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Most popular baby names in the US, 1927

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1927, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and Robert led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
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

Boys

	Name	Births
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

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.