United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1927

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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