Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1943
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1942.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1942 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 80,278 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 74,892 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 68,929 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 55,904 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 46,339 | 0 |
| 6 | David | 37,240 | 0 |
| 7 | Charles | 36,632 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 32,874 | 0 |
| 9 | Ronald | 29,239 | 0 |
| 10 | Michael | 24,745 | +3 |
| 11 | Donald | 24,421 | -1 |
| 12 | Larry | 22,978 | 0 |
| 13 | Joseph | 22,828 | -2 |
| 14 | George | 21,692 | 0 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 19,112 | 0 |
| 16 | Gary | 17,868 | +2 |
| 17 | Jerry | 17,730 | -1 |
| 18 | Edward | 17,713 | -1 |
| 19 | Paul | 17,253 | 0 |
| 20 | Dennis | 14,116 | 0 |
| 21 | Frank | 12,246 | 0 |
| 22 | Raymond | 11,391 | +2 |
| 23 | Gerald | 11,367 | -1 |
| 24 | Roger | 10,773 | +1 |
| 25 | Daniel | 9,168 | +3 |
| 26 | Walter | 9,035 | 0 |
| 27 | Harold | 8,670 | 0 |
| 28 | Douglas | 8,236 | -5 |
| 29 | Stephen | 7,932 | +3 |
| 30 | Arthur | 7,785 | -1 |
| 31 | Henry | 7,631 | 0 |
| 32 | Lawrence | 7,583 | -2 |
| 33 | Carl | 7,472 | +3 |
| 34 | Jack | 7,398 | 0 |
| 35 | Joe | 7,308 | -2 |
| 36 | Willie | 7,178 | +1 |
| 37 | Billy | 7,012 | -2 |
| 38 | Roy | 6,932 | +4 |
| 39 | Peter | 6,877 | 0 |
| 40 | Ralph | 6,771 | -2 |
| 41 | Wayne | 6,761 | 0 |
| 42 | Jimmy | 6,444 | +5 |
| 43 | Albert | 6,307 | -3 |
| 44 | Anthony | 6,202 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 62 | Samuel | 4,143 | -3 |
| 63 | Melvin | 4,069 | -3 |
| 64 | Francis | 4,068 | -6 |
| 65 | Bill | 3,990 | 0 |
| 66 | Marvin | 3,939 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 85 | Glenn | 3,054 | +3 |
| 86 | Herbert | 3,044 | -3 |
| 87 | Tom | 2,909 | +2 |
| 88 | Danny | 2,898 | +22 |
| 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 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.