Popular baby names of 1943

In 1943, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (66,174 babies) and James for boys (80,278). Social Security records show 2,822,590 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,367 girls' names and 4,040 boys' names.

1943 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 24.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 34.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Pamela, Suzanne, Dianne, Paula, Marcia.
New in the boys' top 100: Danny, Mike, Steve, Timothy.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942
1	Mary	66,174	–
2	Barbara	43,432	–
3	Patricia	39,620	–
4	Linda	38,439	–
5	Carol	31,686	–
6	Sandra	25,990	–
7	Judith	25,214	–
8	Sharon	24,712	↑3
9	Nancy	23,988	↓1
10	Betty	21,596	↓1
11	Carolyn	20,365	↓1
12	Shirley	17,816	–
13	Judy	17,383	↑2
14	Margaret	17,153	–
15	Karen	16,816	↑1
16	Joyce	16,485	↓3
17	Donna	14,912	↑3
18	Susan	14,888	↑3
19	Dorothy	14,793	↓2
20	Janet	13,316	↓1
21	Joan	13,232	↓3
22	Kathleen	12,153	↑2
23	Elizabeth	11,644	↓1
24	Diane	11,326	↑4
25	Virginia	10,847	↓2
26	Janice	10,651	↓1
27	Marilyn	10,145	–
28	Helen	9,800	↓2
29	Martha	9,704	–
30	Gloria	9,684	↑1
31	Frances	9,449	↓1
32	Beverly	9,435	–
33	Ruth	9,370	–
34	Bonnie	8,870	–
35	Brenda	8,435	↑5
36	Jean	8,096	–
37	Ann	7,829	↑1
38	Alice	7,648	↑1
39	Phyllis	7,610	↓2
40	Doris	7,128	↑1
41	Peggy	6,511	↑1
42	Carole	6,506	↓7
43	Lois	6,132	↑1
44	Jane	6,032	↑2
45	Marie	5,980	↓2
46	Elaine	5,966	↓1
47	Charlotte	5,482	↑4
48	Catherine	5,427	↑1
49	Joanne	5,270	↓1
50	Rose	5,206	–
51	Geraldine	5,189	↓4
52	Rita	5,011	↑3
53	Evelyn	4,912	–
54	Pamela	4,839	new
55	Gail	4,810	↑5
56	Wanda	4,705	↓2
57	Sally	4,659	↓1
58	Norma	4,542	↓6
59	Connie	4,512	↑11
60	Joann	4,464	↓2
61	Patsy	4,355	↓4
62	Diana	4,337	↑6
63	Jo	4,300	↑2
64	Anna	4,232	↓5
65	Jacqueline	4,189	↑4
66	Roberta	4,169	–
67	Ellen	4,152	↓3
68	Eileen	4,092	↑20
69	Annie	4,070	↓7
70	Louise	4,044	↓9
71	Sarah	3,990	↓4
72	Sue	3,850	↑1
73	Darlene	3,774	↑5
74	Dolores	3,698	↓11
75	Kathryn	3,647	↑7
76	Mildred	3,626	↓5
77	Sylvia	3,623	↓5
78	Katherine	3,616	↑3
79	Marjorie	3,608	↓5
80	Anne	3,535	↓4
81	Kay	3,494	↓6
82	Ruby	3,470	↓5
83	Glenda	3,403	↑6
84	Christine	3,316	↑12
85	Irene	3,299	↓5
86	Suzanne	3,280	new
87	Rebecca	3,270	↓2
88	Dianne	3,193	new
89	Loretta	3,169	↓10
90	Arlene	3,146	↓7
91	Juanita	3,085	↓1
92	Sheila	3,063	↑2
93	Paula	3,042	new
94	Lorraine	3,015	↓3
95	Julia	2,972	–
96	Marcia	2,970	new
97	Rosemary	2,966	↓5
98	Anita	2,952	↓5
99	Delores	2,929	↓13
100	Theresa	2,929	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942
1	James	80,278	–
2	Robert	74,892	–
3	John	68,929	–
4	William	55,904	–
5	Richard	46,339	–
6	David	37,240	–
7	Charles	36,632	–
8	Thomas	32,874	–
9	Ronald	29,239	–
10	Michael	24,745	↑3
11	Donald	24,421	↓1
12	Larry	22,978	–
13	Joseph	22,828	↓2
14	George	21,692	–
15	Kenneth	19,112	–
16	Gary	17,868	↑2
17	Jerry	17,730	↓1
18	Edward	17,713	↓1
19	Paul	17,253	–
20	Dennis	14,116	–
21	Frank	12,246	–
22	Raymond	11,391	↑2
23	Gerald	11,367	↓1
24	Roger	10,773	↑1
25	Daniel	9,168	↑3
26	Walter	9,035	–
27	Harold	8,670	–
28	Douglas	8,236	↓5
29	Stephen	7,932	↑3
30	Arthur	7,785	↓1
31	Henry	7,631	–
32	Lawrence	7,583	↓2
33	Carl	7,472	↑3
34	Jack	7,398	–
35	Joe	7,308	↓2
36	Willie	7,178	↑1
37	Billy	7,012	↓2
38	Roy	6,932	↑4
39	Peter	6,877	–
40	Ralph	6,771	↓2
41	Wayne	6,761	–
42	Jimmy	6,444	↑5
43	Albert	6,307	↓3
44	Anthony	6,202	–
45	Fred	6,168	↑1
46	Bobby	6,121	↓3
47	Eugene	5,902	↓2
48	Howard	5,739	↑1
49	Terry	5,737	↑3
50	Harry	5,720	↓2
51	Bruce	5,431	↓1
52	Johnny	5,381	↑3
53	Louis	5,033	↓2
54	Stanley	4,699	↑2
55	Leonard	4,617	↑2
56	Norman	4,522	↓3
57	Philip	4,473	↓3
58	Steven	4,267	↑17
59	Dale	4,235	↑4
60	Earl	4,186	↑2
61	Ernest	4,172	–
62	Samuel	4,143	↓3
63	Melvin	4,069	↓3
64	Francis	4,068	↓6
65	Bill	3,990	–
66	Marvin	3,939	–
67	Alan	3,855	↑14
68	Clarence	3,854	↓1
69	Patrick	3,848	↓5
70	Frederick	3,840	↓2
71	Ronnie	3,826	↑7
72	Don	3,817	–
73	Russell	3,752	↓3
74	Leroy	3,741	↓5
75	Jim	3,682	↓1
76	Allen	3,627	↓5
77	Tommy	3,611	↓4
78	Alfred	3,445	↓2
79	Andrew	3,352	↑1
80	Eddie	3,281	↑6
81	Phillip	3,251	↓4
82	Barry	3,193	↓3
83	Martin	3,081	↑2
84	Ray	3,063	–
85	Glenn	3,054	↑3
86	Herbert	3,044	↓3
87	Tom	2,909	↑2
88	Danny	2,898	new
89	Gene	2,865	↓7
90	Mike	2,803	new
91	Lee	2,789	↓4
92	Bernard	2,744	↓2
93	Steve	2,684	new
94	Clifford	2,667	↑1
95	Jimmie	2,628	↓1
96	Theodore	2,616	↓5
97	Victor	2,613	↑2
98	Gordon	2,608	↓6
99	Timothy	2,578	new
100	Curtis	2,525	↓2

Every name given in 1943

All 9,407 names Social Security recorded for 1943, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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