100 Most popular boy names of 1927, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1927 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1927.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
61673
4.99
-
2
John
55953
4.53
-
3
James
53675
4.34
-
4
William
51479
4.16
-
5
Charles
31938
2.58
-
6
Richard
26768
2.16
+1
7
George
25949
2.1
-1
8
Donald
23834
1.93
+1
9
Joseph
23502
1.9
-1
10
Edward
19112
1.55
-
11
Thomas
17028
1.38
-
12
Frank
14379
1.16
-
13
Paul
13606
1.1
-
14
Harold
13226
1.07
-
15
Raymond
12806
1.04
-
16
Jack
12801
1.04
-
17
Walter
11346
0.92
-
18
Kenneth
10848
0.88
-
19
Henry
9868
0.8
-
20
Eugene
9743
0.79
+3
21
David
9426
0.76
+1
22
Arthur
9339
0.76
-2
23
Albert
9128
0.74
-2
24
Ralph
8436
0.68
-
25
Harry
8018
0.65
-
26
Carl
7281
0.59
-
27
Willie
6969
0.56
+1
28
Howard
6829
0.55
-1
29
Louis
6665
0.54
+1
30
Joe
6541
0.53
+3
31
Billy
6463
0.52
+9
32
Clarence
6458
0.52
-3
33
Earl
6405
0.52
-1
34
Roy
6387
0.52
-
35
Fred
6312
0.51
-4
36
Francis
5645
0.46
-1
37
Lawrence
5572
0.45
-1
38
Gerald
5511
0.45
+3
39
Norman
5493
0.44
-
40
Leonard
5312
0.43
-2
41
Ernest
5208
0.42
-4
42
Herbert
5019
0.41
+2
43
Anthony
4918
0.4
-1
44
Stanley
4902
0.4
-1
45
Alfred
4758
0.38
-
46
Daniel
4617
0.37
-
47
Marvin
4397
0.36
+3
48
Melvin
4202
0.34
-1
49
Samuel
4187
0.34
-1
50
Bernard
4165
0.34
-1
51
Leroy
3912
0.32
-
52
Michael
3607
0.29
+4
53
Floyd
3549
0.29
-
54
Russell
3540
0.29
-2
55
Leo
3536
0.29
-1
56
Andrew
3437
0.28
+3
57
Edwin
3390
0.27
-2
58
Lloyd
3324
0.27
+2
59
Peter
3303
0.27
-1
60
Ray
3253
0.26
-3
61
Elmer
3206
0.26
-
62
Theodore
3123
0.25
+1
63
Ronald
3113
0.25
+25
64
Frederick
3048
0.25
-
65
Clifford
3031
0.25
-3
66
Alvin
2883
0.23
+6
67
Wayne
2881
0.23
+1
68
Clyde
2879
0.23
-1
69
Bill
2864
0.23
+5
70
Herman
2855
0.23
-1
71
Vernon
2853
0.23
-5
72
Gene
2802
0.23
+19
73
Calvin
2692
0.22
-8
74
Gordon
2679
0.22
+2
75
Philip
2677
0.22
-5
76
Glenn
2670
0.22
-1
77
Vincent
2649
0.21
-
78
Leon
2602
0.21
-5
79
Warren
2555
0.21
-8
80
Charlie
2512
0.2
+1
81
Dale
2503
0.2
+3
82
Lewis
2498
0.2
-
83
Lester
2440
0.2
-5
84
Roger
2408
0.19
+5
85
Chester
2407
0.19
-6
86
Lee
2391
0.19
-1
87
Martin
2383
0.19
-7
88
Milton
2358
0.19
-5
89
Jesse
2318
0.19
-2
90
Don
2303
0.19
+6
91
Bobby
2286
0.18
+25
92
Cecil
2227
0.18
-6
93
Jerry
2216
0.18
+4
94
Harvey
2201
0.18
-4
95
Allen
2102
0.17
-2
96
Wallace
2009
0.16
-1
97
Arnold
1998
0.16
+2
98
Victor
1983
0.16
-4
99
Gilbert
1976
0.16
+2
100
Bob
1970
0.16
+2
101
Benjamin
1926
0.16
-3
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1927)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html