Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1923
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1922.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1922 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 71,837 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 57,802 | 0 |
| 3 | Robert | 56,361 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 52,361 | 0 |
| 5 | James | 50,742 | 0 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 39,135 | 0 |
| 7 | Helen | 31,548 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 29,125 | 0 |
| 9 | George | 27,203 | 0 |
| 10 | Margaret | 26,186 | 0 |
| 11 | Betty | 26,045 | +2 |
| 12 | Joseph | 25,667 | -1 |
| 13 | Ruth | 23,699 | -1 |
| 14 | Edward | 20,676 | 0 |
| 15 | Richard | 18,965 | +1 |
| 16 | Virginia | 18,361 | -1 |
| 17 | Donald | 16,486 | +5 |
| 18 | Mildred | 16,040 | -1 |
| 19 | Frank | 15,989 | -1 |
| 20 | Thomas | 15,952 | -1 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 15,500 | -1 |
| 22 | Frances | 14,986 | -1 |
| 23 | Doris | 14,697 | 0 |
| 24 | Harold | 13,932 | 0 |
| 25 | Paul | 13,438 | +2 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 13,211 | 0 |
| 27 | Anna | 12,903 | -2 |
| 28 | Raymond | 12,514 | +1 |
| 29 | Walter | 12,511 | -1 |
| 30 | Marie | 11,549 | 0 |
| 31 | Alice | 11,358 | 0 |
| 32 | Jack | 11,251 | +1 |
| 33 | Henry | 11,148 | -1 |
| 34 | Willie | 10,628 | 0 |
| 35 | Marjorie | 10,238 | 0 |
| 36 | Irene | 10,091 | 0 |
| 37 | Arthur | 9,981 | 0 |
| 38 | Albert | 9,862 | +1 |
| 39 | Jean | 9,818 | +2 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 9,787 | +2 |
| 41 | Florence | 9,780 | -3 |
| 42 | Lillian | 9,362 | -2 |
| 43 | Harry | 9,313 | 0 |
| 44 | Martha | 8,990 | 0 |
| 45 | Louise | 8,926 | 0 |
| 46 | Ralph | 8,671 | +2 |
| 47 | Rose | 8,471 | -1 |
| 48 | Catherine | 8,459 | -1 |
| 49 | Ruby | 8,291 | +1 |
| 50 | David | 8,273 | +1 |
| 51 | Shirley | 8,149 | +20 |
| 52 | Eugene | 8,005 | 0 |
| 53 | Lois | 7,889 | +11 |
| 54 | Eleanor | 7,788 | 0 |
| 55 | Gladys | 7,720 | -6 |
| 56 | Josephine | 7,575 | -3 |
| 57 | Thelma | 7,408 | +2 |
| 58 | Marion | 7,381 | 0 |
| 59 | Edna | 7,309 | -4 |
| 60 | Barbara | 7,219 | +15 |
| 61 | Howard | 7,192 | -4 |
| 62 | Louis | 7,127 | 0 |
| 63 | Annie | 7,125 | -7 |
| 64 | Lucille | 6,942 | -3 |
| 65 | Carl | 6,920 | +5 |
| 66 | Edith | 6,846 | -3 |
| 67 | Clarence | 6,836 | -2 |
| 68 | Pauline | 6,726 | -1 |
| 69 | Francis | 6,709 | 0 |
| 70 | Ethel | 6,572 | -10 |
| 71 | Earl | 6,373 | +2 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,367 | 0 |
| 73 | Fred | 6,355 | +1 |
| 74 | Grace | 6,334 | -6 |
| 75 | Hazel | 6,312 | -9 |
| 76 | Joe | 6,146 | 0 |
| 77 | Lawrence | 5,940 | +1 |
| 78 | Bernice | 5,913 | -1 |
| 79 | Norma | 5,904 | +5 |
| 80 | June | 5,894 | +2 |
| 81 | Leonard | 5,507 | +2 |
| 82 | Beatrice | 5,484 | -2 |
| 83 | Phyllis | 5,481 | +11 |
| 84 | Ernest | 5,400 | -5 |
| 85 | Esther | 5,328 | -4 |
| 86 | Gloria | 5,317 | +20 |
| 87 | Clara | 5,149 | -2 |
| 88 | Anthony | 5,147 | -2 |
| 89 | Rita | 5,101 | +4 |
| 90 | Herbert | 5,091 | -1 |
| 91 | Juanita | 5,065 | +9 |
| 92 | Stanley | 5,061 | -2 |
| 93 | Ann | 5,034 | -5 |
| 94 | Alfred | 5,025 | +1 |
| 95 | Emma | 4,998 | -4 |
| 96 | Sarah | 4,982 | -4 |
| 97 | Jane | 4,928 | 0 |
| 98 | Warren | 4,848 | +9 |
| 99 | Patricia | 4,800 | +23 |
| 100 | Lorraine | 4,785 | -1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.