Top Names of 1923

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary71,634 babies
  2. 2Dorothy39,043 babies
  3. 3Helen31,486 babies
  4. 4Margaret26,134 babies
  5. 5Betty25,989 babies
  6. 6Ruth23,637 babies
  7. 7Virginia18,325 babies
  8. 8Mildred15,989 babies
  9. 9Elizabeth15,459 babies
  10. 10Frances14,881 babies
  11. 11Doris14,610 babies
  12. 12Evelyn13,173 babies
  13. 13Anna12,865 babies
  14. 14Marie11,513 babies
  15. 15Alice11,331 babies
  16. 16Marjorie10,220 babies
  17. 17Irene10,054 babies
  18. 18Florence9,746 babies
  19. 19Jean9,511 babies
  20. 20Lillian9,328 babies
  21. 21Martha8,961 babies
  22. 22Louise8,882 babies
  23. 23Rose8,440 babies
  24. 24Catherine8,437 babies
  25. 25Ruby8,232 babies
  26. 26Shirley7,918 babies
  27. 27Lois7,814 babies
  28. 28Eleanor7,772 babies
  29. 29Gladys7,695 babies
  30. 30Josephine7,560 babies
  31. 31Thelma7,379 babies
  32. 32Edna7,299 babies
  33. 33Barbara7,209 babies
  34. 34Annie7,095 babies
  35. 35Lucille6,914 babies
  36. 36Edith6,836 babies
  37. 37Pauline6,707 babies
  38. 38Ethel6,541 babies
  39. 39Grace6,316 babies
  40. 40Hazel6,246 babies
  41. 41Norma5,885 babies
  42. 42June5,810 babies
  43. 43Bernice5,809 babies
  44. 44Marion5,711 babies
  45. 45Phyllis5,476 babies
  46. 46Beatrice5,464 babies
  47. 47Esther5,315 babies
  48. 48Gloria5,310 babies
  49. 49Clara5,134 babies
  50. 50Rita5,095 babies
  51. 51Juanita5,048 babies
  52. 52Ann5,022 babies
  53. 53Emma4,977 babies
  54. 54Sarah4,963 babies
  55. 55Jane4,917 babies
  56. 56Patricia4,800 babies
  57. 57Lorraine4,764 babies
  58. 58Geraldine4,712 babies
  59. 59Gertrude4,700 babies
  60. 60Katherine4,579 babies
  61. 61Elsie4,550 babies
  62. 62Julia4,323 babies
  63. 63Agnes4,222 babies
  64. 64Bertha4,122 babies
  65. 65Marian4,029 babies
  66. 66Eva3,975 babies
  67. 67Willie3,963 babies
  68. 68Ida3,888 babies
  69. 69Vivian3,831 babies
  70. 70Kathleen3,754 babies
  71. 71Anne3,727 babies
  72. 72Kathryn3,714 babies
  73. 73Laura3,710 babies
  74. 74Wilma3,706 babies
  75. 75Nancy3,673 babies
  76. 76Maxine3,603 babies
  77. 77Charlotte3,596 babies
  78. 78Pearl3,543 babies
  79. 79Viola3,534 babies
  80. 80Wanda3,405 babies
  81. 81Bessie3,387 babies
  82. 82Vera3,375 babies
  83. 83Dolores3,369 babies
  84. 84Myrtle3,314 babies
  85. 85Audrey3,281 babies
  86. 86Violet3,276 babies
  87. 87Elaine3,212 babies
  88. 88Nellie3,184 babies
  89. 89Alma3,070 babies
  90. 90Jeanne3,040 babies
  91. 91Lillie3,036 babies
  92. 92Lucy3,002 babies
  93. 93Ella2,995 babies
  94. 93Jessie2,995 babies
  95. 95Eileen2,976 babies
  96. 96Stella2,956 babies
  97. 97Genevieve2,869 babies
  98. 98Sylvia2,838 babies
  99. 99Minnie2,785 babies
  100. 100Leona2,744 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1John57,467 babies
  2. 2Robert56,111 babies
  3. 3William52,136 babies
  4. 4James50,462 babies
  5. 5Charles28,966 babies
  6. 6George27,025 babies
  7. 7Joseph25,561 babies
  8. 8Edward20,597 babies
  9. 9Richard18,887 babies
  10. 10Donald16,433 babies
  11. 11Frank15,903 babies
  12. 12Thomas15,886 babies
  13. 13Harold13,874 babies
  14. 14Paul13,362 babies
  15. 15Raymond12,460 babies
  16. 16Walter12,433 babies
  17. 17Jack11,190 babies
  18. 18Henry11,067 babies
  19. 19Arthur9,924 babies
  20. 20Albert9,825 babies
  21. 21Kenneth9,734 babies
  22. 22Harry9,261 babies
  23. 23Ralph8,629 babies
  24. 24David8,230 babies
  25. 25Eugene7,947 babies
  26. 26Howard7,156 babies
  27. 27Louis7,074 babies
  28. 28Carl6,871 babies
  29. 29Clarence6,801 babies
  30. 30Willie6,665 babies
  31. 31Earl6,339 babies
  32. 32Roy6,316 babies
  33. 33Fred6,314 babies
  34. 34Francis6,087 babies
  35. 35Joe6,003 babies
  36. 36Lawrence5,913 babies
  37. 37Leonard5,486 babies
  38. 38Ernest5,372 babies
  39. 39Anthony5,121 babies
  40. 40Herbert5,071 babies
  41. 41Stanley5,036 babies
  42. 42Alfred5,005 babies
  43. 43Warren4,820 babies
  44. 44Norman4,706 babies
  45. 45Samuel4,578 babies
  46. 46Bernard4,376 babies
  47. 47Daniel4,264 babies
  48. 48Melvin4,012 babies
  49. 49Leo3,973 babies
  50. 50Michael3,915 babies
  51. 51Marvin3,810 babies
  52. 52Russell3,805 babies
  53. 53Andrew3,748 babies
  54. 54Gerald3,696 babies
  55. 55Leroy3,686 babies
  56. 56Edwin3,652 babies
  57. 57Elmer3,630 babies
  58. 58Peter3,409 babies
  59. 59Lloyd3,387 babies
  60. 60Frederick3,278 babies
  61. 61Ray3,161 babies
  62. 62Theodore3,157 babies
  63. 63Chester3,150 babies
  64. 64Floyd3,143 babies
  65. 65Clifford3,106 babies
  66. 66Herman2,961 babies
  67. 67Vernon2,956 babies
  68. 68Clyde2,853 babies
  69. 69Wallace2,803 babies
  70. 70Philip2,783 babies
  71. 71Lester2,765 babies
  72. 72Vincent2,719 babies
  73. 73Alvin2,647 babies
  74. 74Lewis2,618 babies
  75. 75Wayne2,597 babies
  76. 76Gordon2,576 babies
  77. 77Leon2,528 babies
  78. 78Billy2,488 babies
  79. 79Charlie2,471 babies
  80. 80Martin2,460 babies
  81. 81Milton2,446 babies
  82. 82Calvin2,408 babies
  83. 83Jesse2,387 babies
  84. 84Glenn2,370 babies
  85. 85Lee2,359 babies
  86. 86Benjamin2,316 babies
  87. 87Cecil2,255 babies
  88. 88Victor2,226 babies
  89. 89Sam2,204 babies
  90. 90Dale2,172 babies
  91. 91Harvey2,115 babies
  92. 92Willard1,945 babies
  93. 93Arnold1,927 babies
  94. 94Edgar1,897 babies
  95. 95Roger1,888 babies
  96. 96Oscar1,880 babies
  97. 97Allen1,875 babies
  98. 98Bill1,833 babies
  99. 99Everett1,745 babies
  100. 100Virgil1,713 babies
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