Popular baby names of 1935

In 1935, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (55,076 babies) and Robert for boys (56,527). Social Security records show 2,089,928 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,893 girls' names and 4,146 boys' names.

1935 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 24.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Roberta, Sharon, Rosemary, Yvonne, Willie, Margie.
New in the boys' top 100: Jerome.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934
1	Mary	55,076	–
2	Shirley	42,366	↑2
3	Barbara	30,698	–
4	Betty	28,674	↓2
5	Patricia	22,879	↑1
6	Dorothy	19,406	↓1
7	Joan	18,220	–
8	Margaret	14,727	–
9	Nancy	14,544	↑1
10	Helen	12,785	↓1
11	Carol	11,735	↑3
12	Joyce	11,368	–
13	Doris	10,604	↓2
14	Marilyn	10,418	↑3
15	Ruth	9,988	↓2
16	Virginia	9,867	↓1
17	Elizabeth	9,075	↑1
18	Jean	8,852	↓2
19	Frances	8,770	–
20	Beverly	7,992	↑2
21	Lois	7,990	↓1
22	Janet	7,856	↓1
23	Donna	7,793	–
24	Martha	7,621	↑3
25	Alice	7,443	–
26	Dolores	7,375	–
27	Phyllis	7,370	↑1
28	Carolyn	6,967	↑5
29	Norma	6,869	↓5
30	Ann	6,706	↑2
31	Evelyn	6,560	↓2
32	Gloria	6,348	↓2
33	Marie	6,292	↑1
34	Anna	6,162	↓3
35	Mildred	5,546	–
36	Peggy	5,270	–
37	Rose	5,232	–
38	Annie	4,849	–
39	Marlene	4,830	↑18
40	Geraldine	4,818	↑3
41	Ruby	4,764	↓2
42	Catherine	4,698	–
43	Jane	4,646	↑5
44	Joanne	4,565	↑1
45	Louise	4,563	↓5
46	Marjorie	4,482	↓5
47	Janice	4,442	↑21
48	Eleanor	4,166	↓4
49	Wanda	4,102	↓2
50	Sandra	4,089	↑43
51	Elaine	4,080	↑3
52	Irene	3,940	↓3
53	Joann	3,913	↓3
54	Judith	3,872	↑40
55	June	3,839	↓9
56	Patsy	3,797	↑3
57	Delores	3,793	↓6
58	Sally	3,711	↑4
59	Arlene	3,684	↓6
60	Sylvia	3,620	↑10
61	Sarah	3,615	↑6
62	Bonnie	3,610	↓4
63	Rita	3,579	–
64	Audrey	3,514	↑5
65	Charlotte	3,470	↑7
66	Lillian	3,423	↓14
67	Edna	3,420	↓12
68	Lorraine	3,405	↓12
69	Loretta	3,365	↑14
70	Wilma	3,361	↑3
71	Kathleen	3,353	↑3
72	Juanita	3,344	↓8
73	Jo	3,296	↑2
74	Florence	3,273	↓13
75	Josephine	3,262	↓15
76	Thelma	3,190	↓11
77	Roberta	3,180	new
78	Gladys	3,147	↓12
79	Jacqueline	3,115	↑1
80	Pauline	3,076	↓9
81	Clara	3,067	↓5
82	Ethel	3,003	↓4
83	Grace	2,994	↓4
84	Anne	2,892	↑4
85	Lucille	2,887	↓1
86	Theresa	2,863	↓9
87	Edith	2,830	↓6
88	Marion	2,813	↓2
89	Emma	2,802	↓4
90	Bernice	2,777	↓8
91	Darlene	2,703	↓1
92	Hazel	2,694	↓5
93	Carole	2,680	↓4
94	Esther	2,542	↓3
95	Ellen	2,434	–
96	Sharon	2,426	new
97	Rosemary	2,394	new
98	Yvonne	2,387	new
99	Willie	2,370	new
100	Margie	2,368	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934
1	Robert	56,527	–
2	James	55,005	–
3	John	47,509	–
4	William	40,204	–
5	Richard	33,946	–
6	Charles	29,983	↑1
7	Donald	29,674	↓1
8	George	18,564	–
9	Thomas	17,684	–
10	Joseph	17,181	–
11	David	15,663	↑1
12	Ronald	15,489	↓1
13	Edward	13,844	–
14	Paul	12,563	–
15	Kenneth	12,067	–
16	Frank	10,420	–
17	Raymond	9,564	↑2
18	Jack	9,438	↓1
19	Billy	9,241	↑1
20	Harold	9,170	↓2
21	Gerald	8,458	↑1
22	Jerry	8,452	↑3
23	Walter	7,816	↓2
24	Bobby	7,726	↓1
25	Joe	7,555	↑1
26	Eugene	6,859	↓2
27	Henry	6,856	–
28	Carl	6,693	–
29	Arthur	6,547	–
30	Willie	6,327	–
31	Albert	6,094	↑1
32	Ralph	6,090	↓1
33	Larry	5,975	↑10
34	Fred	5,493	↓1
35	Lawrence	5,351	↓1
36	Roger	5,152	↑3
37	Harry	5,054	↓1
38	Norman	5,043	–
39	Howard	4,970	↓2
40	Roy	4,939	↓5
41	Michael	4,906	↑6
42	Louis	4,622	↓2
43	Daniel	4,591	↓1
44	Gary	4,490	↑16
45	Marvin	4,278	↓1
46	Earl	4,224	↓5
47	Jimmy	4,171	↑9
48	Clarence	4,080	↓3
49	Wayne	4,057	↓1
50	Leroy	3,919	↑4
51	Don	3,917	↓1
52	Anthony	3,909	–
53	Francis	3,894	↓4
54	Leonard	3,804	↓1
55	Ernest	3,702	↓4
56	Stanley	3,696	↑2
57	Melvin	3,600	↓2
58	Herbert	3,437	↓1
59	Peter	3,422	↑2
60	Bill	3,282	↓1
61	Dale	3,274	↑1
62	Samuel	3,149	↑4
63	Alfred	3,128	↑1
64	Ray	3,070	↓1
65	Philip	3,064	↑4
66	Gene	2,937	↑1
67	Bernard	2,933	↓2
68	Russell	2,833	↑2
69	Jimmie	2,829	↓1
70	Gordon	2,615	↑1
71	Franklin	2,611	↓25
72	Dennis	2,597	↑23
73	Frederick	2,582	↑4
74	Johnny	2,533	↑9
75	Douglas	2,529	↓3
76	Floyd	2,506	↓3
77	Bruce	2,447	↑1
78	Glenn	2,437	↑3
79	Theodore	2,433	↓5
80	Lee	2,426	↓1
81	Bob	2,389	↓6
82	Clyde	2,355	↑2
83	Allen	2,312	↑5
84	Lloyd	2,296	↓2
85	Andrew	2,291	↓9
86	Leon	2,282	↑1
87	Eddie	2,281	↑5
88	Clifford	2,265	↓3
89	Edwin	2,258	↓9
90	Jim	2,244	–
91	Alvin	2,165	↑2
92	Leo	2,142	↓6
93	Martin	2,116	↓2
94	Vernon	2,112	↓5
95	Tommy	2,032	↑3
96	Jerome	2,008	new
97	Warren	1,994	↓1
98	Lewis	1,974	↓4
99	Harvey	1,958	–
100	Charlie	1,926	–

Every name given in 1935

All 9,039 names Social Security recorded for 1935, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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