Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,928
2	Linda	2,816
3	Patricia	2,431
4	Barbara	2,270
5	Sharon	2,195
6	Carol	1,938
7	Sandra	1,553
8	Judith	1,402
9	Susan	1,380
10	Nancy	1,314
11	Judy	1,211
12	Karen	1,207
13	Donna	1,202
14	Carolyn	1,042
15	Diane	1,000
16	Margaret	905
17	Kathleen	895
18	Shirley	858
19	Betty	763
20	Marilyn	758
21	Janet	752
22	Virginia	741
23	Joan	740
24	Joyce	681
25	Janice	648
26	Gloria	631
27	Pamela	588
28	Beverly	584
29	Bonnie	557
30	Frances	502
31	Dorothy	494
32	Diana	482
33	Carole	443
34	Helen	436
35	Elizabeth	407
36	Martha	380
37	Alice	378
38	Cheryl	377
39	Darlene	372
40	Jean	370
41	Sally	369
42	Ruth	344
43	Irene	338
44	Ann	332
45	Phyllis	327
46	Joanne	323
47	Connie	316
48	Dolores	305
49	Gail	303
50	Peggy	297

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,659
2	John	3,879
3	James	3,599
4	Richard	3,408
5	William	2,818
6	David	2,504
7	Michael	2,418
8	Ronald	1,914
9	Gary	1,760
10	Charles	1,584
11	Thomas	1,478
12	Larry	1,420
13	Donald	1,403
14	Dennis	1,228
15	George	1,099
16	Kenneth	1,085
17	Jerry	963
18	Paul	931
19	Frank	909
20	Edward	838
21	Joseph	743
22	Stephen	706
23	Raymond	674
24	Jack	643
25	Daniel	609
26	Roger	595
27	Douglas	568
28	Gerald	566
29	Joe	563
30	Steven	528
31	Jim	519
32	Bill	515
33	Arthur	497
34	Mike	448
35	Fred	446
36	Don	435
37	Peter	427
38	Terry	426
39	Lawrence	412
40	Bruce	396
41	Harold	376
42	Wayne	375
43	Walter	367
44	Ralph	366
45	Bob	362
46	Tom	360
47	Steve	355
48	Albert	342
49	Roy	329
50	Carl	327