Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1943

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1943 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	66,169	4.610	-125	-63,842	1	James	80,261	5.519	-3	-66,736
2	Barbara	43,429	3.026	-928	-43,144	2	Robert	74,865	5.148	-69	-69,725
3	Patricia	39,625	2.761	-910	-39,332	3	John	68,919	4.739	-24	-59,800
4	Linda	38,439	2.678	-722	-38,050	4	William	55,898	3.843	1	-41,382
5	Carol	31,682	2.207	-1,783	-31,569	5	Richard	46,328	3.185	-183	-44,209
6	Sandra	25,988	1.811	-969	-25,719	6	David	37,236	2.560	-16	-27,539
7	Judith	25,209	1.756	-843	-24,891	7	Charles	36,627	2.518	-45	-30,023
8	Sharon	24,713	1.722	-1,119	-24,497	8	Thomas	32,865	2.260	-41	-26,086
9	Nancy	23,990	1.671	-830	-23,668	9	Ronald	29,235	2.010	-484	-28,657
10	Betty	21,596	1.505	-1,118	-21,381	10	Michael	24,743	1.701	-4	-13,123
11	Carolyn	20,362	1.419	-849	-20,050	11	Donald	24,415	1.679	-515	-23,882
12	Shirley	17,817	1.241	-1,452	-17,667	12	Larry	22,973	1.580	-694	-22,634
13	Judy	17,380	1.211	-1,520	-17,239	13	Joseph	22,824	1.569	-10	-13,269
14	Margaret	17,150	1.195	-113	-14,838	14	George	21,683	1.491	-113	-18,624
15	Karen	16,816	1.172	-620	-16,348	15	Kenneth	19,110	1.314	-211	-17,455
16	Joyce	16,485	1.149	-931	-16,207	16	Gary	17,865	1.228	-658	-17,498
17	Donna	14,914	1.039	-1,550	-14,777	17	Jerry	17,731	1.219	-584	-17,280
18	Susan	14,888	1.037	-1,061	-14,654	18	Edward	17,713	1.218	-151	-15,445
19	Dorothy	14,790	1.030	-567	-14,273	19	Paul	17,251	1.186	-215	-15,626
20	Janet	13,316	0.928	-1,392	-13,159	20	Dennis	14,111	0.970	-536	-13,618
21	Joan	13,228	0.922	-1,706	-13,110	21	Frank	12,246	0.842	-371	-11,443
22	Kathleen	12,153	0.847	-872	-11,852	22	Raymond	11,392	0.783	-277	-10,243
23	Elizabeth	11,646	0.811	10	-3,133	23	Gerald	11,360	0.781	-871	-11,119
24	Diane	11,326	0.789	-2,449	-11,255	24	Roger	10,764	0.740	-612	-10,353
25	Virginia	10,844	0.756	-515	-10,266	25	Daniel	9,167	0.630	10	2,006
26	Janice	10,653	0.742	-1,407	-10,500	26	Walter	9,039	0.622	-245	-7,736
27	Marilyn	10,145	0.707	-583	-9,651	27	Harold	8,664	0.596	-770	-8,383
28	Helen	9,799	0.683	-385	-9,054	28	Douglas	8,238	0.566	-644	-7,867
29	Martha	9,707	0.676	-768	-9,366	29	Stephen	7,930	0.545	-255	-6,694
30	Gloria	9,684	0.675	-554	-9,163	30	Arthur	7,783	0.535	-200	-6,141
31	Frances	9,444	0.658	-414	-8,729	31	Henry	7,627	0.524	15	3,022
32	Beverly	9,433	0.657	-1,261	-9,258	32	Lawrence	7,581	0.521	-466	-7,008
33	Ruth	9,367	0.653	-232	-8,133	33	Carl	7,464	0.513	-667	-7,122
34	Bonnie	8,869	0.618	-657	-8,452	34	Jack	7,399	0.509	6	1,435
35	Brenda	8,436	0.588	-977	-8,181	35	Joe	7,308	0.502	-660	-6,963
36	Jean	8,096	0.564	-2,357	-8,021	36	Willie	7,183	0.494	-898	-6,959
37	Ann	7,829	0.545	-946	-7,562	37	Billy	7,014	0.482	-808	-6,754
38	Alice	7,648	0.533	-33	-4,005	38	Roy	6,936	0.477	-504	-6,422
39	Phyllis	7,607	0.530	-6,936	-7,590	39	Peter	6,877	0.473	-172	-5,065
40	Doris	7,127	0.497	-1,774	-7,016	40	Ralph	6,769	0.465	-911	-6,552
41	Peggy	6,510	0.454	-5,513	-6,487	41	Wayne	6,764	0.465	-732	-6,465
42	Carole	6,506	0.453	-9,850	-6,496	42	Jimmy	6,440	0.443	-611	-6,050
43	Lois	6,132	0.427	-1,650	-6,010	43	Albert	6,306	0.434	-409	-5,649
44	Jane	6,029	0.420	-247	-4,906	44	Anthony	6,202	0.426	6	1,801
45	Marie	5,980	0.417	-531	-5,450	45	Fred	6,169	0.424	-1,605	-6,072
46	Elaine	5,966	0.416	-588	-5,498	46	Bobby	6,121	0.421	-778	-5,853
47	Charlotte	5,481	0.382	41	7,459	47	Eugene	5,901	0.406	-815	-5,649
48	Catherine	5,425	0.378	-156	-3,927	48	Howard	5,737	0.394	-920	-5,524
49	Joanne	5,267	0.367	-2,078	-5,178	49	Terry	5,734	0.394	-708	-5,425
50	Rose	5,206	0.363	-73	-2,774	50	Harry	5,720	0.393	-570	-5,293

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.