Popular baby names of 1923

In 1923, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (71,634 babies) and John for boys (57,467). Social Security records show 2,302,468 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,739 girls' names and 4,904 boys' names.

1923 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Dolores, Elaine, Leona.
New in the boys' top 100: Calvin, Bill.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922
1	Mary	71,634	–
2	Dorothy	39,043	–
3	Helen	31,486	–
4	Margaret	26,134	–
5	Betty	25,989	↑1
6	Ruth	23,637	↓1
7	Virginia	18,325	–
8	Mildred	15,989	–
9	Elizabeth	15,459	–
10	Frances	14,881	–
11	Doris	14,610	–
12	Evelyn	13,173	↑1
13	Anna	12,865	↓1
14	Marie	11,513	–
15	Alice	11,331	–
16	Marjorie	10,220	–
17	Irene	10,054	–
18	Florence	9,746	–
19	Jean	9,511	↑1
20	Lillian	9,328	↓1
21	Martha	8,961	–
22	Louise	8,882	–
23	Rose	8,440	–
24	Catherine	8,437	–
25	Ruby	8,232	↑1
26	Shirley	7,918	↑13
27	Lois	7,814	↑8
28	Eleanor	7,772	–
29	Gladys	7,695	↓4
30	Josephine	7,560	↓3
31	Thelma	7,379	–
32	Edna	7,299	↓3
33	Barbara	7,209	↑7
34	Annie	7,095	↓4
35	Lucille	6,914	↓2
36	Edith	6,836	↓2
37	Pauline	6,707	↓1
38	Ethel	6,541	↓6
39	Grace	6,316	↓1
40	Hazel	6,246	↓3
41	Norma	5,885	↑5
42	June	5,810	↑3
43	Bernice	5,809	↓2
44	Marion	5,711	↓2
45	Phyllis	5,476	↑8
46	Beatrice	5,464	↓3
47	Esther	5,315	↓3
48	Gloria	5,310	↑13
49	Clara	5,134	↓2
50	Rita	5,095	↑2
51	Juanita	5,048	↑6
52	Ann	5,022	↓3
53	Emma	4,977	↓3
54	Sarah	4,963	↓3
55	Jane	4,917	–
56	Patricia	4,800	↑13
57	Lorraine	4,764	↓1
58	Geraldine	4,712	–
59	Gertrude	4,700	↓11
60	Katherine	4,579	↓6
61	Elsie	4,550	↓2
62	Julia	4,323	↓2
63	Agnes	4,222	↓1
64	Bertha	4,122	↓1
65	Marian	4,029	↑2
66	Eva	3,975	↓2
67	Willie	3,963	↑3
68	Ida	3,888	↓3
69	Vivian	3,831	↑5
70	Kathleen	3,754	↑10
71	Anne	3,727	↓5
72	Kathryn	3,714	↑1
73	Laura	3,710	↓5
74	Wilma	3,706	↑3
75	Nancy	3,673	↑3
76	Maxine	3,603	↑6
77	Charlotte	3,596	↓1
78	Pearl	3,543	↓7
79	Viola	3,534	↓7
80	Wanda	3,405	↑12
81	Bessie	3,387	–
82	Vera	3,375	↓3
83	Dolores	3,369	new
84	Myrtle	3,314	↓9
85	Audrey	3,281	↑4
86	Violet	3,276	–
87	Elaine	3,212	new
88	Nellie	3,184	↓5
89	Alma	3,070	↓5
90	Jeanne	3,040	↑7
91	Lillie	3,036	↓6
92	Lucy	3,002	↑1
93	Ella	2,995	↓3
94	Jessie	2,995	↓7
95	Eileen	2,976	↑1
96	Stella	2,956	↓8
97	Genevieve	2,869	↑1
98	Sylvia	2,838	↓4
99	Minnie	2,785	↓8
100	Leona	2,744	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922
1	John	57,467	–
2	Robert	56,111	–
3	William	52,136	–
4	James	50,462	–
5	Charles	28,966	–
6	George	27,025	–
7	Joseph	25,561	–
8	Edward	20,597	–
9	Richard	18,887	–
10	Donald	16,433	↑2
11	Frank	15,903	↓1
12	Thomas	15,886	↓1
13	Harold	13,874	–
14	Paul	13,362	–
15	Raymond	12,460	↑1
16	Walter	12,433	↓1
17	Jack	11,190	↑1
18	Henry	11,067	↓1
19	Arthur	9,924	–
20	Albert	9,825	–
21	Kenneth	9,734	–
22	Harry	9,261	–
23	Ralph	8,629	–
24	David	8,230	–
25	Eugene	7,947	–
26	Howard	7,156	–
27	Louis	7,074	–
28	Carl	6,871	↑2
29	Clarence	6,801	–
30	Willie	6,665	↓2
31	Earl	6,339	–
32	Roy	6,316	–
33	Fred	6,314	–
34	Francis	6,087	–
35	Joe	6,003	–
36	Lawrence	5,913	–
37	Leonard	5,486	↑1
38	Ernest	5,372	↓1
39	Anthony	5,121	–
40	Herbert	5,071	–
41	Stanley	5,036	–
42	Alfred	5,005	–
43	Warren	4,820	↑2
44	Norman	4,706	–
45	Samuel	4,578	↓2
46	Bernard	4,376	–
47	Daniel	4,264	–
48	Melvin	4,012	↑2
49	Leo	3,973	↑2
50	Michael	3,915	↓2
51	Marvin	3,810	↑5
52	Russell	3,805	↓3
53	Andrew	3,748	–
54	Gerald	3,696	↑4
55	Leroy	3,686	–
56	Edwin	3,652	↓4
57	Elmer	3,630	↓3
58	Peter	3,409	↓1
59	Lloyd	3,387	–
60	Frederick	3,278	–
61	Ray	3,161	↑4
62	Theodore	3,157	–
63	Chester	3,150	↑1
64	Floyd	3,143	↓3
65	Clifford	3,106	↓2
66	Herman	2,961	–
67	Vernon	2,956	↑1
68	Clyde	2,853	↓1
69	Wallace	2,803	↑18
70	Philip	2,783	–
71	Lester	2,765	↓2
72	Vincent	2,719	↓1
73	Alvin	2,647	–
74	Lewis	2,618	↑1
75	Wayne	2,597	↑3
76	Gordon	2,576	–
77	Leon	2,528	–
78	Billy	2,488	↑12
79	Charlie	2,471	↓7
80	Martin	2,460	–
81	Milton	2,446	↓7
82	Calvin	2,408	new
83	Jesse	2,387	↓2
84	Glenn	2,370	↓5
85	Lee	2,359	↓2
86	Benjamin	2,316	↓4
87	Cecil	2,255	↓2
88	Victor	2,226	↓2
89	Sam	2,204	↓5
90	Dale	2,172	↓1
91	Harvey	2,115	↓3
92	Willard	1,945	↓1
93	Arnold	1,927	↑1
94	Edgar	1,897	↓1
95	Roger	1,888	↑1
96	Oscar	1,880	↓4
97	Allen	1,875	↓2
98	Bill	1,833	new
99	Everett	1,745	↓1
100	Virgil	1,713	↓1

Every name given in 1923

All 10,643 names Social Security recorded for 1923, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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