Birth year roster

Top names in 1923

The 100 most common names on 1923 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1923 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 119 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered71,634
#2Dorothy Endangered39,043
#3Helen Endangered31,486
#4Margaret Endangered26,134
#5Betty Endangered25,989
#6Ruth Endangered23,637
#7Virginia Endangered18,325
#8Mildred Endangered15,989
#9Elizabeth Stable15,459
#10Frances Endangered14,881
#11Doris Endangered14,610
#12Evelyn Stable13,173
#13Anna Declining12,865
#14Marie Endangered11,513
#15Alice Stable11,331
#16Marjorie Endangered10,220
#17Irene Endangered10,054
#18Florence Endangered9,746
#19Jean Endangered9,511
#20Lillian Declining9,328
#21Martha Endangered8,961
#22Louise Endangered8,882
#23Rose Stable8,440
#24Catherine Endangered8,437
#25Ruby Stable8,232
#26Shirley Endangered7,918
#27Lois Endangered7,814
#28Eleanor Rising7,772
#29Gladys Endangered7,695
#30Josephine Rising7,560
#31Thelma Endangered7,379
#32Edna Endangered7,299
#33Barbara Endangered7,209
#34Annie Rising7,095
#35Lucille Stable6,914
#36Edith Endangered6,836
#37Pauline Endangered6,707
#38Ethel Endangered6,541
#39Grace Declining6,316
#40Hazel Rising6,246
#41Norma Endangered5,885
#42June Rising5,810
#43Bernice Endangered5,809
#44Marion Endangered5,711
#45Phyllis Endangered5,476
#46Beatrice Endangered5,464
#47Esther Stable5,315
#48Gloria Endangered5,310
#49Clara Stable5,134
#50Rita Endangered5,095
#51Juanita Endangered5,048
#52Ann Endangered5,022
#53Emma Declining4,977
#54Sarah Endangered4,963
#55Jane Stable4,917
#56Patricia Endangered4,800
#57Lorraine Endangered4,764
#58Geraldine Endangered4,712
#59Gertrude Endangered4,700
#60Katherine Declining4,579
#61Elsie Rising4,550
#62Julia Stable4,323
#63Agnes Endangered4,222
#64Bertha Endangered4,122
#65Marian Endangered4,029
#66Eva Declining3,975
#67Willie Endangered3,963
#68Ida Endangered3,888
#69Vivian Stable3,831
#70Kathleen Endangered3,754
#71Anne Endangered3,727
#72Kathryn Endangered3,714
#73Laura Endangered3,710
#74Wilma Endangered3,706
#75Nancy Endangered3,673
#76Maxine Rising3,603
#77Charlotte Stable3,596
#78Pearl Endangered3,543
#79Viola Endangered3,534
#80Wanda Endangered3,405
#81Bessie Endangered3,387
#82Vera Stable3,375
#83Dolores Endangered3,369
#84Myrtle Endangered3,314
#85Audrey Declining3,281
#86Violet Rising3,276
#87Elaine Rising3,212
#88Nellie Rising3,184
#89Alma Rising3,070
#90Jeanne Endangered3,040
#91Lillie Stable3,036
#92Lucy Stable3,002
#93Ella Declining2,995
#94Jessie Endangered2,995
#95Eileen Stable2,976
#96Stella Stable2,956
#97Genevieve Stable2,869
#98Sylvia Rising2,838
#99Minnie Endangered2,785
#100Leona Stable2,744

Boys

#1John Past peak57,467
#2Robert Endangered56,111
#3William Declining52,136
#4James Stable50,462
#5Charles Stable28,966
#6George Stable27,025
#7Joseph Declining25,561
#8Edward Endangered20,597
#9Richard Endangered18,887
#10Donald Endangered16,433
#11Frank Endangered15,903
#12Thomas Stable15,886
#13Harold Endangered13,874
#14Paul Endangered13,362
#15Raymond Endangered12,460
#16Walter Stable12,433
#17Jack Stable11,190
#18Henry Stable11,067
#19Arthur Rising9,924
#20Albert Endangered9,825
#21Kenneth Endangered9,734
#22Harry Endangered9,261
#23Ralph Endangered8,629
#24David Past peak8,230
#25Eugene Endangered7,947
#26Howard Endangered7,156
#27Louis Stable7,074
#28Carl Endangered6,871
#29Clarence Endangered6,801
#30Willie Endangered6,665
#31Earl Endangered6,339
#32Roy Endangered6,316
#33Fred Endangered6,314
#34Francis Stable6,087
#35Joe Endangered6,003
#36Lawrence Endangered5,913
#37Leonard Endangered5,486
#38Ernest Endangered5,372
#39Anthony Declining5,121
#40Herbert Endangered5,071
#41Stanley Endangered5,036
#42Alfred Endangered5,005
#43Warren Rising4,820
#44Norman Endangered4,706
#45Samuel Stable4,578
#46Bernard Endangered4,376
#47Daniel Declining4,264
#48Melvin Endangered4,012
#49Leo Rising3,973
#50Michael Past peak3,915
#51Marvin Endangered3,810
#52Russell Stable3,805
#53Andrew Declining3,748
#54Gerald Endangered3,696
#55Leroy Endangered3,686
#56Edwin Stable3,652
#57Elmer Endangered3,630
#58Peter Stable3,409
#59Lloyd Endangered3,387
#60Frederick Stable3,278
#61Ray Endangered3,161
#62Theodore Rising3,157
#63Chester Endangered3,150
#64Floyd Endangered3,143
#65Clifford Endangered3,106
#66Herman Endangered2,961
#67Vernon Endangered2,956
#68Clyde Stable2,853
#69Wallace Endangered2,803
#70Philip Endangered2,783
#71Lester Endangered2,765
#72Vincent Stable2,719
#73Alvin Declining2,647
#74Lewis Rising2,618
#75Wayne Endangered2,597
#76Gordon Endangered2,576
#77Leon Rising2,528
#78Billy Endangered2,488
#79Charlie Rising2,471
#80Martin Stable2,460
#81Milton Endangered2,446
#82Calvin Stable2,408
#83Jesse Stable2,387
#84Glenn Endangered2,370
#85Lee Endangered2,359
#86Benjamin Declining2,316
#87Cecil Endangered2,255
#88Victor Declining2,226
#89Sam Stable2,204
#90Dale Endangered2,172
#91Harvey Rising2,115
#92Willard Endangered1,945
#93Arnold Endangered1,927
#94Edgar Declining1,897
#95Roger Endangered1,888
#96Oscar Stable1,880
#97Allen Endangered1,875
#98Bill Endangered1,833
#99Everett Stable1,745
#100Virgil Endangered1,713