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

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1943 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1942						Change from 1942
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.