US baby names · 1927

Most popular baby names of 1927

In 1927, Social Security card applications recorded 1,192,431 girls and 1,126,915 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 5,602 distinct girls’ names and 4,802 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (70,642 girls) and Robert (61,674 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 22% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 33% of boys. Compared with 1926, 23,440 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1926, 3 girls’ names and 3 boys’ names in 1927 are newcomers (girls: Peggy, Carolyn, Bonnie; boys: Bobby, Gilbert, Bob). Of these names, 16 of the 100 girls’ names and 18 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1927 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1927

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

Top 100 boys’ names, 1927

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