Birth year roster

Top names in 1927

The 100 most common names on 1927 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1927 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 130 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered70,642
#2Dorothy Endangered35,993
#3Betty Endangered35,424
#4Helen Endangered25,316
#5Margaret Endangered21,964
#6Ruth Endangered19,412
#7Doris Endangered16,512
#8Virginia Endangered15,734
#9Shirley Endangered13,314
#10Barbara Endangered13,161
#11Mildred Endangered13,053
#12Frances Endangered12,988
#13Elizabeth Stable12,523
#14Jean Endangered12,512
#15Evelyn Stable11,495
#16Anna Declining11,215
#17Alice Stable10,679
#18Patricia Endangered10,554
#19Lois Endangered10,505
#20Marie Endangered10,317
#21Irene Endangered8,606
#22Gloria Endangered8,535
#23Rose Stable8,497
#24Martha Endangered8,304
#25Marjorie Endangered8,115
#26Norma Endangered7,997
#27Louise Endangered7,704
#28Florence Endangered7,645
#29Phyllis Endangered7,425
#30Ruby Stable7,264
#31Catherine Endangered7,256
#32Lillian Declining7,182
#33Eleanor Rising6,963
#34Dolores Endangered6,769
#35Joyce Endangered6,684
#36Annie Rising6,562
#37Gladys Endangered6,418
#38Thelma Endangered6,303
#39Josephine Rising6,108
#40Edna Endangered6,086
#41Joan Endangered6,032
#42Pauline Endangered6,011
#43June Rising5,738
#44Lorraine Endangered5,729
#45Lucille Stable5,634
#46Marilyn Endangered5,554
#47Ethel Endangered5,483
#48Edith Endangered5,403
#49Bernice Endangered5,305
#50Grace Declining5,304
#51Marion Endangered5,211
#52Theresa Endangered5,129
#53Hazel Rising5,096
#54Rita Endangered5,084
#55Juanita Endangered5,076
#56Nancy Endangered5,022
#57Beverly Endangered4,932
#58Geraldine Endangered4,930
#59Ann Endangered4,782
#60Jane Stable4,695
#61Sarah Endangered4,555
#62Audrey Declining4,375
#63Clara Stable4,365
#64Emma Declining4,327
#65Esther Stable4,327
#66Wanda Endangered4,302
#67Beatrice Endangered4,241
#68Wilma Endangered4,153
#69Elaine Rising4,110
#70Donna Endangered3,992
#71Willie Endangered3,884
#72Elsie Rising3,803
#73Katherine Declining3,724
#74Marian Endangered3,721
#75Charlotte Stable3,676
#76Julia Stable3,586
#77Vivian Stable3,510
#78Gertrude Endangered3,508
#79Eva Declining3,410
#80Bertha Endangered3,380
#81Agnes Endangered3,338
#82Laura Endangered3,338
#83Kathleen Endangered3,265
#84Ida Endangered3,206
#85Jeanne Endangered3,158
#86Rosemary Rising3,153
#87Maxine Rising3,094
#88Bessie Endangered2,975
#89Vera Stable2,942
#90Kathryn Endangered2,933
#91Eileen Stable2,929
#92Anne Endangered2,928
#93Ellen Endangered2,867
#94Lillie Stable2,861
#95Jessie Endangered2,858
#96Peggy Endangered2,857
#97Alma Rising2,847
#98Ella Declining2,843
#99Carolyn Endangered2,806
#100Bonnie Endangered2,796

Boys

#1Robert Endangered61,674
#2John Past peak55,949
#3James Stable53,674
#4William Declining51,476
#5Charles Stable31,941
#6Richard Endangered26,768
#7George Stable25,949
#8Donald Endangered23,834
#9Joseph Declining23,503
#10Edward Endangered19,115
#11Thomas Stable17,027
#12Frank Endangered14,377
#13Paul Endangered13,604
#14Harold Endangered13,226
#15Raymond Endangered12,807
#16Jack Stable12,802
#17Walter Stable11,346
#18Kenneth Endangered10,848
#19Henry Stable9,871
#20Eugene Endangered9,742
#21David Past peak9,426
#22Arthur Rising9,338
#23Albert Endangered9,128
#24Ralph Endangered8,434
#25Harry Endangered8,019
#26Carl Endangered7,277
#27Willie Endangered6,969
#28Howard Endangered6,831
#29Louis Stable6,663
#30Joe Endangered6,542
#31Billy Endangered6,463
#32Clarence Endangered6,460
#33Earl Endangered6,406
#34Roy Endangered6,387
#35Fred Endangered6,313
#36Francis Stable5,644
#37Lawrence Endangered5,572
#38Gerald Endangered5,511
#39Norman Endangered5,494
#40Leonard Endangered5,311
#41Ernest Endangered5,208
#42Herbert Endangered5,017
#43Anthony Declining4,917
#44Stanley Endangered4,902
#45Alfred Endangered4,756
#46Daniel Declining4,615
#47Marvin Endangered4,397
#48Melvin Endangered4,202
#49Samuel Stable4,189
#50Bernard Endangered4,165
#51Leroy Endangered3,911
#52Michael Past peak3,605
#53Floyd Endangered3,549
#54Russell Stable3,540
#55Leo Rising3,536
#56Andrew Declining3,437
#57Edwin Stable3,390
#58Lloyd Endangered3,325
#59Peter Stable3,301
#60Ray Endangered3,253
#61Elmer Endangered3,205
#62Theodore Rising3,124
#63Ronald Endangered3,115
#64Frederick Stable3,048
#65Clifford Endangered3,031
#66Alvin Declining2,883
#67Wayne Endangered2,882
#68Clyde Stable2,880
#69Bill Endangered2,863
#70Herman Endangered2,856
#71Vernon Endangered2,852
#72Gene Endangered2,802
#73Calvin Stable2,694
#74Gordon Endangered2,680
#75Philip Endangered2,677
#76Glenn Endangered2,670
#77Vincent Stable2,647
#78Leon Rising2,602
#79Warren Rising2,555
#80Charlie Rising2,512
#81Dale Endangered2,503
#82Lewis Rising2,497
#83Lester Endangered2,440
#84Roger Endangered2,408
#85Chester Endangered2,407
#86Lee Endangered2,390
#87Martin Stable2,383
#88Milton Endangered2,358
#89Jesse Stable2,318
#90Don Endangered2,303
#91Bobby Endangered2,286
#92Cecil Endangered2,227
#93Jerry Endangered2,215
#94Harvey Rising2,201
#95Allen Endangered2,101
#96Wallace Endangered2,009
#97Arnold Endangered1,998
#98Victor Declining1,983
#99Gilbert Endangered1,976
#100Bob Endangered1,970