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Most popular baby names in the US, 1923

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1923, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	71,634
2	Dorothy	39,043
3	Helen	31,486
4	Margaret	26,134
5	Betty	25,989
6	Ruth	23,637
7	Virginia	18,325
8	Mildred	15,989
9	Elizabeth	15,459
10	Frances	14,881
11	Doris	14,610
12	Evelyn	13,173
13	Anna	12,865
14	Marie	11,513
15	Alice	11,331
16	Marjorie	10,220
17	Irene	10,054
18	Florence	9,746
19	Jean	9,511
20	Lillian	9,328
21	Martha	8,961
22	Louise	8,882
23	Rose	8,440
24	Catherine	8,437
25	Ruby	8,232
26	Shirley	7,918
27	Lois	7,814
28	Eleanor	7,772
29	Gladys	7,695
30	Josephine	7,560
31	Thelma	7,379
32	Edna	7,299
33	Barbara	7,209
34	Annie	7,095
35	Lucille	6,914
36	Edith	6,836
37	Pauline	6,707
38	Ethel	6,541
39	Grace	6,316
40	Hazel	6,246
41	Norma	5,885
42	June	5,810
43	Bernice	5,809
44	Marion	5,711
45	Phyllis	5,476
46	Beatrice	5,464
47	Esther	5,315
48	Gloria	5,310
49	Clara	5,134
50	Rita	5,095
51	Juanita	5,048
52	Ann	5,022
53	Emma	4,977
54	Sarah	4,963
55	Jane	4,917
56	Patricia	4,800
57	Lorraine	4,764
58	Geraldine	4,712
59	Gertrude	4,700
60	Katherine	4,579
61	Elsie	4,550
62	Julia	4,323
63	Agnes	4,222
64	Bertha	4,122
65	Marian	4,029
66	Eva	3,975
67	Willie	3,963
68	Ida	3,888
69	Vivian	3,831
70	Kathleen	3,754
71	Anne	3,727
72	Kathryn	3,714
73	Laura	3,710
74	Wilma	3,706
75	Nancy	3,673
76	Maxine	3,603
77	Charlotte	3,596
78	Pearl	3,543
79	Viola	3,534
80	Wanda	3,405
81	Bessie	3,387
82	Vera	3,375
83	Dolores	3,369
84	Myrtle	3,314
85	Audrey	3,281
86	Violet	3,276
87	Elaine	3,212
88	Nellie	3,184
89	Alma	3,070
90	Jeanne	3,040
91	Lillie	3,036
92	Lucy	3,002
93	Ella	2,995
94	Jessie	2,995
95	Eileen	2,976
96	Stella	2,956
97	Genevieve	2,869
98	Sylvia	2,838
99	Minnie	2,785
100	Leona	2,744

Boys

	Name	Births
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
11	Frank	15,903
12	Thomas	15,886
13	Harold	13,874
14	Paul	13,362
15	Raymond	12,460
16	Walter	12,433
17	Jack	11,190
18	Henry	11,067
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
29	Clarence	6,801
30	Willie	6,665
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
38	Ernest	5,372
39	Anthony	5,121
40	Herbert	5,071
41	Stanley	5,036
42	Alfred	5,005
43	Warren	4,820
44	Norman	4,706
45	Samuel	4,578
46	Bernard	4,376
47	Daniel	4,264
48	Melvin	4,012
49	Leo	3,973
50	Michael	3,915
51	Marvin	3,810
52	Russell	3,805
53	Andrew	3,748
54	Gerald	3,696
55	Leroy	3,686
56	Edwin	3,652
57	Elmer	3,630
58	Peter	3,409
59	Lloyd	3,387
60	Frederick	3,278
61	Ray	3,161
62	Theodore	3,157
63	Chester	3,150
64	Floyd	3,143
65	Clifford	3,106
66	Herman	2,961
67	Vernon	2,956
68	Clyde	2,853
69	Wallace	2,803
70	Philip	2,783
71	Lester	2,765
72	Vincent	2,719
73	Alvin	2,647
74	Lewis	2,618
75	Wayne	2,597
76	Gordon	2,576
77	Leon	2,528
78	Billy	2,488
79	Charlie	2,471
80	Martin	2,460
81	Milton	2,446
82	Calvin	2,408
83	Jesse	2,387
84	Glenn	2,370
85	Lee	2,359
86	Benjamin	2,316
87	Cecil	2,255
88	Victor	2,226
89	Sam	2,204
90	Dale	2,172
91	Harvey	2,115
92	Willard	1,945
93	Arnold	1,927
94	Edgar	1,897
95	Roger	1,888
96	Oscar	1,880
97	Allen	1,875
98	Bill	1,833
99	Everett	1,745
100	Virgil	1,713

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.