Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	350
2	Dorothy	182
3	Margaret	147
4	Helen	109
5	Doris	76
6	Betty	75
7	Elizabeth	74
8	Ruth	73
9	Mildred	69
10	Frances	61
11	Catherine	60
12	Evelyn	59
13	Barbara	57
14	Jean	53
14	Virginia	53
16	Thelma	43
17	Alice	40
17	Louise	40
19	Anna	39
20	Florence	38
20	Gloria	38
20	Shirley	38
23	Gladys	37
23	Lillian	37
23	Patricia	37
26	Marjorie	36
27	Ethel	34
28	Marie	33
29	Jane	31
29	Lois	31
31	June	30
32	Emma	27
32	Marion	27
32	Nancy	27
35	Josephine	26
36	Eleanor	25
37	Martha	24
37	Rita	24
39	Anne	23
39	Lorraine	23
41	Edith	22
41	Edna	22
41	Juanita	22
41	Katherine	22
41	Sarah	22
46	Grace	21
46	Vivian	21
48	Ellen	20
48	Geraldine	20
48	Marian	20

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	281
2	William	278
3	James	219
4	Robert	197
5	Charles	154
6	George	128
7	Joseph	125
8	Edward	102
9	Richard	81
10	Thomas	69
11	Raymond	61
12	Frank	58
13	Harry	43
13	Paul	43
15	Donald	39
15	Walter	39
17	Louis	38
18	David	37
19	Henry	36
20	Bernard	35
21	Albert	34
21	Arthur	34
21	Clarence	34
24	Francis	33
25	Eugene	30
26	Jack	29
27	Ernest	27
27	Ralph	27
29	Harold	26
29	Howard	26
31	Norman	24
32	Leonard	23
33	Alfred	22
33	Herbert	22
33	Leroy	22
36	Earl	21
36	Kenneth	21
38	Daniel	20
39	Samuel	18
40	Carl	17
40	Elmer	17
40	Frederick	17
40	Melvin	17
44	Calvin	16
44	Philip	16
44	Stanley	16
47	Warren	15
48	Edwin	14
48	Fred	14
48	Roger	14