United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1923

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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