100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1943

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 James 0 80,258
2 Robert 0 74,862
3 John 0 68,915
4 William 0 55,899
5 Richard 0 46,327
6 David 0 37,236
7 Charles 0 36,628
8 Thomas 0 32,860
9 Ronald 0 29,235
10 Michael +3 24,743
11 Donald -1 24,412
12 Larry 0 22,968
13 Joseph -2 22,821
14 George 0 21,681
15 Kenneth 0 19,109
16 Gary +2 17,866
17 Jerry -1 17,731
18 Edward -1 17,711
19 Paul 0 17,251
20 Dennis 0 14,110
21 Frank 0 12,246
22 Raymond +2 11,390
23 Gerald -1 11,359
24 Roger +1 10,765
25 Daniel +3 9,165
26 Walter 0 9,039
27 Harold 0 8,663
28 Douglas -5 8,238
29 Stephen +3 7,929
30 Arthur -1 7,781
31 Henry 0 7,626
32 Lawrence -2 7,579
33 Carl +3 7,466
34 Jack 0 7,399
35 Joe -2 7,309
36 Willie +1 7,181
37 Billy -2 7,014
38 Roy +4 6,935
39 Peter 0 6,877
40 Ralph -2 6,768
41 Wayne 0 6,764
42 Jimmy +5 6,441
43 Albert -3 6,304
44 Anthony 0 6,202
45 Fred +1 6,169
46 Bobby -3 6,121
47 Eugene -2 5,901
48 Howard +1 5,737
49 Terry +3 5,733
50 Harry -2 5,719
51 Bruce -1 5,431
52 Johnny +3 5,379
53 Louis -2 5,032
54 Stanley +2 4,700
55 Leonard +2 4,613
56 Norman -3 4,522
57 Philip -3 4,472
58 Steven +17 4,269
59 Dale +4 4,233
60 Earl +2 4,185
61 Ernest 0 4,171
62 Samuel -3 4,136
63 Melvin -3 4,069
64 Francis -6 4,067
65 Bill 0 3,989
66 Marvin 0 3,936
67 Alan +14 3,855
68 Clarence -1 3,854
69 Patrick -5 3,847
70 Frederick -2 3,839
71 Ronnie +7 3,828
72 Don 0 3,815
73 Russell -3 3,752
74 Leroy -5 3,736
75 Jim -1 3,677
76 Allen -5 3,627
77 Tommy -4 3,611
78 Alfred -2 3,446
79 Andrew +1 3,349
80 Eddie +6 3,277
81 Phillip -4 3,249
82 Barry -3 3,193
83 Martin +2 3,079
84 Ray 0 3,063
85 Glenn +3 3,051
86 Herbert -3 3,043
87 Tom +2 2,910
88 Danny +21 2,898
89 Gene -7 2,867
90 Mike +16 2,802
91 Lee -4 2,789
92 Bernard -2 2,743
93 Steve +9 2,687
94 Clifford +1 2,663
95 Jimmie -1 2,629
96 Victor +3 2,615
97 Theodore -6 2,614
98 Gordon -6 2,608
99 Timothy +9 2,579
100 Curtis -2 2,525
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 66,169
2 Barbara 0 43,428
3 Patricia 0 39,623
4 Linda 0 38,438
5 Carol 0 31,681
6 Sandra 0 25,988
7 Judith 0 25,209
8 Sharon +3 24,713
9 Nancy -1 23,989
10 Betty -1 21,596
11 Carolyn -1 20,361
12 Shirley 0 17,817
13 Judy +2 17,380
14 Margaret 0 17,150
15 Karen +1 16,816
16 Joyce -3 16,486
17 Donna +3 14,913
18 Susan +3 14,888
19 Dorothy -2 14,789
20 Janet -1 13,316
21 Joan -3 13,228
22 Kathleen +2 12,153
23 Elizabeth -1 11,646
24 Diane +4 11,326
25 Virginia -2 10,844
26 Janice -1 10,653
27 Marilyn 0 10,145
28 Helen -2 9,799
29 Martha 0 9,707
30 Gloria +1 9,683
31 Frances -1 9,443
32 Beverly 0 9,433
33 Ruth 0 9,367
34 Bonnie 0 8,868
35 Brenda +5 8,435
36 Jean 0 8,097
37 Ann +1 7,829
38 Alice +1 7,648
39 Phyllis -2 7,606
40 Doris +1 7,127
41 Peggy +1 6,510
42 Carole -7 6,506
43 Lois +1 6,133
44 Jane +2 6,029
45 Marie -2 5,980
46 Elaine -1 5,966
47 Charlotte +4 5,481
48 Catherine +1 5,425
49 Joanne -1 5,268
50 Rose 0 5,206
51 Geraldine -4 5,190
52 Rita +3 5,011
53 Evelyn 0 4,912
54 Pamela +52 4,838
55 Gail +5 4,810
56 Wanda -2 4,705
57 Sally -1 4,657
58 Norma -6 4,543
59 Connie +11 4,510
60 Joann -2 4,463
61 Patsy -4 4,352
62 Diana +6 4,337
63 Jo +2 4,298
64 Anna -5 4,232
65 Jacqueline +4 4,187
66 Roberta 0 4,168
67 Ellen -3 4,153
68 Eileen +20 4,092
69 Annie -7 4,068
70 Louise -9 4,043
71 Sarah -4 3,987
72 Sue +1 3,850
73 Darlene +5 3,773
74 Dolores -11 3,698
75 Kathryn +7 3,646
76 Sylvia -4 3,624
77 Mildred -6 3,623
78 Katherine +3 3,614
79 Marjorie -5 3,607
80 Anne -4 3,534
81 Kay -6 3,492
82 Ruby -5 3,467
83 Glenda +6 3,403
84 Christine +12 3,315
85 Irene -5 3,297
86 Suzanne +17 3,279
87 Rebecca -2 3,268
88 Dianne +21 3,193
89 Loretta -10 3,169
90 Arlene -7 3,145
91 Juanita -1 3,082
92 Sheila +2 3,063
93 Paula +43 3,042
94 Lorraine -3 3,017
95 Julia 0 2,972
96 Marcia +9 2,968
97 Rosemary -5 2,967
98 Anita -5 2,951
99 Delores -13 2,930
100 Theresa -2 2,928