United States · 2,319,346 recorded births
Top baby names of 1927
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Patsy (up 30), Donna (up 20), Ronald (up 25), Bobby (up 25).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | 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 | ▲ 8 |
| 97 | Alma | 2,847 | ▼ 6 |
| 98 | Ella | 2,843 | · |
| 99 | Carolyn | 2,806 | ▲ 15 |
| 100 | Bonnie | 2,796 | ▲ 5 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | 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 | ▲ 25 |
| 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 | ▲ 2 |
| 100 | Bob | 1,970 | ▲ 2 |