Popular baby names of 1927

In 1927, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (70,642 babies) and Robert for boys (61,674). Social Security records show 2,319,346 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,602 girls' names and 4,802 boys' names.

1927 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Peggy, Carolyn, Bonnie.
New in the boys' top 100: Bobby, Gilbert, Bob.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926
1	Mary	70,642	–
2	Dorothy	35,993	–
3	Betty	35,424	–
4	Helen	25,316	–
5	Margaret	21,964	–
6	Ruth	19,412	–
7	Doris	16,512	–
8	Virginia	15,734	–
9	Shirley	13,314	↑5
10	Barbara	13,161	↑6
11	Mildred	13,053	↓2
12	Frances	12,988	↓2
13	Elizabeth	12,523	↓2
14	Jean	12,512	↓2
15	Evelyn	11,495	↓2
16	Anna	11,215	↓1
17	Alice	10,679	–
18	Patricia	10,554	↑5
19	Lois	10,505	–
20	Marie	10,317	↓2
21	Irene	8,606	–
22	Gloria	8,535	↓2
23	Rose	8,497	↑2
24	Martha	8,304	–
25	Marjorie	8,115	↓3
26	Norma	7,997	↑3
27	Louise	7,704	–
28	Florence	7,645	↓2
29	Phyllis	7,425	↑4
30	Ruby	7,264	–
31	Catherine	7,256	–
32	Lillian	7,182	↓4
33	Eleanor	6,963	↓1
34	Dolores	6,769	↑15
35	Joyce	6,684	↑9
36	Annie	6,562	↓2
37	Gladys	6,418	↓2
38	Thelma	6,303	↓2
39	Josephine	6,108	↓2
40	Edna	6,086	↓2
41	Joan	6,032	↑10
42	Pauline	6,011	↓3
43	June	5,738	↓3
44	Lorraine	5,729	↑9
45	Lucille	5,634	↓2
46	Marilyn	5,554	↑19
47	Ethel	5,483	↓6
48	Edith	5,403	↓6
49	Bernice	5,305	↓4
50	Grace	5,304	↓4
51	Marion	5,211	↓4
52	Theresa	5,129	↑12
53	Hazel	5,096	↓5
54	Rita	5,084	↓4
55	Juanita	5,076	↓3
56	Nancy	5,022	↑1
57	Beverly	4,932	↑17
58	Geraldine	4,930	↓4
59	Ann	4,782	↓4
60	Jane	4,695	↓4
61	Sarah	4,555	↑2
62	Audrey	4,375	↓2
63	Clara	4,365	↓2
64	Emma	4,327	↓5
65	Esther	4,327	↓3
66	Wanda	4,302	–
67	Beatrice	4,241	↓9
68	Wilma	4,153	↓1
69	Elaine	4,110	↓1
70	Donna	3,992	↑20
71	Willie	3,884	↑2
72	Elsie	3,803	↓3
73	Katherine	3,724	↓1
74	Marian	3,721	↓4
75	Charlotte	3,676	↑3
76	Julia	3,586	↓1
77	Vivian	3,510	↑3
78	Gertrude	3,508	↓7
79	Eva	3,410	–
80	Bertha	3,380	↓4
81	Agnes	3,338	↓4
82	Laura	3,338	↓1
83	Kathleen	3,265	–
84	Ida	3,206	↓2
85	Jeanne	3,158	↑3
86	Rosemary	3,153	↑9
87	Maxine	3,094	↓2
88	Bessie	2,975	↑1
89	Vera	2,942	↓5
90	Kathryn	2,933	↓3
91	Eileen	2,929	↑1
92	Anne	2,928	↓6
93	Ellen	2,867	↑7
94	Lillie	2,861	↑5
95	Jessie	2,858	↓2
96	Peggy	2,857	new
97	Alma	2,847	↓6
98	Ella	2,843	–
99	Carolyn	2,806	new
100	Bonnie	2,796	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926
1	Robert	61,674	–
2	John	55,949	–
3	James	53,674	–
4	William	51,476	–
5	Charles	31,941	–
6	Richard	26,768	↑1
7	George	25,949	↓1
8	Donald	23,834	↑1
9	Joseph	23,503	↓1
10	Edward	19,115	–
11	Thomas	17,027	–
12	Frank	14,377	–
13	Paul	13,604	–
14	Harold	13,226	–
15	Raymond	12,807	–
16	Jack	12,802	–
17	Walter	11,346	–
18	Kenneth	10,848	–
19	Henry	9,871	–
20	Eugene	9,742	↑3
21	David	9,426	↑1
22	Arthur	9,338	↓2
23	Albert	9,128	↓2
24	Ralph	8,434	–
25	Harry	8,019	–
26	Carl	7,277	–
27	Willie	6,969	↑1
28	Howard	6,831	↓1
29	Louis	6,663	↑1
30	Joe	6,542	↑3
31	Billy	6,463	↑9
32	Clarence	6,460	↓3
33	Earl	6,406	↓1
34	Roy	6,387	–
35	Fred	6,313	↓4
36	Francis	5,644	↓1
37	Lawrence	5,572	↓1
38	Gerald	5,511	↑3
39	Norman	5,494	–
40	Leonard	5,311	↓2
41	Ernest	5,208	↓4
42	Herbert	5,017	↑2
43	Anthony	4,917	↓1
44	Stanley	4,902	↓1
45	Alfred	4,756	–
46	Daniel	4,615	–
47	Marvin	4,397	↑3
48	Melvin	4,202	↓1
49	Samuel	4,189	↓1
50	Bernard	4,165	↓1
51	Leroy	3,911	–
52	Michael	3,605	↑4
53	Floyd	3,549	–
54	Russell	3,540	↓2
55	Leo	3,536	↓1
56	Andrew	3,437	↑3
57	Edwin	3,390	↓2
58	Lloyd	3,325	↑2
59	Peter	3,301	↓1
60	Ray	3,253	↓3
61	Elmer	3,205	–
62	Theodore	3,124	↑1
63	Ronald	3,115	↑25
64	Frederick	3,048	–
65	Clifford	3,031	↓3
66	Alvin	2,883	↑6
67	Wayne	2,882	↑1
68	Clyde	2,880	↓1
69	Bill	2,863	↑5
70	Herman	2,856	↓1
71	Vernon	2,852	↓5
72	Gene	2,802	↑19
73	Calvin	2,694	↓8
74	Gordon	2,680	↑2
75	Philip	2,677	↓5
76	Glenn	2,670	↓1
77	Vincent	2,647	–
78	Leon	2,602	↓5
79	Warren	2,555	↓8
80	Charlie	2,512	↑1
81	Dale	2,503	↑3
82	Lewis	2,497	–
83	Lester	2,440	↓5
84	Roger	2,408	↑5
85	Chester	2,407	↓6
86	Lee	2,390	↓1
87	Martin	2,383	↓7
88	Milton	2,358	↓5
89	Jesse	2,318	↓2
90	Don	2,303	↑6
91	Bobby	2,286	new
92	Cecil	2,227	↓6
93	Jerry	2,215	↑4
94	Harvey	2,201	↓4
95	Allen	2,101	↓2
96	Wallace	2,009	↓1
97	Arnold	1,998	↑2
98	Victor	1,983	↓4
99	Gilbert	1,976	new
100	Bob	1,970	new

Every name given in 1927

All 10,404 names Social Security recorded for 1927, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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