Birth year

Born in 1943? Here's your year in charts

In 1943, the top baby names were Mary and James and a newborn could expect to live 63.3 years.

Top baby names of 1943

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 66,174 babies, 4.7% of girls
  2. 2. Barbara 43,432 babies, 3.1% of girls
  3. 3. Patricia 39,620 babies, 2.8% of girls
  4. 4. Linda 38,439 babies, 2.8% of girls
  5. 5. Carol 31,686 babies, 2.3% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. James 80,278 babies, 5.6% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 74,892 babies, 5.2% of boys
  3. 3. John 68,929 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 55,904 babies, 3.9% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 46,339 babies, 3.2% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1943 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    63.3 years in 1943, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1943.

$100 in 1943 buys about as much as $1,946.69 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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