Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1923 Most Popular Baby Names of 1923 Social Security has card records for 2,384,749 people born in the U.S. in 1923. Mary was the top girl name (71,634 babies) and John the top boy name (57,467).
Top 100 names of 1923 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1923, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 71,634 #125 2 Dorothy 39,043 #421 3 Helen 31,486 #461 4 Margaret 26,134 #112 5 Betty 25,989 #1,113 6 Ruth 23,637 #173 7 Virginia 18,325 #525 8 Mildred 15,989 #1,962 9 Elizabeth 15,459 #17 10 Frances 14,881 #318 11 Doris 14,610 #2,895 12 Evelyn 13,173 #8 13 Anna 12,865 #107 14 Marie 11,513 #617 15 Alice 11,331 #65 16 Marjorie 10,220 #1,016 17 Irene 10,054 #651 18 Florence 9,746 #391 19 Jean 9,511 #2,117 20 Lillian 9,328 #57 21 Martha 8,961 #712 22 Louise 8,882 #514 23 Rose 8,440 #114 24 Catherine 8,437 #313 25 Ruby 8,232 #64 26 Shirley 7,918 #1,581 27 Lois 7,814 #1,666 28 Eleanor 7,772 #12 29 Gladys 7,695 #3,211 30 Josephine 7,560 #53 31 Thelma 7,379 #4,661 32 Edna 7,299 #2,458 33 Barbara 7,209 #968 34 Annie 7,095 #182 35 Lucille 6,914 #237 36 Edith 6,836 #499 37 Pauline 6,707 #2,957 38 Ethel 6,541 #4,172 39 Grace 6,316 #38 40 Hazel 6,246 #21 41 Norma 5,885 #2,002 42 June 5,810 #150 43 Bernice 5,809 #4,067 44 Marion 5,711 #2,036 45 Phyllis 5,476 #11,932 46 Beatrice 5,464 #508 47 Esther 5,315 #119 48 Gloria 5,310 #654 49 Clara 5,134 #63 50 Rita 5,095 #1,285
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1923, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Juanita 5,048 #2,778 52 Ann 5,022 #1,076 53 Emma 4,977 #3 54 Sarah 4,963 #90 55 Jane 4,917 #221 56 Patricia 4,800 #1,334 57 Lorraine 4,764 #1,043 58 Geraldine 4,712 #2,438 59 Gertrude 4,700 #6,546 60 Katherine 4,579 #186 61 Elsie 4,550 #123 62 Julia 4,323 #131 63 Agnes 4,222 #1,016 64 Bertha 4,122 #4,546 65 Marian 4,029 #1,102 66 Eva 3,975 #134 67 Willie 3,963 #10,107 68 Ida 3,888 #1,120 69 Vivian 3,831 #70 70 Kathleen 3,754 #1,150 71 Anne 3,727 #619 72 Kathryn 3,714 #729 73 Laura 3,710 #379 74 Wilma 3,706 #3,645 75 Nancy 3,673 #965 76 Maxine 3,603 #496 77 Charlotte 3,596 #2 78 Pearl 3,543 #776 79 Viola 3,534 #1,013 80 Wanda 3,405 #5,917 81 Bessie 3,387 #6,838 82 Vera 3,375 #205 83 Dolores 3,369 #2,564 84 Myrtle 3,314 #10,917 85 Audrey 3,281 #86 86 Violet 3,276 #13 87 Elaine 3,212 #304 88 Nellie 3,184 #533 89 Alma 3,070 #449 90 Jeanne 3,040 #4,546 91 Lillie 3,036 #675 92 Lucy 3,002 #24 93 Ella 2,995 #29 93 Jessie 2,995 #823 95 Eileen 2,976 #654 96 Stella 2,956 #52 97 Genevieve 2,869 #148 98 Sylvia 2,838 #300 99 Minnie 2,785 #3,028 100 Leona 2,744 #429
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1923, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 57,467 #23 2 Robert 56,111 #92 3 William 52,136 #9 4 James 50,462 #6 5 Charles 28,966 #48 6 George 27,025 #126 7 Joseph 25,561 #29 8 Edward 20,597 #224 9 Richard 18,887 #234 10 Donald 16,433 #690 11 Frank 15,903 #513 12 Thomas 15,886 #34 13 Harold 13,874 #991 14 Paul 13,362 #262 15 Raymond 12,460 #394 16 Walter 12,433 #251 17 Jack 11,190 #15 18 Henry 11,067 #5 19 Arthur 9,924 #87 20 Albert 9,825 #614 21 Kenneth 9,734 #294 22 Harry 9,261 #775 23 Ralph 8,629 #1,046 24 David 8,230 #35 25 Eugene 7,947 #943 26 Howard 7,156 #1,002 27 Louis 7,074 #249 28 Carl 6,871 #1,132 29 Clarence 6,801 #1,499 30 Willie 6,665 #1,315 31 Earl 6,339 #2,230 32 Roy 6,316 #525 33 Fred 6,314 #1,932 34 Francis 6,087 #420 35 Joe 6,003 #991 36 Lawrence 5,913 #518 37 Leonard 5,486 #637 38 Ernest 5,372 #1,038 39 Anthony 5,121 #46 40 Herbert 5,071 #2,641 41 Stanley 5,036 #863 42 Alfred 5,005 #840 43 Warren 4,820 #240 44 Norman 4,706 #1,196 45 Samuel 4,578 #18 46 Bernard 4,376 #1,362 47 Daniel 4,264 #22 48 Melvin 4,012 #958 49 Leo 3,973 #19 50 Michael 3,915 #21
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1923, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Marvin 3,810 #699 52 Russell 3,805 #345 53 Andrew 3,748 #73 54 Gerald 3,696 #1,204 55 Leroy 3,686 #883 56 Edwin 3,652 #398 57 Elmer 3,630 #1,222 58 Peter 3,409 #187 59 Lloyd 3,387 #1,547 60 Frederick 3,278 #435 61 Ray 3,161 #791 62 Theodore 3,157 #4 63 Chester 3,150 #1,585 64 Floyd 3,143 #2,230 65 Clifford 3,106 #1,352 66 Herman 2,961 #2,363 67 Vernon 2,956 #1,382 68 Clyde 2,853 #742 69 Wallace 2,803 #960 70 Philip 2,783 #527 71 Lester 2,765 #1,634 72 Vincent 2,719 #107 73 Alvin 2,647 #838 74 Lewis 2,618 #433 75 Wayne 2,597 #652 76 Gordon 2,576 #1,051 77 Leon 2,528 #138 78 Billy 2,488 #1,068 79 Charlie 2,471 #145 80 Martin 2,460 #335 81 Milton 2,446 #1,436 82 Calvin 2,408 #132 83 Jesse 2,387 #184 84 Glenn 2,370 #1,443 85 Lee 2,359 #725 86 Benjamin 2,316 #11 87 Cecil 2,255 #1,486 88 Victor 2,226 #209 89 Sam 2,204 #647 90 Dale 2,172 #1,409 91 Harvey 2,115 #251 92 Willard 1,945 #2,718 93 Arnold 1,927 #1,477 94 Edgar 1,897 #486 95 Roger 1,888 #832 96 Oscar 1,880 #223 97 Allen 1,875 #578 98 Bill 1,833 #5,208 99 Everett 1,745 #77 100 Virgil 1,713 #1,409
Entered the top 100 in 1923
