The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1943

4,040 different boys’ names were recorded in 1943, covering 1,427,297 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
11	Donald	24,421
12	Larry	22,978
13	Joseph	22,828
14	George	21,692
15	Kenneth	19,112
16	Gary	17,868
17	Jerry	17,730
18	Edward	17,713
19	Paul	17,253
20	Dennis	14,116
21	Frank	12,246
22	Raymond	11,391
23	Gerald	11,367
24	Roger	10,773
25	Daniel	9,168
26	Walter	9,035
27	Harold	8,670
28	Douglas	8,236
29	Stephen	7,932
30	Arthur	7,785
31	Henry	7,631
32	Lawrence	7,583
33	Carl	7,472
34	Jack	7,398
35	Joe	7,308
36	Willie	7,178
37	Billy	7,012
38	Roy	6,932
39	Peter	6,877
40	Ralph	6,771
41	Wayne	6,761
42	Jimmy	6,444
43	Albert	6,307
44	Anthony	6,202
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	5,431
52	Johnny	5,381
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	4,235
60	Earl	4,186
61	Ernest	4,172
62	Samuel	4,143
63	Melvin	4,069
64	Francis	4,068
65	Bill	3,990
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	3,817
73	Russell	3,752
74	Leroy	3,741
75	Jim	3,682
76	Allen	3,627
77	Tommy	3,611
78	Alfred	3,445
79	Andrew	3,352
80	Eddie	3,281
81	Phillip	3,251
82	Barry	3,193
83	Martin	3,081
84	Ray	3,063
85	Glenn	3,054
86	Herbert	3,044
87	Tom	2,909
88	Danny	2,898
89	Gene	2,865
90	Mike	2,803
91	Lee	2,789
92	Bernard	2,744
93	Steve	2,684
94	Clifford	2,667
95	Jimmie	2,628
96	Theodore	2,616
97	Victor	2,613
98	Gordon	2,608
99	Timothy	2,578
100	Curtis	2,525
101	Mark	2,520
102	Warren	2,480
103	Leon	2,451
104	Lloyd	2,443
105	Jesse	2,427
106	Vincent	2,420
107	Edwin	2,388
108	Keith	2,382
109	Jerome	2,308
110	Bob	2,275
111	Harvey	2,244
112	Floyd	2,226
113	Alvin	2,203
114	Clyde	2,194
115	Lewis	2,181
116	Jeffrey	2,171
117	Vernon	2,093
118	Rodney	1,984
119	Franklin	1,973
120	Brian	1,950
121	Leslie	1,918
122	Charlie	1,835
123	Gilbert	1,816
124	Jackie	1,778
125	Lester	1,764
126	Calvin	1,760
127	Jon	1,752
128	Joel	1,745
129	Herman	1,727
130	Benjamin	1,719
131	Arnold	1,705
132	Cecil	1,697
133	Leo	1,694
134	Jay	1,673
135	Johnnie	1,655
136	Allan	1,639
137	Chester	1,631
138	Duane	1,622
139	Dan	1,538
140	Darrell	1,529
141	Milton	1,508
142	Dean	1,502
143	Freddie	1,495
144	Lonnie	1,462
145	Tony	1,455
146	Glen	1,445
147	Lynn	1,442
148	Nicholas	1,434
149	Manuel	1,429
150	Roland	1,384
151	Jose	1,373
152	Claude	1,364
153	Sam	1,322
154	Elmer	1,311
155	Wesley	1,267
156	Wallace	1,254
157	Ted	1,236
158	Dwight	1,234
159	Willard	1,231
160	Hugh	1,206
161	Eric	1,170
162	Neil	1,155
163	Gregory	1,134
164	Craig	1,132
165	Maurice	1,105
166	Jessie	1,100
167	Dave	1,089
168	Edgar	1,082
169	Oscar	1,074
170	Marion	1,066
171	Randall	1,027
172	Marshall	1,020
173	Sidney	1,016
174	Everett	1,002
175	Virgil	993
176	Benny	960
177	Earnest	940
178	Alexander	924
178	Stuart	924
180	Donnie	920
181	Morris	914
182	Karl	907
183	Sammy	899
184	Christopher	888
185	Lyle	884
186	Max	875
187	Clifton	857
188	Dick	855
189	Bennie	849
190	Luther	843
191	Nathaniel	839
192	Ben	835
192	Juan	835
194	Garry	830
195	Carroll	825
196	Guy	823
197	Matthew	822
198	Kent	813
199	Wendell	812
200	Lowell	806

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1943 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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