The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1927
4,802 different boys’ names were recorded in 1927, covering 1,126,915 births. These are the top 200.
| # | 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 |
| 101 | Benjamin | 1,925 |
| 102 | Sam | 1,904 |
| 103 | Eddie | 1,858 |
| 104 | Douglas | 1,821 |
| 105 | Johnnie | 1,795 |
| 106 | Willard | 1,734 |
| 107 | Edgar | 1,723 |
| 108 | Jimmie | 1,719 |
| 109 | Roland | 1,713 |
| 110 | Rudolph | 1,690 |
| 111 | Jerome | 1,686 |
| 112 | Jose | 1,636 |
| 113 | Oscar | 1,635 |
| 114 | Claude | 1,621 |
| 115 | Glen | 1,617 |
| 116 | Manuel | 1,603 |
| 117 | Marion | 1,592 |
| 118 | Curtis | 1,590 |
| 119 | Junior | 1,588 |
| 120 | Everett | 1,570 |
| 121 | Virgil | 1,499 |
| 122 | Maurice | 1,493 |
| 123 | Jessie | 1,459 |
| 123 | Bruce | 1,459 |
| 125 | Stephen | 1,446 |
| 126 | Leslie | 1,441 |
| 127 | Sidney | 1,381 |
| 128 | Hubert | 1,376 |
| 129 | Homer | 1,371 |
| 130 | Wilbur | 1,361 |
| 131 | Hugh | 1,357 |
| 132 | Johnny | 1,350 |
| 133 | Dean | 1,332 |
| 134 | Wesley | 1,324 |
| 135 | Billie | 1,320 |
| 136 | Jim | 1,293 |
| 137 | Nicholas | 1,272 |
| 138 | Tom | 1,269 |
| 139 | Luther | 1,258 |
| 140 | Patrick | 1,253 |
| 141 | Keith | 1,232 |
| 142 | Max | 1,227 |
| 143 | Morris | 1,226 |
| 144 | Franklin | 1,183 |
| 145 | Horace | 1,180 |
| 146 | Alexander | 1,092 |
| 147 | Duane | 1,082 |
| 148 | Earnest | 1,062 |
| 149 | Willis | 1,058 |
| 149 | Salvatore | 1,058 |
| 151 | Lyle | 1,054 |
| 152 | Phillip | 1,040 |
| 153 | Tony | 1,033 |
| 154 | Steve | 1,027 |
| 155 | Irving | 1,021 |
| 156 | Ben | 1,011 |
| 157 | Oliver | 1,002 |
| 158 | Jimmy | 993 |
| 159 | Delbert | 964 |
| 160 | Edmund | 929 |
| 161 | Dan | 923 |
| 162 | Guy | 921 |
| 163 | Dennis | 919 |
| 163 | Clayton | 919 |
| 163 | Clifton | 919 |
| 166 | Julius | 916 |
| 167 | Otis | 901 |
| 168 | Angelo | 893 |
| 169 | Alex | 888 |
| 170 | Tommy | 878 |
| 171 | Jay | 870 |
| 172 | Orville | 856 |
| 173 | Jacob | 855 |
| 174 | Bennie | 851 |
| 175 | Archie | 849 |
| 176 | Larry | 836 |
| 177 | Leland | 823 |
| 178 | Merle | 808 |
| 178 | Alan | 808 |
| 180 | Mike | 800 |
| 181 | Clinton | 794 |
| 182 | Ira | 792 |
| 183 | Matthew | 790 |
| 184 | Marshall | 787 |
| 185 | Wilbert | 778 |
| 186 | Dick | 775 |
| 187 | Nathaniel | 769 |
| 188 | Ivan | 764 |
| 189 | Ervin | 763 |
| 190 | Ted | 762 |
| 191 | Juan | 759 |
| 191 | Alton | 759 |
| 193 | Lowell | 757 |
| 194 | Wilfred | 742 |
| 195 | Jesus | 727 |
| 196 | Allan | 721 |
| 197 | Dewey | 720 |
| 198 | Freddie | 713 |
| 199 | Lonnie | 709 |
| 200 | Mark | 701 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1927 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.