1943
Top Baby Names of 1943
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1943
1
Mary 66,176 2
Barbara 43,432 3
Patricia 39,621 4
Linda 38,439 5
Carol 31,685 6
Sandra 25,990 7
Judith 25,214 8
Sharon 24,713 9
Nancy 23,987 10
Betty 21,596 11
Carolyn 20,364 12
Shirley 17,816 13
Judy 17,383 14
Margaret 17,153 15
Karen 16,816 16
Joyce 16,486 17
Donna 14,914 18
Susan 14,888 19
Dorothy 14,794 20
Janet 13,316 21
Joan 13,232 22
Kathleen 12,153 23
Elizabeth 11,644 24
Diane 11,326 25
Virginia 10,846 26
Janice 10,651 27
Marilyn 10,144 28
Helen 9,800 29
Martha 9,705 30
Gloria 9,684 31
Frances 9,448 32
Beverly 9,435 33
Ruth 9,369 34
Bonnie 8,870 35
Brenda 8,436 36
Jean 8,096 37
Ann 7,829 38
Alice 7,648 39
Phyllis 7,609 40
Doris 7,127 41
Peggy 6,512 42
Carole 6,506 43
Lois 6,132 44
Jane 6,032 45
Marie 5,978 46
Elaine 5,965 47
Charlotte 5,482 48
Catherine 5,427 49
Joanne 5,269 50
Rose 5,207 51
Geraldine 5,189 52
Rita 5,011 53
Evelyn 4,912 54
Pamela 4,839 55
Gail 4,810 56
Wanda 4,705 57
Sally 4,659 58
Norma 4,541 59
Connie 4,512 60
Joann 4,463 61
Patsy 4,355 62
Diana 4,337 63
Jo 4,300 64
Anna 4,231 65
Jacqueline 4,189 66
Roberta 4,169 67
Ellen 4,152 68
Eileen 4,092 69
Annie 4,070 70
Louise 4,044 71
Sarah 3,990 72
Sue 3,850 73
Darlene 3,774 74
Dolores 3,698 75
Kathryn 3,647 76
Mildred 3,626 77
Sylvia 3,623 78
Katherine 3,616 79
Marjorie 3,608 80
Anne 3,535 81
Kay 3,493 82
Ruby 3,470 83
Glenda 3,403 84
Christine 3,315 85
Irene 3,299 86
Suzanne 3,280 87
Rebecca 3,270 88
Dianne 3,193 89
Loretta 3,169 90
Arlene 3,145 91
Juanita 3,085 92
Sheila 3,063 93
Paula 3,042 94
Lorraine 3,015 95
Julia 2,973 96
Marcia 2,969 97
Rosemary 2,967 98
Anita 2,952 99
Delores 2,930 100
Theresa 2,929 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1943
1
James 80,275 2
Robert 74,890 3
John 68,928 4
William 55,904 5
Richard 46,338 6
David 37,243 7
Charles 36,630 8
Thomas 32,874 9
Ronald 29,240 10
Michael 24,745 11
Donald 24,420 12
Larry 22,979 13
Joseph 22,827 14
George 21,692 15
Kenneth 19,112 16
Gary 17,868 17
Jerry 17,729 18
Edward 17,713 19
Paul 17,249 20
Dennis 14,114 21
Frank 12,245 22
Raymond 11,392 23
Gerald 11,368 24
Roger 10,772 25
Daniel 9,168 26
Walter 9,035 27
Harold 8,671 28
Douglas 8,235 29
Stephen 7,931 30
Arthur 7,785 31
Henry 7,631 32
Lawrence 7,583 33
Carl 7,473 34
Jack 7,397 35
Joe 7,307 36
Willie 7,180 37
Billy 7,011 38
Roy 6,931 39
Peter 6,877 40
Ralph 6,771 41
Wayne 6,763 42
Jimmy 6,444 43
Albert 6,306 44
Anthony 6,200 45
Fred 6,168 46
Bobby 6,121 47
Eugene 5,902 48
Howard 5,739 49
Terry 5,737 50
Harry 5,720 51
Bruce 5,430 52
Johnny 5,382 53
Louis 5,033 54
Stanley 4,699 55
Leonard 4,617 56
Norman 4,522 57
Philip 4,473 58
Steven 4,267 59
Dale 4,234 60
Earl 4,186 61
Ernest 4,172 62
Samuel 4,142 63
Francis 4,068 63
Melvin 4,068 65
Bill 3,989 66
Marvin 3,939 67
Alan 3,855 68
Clarence 3,854 69
Patrick 3,848 70
Frederick 3,840 71
Ronnie 3,826 72
Don 3,816 73
Russell 3,752 74
Leroy 3,740 75
Jim 3,682 76
Allen 3,626 77
Tommy 3,612 78
Alfred 3,445 79
Andrew 3,351 80
Eddie 3,282 81
Phillip 3,251 82
Barry 3,193 83
Martin 3,080 84
Ray 3,063 85
Glenn 3,053 86
Herbert 3,043 87
Tom 2,910 88
Danny 2,898 89
Gene 2,866 90
Mike 2,803 91
Lee 2,789 92
Bernard 2,744 93
Steve 2,684 94
Clifford 2,666 95
Jimmie 2,628 96
Theodore 2,616 96
Victor 2,616 98
Gordon 2,608 99
Timothy 2,578 100
Curtis 2,525 About 1943 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1943, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.