Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	546
2	Barbara	475
3	Patricia	431
4	Linda	248
5	Carol	228
6	Nancy	199
7	Judith	195
8	Sandra	191
9	Margaret	186
10	Susan	184
11	Carolyn	174
12	Elizabeth	171
13	Joan	160
14	Betty	137
15	Joyce	134
16	Sharon	123
17	Dorothy	107
18	Shirley	106
19	Diane	104
20	Donna	103
21	Kathleen	101
22	Janet	98
23	Karen	97
24	Ann	94
24	Virginia	94
26	Helen	92
27	Frances	89
27	Gloria	89
29	Jean	85
29	Ruth	85
31	Martha	77
32	Beverly	69
32	Carole	69
34	Anne	64
34	Catherine	64
36	Katherine	63
37	Judy	61
38	Jacqueline	60
38	Jane	60
40	Brenda	59
40	Pamela	59
42	Alice	55
43	Bonnie	53
44	Gail	52
45	Janice	49
46	Ellen	48
46	Phyllis	48
48	Elaine	47
49	Diana	45
50	Charlotte	44

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	724
2	Robert	676
3	James	660
4	William	581
5	Richard	401
6	Charles	364
7	Thomas	310
8	Michael	278
9	David	258
10	George	217
10	Joseph	217
12	Ronald	184
13	Edward	160
14	Donald	152
15	Paul	148
16	Kenneth	106
17	Stephen	103
18	Frank	101
19	Gary	81
20	Raymond	80
21	Peter	75
21	Walter	75
23	Daniel	74
23	Larry	74
25	Henry	73
26	Arthur	72
27	Dennis	70
28	Lawrence	68
29	Ralph	66
30	Carl	61
31	Gerald	55
31	Harry	55
33	Douglas	53
34	Melvin	51
35	Albert	50
36	Bruce	49
36	Howard	49
36	Samuel	49
39	Roger	48
40	Francis	46
41	Louis	45
41	Patrick	45
43	Frederick	44
43	Jack	44
45	Eugene	41
45	Fred	41
45	Philip	41
45	Stanley	41
49	Harold	39
49	Wayne	39