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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 0 2,915 1 James 80,261 5.519 0 3,085
2 Barbara 43,429 3.026 0 -1,305 2 Robert 74,865 5.148 0 3,027
3 Patricia 39,625 2.761 0 169 3 John 68,919 4.739 0 2,892
4 Linda 38,439 2.678 0 6,828 4 William 55,898 3.843 0 1,014
5 Carol 31,682 2.207 0 1,409 5 Richard 46,328 3.185 0 2,743
6 Sandra 25,988 1.811 0 995 6 David 37,236 2.560 0 1,342
7 Judith 25,209 1.756 0 417 7 Charles 36,627 2.518 0 784
8 Sharon 24,713 1.722 3 5,066 8 Thomas 32,865 2.260 0 1,767
9 Nancy 23,990 1.671 -1 665 9 Ronald 29,235 2.010 0 2,101
10 Betty 21,596 1.505 -1 -57 10 Michael 24,743 1.701 3 3,017
11 Carolyn 20,362 1.419 -1 383 11 Donald 24,415 1.679 -1 464
12 Shirley 17,817 1.241 0 72 12 Larry 22,973 1.580 0 875
13 Judy 17,380 1.211 2 1,712 13 Joseph 22,824 1.569 -2 403
14 Margaret 17,150 1.195 0 600 14 George 21,683 1.491 0 411
15 Karen 16,816 1.172 1 1,430 15 Kenneth 19,110 1.314 0 905
16 Joyce 16,485 1.149 -3 -242 16 Gary 17,865 1.228 2 798
17 Donna 14,914 1.039 3 1,929 17 Jerry 17,731 1.219 -1 250
18 Susan 14,888 1.037 3 2,872 18 Edward 17,713 1.218 -1 245
19 Dorothy 14,790 1.030 -2 -242 19 Paul 17,251 1.186 0 765
20 Janet 13,316 0.928 -1 256 20 Dennis 14,111 0.970 0 829
21 Joan 13,228 0.922 -3 -1,286 21 Frank 12,246 0.842 0 2
22 Kathleen 12,153 0.847 2 1,459 22 Raymond 11,392 0.783 2 281
23 Elizabeth 11,646 0.811 -1 464 23 Gerald 11,360 0.781 -1 -116
24 Diane 11,326 0.789 4 1,774 24 Roger 10,764 0.740 1 1,591
25 Virginia 10,844 0.756 -2 40 25 Daniel 9,167 0.630 3 662
26 Janice 10,653 0.742 -1 370 26 Walter 9,039 0.622 0 362
27 Marilyn 10,145 0.707 0 239 27 Harold 8,664 0.596 0 82
28 Helen 9,799 0.683 -2 -216 28 Douglas 8,238 0.566 -5 -2,993
29 Martha 9,707 0.676 0 198 29 Stephen 7,930 0.545 3 429
30 Gloria 9,684 0.675 1 237 30 Arthur 7,783 0.535 -1 -244
31 Frances 9,444 0.658 -1 -27 31 Henry 7,627 0.524 0 64
32 Beverly 9,433 0.657 0 25 32 Lawrence 7,581 0.521 -2 -58
33 Ruth 9,367 0.653 0 52 33 Carl 7,464 0.513 3 198
34 Bonnie 8,869 0.618 0 47 34 Jack 7,399 0.509 0 39
35 Brenda 8,436 0.588 5 1,198 35 Joe 7,308 0.502 -2 -75
36 Jean 8,096 0.564 0 -159 36 Willie 7,183 0.494 1 92
37 Ann 7,829 0.545 1 163 37 Billy 7,014 0.482 -2 -295
38 Alice 7,648 0.533 1 270 38 Roy 6,936 0.477 4 629
39 Phyllis 7,607 0.530 -2 -184 39 Peter 6,877 0.473 0 291
40 Doris 7,127 0.497 1 -51 40 Ralph 6,769 0.465 -2 134
41 Peggy 6,510 0.454 1 -69 41 Wayne 6,764 0.465 0 282
42 Carole 6,506 0.453 -7 -1,903 42 Jimmy 6,440 0.443 5 491
43 Lois 6,132 0.427 1 -272 43 Albert 6,306 0.434 -3 -188
44 Jane 6,029 0.420 2 321 44 Anthony 6,202 0.426 0 -8
45 Marie 5,980 0.417 -2 -576 45 Fred 6,169 0.424 1 82
46 Elaine 5,966 0.416 -1 -18 46 Bobby 6,121 0.421 -3 -128
47 Charlotte 5,481 0.382 4 460 47 Eugene 5,901 0.406 -2 -189
48 Catherine 5,425 0.378 1 158 48 Howard 5,737 0.394 1 170
49 Joanne 5,267 0.367 -1 -75 49 Terry 5,734 0.394 3 924
50 Rose 5,206 0.363 0 -45 50 Harry 5,720 0.393 -2 92

 

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.