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Baby Names from 1927

2,319,358 registered births | 1,126,925 boys | 1,192,433 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1927

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Robert
61,674 births
2 John
55,949 births
3 James
53,675 births
4 William
51,476 births
5 Charles
31,941 births
6 Richard
26,768 births
7 George
25,949 births
8 Donald
23,834 births
9 Joseph
23,505 births
10 Edward
19,114 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
70,642 births
2 Dorothy
35,993 births
3 Betty
35,423 births
4 Helen
25,317 births
5 Margaret
21,964 births
6 Ruth
19,412 births
7 Doris
16,512 births
8 Virginia
15,733 births
9 Shirley
13,314 births
10 Barbara
13,161 births

Top Unisex Names of 1927

Willie
6,969 boys 3,884 girls
Marion
1,592 boys 5,211 girls
Francis
5,644 boys 565 girls
Jessie
1,461 boys 2,858 girls
Billie
1,320 boys 2,550 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

New to the Top 200 in 1927

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Joanne #181 Joy #183 Darlene #185 Dick #186 Colleen #192 Bobbie #194 Carmen #199
1926 All Years 1928