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Most popular baby names of 1923 in England and Wales

In 1923, the most popular names in England and Wales were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name. The counts for England and Wales before 1996 come from a sample of local birth records, so they are much smaller than the real number of babies. The order is what matters.

← 19221924 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary4,317
  2. 2Margaret3,528
  3. 3Joan2,872
  4. 4Dorothy2,537
  5. 5Irene1,703
  6. 6Doris1,669
  7. 7Elsie1,517
  8. 8Annie1,501
  9. 9Kathleen1,490
  10. 10Elizabeth1,474
  11. 11Edith1,442
  12. 12Joyce1,407
  13. 13Marjorie1,396
  14. 14Hilda1,345
  15. 15Edna1,195
  16. 16Alice1,167
  17. 17Winifred1,146
  18. 18Gladys1,136
  19. 19Florence1,073
  20. 20Leslie1,073
  21. 21Lilian1,041
  22. 22Vera925
  23. 23Eileen833
  24. 24Ethel826
  25. 25Doreen711
  26. 26Betty704
  27. 27Muriel687
  28. 28Ellen655
  29. 29Ivy635
  30. 30Phyllis631
  31. 31Lily625
  32. 32Barbara620
  33. 33Olive618
  34. 34Catherine606
  35. 35May606
  36. 36Evelyn555
  37. 37Frances515
  38. 38Audrey486
  39. 39Sarah478
  40. 40Violet475
  41. 41Agnes455
  42. 42Freda422
  43. 43Constance419
  44. 44Nora411
  45. 45Nellie401
  46. 46Ada388
  47. 47Jessie380
  48. 48Beatrice369
  49. 49Sydney369
  50. 50Marion367
  51. 51Marian363
  52. 52Emily339
  53. 53Beryl333
  54. 54Nancy324
  55. 55Mabel315
  56. 56Rose309
  57. 57Eva296
  58. 58Mildred296
  59. 59Ruth295
  60. 60Gwendoline294
  61. 61Norah290
  62. 62Iris288
  63. 63Jane281
  64. 64Brenda277
  65. 65Veronica274
  66. 66Sheila271
  67. 67Patricia263
  68. 68Gertrude257
  69. 69Bessie240
  70. 70Sylvia229
  71. 71Marie223
  72. 72Grace211
  73. 73Ann210
  74. 74Dora209
  75. 75Enid206
  76. 76Lucy205
  77. 77Hannah203
  78. 78Amy202
  79. 79Josephine184
  80. 80Ida182
  81. 81Minnie177
  82. 82Clara176
  83. 83Helen171
  84. 84Peggy171
  85. 85Martha168
  86. 86Mona166
  87. 87Bertha161
  88. 88Margery159
  89. 89Hazel149
  90. 90Esther144
  91. 91Eleanor138
  92. 92Alma136
  93. 93Emma135
  94. 94Eunice130
  95. 95Teresa129
  96. 96Stella126
  97. 97Louisa124
  98. 98Pauline124
  99. 99Renee124
  100. 100Millicent122

Boys

  1. 1John7,146
  2. 2William4,879
  3. 3James3,472
  4. 4Thomas3,192
  5. 5George3,133
  6. 6Kenneth1,921
  7. 7Robert1,920
  8. 8Joseph1,902
  9. 9Arthur1,868
  10. 10Ronald1,736
  11. 11Frank1,568
  12. 12Albert1,511
  13. 13Harold1,442
  14. 14Harry1,392
  15. 15Eric1,315
  16. 16Frederick1,315
  17. 17Edward1,265
  18. 18Charles1,181
  19. 19Stanley1,176
  20. 20Norman1,153
  21. 21Jack975
  22. 22Ernest958
  23. 23Richard911
  24. 24Henry869
  25. 25Francis844
  26. 26Jean843
  27. 27Alfred814
  28. 28Peter737
  29. 29Walter735
  30. 30Leonard732
  31. 31Cyril698
  32. 32David644
  33. 33Alan637
  34. 34Herbert608
  35. 35Reginald563
  36. 36Donald556
  37. 37Dennis554
  38. 38Bernard534
  39. 39Geoffrey528
  40. 40Fred511
  41. 41Raymond488
  42. 42Wilfred484
  43. 43Roy474
  44. 44Samuel474
  45. 45Clifford455
  46. 46Gordon445
  47. 47Douglas393
  48. 48Sidney346
  49. 49Philip273
  50. 50Edwin251
  51. 51Arnold226
  52. 52Michael222
  53. 53Lawrence218
  54. 54Patrick217
  55. 55Denis215
  56. 56Maurice209
  57. 57Anthony201
  58. 58Vincent201
  59. 59Victor199
  60. 60Allan196
  61. 61Derek195
  62. 62Hugh189
  63. 63Gerald187
  64. 64Alexander182
  65. 65Colin168
  66. 66Horace164
  67. 67Ralph162
  68. 68Percy159
  69. 69Cecil147
  70. 70Benjamin141
  71. 71Roland141
  72. 72Brian140
  73. 73Tom139
  74. 74Gerard138
  75. 75Daniel137
  76. 76Stephen137
  77. 77Christopher136
  78. 78Terence136
  79. 79Andrew106
  80. 80Edmund106
  81. 81Desmond105
  82. 82Hubert103
  83. 83Gilbert102
  84. 84Owen101
  85. 85Trevor98
  86. 86Edgar96
  87. 87Ivor94
  88. 88Derrick80
  89. 89Keith77
  90. 90Clarence76
  91. 91Lewis76
  92. 92Noel76
  93. 93Martin74
  94. 94Wallace74
  95. 95Neville71
  96. 96Gwilym70
  97. 97Howard68
  98. 98Alec67
  99. 99Basil64
  100. 100Bertram63

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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