Top Names of 1943
The most popular names recorded in 1943 were Mary for girls
and James for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 66,176 |
| 2 | Barbara | 43,432 |
| 3 | Patricia | 39,621 |
| 4 | Linda | 38,439 |
| 5 | Carol | 31,685 |
| 6 | Sandra | 25,990 |
| 7 | Judith | 25,214 |
| 8 | Sharon | 24,713 |
| 9 | Nancy | 23,987 |
| 10 | Betty | 21,596 |
| 11 | Carolyn | 20,364 |
| 12 | Shirley | 17,816 |
| 13 | Judy | 17,383 |
| 14 | Margaret | 17,153 |
| 15 | Karen | 16,816 |
| 16 | Joyce | 16,486 |
| 17 | Donna | 14,914 |
| 18 | Susan | 14,888 |
| 19 | Dorothy | 14,794 |
| 20 | Janet | 13,316 |
| 21 | Joan | 13,232 |
| 22 | Kathleen | 12,153 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 11,644 |
| 24 | Diane | 11,326 |
| 25 | Virginia | 10,846 |
| 26 | Janice | 10,651 |
| 27 | Marilyn | 10,144 |
| 28 | Helen | 9,800 |
| 29 | Martha | 9,705 |
| 30 | Gloria | 9,684 |
| 31 | Frances | 9,448 |
| 32 | Beverly | 9,435 |
| 33 | Ruth | 9,369 |
| 34 | Bonnie | 8,870 |
| 35 | Brenda | 8,436 |
| 36 | Jean | 8,096 |
| 37 | Ann | 7,829 |
| 38 | Alice | 7,648 |
| 39 | Phyllis | 7,609 |
| 40 | Doris | 7,127 |
| 41 | Peggy | 6,512 |
| 42 | Carole | 6,506 |
| 43 | Lois | 6,132 |
| 44 | Jane | 6,032 |
| 45 | Marie | 5,978 |
| 46 | Elaine | 5,965 |
| 47 | Charlotte | 5,482 |
| 48 | Catherine | 5,427 |
| 49 | Joanne | 5,269 |
| 50 | Rose | 5,207 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | James | 80,275 |
| 2 | Robert | 74,890 |
| 3 | John | 68,928 |
| 4 | William | 55,904 |
| 5 | Richard | 46,338 |
| 6 | David | 37,243 |
| 7 | Charles | 36,630 |
| 8 | Thomas | 32,874 |
| 9 | Ronald | 29,240 |
| 10 | Michael | 24,745 |
| 11 | Donald | 24,420 |
| 12 | Larry | 22,979 |
| 13 | Joseph | 22,827 |
| 14 | George | 21,692 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 19,112 |
| 16 | Gary | 17,868 |
| 17 | Jerry | 17,729 |
| 18 | Edward | 17,713 |
| 19 | Paul | 17,249 |
| 20 | Dennis | 14,114 |
| 21 | Frank | 12,245 |
| 22 | Raymond | 11,392 |
| 23 | Gerald | 11,368 |
| 24 | Roger | 10,772 |
| 25 | Daniel | 9,168 |
| 26 | Walter | 9,035 |
| 27 | Harold | 8,671 |
| 28 | Douglas | 8,235 |
| 29 | Stephen | 7,931 |
| 30 | Arthur | 7,785 |
| 31 | Henry | 7,631 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 7,583 |
| 33 | Carl | 7,473 |
| 34 | Jack | 7,397 |
| 35 | Joe | 7,307 |
| 36 | Willie | 7,180 |
| 37 | Billy | 7,011 |
| 38 | Roy | 6,931 |
| 39 | Peter | 6,877 |
| 40 | Ralph | 6,771 |
| 41 | Wayne | 6,763 |
| 42 | Jimmy | 6,444 |
| 43 | Albert | 6,306 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,200 |
| 45 | Fred | 6,168 |
| 46 | Bobby | 6,121 |
| 47 | Eugene | 5,902 |
| 48 | Howard | 5,739 |
| 49 | Terry | 5,737 |
| 50 | Harry | 5,720 |