Popular baby names in California, 1935

The most popular baby names in California in 1935 were Barbara for girls (1,522 babies) and Robert for boys (2,262). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 71,609 babies born in California in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1935

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Armida: 27 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Lupe: 109 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Esperanza: 35 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Adela: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Carmen: 170 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Angie: 41 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Socorro: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Consuelo: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lynne: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Margarita: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 53 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Angel: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Julio: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Fernando: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Manuel: 237 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rudy: 90 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Raul: 65 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ruben: 97 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tony: 170 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alfonso: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Barbara	1,522	↑1	3
2	Mary	1,484	↓1	1
3	Shirley	1,167	↑1	2
4	Patricia	1,116	↓1	5
5	Joan	702	–	7
6	Carol	669	↑1	11
7	Betty	661	↓1	4
8	Nancy	549	–	9
9	Marilyn	518	↑4	14
10	Beverly	476	↑2	20
11	Margaret	472	↓1	8
12	Dorothy	439	↓3	6
13	Donna	427	↑3	23
14	Virginia	426	↑1	16
15	Helen	425	↓4	10
16	Dolores	380	↑2	26
17	Gloria	375	↓3	32
18	Frances	364	↑6	19
19	Janet	329	–	22
20	Diane	303	↑2	>100
21	Joyce	298	↓4	12
22	Jean	279	↓2	18
23	Ruth	266	↓2	15
24	Joanne	265	↑1	44
25	Alice	264	↓2	25
26	Marlene	259	↑11	39
27	Sally	240	↓1	58
28	Carolyn	238	↑1	28
29	Darlene	232	↑12	91
30	Sandra	227	new	50
31	Lois	224	–	21
32	Norma	210	↑1	29
33	Ann	208	↓5	30
34	Phyllis	207	↑5	27
35	Elizabeth	205	↓5	17
36	Doris	204	↓4	13
37	Sharon	204	new	96
38	Janice	201	new	47
39	Roberta	199	new	77
40	Marjorie	192	↓4	46
41	Rose	187	↑9	37
42	Evelyn	185	↓8	31
43	Arlene	184	↓16	59
44	Eleanor	182	↓6	48
45	Irene	181	↓10	52
46	Marie	180	↓4	33
47	Martha	175	new	24
48	Carmen	170	↓2	>100
49	Esther	163	↓1	94
50	Geraldine	162	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	2,262	–	1
2	Richard	1,739	–	5
3	John	1,533	–	3
4	James	1,286	–	2
5	William	1,251	–	4
6	Donald	1,138	–	7
7	Charles	772	–	6
8	Ronald	756	–	12
9	David	709	↑1	11
10	George	675	↓1	8
11	Frank	585	–	16
12	Jack	470	–	18
13	Joe	449	↑2	25
14	Thomas	444	↑2	9
15	Edward	440	↓2	13
16	Raymond	416	↑1	17
17	Gary	412	↑4	44
18	Paul	405	↓4	14
19	Kenneth	378	↓1	15
20	Joseph	350	–	10
21	Jerry	344	↑2	22
22	Don	324	↓3	51
23	Gerald	310	↑4	21
24	Albert	281	↑2	31
25	Fred	281	↓3	34
26	Michael	276	↑11	41
27	Bill	275	↓2	60
28	Bob	274	↑2	81
29	Arthur	269	↓5	29
30	Henry	266	↑3	27
31	Walter	259	↑1	23
32	Ralph	254	↓3	32
33	Larry	244	↑3	33
34	Norman	244	↓3	38
35	Manuel	237	↓7	>100
36	Harold	231	↓2	20
37	Roger	221	↑1	36
38	Lawrence	210	↑3	35
39	Daniel	203	↓4	43
40	Stanley	198	new	56
41	Ernest	197	↑5	55
42	Eugene	196	↑3	26
43	Roy	187	new	40
44	Jim	180	↓5	90
45	Louis	180	↓2	42
46	Peter	180	↓4	59
47	Gilbert	174	↑1	>100
48	Carl	173	↓8	28
49	Alfred	172	–	63
50	Harry	171	↓6	37

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