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Top Baby Names 1943

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,395,290 · Total Boys: 1,427,269

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	66,176	4.743%
2	Barbara	43,432	3.113%
3	Patricia	39,621	2.840%
4	Linda	38,439	2.755%
5	Carol	31,685	2.271%
6	Sandra	25,990	1.863%
7	Judith	25,214	1.807%
8	Sharon	24,713	1.771%
9	Nancy	23,987	1.719%
10	Betty	21,596	1.548%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Carolyn	20,364	1.459%
12	Shirley	17,816	1.277%
13	Judy	17,383	1.246%
14	Margaret	17,153	1.229%
15	Karen	16,816	1.205%
16	Joyce	16,486	1.182%
17	Donna	14,914	1.069%
18	Susan	14,888	1.067%
19	Dorothy	14,794	1.060%
20	Janet	13,316	0.954%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Joan	13,232	0.948%
22	Kathleen	12,153	0.871%
23	Elizabeth	11,644	0.835%
24	Diane	11,326	0.812%
25	Virginia	10,846	0.777%
26	Janice	10,651	0.763%
27	Marilyn	10,144	0.727%
28	Helen	9,800	0.702%
29	Martha	9,705	0.696%
30	Gloria	9,684	0.694%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Frances	9,448	0.677%
32	Beverly	9,435	0.676%
33	Ruth	9,369	0.671%
34	Bonnie	8,870	0.636%
35	Brenda	8,436	0.605%
36	Jean	8,096	0.580%
37	Ann	7,829	0.561%
38	Alice	7,648	0.548%
39	Phyllis	7,609	0.545%
40	Doris	7,127	0.511%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Peggy	6,512	0.467%
42	Carole	6,506	0.466%
43	Lois	6,132	0.439%
44	Jane	6,032	0.432%
45	Marie	5,978	0.428%
46	Elaine	5,965	0.428%
47	Charlotte	5,482	0.393%
48	Catherine	5,427	0.389%
49	Joanne	5,269	0.378%
50	Rose	5,207	0.373%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Geraldine	5,189	0.372%
52	Rita	5,011	0.359%
53	Evelyn	4,912	0.352%
54	Pamela	4,839	0.347%
55	Gail	4,810	0.345%
56	Wanda	4,705	0.337%
57	Sally	4,659	0.334%
58	Norma	4,541	0.325%
59	Connie	4,512	0.323%
60	Joann	4,463	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Patsy	4,355	0.312%
62	Diana	4,337	0.311%
63	Jo	4,300	0.308%
64	Anna	4,231	0.303%
65	Jacqueline	4,189	0.300%
66	Roberta	4,169	0.299%
67	Ellen	4,152	0.298%
68	Eileen	4,092	0.293%
69	Annie	4,070	0.292%
70	Louise	4,044	0.290%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Sarah	3,990	0.286%
72	Sue	3,850	0.276%
73	Darlene	3,774	0.270%
74	Dolores	3,698	0.265%
75	Kathryn	3,647	0.261%
76	Mildred	3,626	0.260%
77	Sylvia	3,623	0.260%
78	Katherine	3,616	0.259%
79	Marjorie	3,608	0.259%
80	Anne	3,535	0.253%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Kay	3,493	0.250%
82	Ruby	3,470	0.249%
83	Glenda	3,403	0.244%
84	Christine	3,315	0.238%
85	Irene	3,299	0.236%
86	Suzanne	3,280	0.235%
87	Rebecca	3,270	0.234%
88	Dianne	3,193	0.229%
89	Loretta	3,169	0.227%
90	Arlene	3,145	0.225%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Juanita	3,085	0.221%
92	Sheila	3,063	0.220%
93	Paula	3,042	0.218%
94	Lorraine	3,015	0.216%
95	Julia	2,973	0.213%
96	Marcia	2,969	0.213%
97	Rosemary	2,967	0.213%
98	Anita	2,952	0.212%
99	Delores	2,930	0.210%
100	Theresa	2,929	0.210%

#	Name	Count	%
1	James	80,275	5.624%
2	Robert	74,890	5.247%
3	John	68,928	4.829%
4	William	55,904	3.917%
5	Richard	46,338	3.247%
6	David	37,243	2.609%
7	Charles	36,630	2.566%
8	Thomas	32,874	2.303%
9	Ronald	29,240	2.049%
10	Michael	24,745	1.734%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Donald	24,420	1.711%
12	Larry	22,979	1.610%
13	Joseph	22,827	1.599%
14	George	21,692	1.520%
15	Kenneth	19,112	1.339%
16	Gary	17,868	1.252%
17	Jerry	17,729	1.242%
18	Edward	17,713	1.241%
19	Paul	17,249	1.209%
20	Dennis	14,114	0.989%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Frank	12,245	0.858%
22	Raymond	11,392	0.798%
23	Gerald	11,368	0.796%
24	Roger	10,772	0.755%
25	Daniel	9,168	0.642%
26	Walter	9,035	0.633%
27	Harold	8,671	0.608%
28	Douglas	8,235	0.577%
29	Stephen	7,931	0.556%
30	Arthur	7,785	0.545%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Henry	7,631	0.535%
32	Lawrence	7,583	0.531%
33	Carl	7,473	0.524%
34	Jack	7,397	0.518%
35	Joe	7,307	0.512%
36	Willie	7,180	0.503%
37	Billy	7,011	0.491%
38	Roy	6,931	0.486%
39	Peter	6,877	0.482%
40	Ralph	6,771	0.474%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Wayne	6,763	0.474%
42	Jimmy	6,444	0.451%
43	Albert	6,306	0.442%
44	Anthony	6,200	0.434%
45	Fred	6,168	0.432%
46	Bobby	6,121	0.429%
47	Eugene	5,902	0.414%
48	Howard	5,739	0.402%
49	Terry	5,737	0.402%
50	Harry	5,720	0.401%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bruce	5,430	0.380%
52	Johnny	5,382	0.377%
53	Louis	5,033	0.353%
54	Stanley	4,699	0.329%
55	Leonard	4,617	0.323%
56	Norman	4,522	0.317%
57	Philip	4,473	0.313%
58	Steven	4,267	0.299%
59	Dale	4,234	0.297%
60	Earl	4,186	0.293%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ernest	4,172	0.292%
62	Samuel	4,142	0.290%
63	Francis	4,068	0.285%
64	Melvin	4,068	0.285%
65	Bill	3,989	0.279%
66	Marvin	3,939	0.276%
67	Alan	3,855	0.270%
68	Clarence	3,854	0.270%
69	Patrick	3,848	0.270%
70	Frederick	3,840	0.269%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Ronnie	3,826	0.268%
72	Don	3,816	0.267%
73	Russell	3,752	0.263%
74	Leroy	3,740	0.262%
75	Jim	3,682	0.258%
76	Allen	3,626	0.254%
77	Tommy	3,612	0.253%
78	Alfred	3,445	0.241%
79	Andrew	3,351	0.235%
80	Eddie	3,282	0.230%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Phillip	3,251	0.228%
82	Barry	3,193	0.224%
83	Martin	3,080	0.216%
84	Ray	3,063	0.215%
85	Glenn	3,053	0.214%
86	Herbert	3,043	0.213%
87	Tom	2,910	0.204%
88	Danny	2,898	0.203%
89	Gene	2,866	0.201%
90	Mike	2,803	0.196%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lee	2,789	0.195%
92	Bernard	2,744	0.192%
93	Steve	2,684	0.188%
94	Clifford	2,666	0.187%
95	Jimmie	2,628	0.184%
96	Theodore	2,616	0.183%
97	Victor	2,616	0.183%
98	Gordon	2,608	0.183%
99	Timothy	2,578	0.181%
100	Curtis	2,525	0.177%

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