Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1927
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1926.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1926 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 61,674 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 55,949 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 53,674 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 51,476 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 31,941 | 0 |
| 6 | Richard | 26,768 | +1 |
| 7 | George | 25,949 | -1 |
| 8 | Donald | 23,834 | +1 |
| 9 | Joseph | 23,503 | -1 |
| 10 | Edward | 19,115 | 0 |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,027 | 0 |
| 12 | Frank | 14,377 | 0 |
| 13 | Paul | 13,604 | 0 |
| 14 | Harold | 13,226 | 0 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,807 | 0 |
| 16 | Jack | 12,802 | 0 |
| 17 | Walter | 11,346 | 0 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 10,848 | 0 |
| 19 | Henry | 9,871 | 0 |
| 20 | Eugene | 9,742 | +3 |
| 21 | David | 9,426 | +1 |
| 22 | Arthur | 9,338 | -2 |
| 23 | Albert | 9,128 | -2 |
| 24 | Ralph | 8,434 | 0 |
| 25 | Harry | 8,019 | 0 |
| 26 | Carl | 7,277 | 0 |
| 27 | Willie | 6,969 | +1 |
| 28 | Howard | 6,831 | -1 |
| 29 | Louis | 6,663 | +1 |
| 30 | Joe | 6,542 | +3 |
| 31 | Billy | 6,463 | +9 |
| 32 | Clarence | 6,460 | -3 |
| 33 | Earl | 6,406 | -1 |
| 34 | Roy | 6,387 | 0 |
| 35 | Fred | 6,313 | -4 |
| 36 | Francis | 5,644 | -1 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,572 | -1 |
| 38 | Gerald | 5,511 | +3 |
| 39 | Norman | 5,494 | 0 |
| 40 | Leonard | 5,311 | -2 |
| 41 | Ernest | 5,208 | -4 |
| 42 | Herbert | 5,017 | +2 |
| 43 | Anthony | 4,917 | -1 |
| 44 | Stanley | 4,902 | -1 |
| 45 | Alfred | 4,756 | 0 |
| 46 | Daniel | 4,615 | 0 |
| 47 | Marvin | 4,397 | +3 |
| 48 | Melvin | 4,202 | -1 |
| 49 | Samuel | 4,189 | -1 |
| 50 | Bernard | 4,165 | -1 |
| 51 | Leroy | 3,911 | 0 |
| 52 | Michael | 3,605 | +4 |
| 53 | Floyd | 3,549 | 0 |
| 54 | Russell | 3,540 | -2 |
| 55 | Leo | 3,536 | -1 |
| 56 | Andrew | 3,437 | +3 |
| 57 | Edwin | 3,390 | -2 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 3,325 | +2 |
| 59 | Peter | 3,301 | -1 |
| 60 | Ray | 3,253 | -3 |
| 61 | Elmer | 3,205 | 0 |
| 62 | Theodore | 3,124 | +1 |
| 63 | Ronald | 3,115 | +25 |
| 64 | Frederick | 3,048 | 0 |
| 65 | Clifford | 3,031 | -3 |
| 66 | Alvin | 2,883 | +6 |
| 67 | Wayne | 2,882 | +1 |
| 68 | Clyde | 2,880 | -1 |
| 69 | Bill | 2,863 | +5 |
| 70 | Herman | 2,856 | -1 |
| 71 | Vernon | 2,852 | -5 |
| 72 | Gene | 2,802 | +19 |
| 73 | Calvin | 2,694 | -8 |
| 74 | Gordon | 2,680 | +2 |
| 75 | Philip | 2,677 | -5 |
| 76 | Glenn | 2,670 | -1 |
| 77 | Vincent | 2,647 | 0 |
| 78 | Leon | 2,602 | -5 |
| 79 | Warren | 2,555 | -8 |
| 80 | Charlie | 2,512 | +1 |
| 81 | Dale | 2,503 | +3 |
| 82 | Lewis | 2,497 | 0 |
| 83 | Lester | 2,440 | -5 |
| 84 | Roger | 2,408 | +5 |
| 85 | Chester | 2,407 | -6 |
| 86 | Lee | 2,390 | -1 |
| 87 | Martin | 2,383 | -7 |
| 88 | Milton | 2,358 | -5 |
| 89 | Jesse | 2,318 | -2 |
| 90 | Don | 2,303 | +6 |
| 91 | Bobby | 2,286 | +25 |
| 92 | Cecil | 2,227 | -6 |
| 93 | Jerry | 2,215 | +4 |
| 94 | Harvey | 2,201 | -4 |
| 95 | Allen | 2,101 | -2 |
| 96 | Wallace | 2,009 | -1 |
| 97 | Arnold | 1,998 | +2 |
| 98 | Victor | 1,983 | -4 |
| 99 | Gilbert | 1,976 | +2 |
| 100 | Bob | 1,970 | +2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.