The most popular baby names of 1923
SSA recorded 2,302,468 births in 1923 across all reported names — 1,206,366 girls and 1,096,102 boys.
Top 100 girls' names in 1923
| # | Name | Births | vs 1922 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 71,634 | — |
| 2 | Dorothy | 39,043 | — |
| 3 | Helen | 31,486 | — |
| 4 | Margaret | 26,134 | — |
| 5 | Betty | 25,989 | +1 |
| 6 | Ruth | 23,637 | -1 |
| 7 | Virginia | 18,325 | — |
| 8 | Mildred | 15,989 | — |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 15,459 | — |
| 10 | Frances | 14,881 | — |
| 11 | Doris | 14,610 | — |
| 12 | Evelyn | 13,173 | +1 |
| 13 | Anna | 12,865 | -1 |
| 14 | Marie | 11,513 | — |
| 15 | Alice | 11,331 | — |
| 16 | Marjorie | 10,220 | — |
| 17 | Irene | 10,054 | — |
| 18 | Florence | 9,746 | — |
| 19 | Jean | 9,511 | +1 |
| 20 | Lillian | 9,328 | -1 |
| 21 | Martha | 8,961 | — |
| 22 | Louise | 8,882 | — |
| 23 | Rose | 8,440 | — |
| 24 | Catherine | 8,437 | — |
| 25 | Ruby | 8,232 | +1 |
| 26 | Shirley | 7,918 | +13 |
| 27 | Lois | 7,814 | +8 |
| 28 | Eleanor | 7,772 | — |
| 29 | Gladys | 7,695 | -4 |
| 30 | Josephine | 7,560 | -3 |
| 31 | Thelma | 7,379 | — |
| 32 | Edna | 7,299 | -3 |
| 33 | Barbara | 7,209 | +7 |
| 34 | Annie | 7,095 | -4 |
| 35 | Lucille | 6,914 | -2 |
| 36 | Edith | 6,836 | -2 |
| 37 | Pauline | 6,707 | -1 |
| 38 | Ethel | 6,541 | -6 |
| 39 | Grace | 6,316 | -1 |
| 40 | Hazel | 6,246 | -3 |
| 41 | Norma | 5,885 | +5 |
| 42 | June | 5,810 | +3 |
| 43 | Bernice | 5,809 | -2 |
| 44 | Marion | 5,711 | -2 |
| 45 | Phyllis | 5,476 | +8 |
| 46 | Beatrice | 5,464 | -3 |
| 47 | Esther | 5,315 | -3 |
| 48 | Gloria | 5,310 | +13 |
| 49 | Clara | 5,134 | -2 |
| 50 | Rita | 5,095 | +2 |
| 51 | Juanita | 5,048 | +6 |
| 52 | Ann | 5,022 | -3 |
| 53 | Emma | 4,977 | -3 |
| 54 | Sarah | 4,963 | -3 |
| 55 | Jane | 4,917 | — |
| 56 | Patricia | 4,800 | +12 |
| 57 | Lorraine | 4,764 | -1 |
| 58 | Geraldine | 4,712 | — |
| 59 | Gertrude | 4,700 | -11 |
| 60 | Katherine | 4,579 | -6 |
| 61 | Elsie | 4,550 | -2 |
| 62 | Julia | 4,323 | -2 |
| 63 | Agnes | 4,222 | -1 |
| 64 | Bertha | 4,122 | -1 |
| 65 | Marian | 4,029 | +2 |
| 66 | Eva | 3,975 | -2 |
| 67 | Willie | 3,963 | +3 |
| 68 | Ida | 3,888 | -3 |
| 69 | Vivian | 3,831 | +5 |
| 70 | Kathleen | 3,754 | +10 |
| 71 | Anne | 3,727 | -5 |
| 72 | Kathryn | 3,714 | +1 |
| 73 | Laura | 3,710 | -5 |
| 74 | Wilma | 3,706 | +3 |
| 75 | Nancy | 3,673 | +3 |
| 76 | Maxine | 3,603 | +6 |
| 77 | Charlotte | 3,596 | -1 |
| 78 | Pearl | 3,543 | -7 |
| 79 | Viola | 3,534 | -7 |
| 80 | Wanda | 3,405 | +12 |
| 81 | Bessie | 3,387 | — |
| 82 | Vera | 3,375 | -3 |
| 83 | Dolores | 3,369 | +21 |
| 84 | Myrtle | 3,314 | -9 |
| 85 | Audrey | 3,281 | +4 |
| 86 | Violet | 3,276 | — |
| 87 | Elaine | 3,212 | +15 |
| 88 | Nellie | 3,184 | -5 |
| 89 | Alma | 3,070 | -5 |
| 90 | Jeanne | 3,040 | +7 |
| 91 | Lillie | 3,036 | -6 |
| 92 | Lucy | 3,002 | +1 |
| 93 | Ella | 2,995 | -3 |
| 93 | Jessie | 2,995 | -6 |
| 95 | Eileen | 2,976 | +1 |
| 96 | Stella | 2,956 | -8 |
| 97 | Genevieve | 2,869 | +1 |
| 98 | Sylvia | 2,838 | -4 |
| 99 | Minnie | 2,785 | -8 |
| 100 | Leona | 2,744 | +1 |
Top 100 boys' names in 1923
| # | Name | Births | vs 1922 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 57,467 | — |
| 2 | Robert | 56,111 | — |
| 3 | William | 52,136 | — |
| 4 | James | 50,462 | — |
| 5 | Charles | 28,966 | — |
| 6 | George | 27,025 | — |
| 7 | Joseph | 25,561 | — |
| 8 | Edward | 20,597 | — |
| 9 | Richard | 18,887 | — |
| 10 | Donald | 16,433 | +2 |
| 11 | Frank | 15,903 | -1 |
| 12 | Thomas | 15,886 | -1 |
| 13 | Harold | 13,874 | — |
| 14 | Paul | 13,362 | — |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,460 | +1 |
| 16 | Walter | 12,433 | -1 |
| 17 | Jack | 11,190 | +1 |
| 18 | Henry | 11,067 | -1 |
| 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 | 7,156 | — |
| 27 | Louis | 7,074 | — |
| 28 | Carl | 6,871 | +2 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,801 | — |
| 30 | Willie | 6,665 | -2 |
| 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 | +1 |
| 38 | Ernest | 5,372 | -1 |
| 39 | Anthony | 5,121 | — |
| 40 | Herbert | 5,071 | — |
| 41 | Stanley | 5,036 | — |
| 42 | Alfred | 5,005 | — |
| 43 | Warren | 4,820 | +2 |
| 44 | Norman | 4,706 | — |
| 45 | Samuel | 4,578 | -2 |
| 46 | Bernard | 4,376 | — |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,264 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 54 | Gerald | 3,696 | +4 |
| 55 | Leroy | 3,686 | — |
| 56 | Edwin | 3,652 | -4 |
| 57 | Elmer | 3,630 | -3 |
| 58 | Peter | 3,409 | -1 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 3,387 | — |
| 60 | Frederick | 3,278 | — |
| 61 | Ray | 3,161 | +4 |
| 62 | Theodore | 3,157 | — |
| 63 | Chester | 3,150 | +1 |
| 64 | Floyd | 3,143 | -3 |
| 65 | Clifford | 3,106 | -2 |
| 66 | Herman | 2,961 | — |
| 67 | Vernon | 2,956 | +1 |
| 68 | Clyde | 2,853 | -1 |
| 69 | Wallace | 2,803 | +18 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,783 | — |
| 71 | Lester | 2,765 | -2 |
| 72 | Vincent | 2,719 | -1 |
| 73 | Alvin | 2,647 | — |
| 74 | Lewis | 2,618 | +1 |
| 75 | Wayne | 2,597 | +3 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,576 | — |
| 77 | Leon | 2,528 | — |
| 78 | Billy | 2,488 | +12 |
| 79 | Charlie | 2,471 | -7 |
| 80 | Martin | 2,460 | — |
| 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 |
Names that climbed fastest in 1923
Ranked by places gained against 1922, among names with at least 200 births in both years.
| Name | Rank 1923 | Rank 1922 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettye girls | 331 | 427 | +96 |
| Lorna girls | 345 | 419 | +74 |
| Joanne girls | 359 | 422 | +63 |
| Joann girls | 417 | 479 | +62 |
| Adrian boys | 310 | 358 | +48 |
| Ruthie girls | 371 | 418 | +47 |
| Wilburn boys | 335 | 382 | +47 |
| Calvin boys | 82 | 128 | +46 |
| Yolanda girls | 261 | 306 | +45 |
| Bobbie girls | 315 | 359 | +44 |
| Jo girls | 334 | 376 | +42 |
| Melva girls | 390 | 430 | +40 |
| Jackson boys | 363 | 403 | +40 |
| Jaunita girls | 397 | 436 | +39 |
| Glenna girls | 327 | 365 | +38 |
Names that fell fastest in 1923
| Name | Rank 1923 | Rank 1922 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxie girls | 474 | 395 | -79 |
| Iola girls | 452 | 378 | -74 |
| Hallie girls | 483 | 410 | -73 |
| Bertie girls | 419 | 369 | -50 |
| Madeleine girls | 486 | 436 | -50 |
| Merlin boys | 365 | 316 | -49 |
| Marilynn girls | 433 | 388 | -45 |
| Lorine girls | 441 | 396 | -45 |
| Leora girls | 470 | 425 | -45 |
| Orval boys | 406 | 362 | -44 |
| Birdie girls | 450 | 407 | -43 |
| Woodrow boys | 253 | 211 | -42 |
| Odell boys | 338 | 296 | -42 |
| Pasquale boys | 421 | 379 | -42 |
| Aline girls | 392 | 351 | -41 |
Names that first appear in 1923
1923 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.
- Nalda 15
- Marcheta 14
- Merrilyn 14
- Avonne 11
- Bernadyne 11
- Annalea 10
- Earnstine 10
- Clinard 9
- Dorland 9
- Lestine 9
- Luigina 9
- Miguela 9
- Morjorie 9
- Arene 8
- Armandina 8
- Arzo 8
- Bettyanne 8
- Danniel 8
- Dareld 8
- Franco 8
Names that peaked in 1923
For these names, 1923 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.
- Wallace 2,815
- Edmund 1,145
- Irvin 826
- Carmela 586
- Morton 482
- Clair 405
- Vernice 245
- Eris 236
- Bertram 228
- Filomena 207