100 Most popular boy names of 1923, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1923 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1923.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
57469
4.59
-
2
Robert
56114
4.48
-
3
William
52136
4.16
-
4
James
50465
4.03
-
5
Charles
28963
2.31
-
6
George
27025
2.16
-
7
Joseph
25562
2.04
-
8
Edward
20597
1.64
-
9
Richard
18886
1.51
-
10
Donald
16433
1.31
+2
11
Frank
15905
1.27
-1
12
Thomas
15884
1.27
-1
13
Harold
13874
1.11
-
14
Paul
13362
1.07
-
15
Raymond
12460
0.99
+1
16
Walter
12433
0.99
-1
17
Jack
11190
0.89
+1
18
Henry
11067
0.88
-1
19
Arthur
9924
0.79
-
20
Albert
9825
0.78
-
21
Kenneth
9734
0.78
-
22
Harry
9263
0.74
-
23
Ralph
8630
0.69
-
24
David
8230
0.66
-
25
Eugene
7947
0.63
-
26
Howard
7158
0.57
-
27
Louis
7076
0.56
-
28
Carl
6871
0.55
+2
29
Clarence
6801
0.54
-
30
Willie
6665
0.53
-2
31
Earl
6339
0.51
-
32
Roy
6317
0.5
-
33
Fred
6314
0.5
-
34
Francis
6087
0.49
-
35
Joe
6003
0.48
-
36
Lawrence
5913
0.47
-
37
Leonard
5486
0.44
+1
38
Ernest
5372
0.43
-1
39
Anthony
5121
0.41
-
40
Herbert
5072
0.4
-
41
Stanley
5035
0.4
-
42
Alfred
5005
0.4
-
43
Warren
4820
0.38
+2
44
Norman
4706
0.38
-
45
Samuel
4579
0.37
-2
46
Bernard
4376
0.35
-
47
Daniel
4264
0.34
-
48
Melvin
4012
0.32
+2
49
Leo
3974
0.32
+2
50
Michael
3915
0.31
-2
51
Marvin
3809
0.3
+5
52
Russell
3806
0.3
-3
53
Andrew
3749
0.3
-
54
Gerald
3695
0.3
+4
55
Leroy
3686
0.29
-
56
Edwin
3652
0.29
-4
57
Elmer
3630
0.29
-3
58
Peter
3409
0.27
-1
59
Lloyd
3387
0.27
-
60
Frederick
3279
0.26
-
61
Ray
3161
0.25
+4
62
Theodore
3157
0.25
-
63
Chester
3150
0.25
+1
64
Floyd
3143
0.25
-3
65
Clifford
3106
0.25
-2
66
Herman
2961
0.24
-
67
Vernon
2957
0.24
+1
68
Clyde
2855
0.23
-1
69
Wallace
2804
0.22
+18
70
Philip
2783
0.22
-
71
Lester
2765
0.22
-2
72
Vincent
2719
0.22
-1
73
Alvin
2647
0.21
-
74
Lewis
2618
0.21
+1
75
Wayne
2597
0.21
+3
76
Gordon
2576
0.21
-
77
Leon
2528
0.2
-
78
Billy
2488
0.2
+12
79
Charlie
2471
0.2
-7
80
Martin
2459
0.2
-
81
Milton
2446
0.2
-7
82
Calvin
2409
0.19
+46
83
Jesse
2387
0.19
-2
84
Glenn
2370
0.19
-5
85
Lee
2358
0.19
-2
86
Benjamin
2317
0.18
-4
87
Cecil
2255
0.18
-2
88
Victor
2226
0.18
-2
89
Sam
2204
0.18
-5
90
Dale
2173
0.17
-1
91
Harvey
2115
0.17
-3
92
Willard
1945
0.16
-1
93
Arnold
1927
0.15
+1
94
Edgar
1897
0.15
-1
95
Roger
1888
0.15
+1
96
Oscar
1880
0.15
-4
97
Allen
1875
0.15
-2
98
Bill
1833
0.15
+6
99
Everett
1745
0.14
-1
100
Virgil
1713
0.14
-1
101
Maurice
1711
0.14
+2
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1923)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html