 | Catherine | +1 |
| 49 | Howard | 0 | 49 | Joanne | -1 |
| 50 | Harry | -2 | 50 | Rose | 0 |
| 51 | Bruce | -1 | 51 | Geraldine | -4 |
| 52 | Johnny | +2 | 52 | Rita | +3 |
| 53 | Louis | -2 | 53 | Evelyn | 0 |
| 54 | Stanley | +2 | 54 | Pamela | +52 |
| 55 | Leonard | +2 | 55 | Gail | +5 |
| 56 | Norman | -3 | 56 | Wanda | -2 |
| 57 | Philip | -2 | 57 | Sally | -1 |
| 58 | Steven | +17 | 58 | Norma | -6 |
| 59 | Dale | +4 | 59 | Connie | +11 |
| 60 | Earl | +2 | 60 | Joann | -2 |
| 61 | Ernest | 0 | 61 | Patsy | -4 |
| 62 | Samuel | -2 | 62 | Diana | +6 |
| 63 | Francis | -5 | 63 | Jo | +2 |
| 64 | Melvin | -5 | 64 | Anna | -5 |
| 65 | Bill | +1 | 65 | Jacqueline | +4 |
| 66 | Marvin | -1 | 66 | Roberta | 0 |
| 67 | Alan | +14 | 67 | Ellen | -3 |
| 68 | Patrick | -4 | 68 | Eileen | +20 |
| 69 | Clarence | -2 | 69 | Annie | -7 |
| 70 | Frederick | -2 | 70 | Louise | -9 |
| 71 | Ronnie | +7 | 71 | Sarah | -4 |
| 72 | Don | 0 | 72 | Sue | +1 |
| 73 | Leroy | -4 | 73 | Darlene | +4 |
| 74 | Russell | -4 | 74 | Dolores | -11 |
| 75 | Jim | -1 | 75 | Kathryn | +7 |
| 76 | Allen | -5 | 76 | Mildred | -5 |
| 77 | Tommy | -4 | 77 | Katherine | +4 |
| 78 | Alfred | -2 | 78 | Sylvia | -6 |
| 79 | Andrew | +1 | 79 | Marjorie | -5 |
| 80 | Eddie | +6 | 80 | Anne | -4 |
| 81 | Phillip | -4 | 81 | Kay | -6 |
| 82 | Barry | -3 | 82 | Ruby | -4 |
| 83 | Martin | +2 | 83 | Glenda | +6 |
| 84 | Ray | 0 | 84 | Christine | +12 |
| 85 | Glenn | +3 | 85 | Irene | -5 |
| 86 | Herbert | -3 | 86 | Suzanne | +17 |
| 87 | Tom | +2 | 87 | Rebecca | -2 |
| 88 | Danny | +21 | 88 | Dianne | +21 |
| 89 | Gene | -7 | 89 | Loretta | -10 |
| 90 | Mike | +15 | 90 | Arlene | -7 |
| 91 | Lee | -4 | 91 | Juanita | -1 |
| 92 | Bernard | -2 | 92 | Sheila | +2 |
| 93 | Steve | +9 | 93 | Paula | +43 |
| 94 | Clifford | +1 | 94 | Lorraine | -3 |
| 95 | Jimmie | -1 | 95 | Rosemary | -3 |
| 96 | Victor | +4 | 96 | Julia | -1 |
| 97 | Theodore | -6 | 97 | Marcia | +8 |
| 98 | Gordon | -6 | 98 | Anita | -5 |
| 99 | Timothy | +8 | 99 | Delores | -13 |
| 100 | Curtis | -2 | 100 | Theresa | -2 |