Top Baby Names of 1943
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1943, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1943)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Bruce | 5,430 |
| 52 | Johnny | 5,382 |
| 53 | Louis | 5,033 |
| 54 | Stanley | 4,699 |
| 55 | Leonard | 4,617 |
| 56 | Norman | 4,522 |
| 57 | Philip | 4,473 |
| 58 | Steven | 4,267 |
| 59 | Dale | 4,234 |
| 60 | Earl | 4,186 |
| 61 | Ernest | 4,172 |
| 62 | Samuel | 4,142 |
| 63 | Francis | 4,068 |
| 64 | Melvin | 4,068 |
| 65 | Bill | 3,989 |
| 66 | Marvin | 3,939 |
| 67 | Alan | 3,855 |
| 68 | Clarence | 3,854 |
| 69 | Patrick | 3,848 |
| 70 | Frederick | 3,840 |
| 71 | Ronnie | 3,826 |
| 72 | Don | 3,816 |
| 73 | Russell | 3,752 |
| 74 | Leroy | 3,740 |
| 75 | Jim | 3,682 |
| 76 | Allen | 3,626 |
| 77 | Tommy | 3,612 |
| 78 | Alfred | 3,445 |
| 79 | Andrew | 3,351 |
| 80 | Eddie | 3,282 |
| 81 | Phillip | 3,251 |
| 82 | Barry | 3,193 |
| 83 | Martin | 3,080 |
| 84 | Ray | 3,063 |
| 85 | Glenn | 3,053 |
| 86 | Herbert | 3,043 |
| 87 | Tom | 2,910 |
| 88 | Danny | 2,898 |
| 89 | Gene | 2,866 |
| 90 | Mike | 2,803 |
| 91 | Lee | 2,789 |
| 92 | Bernard | 2,744 |
| 93 | Steve | 2,684 |
| 94 | Clifford | 2,666 |
| 95 | Jimmie | 2,628 |
| 96 | Theodore | 2,616 |
| 97 | Victor | 2,616 |
| 98 | Gordon | 2,608 |
| 99 | Timothy | 2,578 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,525 |