Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1923

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1922.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1922
1	John	57,467	0
2	Robert	56,111	0
3	William	52,136	0
4	James	50,462	0
5	Charles	28,966	0
6	George	27,025	0
7	Joseph	25,561	0
8	Edward	20,597	0
9	Richard	18,887	0
10	Donald	16,433	+2
11	Frank	15,903	-1
12	Thomas	15,886	-1
13	Harold	13,874	0
14	Paul	13,362	0
15	Raymond	12,460	+1
16	Walter	12,433	-1
17	Jack	11,190	+1
18	Henry	11,067	-1
19	Arthur	9,924	0
20	Albert	9,825	0
21	Kenneth	9,734	0
22	Harry	9,261	0
23	Ralph	8,629	0
24	David	8,230	0
25	Eugene	7,947	0
26	Howard	7,156	0
27	Louis	7,074	0
28	Carl	6,871	+2
29	Clarence	6,801	0
30	Willie	6,665	-2
31	Earl	6,339	0
32	Roy	6,316	0
33	Fred	6,314	0
34	Francis	6,087	0
35	Joe	6,003	0
36	Lawrence	5,913	0
37	Leonard	5,486	+1
38	Ernest	5,372	-1
39	Anthony	5,121	0
40	Herbert	5,071	0
41	Stanley	5,036	0
42	Alfred	5,005	0
43	Warren	4,820	+2
44	Norman	4,706	0
45	Samuel	4,578	-2
46	Bernard	4,376	0
47	Daniel	4,264	0
48	Melvin	4,012	+2
49	Leo	3,973	+2
50	Michael	3,915	-2
51	Marvin	3,810	+5
52	Russell	3,805	-3
53	Andrew	3,748	0
54	Gerald	3,696	+4
55	Leroy	3,686	0
56	Edwin	3,652	-4
57	Elmer	3,630	-3
58	Peter	3,409	-1
59	Lloyd	3,387	0
60	Frederick	3,278	0
61	Ray	3,161	+4
62	Theodore	3,157	0
63	Chester	3,150	+1
64	Floyd	3,143	-3
65	Clifford	3,106	-2
66	Herman	2,961	0
67	Vernon	2,956	+1
68	Clyde	2,853	-1
69	Wallace	2,803	+18
70	Philip	2,783	0
71	Lester	2,765	-2
72	Vincent	2,719	-1
73	Alvin	2,647	0
74	Lewis	2,618	+1
75	Wayne	2,597	+3
76	Gordon	2,576	0
77	Leon	2,528	0
78	Billy	2,488	+12
79	Charlie	2,471	-7
80	Martin	2,460	0
81	Milton	2,446	-7
82	Calvin	2,408	+46
83	Jesse	2,387	-2
84	Glenn	2,370	-5
85	Lee	2,359	-2
86	Benjamin	2,316	-4
87	Cecil	2,255	-2
88	Victor	2,226	-2
89	Sam	2,204	-5
90	Dale	2,172	-1
91	Harvey	2,115	-3
92	Willard	1,945	-1
93	Arnold	1,927	+1
94	Edgar	1,897	-1
95	Roger	1,888	+1
96	Oscar	1,880	-4
97	Allen	1,875	-2
98	Bill	1,833	+6
99	Everett	1,745	-1
100	Virgil	1,713	-1