Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1923

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1923 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 1922						Change from 1922
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	71,638	5.720	0	-535	1	John	57,470	5.075	0	193
2	Dorothy	39,044	3.117	0	1,328	2	Robert	56,117	4.956	0	2,324
3	Helen	31,488	2.514	0	-1,020	3	William	52,136	4.604	0	1,020
4	Margaret	26,133	2.087	0	-732	4	James	50,463	4.457	0	662
5	Betty	25,991	2.075	1	5,096	5	Charles	28,962	2.558	0	120
6	Ruth	23,638	1.887	-1	8	6	George	27,021	2.386	0	-330
7	Virginia	18,326	1.463	0	-820	7	Joseph	25,561	2.257	0	-138
8	Mildred	15,990	1.277	0	-422	8	Edward	20,597	1.819	0	178
9	Elizabeth	15,461	1.234	0	219	9	Richard	18,884	1.668	0	1,345
10	Frances	14,879	1.188	0	-174	10	Donald	16,435	1.451	2	1,520
11	Doris	14,609	1.166	0	811	11	Frank	15,906	1.405	-1	-108
12	Evelyn	13,175	1.052	1	-143	12	Thomas	15,884	1.403	-1	621
13	Anna	12,864	1.027	-1	-541	13	Harold	13,875	1.225	0	282
14	Marie	11,510	0.919	0	-402	14	Paul	13,363	1.180	0	439
15	Alice	11,330	0.905	0	53	15	Raymond	12,461	1.100	1	331
16	Marjorie	10,220	0.816	0	-165	16	Walter	12,434	1.098	-1	-197
17	Irene	10,052	0.803	0	-121	17	Jack	11,192	0.988	1	346
18	Florence	9,746	0.778	0	-289	18	Henry	11,067	0.977	-1	-140
19	Jean	9,511	0.759	1	403	19	Arthur	9,922	0.876	0	-193
20	Lillian	9,328	0.745	-1	-101	20	Albert	9,825	0.868	0	-69
21	Martha	8,962	0.716	0	-59	21	Kenneth	9,732	0.859	0	472
22	Louise	8,884	0.709	0	-2	22	Harry	9,261	0.818	0	182
23	Rose	8,442	0.674	0	-348	23	Ralph	8,630	0.762	0	145
24	Catherine	8,438	0.674	0	-100	24	David	8,231	0.727	0	365
25	Ruby	8,231	0.657	1	228	25	Eugene	7,947	0.702	0	98
26	Shirley	7,919	0.632	13	1,511	26	Howard	7,159	0.632	0	-137
27	Lois	7,814	0.624	8	868	27	Louis	7,073	0.625	0	-24
28	Eleanor	7,772	0.621	0	-80	28	Carl	6,871	0.607	2	180
29	Gladys	7,695	0.614	-4	-347	29	Clarence	6,802	0.601	0	-59
30	Josephine	7,559	0.604	-3	-306	30	Willie	6,663	0.588	-2	-243
31	Thelma	7,378	0.589	0	124	31	Earl	6,338	0.560	0	-122
32	Edna	7,298	0.583	-3	-323	32	Roy	6,318	0.558	0	-140
33	Barbara	7,208	0.576	7	935	33	Fred	6,315	0.558	0	70
34	Annie	7,095	0.566	-4	-380	34	Francis	6,087	0.538	0	-61
35	Lucille	6,915	0.552	-2	-235	35	Joe	6,004	0.530	0	-87
36	Edith	6,835	0.546	-2	-301	36	Lawrence	5,913	0.522	0	127
37	Pauline	6,707	0.536	-1	-104	37	Leonard	5,485	0.484	1	78
38	Ethel	6,541	0.522	-6	-704	38	Ernest	5,371	0.474	-1	-131
39	Grace	6,316	0.504	-1	-427	39	Anthony	5,120	0.452	0	27
40	Hazel	6,245	0.499	-3	-513	40	Herbert	5,072	0.448	0	25
41	Norma	5,886	0.470	5	649	41	Stanley	5,034	0.445	0	-10
42	June	5,810	0.464	3	428	42	Alfred	5,006	0.442	0	174
43	Bernice	5,808	0.464	-2	-104	43	Warren	4,821	0.426	2	337
44	Marion	5,711	0.456	-2	44	44	Norman	4,707	0.416	0	181
45	Phyllis	5,476	0.437	8	541	45	Samuel	4,579	0.404	-2	-21
46	Beatrice	5,464	0.436	-3	-12	46	Bernard	4,377	0.387	0	-32
47	Esther	5,315	0.424	-3	-160	47	Daniel	4,265	0.377	0	-19
48	Gloria	5,310	0.424	13	814	48	Melvin	4,012	0.354	2	104
49	Clara	5,134	0.410	-2	8	49	Leo	3,974	0.351	2	73
50	Rita	5,095	0.407	2	118	50	Michael	3,914	0.346	-2	-77

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.