100 Most popular boy names of 1943, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1943 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1943.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
James
80275
5.59
-
2
Robert
74878
5.22
-
3
John
68924
4.8
-
4
William
55903
3.89
-
5
Richard
46334
3.23
-
6
David
37241
2.59
-
7
Charles
36631
2.55
-
8
Thomas
32870
2.29
-
9
Ronald
29237
2.04
-
10
Michael
24743
1.72
+3
11
Donald
24420
1.7
-1
12
Larry
22975
1.6
-
13
Joseph
22829
1.59
-2
14
George
21688
1.51
-
15
Kenneth
19112
1.33
-
16
Gary
17868
1.24
+2
17
Jerry
17733
1.24
-1
18
Edward
17712
1.23
-1
19
Paul
17250
1.2
-
20
Dennis
14114
0.98
-
21
Frank
12245
0.85
-
22
Raymond
11393
0.79
+2
23
Gerald
11362
0.79
-1
24
Roger
10767
0.75
+1
25
Daniel
9167
0.64
+3
26
Walter
9038
0.63
-
27
Harold
8669
0.6
-
28
Douglas
8238
0.57
-5
29
Stephen
7931
0.55
+3
30
Arthur
7784
0.54
-1
31
Henry
7626
0.53
-
32
Lawrence
7580
0.53
-2
33
Carl
7469
0.52
+3
34
Jack
7398
0.52
-
35
Joe
7311
0.51
-2
36
Willie
7180
0.5
+1
37
Billy
7013
0.49
-2
38
Roy
6932
0.48
+4
39
Peter
6879
0.48
-
40
Ralph
6771
0.47
-2
41
Wayne
6762
0.47
-
42
Jimmy
6442
0.45
+5
43
Albert
6304
0.44
-3
44
Anthony
6203
0.43
-
45
Fred
6169
0.43
+1
46
Bobby
6123
0.43
-3
47
Eugene
5901
0.41
-2
48
Howard
5737
0.4
+1
49
Terry
5734
0.4
+3
50
Harry
5720
0.4
-2
51
Bruce
5431
0.38
-1
52
Johnny
5380
0.37
+3
53
Louis
5032
0.35
-2
54
Stanley
4698
0.33
+2
55
Leonard
4615
0.32
+2
56
Norman
4522
0.32
-3
57
Philip
4473
0.31
-3
58
Steven
4268
0.3
+17
59
Dale
4233
0.29
+4
60
Earl
4186
0.29
+2
61
Ernest
4174
0.29
-
62
Samuel
4139
0.29
-3
63
Melvin
4069
0.28
-3
64
Francis
4067
0.28
-6
65
Bill
3989
0.28
-
66
Marvin
3938
0.27
-
67
Alan
3855
0.27
+14
68
Clarence
3854
0.27
-1
69
Patrick
3848
0.27
-5
70
Frederick
3840
0.27
-2
71
Ronnie
3827
0.27
+7
72
Don
3816
0.27
-
73
Russell
3751
0.26
-3
74
Leroy
3741
0.26
-5
75
Jim
3682
0.26
-1
76
Allen
3625
0.25
-5
77
Tommy
3612
0.25
-4
78
Alfred
3446
0.24
-2
79
Andrew
3351
0.23
+1
80
Eddie
3279
0.23
+6
81
Phillip
3251
0.23
-4
82
Barry
3193
0.22
-3
83
Martin
3079
0.21
+2
84
Ray
3063
0.21
-
85
Glenn
3051
0.21
+3
86
Herbert
3044
0.21
-3
87
Tom
2910
0.2
+2
88
Danny
2898
0.2
+22
89
Gene
2866
0.2
-7
90
Mike
2803
0.2
+16
91
Lee
2789
0.19
-4
92
Bernard
2743
0.19
-2
93
Steve
2685
0.19
+9
94
Clifford
2665
0.19
+1
95
Jimmie
2629
0.18
-1
96
Theodore
2616
0.18
-5
97
Victor
2615
0.18
+3
98
Gordon
2608
0.18
-6
99
Timothy
2578
0.18
+9
100
Curtis
2526
0.18
-2
101
Mark
2519
0.18
+16
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1943)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html