Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1927

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1927 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1926						Change from 1926
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	70,639	5.713	0	2,807	1	Robert	61,669	5.308	0	539
2	Dorothy	35,987	2.911	0	-630	2	John	55,954	4.816	0	-156
3	Betty	35,422	2.865	0	2,458	3	James	53,674	4.619	0	465
4	Helen	25,320	2.048	0	-1,564	4	William	51,482	4.431	0	-438
5	Margaret	21,964	1.776	0	-1,106	5	Charles	31,936	2.749	0	2,415
6	Ruth	19,414	1.570	0	-809	6	Richard	26,771	2.304	1	1,622
7	Doris	16,510	1.335	0	212	7	George	25,949	2.233	-1	45
8	Virginia	15,725	1.272	0	-437	8	Donald	23,840	2.052	1	2,928
9	Shirley	13,315	1.077	5	1,554	9	Joseph	23,506	2.023	-1	-253
10	Barbara	13,161	1.064	6	2,081	10	Edward	19,113	1.645	0	-265
11	Mildred	13,053	1.056	-2	-498	11	Thomas	17,024	1.465	0	426
12	Frances	12,989	1.051	-2	-366	12	Frank	14,377	1.237	0	-117
13	Elizabeth	12,527	1.013	-2	-308	13	Paul	13,606	1.171	0	-50
14	Jean	12,511	1.012	-2	343	14	Harold	13,230	1.139	0	-81
15	Evelyn	11,497	0.930	-2	-283	15	Raymond	12,807	1.102	0	0
16	Anna	11,215	0.907	-1	-483	16	Jack	12,798	1.101	0	598
17	Alice	10,680	0.864	0	-276	17	Walter	11,344	0.976	0	-428
18	Patricia	10,553	0.854	5	1,964	18	Kenneth	10,847	0.934	0	506
19	Lois	10,505	0.850	0	686	19	Henry	9,865	0.849	0	-136
20	Marie	10,314	0.834	-2	-318	20	Eugene	9,745	0.839	3	731
21	Irene	8,607	0.696	0	-561	21	David	9,422	0.811	1	384
22	Gloria	8,534	0.690	-2	-662	22	Arthur	9,339	0.804	-2	-128
23	Rose	8,499	0.687	2	-10	23	Albert	9,128	0.786	-2	-16
24	Martha	8,305	0.672	0	-249	24	Ralph	8,434	0.726	0	-20
25	Marjorie	8,116	0.656	-3	-524	25	Harry	8,017	0.690	0	-197
26	Norma	7,997	0.647	3	469	26	Carl	7,281	0.627	0	341
27	Louise	7,700	0.623	0	-283	27	Willie	6,968	0.600	1	148
28	Florence	7,644	0.618	-2	-536	28	Howard	6,833	0.588	-1	-5
29	Phyllis	7,424	0.600	4	504	29	Louis	6,665	0.574	1	153
30	Ruby	7,264	0.588	0	-209	30	Joe	6,540	0.563	3	204
31	Catherine	7,255	0.587	0	-213	31	Billy	6,463	0.556	9	1,283
32	Lillian	7,181	0.581	-4	-481	32	Clarence	6,458	0.556	-3	-82
33	Eleanor	6,960	0.563	-1	-345	33	Earl	6,403	0.551	-1	-41
34	Dolores	6,769	0.547	15	1,552	34	Roy	6,384	0.549	0	157
35	Joyce	6,685	0.541	9	981	35	Fred	6,312	0.543	-4	-134
36	Annie	6,563	0.531	-2	-313	36	Francis	5,644	0.486	-1	-145
37	Gladys	6,414	0.519	-2	-219	37	Lawrence	5,571	0.479	-1	-11
38	Thelma	6,305	0.510	-2	-278	38	Gerald	5,511	0.474	3	389
39	Josephine	6,109	0.494	-2	-298	39	Norman	5,487	0.472	0	200
40	Edna	6,084	0.492	-2	-311	40	Leonard	5,311	0.457	-2	-91
41	Joan	6,032	0.488	10	1,037	41	Ernest	5,207	0.448	-4	-231
42	Pauline	6,012	0.486	-3	-344	42	Herbert	5,019	0.432	2	81
43	June	5,736	0.464	-3	-340	43	Anthony	4,920	0.423	-1	-140
44	Lorraine	5,728	0.463	9	837	44	Stanley	4,904	0.422	-1	-60
45	Lucille	5,633	0.456	-2	-127	45	Alfred	4,752	0.409	0	20
46	Marilyn	5,555	0.449	19	1,185	46	Daniel	4,617	0.397	0	102
47	Ethel	5,486	0.444	-6	-372	47	Marvin	4,396	0.378	3	284
48	Edith	5,402	0.437	-6	-386	48	Melvin	4,202	0.362	-1	8
49	Bernice	5,305	0.429	-4	-138	49	Samuel	4,187	0.360	-1	8
50	Grace	5,304	0.429	-4	-123	50	Bernard	4,165	0.358	-1	-7

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.