Top baby names in Pennsylvania, 1943

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary4,469
2Barbara3,550
3Patricia3,323
4Carol3,117
5Nancy2,189
6Sandra2,125
7Judith2,114
8Linda1,916
9Margaret1,655
10Donna1,358
11Joan1,344
12Janet1,269
13Kathleen1,202
14Dorothy1,165
15Joyce1,152
16Susan1,065
17Shirley1,022
18Betty994
19Karen977
20Elizabeth975
21Ruth893
22Carolyn881
23Helen823
24Judy756
25Bonnie755
26Virginia752
27Jean733
27Joanne733
29Sharon731
30Beverly713
31Diane692
32Carole687
33Frances676
34Gloria655
35Ann624
36Elaine622
37Eileen610
38Marie607
39Catherine606
40Lois588
41Dolores553
42Janice548
43Marilyn546
44Geraldine515
45Anna489
46Jane481
46Rose481
48Phyllis469
49Doris441
50Alice434

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John6,444
2Robert6,245
3James5,264
4William4,940
5Richard3,742
6Joseph3,334
7Thomas3,146
8David2,649
9Charles2,633
10Ronald2,572
11George1,978
12Edward1,938
13Donald1,836
14Michael1,740
15Paul1,436
16Kenneth1,327
17Frank1,086
18Larry1,026
19Raymond1,000
20Gary954
21Dennis905
22Gerald847
23Harry806
24Walter805
25Daniel800
26Anthony744
27Francis694
28Stephen668
29Carl628
30Barry620
31Lawrence582
32Albert571
33Harold541
34Eugene536
35Ralph528
36Arthur468
37Louis467
38Stanley457
39Peter448
40Samuel446
41Jack435
42Henry417
43Wayne416
44Terry415
45Frederick411
46Howard400
47Leonard396
48Fred385
49Andrew373
50Bruce362