Top Names of 1923
The most popular names recorded in 1923 were Mary for girls
and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |