Popular baby names in California, 1943

The most popular baby names in California in 1943 were Mary for girls (2,928 babies) and Robert for boys (4,659). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 159,811 babies born in California in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1943

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lupe: 94 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jeri: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Yolanda: 105 babies, 4× the national rate
Angie: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Robin: 67 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pam: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cherie: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carmen: 189 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Toni: 130 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Melinda: 93 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salvador: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Manuel: 316 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Armando: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ruben: 112 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luis: 66 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ron: 98 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ken: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raul: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	2,928	↑1	1
2	Linda	2,816	↓1	4
3	Patricia	2,431	↑1	3
4	Barbara	2,270	↓1	2
5	Sharon	2,195	–	8
6	Carol	1,938	–	5
7	Sandra	1,553	–	6
8	Judith	1,402	↑1	7
9	Susan	1,380	↑3	18
10	Nancy	1,314	↓2	9
11	Judy	1,211	↓1	13
12	Karen	1,207	↓1	15
13	Donna	1,202	–	17
14	Carolyn	1,042	–	11
15	Diane	1,000	–	24
16	Margaret	905	↑1	14
17	Kathleen	895	↑1	22
18	Shirley	858	↑1	12
19	Betty	763	↑1	10
20	Marilyn	758	↑2	27
21	Janet	752	–	20
22	Virginia	741	↑1	25
23	Joan	740	↓7	21
24	Joyce	681	↑1	16
25	Janice	648	↑2	26
26	Gloria	631	–	30
27	Pamela	588	↑18	54
28	Beverly	584	↑1	32
29	Bonnie	557	↓1	34
30	Frances	502	↑2	31
31	Dorothy	494	–	19
32	Diana	482	↑1	62
33	Carole	443	↓9	42
34	Helen	436	↓4	28
35	Elizabeth	407	↓1	23
36	Martha	380	↑6	29
37	Alice	378	↓2	38
38	Cheryl	377	new	>100
39	Darlene	372	↑2	73
40	Jean	370	↓4	36
41	Sally	369	↑3	57
42	Ruth	344	↓3	33
43	Irene	338	↑5	85
44	Ann	332	↓4	37
45	Phyllis	327	↓2	39
46	Joanne	323	↓9	49
47	Connie	316	↑3	59
48	Dolores	305	↓10	74
49	Gail	303	–	55
50	Peggy	297	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	4,659	–	2
2	John	3,879	–	3
3	James	3,599	–	1
4	Richard	3,408	–	5
5	William	2,818	–	4
6	David	2,504	–	6
7	Michael	2,418	–	10
8	Ronald	1,914	↑1	9
9	Gary	1,760	↓1	16
10	Charles	1,584	–	7
11	Thomas	1,478	–	8
12	Larry	1,420	↑1	12
13	Donald	1,403	↓1	11
14	Dennis	1,228	–	20
15	George	1,099	↑1	14
16	Kenneth	1,085	↓1	15
17	Jerry	963	–	17
18	Paul	931	↑1	19
19	Frank	909	↓1	21
20	Edward	838	–	18
21	Joseph	743	↑3	13
22	Stephen	706	–	29
23	Raymond	674	–	22
24	Jack	643	↑1	34
25	Daniel	609	↑1	25
26	Roger	595	↑4	24
27	Douglas	568	↓6	28
28	Gerald	566	↓1	23
29	Joe	563	↓1	35
30	Steven	528	↑7	58
31	Jim	519	↓2	75
32	Bill	515	↓1	65
33	Arthur	497	↑1	30
34	Mike	448	↑4	90
35	Fred	446	↓3	45
36	Don	435	↑7	72
37	Peter	427	↓1	39
38	Terry	426	↑9	49
39	Lawrence	412	↓6	32
40	Bruce	396	↓5	51
41	Harold	376	↑1	27
42	Wayne	375	↓1	41
43	Walter	367	↓4	26
44	Ralph	366	↑2	40
45	Bob	362	↓5	>100
46	Tom	360	↓1	87
47	Steve	355	new	93
48	Albert	342	↑2	43
49	Roy	329	new	38
50	Carl	327	↓6	33

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