100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1923

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 57,469
2 Robert 0 56,118
3 William 0 52,130
4 James 0 50,493
5 Charles 0 28,954
6 George 0 27,021
7 Joseph 0 25,560
8 Edward 0 20,599
9 Richard 0 18,880
10 Donald +2 16,442
11 Frank -1 15,910
12 Thomas -1 15,891
13 Harold 0 13,884
14 Paul 0 13,366
15 Raymond +1 12,455
16 Walter -1 12,430
17 Jack +1 11,200
18 Henry -1 11,065
19 Arthur 0 9,919
20 Albert 0 9,825
21 Kenneth 0 9,725
22 Harry 0 9,260
23 Ralph 0 8,624
24 David 0 8,236
25 Eugene 0 7,949
26 Howard 0 7,164
27 Louis 0 7,076
28 Carl +2 6,872
29 Clarence 0 6,807
30 Willie -2 6,659
31 Earl +1 6,342
32 Roy -1 6,317
33 Fred 0 6,307
34 Francis 0 6,086
35 Joe 0 6,001
36 Lawrence 0 5,915
37 Leonard +1 5,488
38 Ernest -1 5,374
39 Anthony 0 5,115
40 Herbert +1 5,080
41 Stanley -1 5,034
42 Alfred 0 5,014
43 Warren +2 4,816
44 Norman 0 4,707
45 Samuel -2 4,579
46 Bernard 0 4,379
47 Daniel 0 4,260
48 Melvin +2 4,005
49 Leo +2 3,965
50 Michael -2 3,916
51 Marvin +5 3,814
52 Russell -3 3,805
53 Andrew 0 3,748
54 Gerald +4 3,694
55 Leroy 0 3,690
56 Edwin -4 3,655
57 Elmer -3 3,632
58 Peter -1 3,409
59 Lloyd 0 3,388
60 Frederick 0 3,277
61 Ray +4 3,163
62 Theodore 0 3,159
63 Chester +1 3,152
64 Floyd -3 3,146
65 Clifford -2 3,107
66 Herman 0 2,961
67 Vernon +1 2,957
68 Clyde -1 2,855
69 Wallace +18 2,800
70 Philip 0 2,785
71 Lester -2 2,771
72 Vincent -1 2,725
73 Alvin 0 2,650
74 Lewis +1 2,621
75 Wayne +3 2,600
76 Gordon 0 2,574
77 Leon 0 2,530
78 Billy +12 2,488
79 Charlie -7 2,477
80 Martin 0 2,452
81 Milton -7 2,449
82 Calvin +46 2,414
83 Jesse -2 2,387
84 Glenn -5 2,370
85 Lee -2 2,357
86 Benjamin -4 2,318
87 Cecil -2 2,257
88 Victor -2 2,225
89 Sam -5 2,207
90 Dale -1 2,172
91 Harvey -3 2,115
92 Willard -1 1,946
93 Arnold +1 1,922
94 Edgar -1 1,899
95 Roger +1 1,889
96 Oscar -4 1,881
97 Allen -2 1,873
98 Bill +6 1,831
99 Everett -1 1,742
100 Maurice +3 1,712
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 71,636
2 Dorothy 0 39,023
3 Helen 0 31,493
4 Margaret 0 26,131
5 Betty +1 25,992
6 Ruth -1 23,638
7 Virginia 0 18,331
8 Mildred 0 15,995
9 Elizabeth 0 15,462
10 Frances 0 14,877
11 Doris 0 14,609
12 Evelyn +1 13,168
13 Anna -1 12,857
14 Marie 0 11,508
15 Alice 0 11,324
16 Marjorie 0 10,221
17 Irene 0 10,046
18 Florence 0 9,747
19 Jean +1 9,506
20 Lillian -1 9,328
21 Martha 0 8,962
22 Louise 0 8,879
23 Rose 0 8,450
24 Catherine 0 8,440
25 Ruby +1 8,229
26 Shirley +13 7,922
27 Lois +8 7,813
28 Eleanor 0 7,771
29 Gladys -4 7,690
30 Josephine -3 7,560
31 Thelma 0 7,382
32 Edna -3 7,297
33 Barbara +7 7,212
34 Annie -4 7,100
35 Lucille -2 6,914
36 Edith -2 6,832
37 Pauline -1 6,709
38 Ethel -6 6,539
39 Grace -1 6,315
40 Hazel -3 6,242
41 Norma +5 5,885
42 June +3 5,813
43 Bernice -2 5,809
44 Marion -2 5,709
45 Phyllis +8 5,480
46 Beatrice -3 5,461
47 Esther -3 5,313
48 Gloria +13 5,311
49 Clara -2 5,135
50 Rita +2 5,093
51 Juanita +7 5,051
52 Ann -3 5,021
53 Emma -3 4,971
54 Sarah -3 4,968
55 Jane 0 4,919
56 Patricia +13 4,803
57 Lorraine -1 4,765
58 Geraldine -1 4,709
59 Gertrude -11 4,699
60 Katherine -6 4,581
61 Elsie -2 4,550
62 Julia -2 4,325
63 Agnes -1 4,218
64 Bertha -1 4,123
65 Marian +2 4,025
66 Eva -2 3,973
67 Willie +3 3,960
68 Ida -3 3,885
69 Vivian +5 3,832
70 Kathleen +10 3,752
71 Anne -5 3,728
72 Kathryn +1 3,708
73 Laura -5 3,707
74 Wilma +3 3,707
75 Nancy +3 3,674
76 Maxine +5 3,602
77 Charlotte -1 3,594
78 Pearl -7 3,549
79 Viola -7 3,528
80 Wanda +12 3,409
81 Bessie +1 3,390
82 Vera -3 3,373
83 Dolores +21 3,371
84 Myrtle -9 3,315
85 Audrey +3 3,280
86 Violet 0 3,275
87 Elaine +15 3,211
88 Nellie -5 3,185
89 Alma -5 3,069
90 Jeanne +7 3,038
91 Lillie -6 3,029
92 Lucy +1 2,997
93 Jessie -6 2,993
94 Ella -4 2,991
95 Eileen +1 2,979
96 Stella -7 2,956
97 Genevieve +1 2,872
98 Sylvia -4 2,836
99 Minnie -8 2,782
100 Leona +1 2,744