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The most popular baby names of 1943

SSA recorded 2,822,590 births in 1943 across all reported names — 1,395,293 girls and 1,427,297 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1943

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1942.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +52
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 +17
87 Rebecca 3,270 -2
88 Dianne 3,193 +21
89 Loretta 3,169 -10
90 Arlene 3,146 -7
91 Juanita 3,085 -1
92 Sheila 3,063 +2
93 Paula 3,042 +43
94 Lorraine 3,015 -3
95 Julia 2,972 —
96 Marcia 2,970 +9
97 Rosemary 2,966 -5
98 Anita 2,952 -5
99 Delores 2,929 -13
99 Theresa 2,929 -1

Top 100 boys' names in 1943

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1942.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +22
89 Gene 2,865 -7
90 Mike 2,803 +16
91 Lee 2,789 -4
92 Bernard 2,744 -2
93 Steve 2,684 +9
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 +9
100 Curtis 2,525 -2

Names that climbed fastest in 1943

Ranked by places gained against 1942, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1943Rank 1942Change
Cheryl girls 102 280 +178
Trudy girls 309 450 +141
Sheryl girls 287 399 +112
Michelle girls 373 482 +109
Roseann girls 294 394 +100
Bernadette girls 272 364 +92
Tina girls 383 471 +88
Guadalupe girls 336 419 +83
Holly girls 410 489 +79
Ginger girls 412 491 +79
Randy boys 242 315 +73
Vickie girls 317 384 +67
Ronny boys 322 386 +64
Terence boys 377 433 +56
Dana girls 350 405 +55

Names that fell fastest in 1943

NameRank 1943Rank 1942Change
Karin girls 479 342 -137
Mac boys 397 308 -89
Clarice girls 450 370 -80
Madeleine girls 503 427 -76
May girls 503 433 -70
Madelyn girls 505 436 -69
Elinor girls 524 458 -66
Lanny boys 358 299 -59
Ollie boys 443 393 -50
Essie girls 391 342 -49
Iva girls 435 389 -46
Merle girls 486 440 -46
Dee girls 522 477 -45
Sterling boys 422 377 -45
Myrna girls 234 190 -44

Names that first appear in 1943

1943 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1943

For these names, 1943 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.