Name.Baby Names by year 1940s 1943 Most Popular Baby Names of 1943 Social Security has card records for 2,889,963 people born in the U.S. in 1943. Mary was the top girl name (66,174 babies) and James the top boy name (80,278).
Top 100 names of 1943 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1943, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 66,174 #125 2 Barbara 43,432 #968 3 Patricia 39,620 #1,334 4 Linda 38,439 #902 5 Carol 31,686 #2,239 6 Sandra 25,990 #1,207 7 Judith 25,214 #788 8 Sharon 24,712 #1,250 9 Nancy 23,988 #965 10 Betty 21,596 #1,113 11 Carolyn 20,365 #1,222 12 Shirley 17,816 #1,581 13 Judy 17,383 #1,872 14 Margaret 17,153 #112 15 Karen 16,816 #1,279 16 Joyce 16,485 #1,071 17 Donna 14,912 #1,962 18 Susan 14,888 #1,085 19 Dorothy 14,793 #421 20 Janet 13,316 #2,778 21 Joan 13,232 #1,085 22 Kathleen 12,153 #1,150 23 Elizabeth 11,644 #17 24 Diane 11,326 #2,607 25 Virginia 10,847 #525 26 Janice 10,651 #2,514 27 Marilyn 10,145 #760 28 Helen 9,800 #461 29 Martha 9,704 #712 30 Gloria 9,684 #654 31 Frances 9,449 #318 32 Beverly 9,435 #1,016 33 Ruth 9,370 #173 34 Bonnie 8,870 #396 35 Brenda 8,435 #1,525 36 Jean 8,096 #2,117 37 Ann 7,829 #1,076 38 Alice 7,648 #65 39 Phyllis 7,610 #11,932 40 Doris 7,128 #2,895 41 Peggy 6,511 #8,362 42 Carole 6,506 #10,107 43 Lois 6,132 #1,666 44 Jane 6,032 #221 45 Marie 5,980 #617 46 Elaine 5,966 #304 47 Charlotte 5,482 #2 48 Catherine 5,427 #313 49 Joanne 5,270 #2,607 50 Rose 5,206 #114
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1943, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Geraldine 5,189 #2,438 52 Rita 5,011 #1,285 53 Evelyn 4,912 #8 54 Pamela 4,839 #2,239 55 Gail 4,810 #8,362 56 Wanda 4,705 #5,917 57 Sally 4,659 #1,150 58 Norma 4,542 #2,002 59 Connie 4,512 #3,067 60 Joann 4,464 #3,028 61 Patsy 4,355 #5,917 62 Diana 4,337 #244 63 Jo 4,300 #3,975 64 Anna 4,232 #107 65 Jacqueline 4,189 #558 66 Roberta 4,169 #2,778 67 Ellen 4,152 #1,062 68 Eileen 4,092 #654 69 Annie 4,070 #182 70 Louise 4,044 #514 71 Sarah 3,990 #90 72 Sue 3,850 #8,860 73 Darlene 3,774 #1,844 74 Dolores 3,698 #2,564 75 Kathryn 3,647 #729 76 Mildred 3,626 #1,962 77 Sylvia 3,623 #300 78 Katherine 3,616 #186 79 Marjorie 3,608 #1,016 80 Anne 3,535 #619 81 Kay 3,494 #3,903 82 Ruby 3,470 #64 83 Glenda 3,403 #5,917 84 Christine 3,316 #1,272 85 Irene 3,299 #651 86 Suzanne 3,280 #2,387 87 Rebecca 3,270 #349 88 Dianne 3,193 #5,722 89 Loretta 3,169 #606 90 Arlene 3,146 #1,631 91 Juanita 3,085 #2,778 92 Sheila 3,063 #2,645 93 Paula 3,042 #853 94 Lorraine 3,015 #1,043 95 Julia 2,972 #131 96 Marcia 2,970 #3,389 97 Rosemary 2,966 #251 98 Anita 2,952 #1,341 99 Delores 2,929 #5,722 99 Theresa 2,929 #1,548
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1943, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 James 80,278 #6 2 Robert 74,892 #92 3 John 68,929 #23 4 William 55,904 #9 5 Richard 46,339 #234 6 David 37,240 #35 7 Charles 36,632 #48 8 Thomas 32,874 #34 9 Ronald 29,239 #637 10 Michael 24,745 #21 11 Donald 24,421 #690 12 Larry 22,978 #1,084 13 Joseph 22,828 #29 14 George 21,692 #126 15 Kenneth 19,112 #294 16 Gary 17,868 #1,073 17 Jerry 17,730 #906 18 Edward 17,713 #224 19 Paul 17,253 #262 20 Dennis 14,116 #707 21 Frank 12,246 #513 22 Raymond 11,391 #394 23 Gerald 11,367 #1,204 24 Roger 10,773 #832 25 Daniel 9,168 #22 26 Walter 9,035 #251 27 Harold 8,670 #991 28 Douglas 8,236 #807 29 Stephen 7,932 #383 30 Arthur 7,785 #87 31 Henry 7,631 #5 32 Lawrence 7,583 #518 33 Carl 7,472 #1,132 34 Jack 7,398 #15 35 Joe 7,308 #991 36 Willie 7,178 #1,315 37 Billy 7,012 #1,068 38 Roy 6,932 #525 39 Peter 6,877 #187 40 Ralph 6,771 #1,046 41 Wayne 6,761 #652 42 Jimmy 6,444 #846 43 Albert 6,307 #614 44 Anthony 6,202 #46 45 Fred 6,168 #1,932 46 Bobby 6,121 #1,097 47 Eugene 5,902 #943 48 Howard 5,739 #1,002 49 Terry 5,737 #1,115 50 Harry 5,720 #775
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1943, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bruce 5,431 #536 52 Johnny 5,381 #457 53 Louis 5,033 #249 54 Stanley 4,699 #863 55 Leonard 4,617 #637 56 Norman 4,522 #1,196 57 Philip 4,473 #527 58 Steven 4,267 #271 59 Dale 4,235 #1,409 60 Earl 4,186 #2,230 61 Ernest 4,172 #1,038 62 Samuel 4,143 #18 63 Melvin 4,069 #958 64 Francis 4,068 #420 65 Bill 3,990 #5,208 66 Marvin 3,939 #699 67 Alan 3,855 #191 68 Clarence 3,854 #1,499 69 Patrick 3,848 #235 70 Frederick 3,840 #435 71 Ronnie 3,826 #1,064 72 Don 3,817 #1,793 73 Russell 3,752 #345 74 Leroy 3,741 #883 75 Jim 3,682 #3,128 76 Allen 3,627 #578 77 Tommy 3,611 #657 78 Alfred 3,445 #840 79 Andrew 3,352 #73 80 Eddie 3,281 #860 81 Phillip 3,251 #651 82 Barry 3,193 #1,520 83 Martin 3,081 #335 84 Ray 3,063 #791 85 Glenn 3,054 #1,443 86 Herbert 3,044 #2,641 87 Tom 2,909 #2,183 88 Danny 2,898 #628 89 Gene 2,865 #2,230 90 Mike 2,803 #1,231 91 Lee 2,789 #725 92 Bernard 2,744 #1,362 93 Steve 2,684 #1,609 94 Clifford 2,667 #1,352 95 Jimmie 2,628 #3,658 96 Theodore 2,616 #4 97 Victor 2,613 #209 98 Gordon 2,608 #1,051 99 Timothy 2,578 #203 100 Curtis 2,525 #984
Entered the top 100 in 1943
