These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In 1923

Caroline Bologna
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The list of the most popular baby names in the U.S. doesn’t undergo many dramatic changes from one year to the next, but you can find interesting trends over longer stretches of time.

Some names decline in popularity and then make a comeback, while others fall off the map. Still others show impressive staying power.

Many vintage baby names remain popular to this day, while others have faded into obscurity over the past century.
Many vintage baby names remain popular to this day, while others have faded into obscurity over the past century.

Many vintage baby names remain popular to this day, while others have faded into obscurity over the past century.

HuffPost took a look at the Social Security Administration’s baby name data from 100 years ago. While names like William, James, Evelyn and Ruby remain popular to this day, others, like Mildred, Doris, Eugene and Ralph, aren’t quite as common a century later.

Below, find the 25 most popular baby names for children born in 1923.

Girls

  1. Mary

  2. Dorothy

  3. Helen

  4. Margaret

  5. Betty

  6. Ruth

  7. Virginia

  8. Mildred

  9. Elizabeth

  10. Frances

  11. Doris

  12. Evelyn

  13. Anna

  14. Marie

  15. Alice

  16. Marjorie

  17. Irene

  18. Florence

  19. Jean

  20. Lillian

  21. Martha

  22. Louise

  23. Rose

  24. Catherine

  25. Ruby

Boys

  1. John

  2. Robert

  3. William

  4. James

  5. Charles

  6. George

  7. Joseph

  8. Edward

  9. Richard

  10. Donald

  11. Frank

  12. Thomas

  13. Harold

  14. Paul

  15. Raymond

  16. Walter

  17. Jack

  18. Henry

  19. Arthur

  20. Albert

  21. Kenneth

  22. Harry

  23. Ralph

  24. David

  25. Eugene

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