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Top baby names of 1943

Mary and James led the year. Climbing fast: Pamela (up 52), Paula (up 43), Danny (up 23), Eric (up 21).

Girls

#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
100 Theresa 2,929 ▼ 2

Boys

#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 ▲ 23
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

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