The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1923

4,904 different boys’ names were recorded in 1923, covering 1,096,102 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
101	Maurice	1,711
102	Gilbert	1,704
103	Claude	1,694
104	Roland	1,678
105	Wilbur	1,672
106	Marion	1,670
107	Johnnie	1,653
108	Douglas	1,613
109	Stephen	1,605
110	Eddie	1,597
111	Morris	1,558
112	Leslie	1,553
113	Homer	1,545
113	Manuel	1,545
115	Sidney	1,543
116	Curtis	1,538
117	Hubert	1,533
118	Jerome	1,487
119	Jessie	1,483
120	Nicholas	1,468
121	Glen	1,450
122	Max	1,440
123	Hugh	1,412
124	Irving	1,384
125	Wesley	1,379
126	Luther	1,333
127	Jose	1,325
128	Rudolph	1,303
129	Alexander	1,293
129	Don	1,293
131	Jerry	1,276
132	Franklin	1,264
133	Steve	1,255
134	Horace	1,242
135	Bruce	1,224
136	Oliver	1,221
137	Julius	1,187
138	Willis	1,183
139	Junior	1,172
140	Gene	1,170
141	Jimmie	1,162
142	Ronald	1,148
143	Edmund	1,145
144	Tom	1,131
145	Keith	1,104
146	Earnest	1,063
147	Patrick	1,055
148	Ben	1,049
149	Guy	1,043
150	Tony	1,025
151	Salvatore	1,017
152	Orville	1,012
153	Dean	1,011
153	Lyle	1,011
155	Mike	1,006
156	Delbert	997
157	Angelo	990
158	Clayton	989
159	Johnny	976
160	Jacob	975
161	Alex	940
162	Archie	939
163	Matthew	935
164	Bob	916
165	Otis	904
166	Clifton	900
167	Jim	867
168	Clinton	866
169	Wilbert	847
170	Phillip	844
171	Ira	831
172	Jay	829
173	Irvin	817
174	Leland	807
175	Emil	798
176	Ivan	791
177	Ervin	788
178	Marshall	781
179	Wilfred	779
180	Merle	775
181	Dennis	773
182	Bennie	772
182	Elbert	772
184	Billie	770
185	Dewey	762
186	Forrest	758
187	Nathan	739
188	Dan	730
189	Antonio	729
190	Sylvester	725
190	Duane	725
192	Seymour	723
193	Nathaniel	721
194	Lowell	710
195	Nelson	704
196	Carroll	700
197	Isaac	698
198	Nick	690
199	Rufus	678
200	Alton	676

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1923 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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