Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,703
2	Patricia	1,475
3	Carol	1,357
4	Judith	1,331
5	Barbara	1,271
6	Sandra	924
7	Nancy	908
8	Linda	893
9	Susan	806
10	Joan	736
11	Margaret	609
12	Diane	598
13	Kathleen	582
14	Donna	569
15	Ann	558
16	Elizabeth	528
17	Janet	523
18	Elaine	522
19	Joyce	514
20	Dorothy	488
21	Jean	437
22	Beverly	425
23	Joanne	420
24	Janice	401
25	Marie	389
26	Maureen	386
27	Marilyn	364
28	Carolyn	359
29	Jane	347
30	Karen	344
30	Virginia	344
32	Anne	336
33	Gail	326
34	Helen	317
35	Frances	306
36	Ruth	295
37	Carole	273
37	Catherine	273
39	Sheila	272
40	Eileen	271
41	Shirley	252
42	Ellen	239
42	Roberta	239
44	Lorraine	227
45	Pamela	226
46	Cynthia	224
47	Phyllis	223
48	Geraldine	218
49	Sharon	212
50	Paula	211

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,143
2	John	3,097
3	Richard	2,443
4	William	2,109
5	James	1,884
6	David	1,417
7	Paul	1,338
8	Joseph	1,289
9	Thomas	1,201
10	Edward	1,053
11	Ronald	936
12	Charles	908
13	George	869
14	Donald	801
15	Michael	788
16	Peter	743
17	Kenneth	599
18	Stephen	528
19	Raymond	473
20	Francis	469
21	Arthur	433
22	Frank	426
23	Daniel	405
24	Gerald	371
25	Walter	362
26	Anthony	343
27	Roger	341
28	Dennis	333
29	Lawrence	320
30	Bruce	310
31	Philip	307
32	Albert	287
33	Ralph	263
34	Frederick	260
35	Henry	243
36	Alan	233
37	Douglas	229
38	Alfred	209
39	Leonard	204
40	Norman	197
41	Harold	184
42	Louis	180
43	Stanley	177
43	Wayne	177
45	Russell	174
46	Carl	160
47	Leo	155
48	Howard	153
49	Steven	149
50	Bernard	138