EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1923

United States · 2,302,468 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary71,634—
#2Dorothy39,043—
#3Helen31,486—
#4Margaret26,134—
#5Betty25,989↑1
#6Ruth23,637↓1
#7Virginia18,325—
#8Mildred15,989—
#9Elizabeth15,459—
#10Frances14,881—
#11Doris14,610—
#12Evelyn13,173↑1
#13Anna12,865↓1
#14Marie11,513—
#15Alice11,331—
#16Marjorie10,220—
#17Irene10,054—
#18Florence9,746—
#19Jean9,511↑1
#20Lillian9,328↓1
#21Martha8,961—
#22Louise8,882—
#23Rose8,440—
#24Catherine8,437—
#25Ruby8,232↑1
#26Shirley7,918↑13
#27Lois7,814↑8
#28Eleanor7,772—
#29Gladys7,695↓4
#30Josephine7,560↓3
#31Thelma7,379—
#32Edna7,299↓3
#33Barbara7,209↑7
#34Annie7,095↓4
#35Lucille6,914↓2
#36Edith6,836↓2
#37Pauline6,707↓1
#38Ethel6,541↓6
#39Grace6,316↓1
#40Hazel6,246↓3
#41Norma5,885↑5
#42June5,810↑3
#43Bernice5,809↓2
#44Marion5,711↓2
#45Phyllis5,476↑8
#46Beatrice5,464↓3
#47Esther5,315↓3
#48Gloria5,310↑13
#49Clara5,134↓2
#50Rita5,095↑2
#51Juanita5,048↑6
#52Ann5,022↓3
#53Emma4,977↓3
#54Sarah4,963↓3
#55Jane4,917—
#56Patricia4,800↑12
#57Lorraine4,764↓1
#58Geraldine4,712—
#59Gertrude4,700↓11
#60Katherine4,579↓6
#61Elsie4,550↓2
#62Julia4,323↓2
#63Agnes4,222↓1
#64Bertha4,122↓1
#65Marian4,029↑2
#66Eva3,975↓2
#67Willie3,963↑3
#68Ida3,888↓3
#69Vivian3,831↑5
#70Kathleen3,754↑10
#71Anne3,727↓5
#72Kathryn3,714↑1
#73Laura3,710↓5
#74Wilma3,706↑3
#75Nancy3,673↑3
#76Maxine3,603↑6
#77Charlotte3,596↓1
#78Pearl3,543↓7
#79Viola3,534↓7
#80Wanda3,405↑12
#81Bessie3,387—
#82Vera3,375↓3
#83Dolores3,369
#84Myrtle3,314↓9
#85Audrey3,281↑4
#86Violet3,276—
#87Elaine3,212
#88Nellie3,184↓5
#89Alma3,070↓5
#90Jeanne3,040↑7
#91Lillie3,036↓6
#92Lucy3,002↑1
#93Ella2,995↓3
#93Jessie2,995↓6
#95Eileen2,976↑1
#96Stella2,956↓8
#97Genevieve2,869↑1
#98Sylvia2,838↓4
#99Minnie2,785↓8
#100Leona2,744

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John57,467—
#2Robert56,111—
#3William52,136—
#4James50,462—
#5Charles28,966—
#6George27,025—
#7Joseph25,561—
#8Edward20,597—
#9Richard18,887—
#10Donald16,433↑2
#11Frank15,903↓1
#12Thomas15,886↓1
#13Harold13,874—
#14Paul13,362—
#15Raymond12,460↑1
#16Walter12,433↓1
#17Jack11,190↑1
#18Henry11,067↓1
#19Arthur9,924—
#20Albert9,825—
#21Kenneth9,734—
#22Harry9,261—
#23Ralph8,629—
#24David8,230—
#25Eugene7,947—
#26Howard7,156—
#27Louis7,074—
#28Carl6,871↑2
#29Clarence6,801—
#30Willie6,665↓2
#31Earl6,339—
#32Roy6,316—
#33Fred6,314—
#34Francis6,087—
#35Joe6,003—
#36Lawrence5,913—
#37Leonard5,486↑1
#38Ernest5,372↓1
#39Anthony5,121—
#40Herbert5,071—
#41Stanley5,036—
#42Alfred5,005—
#43Warren4,820↑2
#44Norman4,706—
#45Samuel4,578↓2
#46Bernard4,376—
#47Daniel4,264—
#48Melvin4,012↑2
#49Leo3,973↑2
#50Michael3,915↓2
#51Marvin3,810↑5
#52Russell3,805↓3
#53Andrew3,748—
#54Gerald3,696↑4
#55Leroy3,686—
#56Edwin3,652↓4
#57Elmer3,630↓3
#58Peter3,409↓1
#59Lloyd3,387—
#60Frederick3,278—
#61Ray3,161↑4
#62Theodore3,157—
#63Chester3,150↑1
#64Floyd3,143↓3
#65Clifford3,106↓2
#66Herman2,961—
#67Vernon2,956↑1
#68Clyde2,853↓1
#69Wallace2,803↑18
#70Philip2,783—
#71Lester2,765↓2
#72Vincent2,719↓1
#73Alvin2,647—
#74Lewis2,618↑1
#75Wayne2,597↑3
#76Gordon2,576—
#77Leon2,528—
#78Billy2,488↑12
#79Charlie2,471↓7
#80Martin2,460—
#81Milton2,446↓7
#82Calvin2,408
#83Jesse2,387↓2
#84Glenn2,370↓5
#85Lee2,359↓2
#86Benjamin2,316↓4
#87Cecil2,255↓2
#88Victor2,226↓2
#89Sam2,204↓5
#90Dale2,172↓1
#91Harvey2,115↓3
#92Willard1,945↓1
#93Arnold1,927↑1
#94Edgar1,897↓1
#95Roger1,888↑1
#96Oscar1,880↓4
#97Allen1,875↓2
#98Bill1,833
#99Everett1,745↓1
#100Virgil1,713↓1