Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1927 Most Popular Baby Names of 1927 Social Security has card records for 2,398,348 people born in the U.S. in 1927. Mary was the top girl name (70,642 babies) and Robert the top boy name (61,674).
Top 100 names of 1927 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1927, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 70,642 #125 2 Dorothy 35,993 #421 3 Betty 35,424 #1,113 4 Helen 25,316 #461 5 Margaret 21,964 #112 6 Ruth 19,412 #173 7 Doris 16,512 #2,895 8 Virginia 15,734 #525 9 Shirley 13,314 #1,581 10 Barbara 13,161 #968 11 Mildred 13,053 #1,962 12 Frances 12,988 #318 13 Elizabeth 12,523 #17 14 Jean 12,512 #2,117 15 Evelyn 11,495 #8 16 Anna 11,215 #107 17 Alice 10,679 #65 18 Patricia 10,554 #1,334 19 Lois 10,505 #1,666 20 Marie 10,317 #617 21 Irene 8,606 #651 22 Gloria 8,535 #654 23 Rose 8,497 #114 24 Martha 8,304 #712 25 Marjorie 8,115 #1,016 26 Norma 7,997 #2,002 27 Louise 7,704 #514 28 Florence 7,645 #391 29 Phyllis 7,425 #11,932 30 Ruby 7,264 #64 31 Catherine 7,256 #313 32 Lillian 7,182 #57 33 Eleanor 6,963 #12 34 Dolores 6,769 #2,564 35 Joyce 6,684 #1,071 36 Annie 6,562 #182 37 Gladys 6,418 #3,211 38 Thelma 6,303 #4,661 39 Josephine 6,108 #53 40 Edna 6,086 #2,458 41 Joan 6,032 #1,085 42 Pauline 6,011 #2,957 43 June 5,738 #150 44 Lorraine 5,729 #1,043 45 Lucille 5,634 #237 46 Marilyn 5,554 #760 47 Ethel 5,483 #4,172 48 Edith 5,403 #499 49 Bernice 5,305 #4,067 50 Grace 5,304 #38
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1927, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Marion 5,211 #2,036 52 Theresa 5,129 #1,548 53 Hazel 5,096 #21 54 Rita 5,084 #1,285 55 Juanita 5,076 #2,778 56 Nancy 5,022 #965 57 Beverly 4,932 #1,016 58 Geraldine 4,930 #2,438 59 Ann 4,782 #1,076 60 Jane 4,695 #221 61 Sarah 4,555 #90 62 Audrey 4,375 #86 63 Clara 4,365 #63 64 Emma 4,327 #3 64 Esther 4,327 #119 66 Wanda 4,302 #5,917 67 Beatrice 4,241 #508 68 Wilma 4,153 #3,645 69 Elaine 4,110 #304 70 Donna 3,992 #1,962 71 Willie 3,884 #10,107 72 Elsie 3,803 #123 73 Katherine 3,724 #186 74 Marian 3,721 #1,102 75 Charlotte 3,676 #2 76 Julia 3,586 #131 77 Vivian 3,510 #70 78 Gertrude 3,508 #6,546 79 Eva 3,410 #134 80 Bertha 3,380 #4,546 81 Agnes 3,338 #1,016 81 Laura 3,338 #379 83 Kathleen 3,265 #1,150 84 Ida 3,206 #1,120 85 Jeanne 3,158 #4,546 86 Rosemary 3,153 #251 87 Maxine 3,094 #496 88 Bessie 2,975 #6,838 89 Vera 2,942 #205 90 Kathryn 2,933 #729 91 Eileen 2,929 #654 92 Anne 2,928 #619 93 Ellen 2,867 #1,062 94 Lillie 2,861 #675 95 Jessie 2,858 #823 96 Peggy 2,857 #8,362 97 Alma 2,847 #449 98 Ella 2,843 #29 99 Carolyn 2,806 #1,222 100 Bonnie 2,796 #396
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1927, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 61,674 #92 2 John 55,949 #23 3 James 53,674 #6 4 William 51,476 #9 5 Charles 31,941 #48 6 Richard 26,768 #234 7 George 25,949 #126 8 Donald 23,834 #690 9 Joseph 23,503 #29 10 Edward 19,115 #224 11 Thomas 17,027 #34 12 Frank 14,377 #513 13 Paul 13,604 #262 14 Harold 13,226 #991 15 Raymond 12,807 #394 16 Jack 12,802 #15 17 Walter 11,346 #251 18 Kenneth 10,848 #294 19 Henry 9,871 #5 20 Eugene 9,742 #943 21 David 9,426 #35 22 Arthur 9,338 #87 23 Albert 9,128 #614 24 Ralph 8,434 #1,046 25 Harry 8,019 #775 26 Carl 7,277 #1,132 27 Willie 6,969 #1,315 28 Howard 6,831 #1,002 29 Louis 6,663 #249 30 Joe 6,542 #991 31 Billy 6,463 #1,068 32 Clarence 6,460 #1,499 33 Earl 6,406 #2,230 34 Roy 6,387 #525 35 Fred 6,313 #1,932 36 Francis 5,644 #420 37 Lawrence 5,572 #518 38 Gerald 5,511 #1,204 39 Norman 5,494 #1,196 40 Leonard 5,311 #637 41 Ernest 5,208 #1,038 42 Herbert 5,017 #2,641 43 Anthony 4,917 #46 44 Stanley 4,902 #863 45 Alfred 4,756 #840 46 Daniel 4,615 #22 47 Marvin 4,397 #699 48 Melvin 4,202 #958 49 Samuel 4,189 #18 50 Bernard 4,165 #1,362
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1927, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leroy 3,911 #883 52 Michael 3,605 #21 53 Floyd 3,549 #2,230 54 Russell 3,540 #345 55 Leo 3,536 #19 56 Andrew 3,437 #73 57 Edwin 3,390 #398 58 Lloyd 3,325 #1,547 59 Peter 3,301 #187 60 Ray 3,253 #791 61 Elmer 3,205 #1,222 62 Theodore 3,124 #4 63 Ronald 3,115 #637 64 Frederick 3,048 #435 65 Clifford 3,031 #1,352 66 Alvin 2,883 #838 67 Wayne 2,882 #652 68 Clyde 2,880 #742 69 Bill 2,863 #5,208 70 Herman 2,856 #2,363 71 Vernon 2,852 #1,382 72 Gene 2,802 #2,230 73 Calvin 2,694 #132 74 Gordon 2,680 #1,051 75 Philip 2,677 #527 76 Glenn 2,670 #1,443 77 Vincent 2,647 #107 78 Leon 2,602 #138 79 Warren 2,555 #240 80 Charlie 2,512 #145 81 Dale 2,503 #1,409 82 Lewis 2,497 #433 83 Lester 2,440 #1,634 84 Roger 2,408 #832 85 Chester 2,407 #1,585 86 Lee 2,390 #725 87 Martin 2,383 #335 88 Milton 2,358 #1,436 89 Jesse 2,318 #184 90 Don 2,303 #1,793 91 Bobby 2,286 #1,097 92 Cecil 2,227 #1,486 93 Jerry 2,215 #906 94 Harvey 2,201 #251 95 Allen 2,101 #578 96 Wallace 2,009 #960 97 Arnold 1,998 #1,477 98 Victor 1,983 #209 99 Gilbert 1,976 #1,328 100 Bob 1,970 #9,714
Entered the top 100 in 1927
