The names of 1927

The ten most popular names given in 1927, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 70,642
  2. Dorothy 35,993
  3. Betty 35,424
  4. Helen 25,316
  5. Margaret 21,964
  6. Ruth 19,412
  7. Doris 16,512
  8. Virginia 15,734
  9. Shirley 13,314
  10. Barbara 13,161

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1927

US states in 1927