Most Popular Baby Names in 1923

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 57,467
2 Robert 56,113
3 William 52,136
4 James 50,463
5 Charles 28,966
6 George 27,024
7 Joseph 25,561
8 Edward 20,597
9 Richard 18,887
10 Donald 16,433
11 Frank 15,903
12 Thomas 15,886
13 Harold 13,874
14 Paul 13,362
15 Raymond 12,460
16 Walter 12,433
17 Jack 11,190
18 Henry 11,067
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 7,157
27 Louis 7,075
28 Carl 6,871
29 Clarence 6,801
30 Willie 6,665
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
38 Ernest 5,372
39 Anthony 5,121
40 Herbert 5,071
41 Stanley 5,036
42 Alfred 5,005
43 Warren 4,820
44 Norman 4,706
45 Samuel 4,578
46 Bernard 4,376
47 Daniel 4,264
48 Melvin 4,012
49 Leo 3,973
50 Michael 3,915

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 71,635
2 Dorothy 39,043
3 Helen 31,486
4 Margaret 26,135
5 Betty 25,990
6 Ruth 23,638
7 Virginia 18,326
8 Mildred 15,989
9 Elizabeth 15,460
10 Frances 14,881
11 Doris 14,610
12 Evelyn 13,174
13 Anna 12,865
14 Marie 11,513
15 Alice 11,331
16 Marjorie 10,220
17 Irene 10,053
18 Florence 9,746
19 Jean 9,511
20 Lillian 9,327
21 Martha 8,961
22 Louise 8,882
23 Rose 8,440
24 Catherine 8,437
25 Ruby 8,232
26 Shirley 7,918
27 Lois 7,814
28 Eleanor 7,772
29 Gladys 7,695
30 Josephine 7,560
31 Thelma 7,379
32 Edna 7,299
33 Barbara 7,209
34 Annie 7,095
35 Lucille 6,914
36 Edith 6,836
37 Pauline 6,707
38 Ethel 6,541
39 Grace 6,316
40 Hazel 6,246
41 Norma 5,885
42 June 5,810
43 Bernice 5,809
44 Marion 5,711
45 Phyllis 5,476
46 Beatrice 5,464
47 Esther 5,315
48 Gloria 5,310
49 Clara 5,134
50 Rita 5,095