The names of 1923

The ten most popular names given in 1923, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1923

US states in 1923