Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1923

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1923 were Mary for girls (350 babies) and John for boys (281). Social Security records list 6,669 babies born in District of Columbia in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1923

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Barbara: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patricia: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marguerite: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nancy: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ellen: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Catherine: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gloria: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jane: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeanne: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Anne: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Calvin: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leroy: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	350	–	1
2	Dorothy	182	↑1	2
3	Margaret	147	↓1	4
4	Helen	109	–	3
5	Doris	76	↑3	11
6	Betty	75	↑6	5
7	Elizabeth	74	–	9
8	Ruth	73	↓3	6
9	Mildred	69	–	8
10	Frances	61	↓4	10
11	Catherine	60	↓1	24
12	Evelyn	59	↓1	12
13	Barbara	57	↑17	33
14	Jean	53	–	19
15	Virginia	53	↓2	7
16	Thelma	43	↑12	31
17	Alice	40	↓2	15
18	Louise	40	–	22
19	Anna	39	↓3	13
20	Florence	38	↑21	18
21	Gloria	38	–	48
22	Shirley	38	↑17	26
23	Gladys	37	–	29
24	Lillian	37	↑2	20
25	Patricia	37	↑9	56
26	Marjorie	36	↑9	16
27	Ethel	34	↑6	38
28	Marie	33	↓9	14
29	Jane	31	↓4	55
30	Lois	31	↓3	27
31	June	30	–	42
32	Emma	27	new	53
33	Marion	27	↑7	44
34	Nancy	27	↓2	75
35	Josephine	26	↑9	30
36	Eleanor	25	↑1	28
37	Martha	24	new	21
38	Rita	24	new	50
39	Anne	23	↓10	71
40	Lorraine	23	new	57
41	Edith	22	↓19	36
42	Edna	22	↑8	32
43	Juanita	22	new	51
44	Katherine	22	↓6	60
45	Sarah	22	new	54
46	Grace	21	↓3	39
47	Vivian	21	↓1	69
48	Ellen	20	new	>100
49	Geraldine	20	↓2	58
50	Marian	20	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	281	↑1	1
2	William	278	↓1	3
3	James	219	–	4
4	Robert	197	–	2
5	Charles	154	–	5
6	George	128	↑1	6
7	Joseph	125	↓1	7
8	Edward	102	↑1	8
9	Richard	81	↓1	9
10	Thomas	69	–	12
11	Raymond	61	↑1	15
12	Frank	58	↑2	11
13	Harry	43	–	22
14	Paul	43	↓3	14
15	Donald	39	↑5	10
16	Walter	39	↑3	16
17	Louis	38	↑9	27
18	David	37	↑3	24
19	Henry	36	↑5	18
20	Bernard	35	↑19	46
21	Albert	34	↓3	20
22	Arthur	34	↓5	19
23	Clarence	34	↑14	29
24	Francis	33	↓9	34
25	Eugene	30	↑4	25
26	Jack	29	↓1	17
27	Ernest	27	↓4	38
28	Ralph	27	↓1	23
29	Harold	26	↓13	13
30	Howard	26	↑8	26
31	Norman	24	↑4	44
32	Leonard	23	↑17	37
33	Alfred	22	↑8	42
34	Herbert	22	–	40
35	Leroy	22	↑7	55
36	Earl	21	↓8	31
37	Kenneth	21	↓5	21
38	Daniel	20	↓8	47
39	Samuel	18	↓6	45
40	Carl	17	↑3	28
41	Elmer	17	new	57
42	Frederick	17	↓11	60
43	Melvin	17	↓3	48
44	Calvin	16	new	82
45	Philip	16	new	70
46	Stanley	16	↓10	41
47	Warren	15	new	43
48	Edwin	14	↓4	56
49	Fred	14	new	33
50	Roger	14	new	95

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