Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1935

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1935 were Mary for girls (325 babies) and John for boys (329). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,311 babies born in District of Columbia in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1935

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

Girls

Delores: 65 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Constance: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Anne: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jean: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sylvia: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Yvonne: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ann: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Susan: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Barbara: 258 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernard: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Frederick: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roland: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Theodore: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lawrence: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Michael: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Warren: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joseph: 141 babies, 2× the national rate
Philip: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	325	–	1
2	Barbara	258	–	3
3	Shirley	251	–	2
4	Patricia	158	–	5
5	Joan	125	–	7
6	Betty	104	–	4
7	Dorothy	103	–	6
8	Margaret	98	–	8
9	Nancy	90	↑2	9
10	Jean	87	–	18
11	Doris	83	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	66	–	17
13	Helen	66	–	10
14	Delores	65	–	57
15	Ann	60	–	30
16	Janet	49	↑14	22
17	Joyce	49	↑7	12
18	Frances	47	–	19
19	Ruth	47	↑1	15
20	Gloria	46	↓4	32
21	Dolores	37	↓4	26
22	Evelyn	36	–	31
23	Sylvia	36	new	60
24	Virginia	35	↑15	16
25	Carolyn	33	↑19	28
26	Anne	31	↑20	84
27	Carol	31	↑6	11
28	Alice	30	↓7	25
29	Phyllis	30	↑8	27
30	Mildred	29	↓5	35
31	June	27	new	55
32	Marie	27	–	33
33	Martha	27	↓6	24
34	Jane	26	↑8	43
35	Juanita	26	↑8	72
36	Catherine	25	↓17	42
37	Constance	25	↑10	>100
38	Geraldine	24	new	40
39	Jacqueline	24	new	79
40	Joanne	24	↓5	44
41	Audrey	23	↓15	64
42	Beverly	23	↓4	20
43	Eleanor	23	↑5	48
44	Rose	23	new	37
45	Yvonne	23	new	98
46	Lois	22	↑4	21
47	Louise	22	↓16	45
48	Norma	22	↓25	29
49	Judith	21	new	54
50	Marjorie	20	↓16	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	John	329	↑3	3
2	Robert	312	↓1	1
3	William	297	↓1	4
4	James	277	↓1	2
5	Charles	184	–	6
6	Donald	153	↑1	7
7	Richard	143	↓1	5
8	Joseph	141	–	10
9	George	139	–	8
10	Thomas	110	–	9
11	David	73	↑2	11
12	Edward	71	↓1	13
13	Paul	54	↓1	14
14	Ronald	54	↑1	12
15	Kenneth	50	↑10	15
16	Walter	50	–	23
17	Lawrence	46	–	35
18	Raymond	45	–	17
19	Michael	42	new	41
20	Henry	41	↑6	27
21	Bernard	37	–	67
22	Carl	35	↑17	28
23	Frank	35	↓9	16
24	Harry	35	↓4	37
25	Eugene	33	↓6	26
26	Harold	33	↓2	20
27	Ralph	32	↑2	32
28	Arthur	31	↓5	29
29	Albert	30	↑14	31
30	Earl	30	↑1	46
31	Frederick	29	new	73
32	Jack	28	↑6	18
33	Norman	28	↓1	38
34	Jerry	25	new	22
35	Philip	25	↑14	65
36	Francis	24	↓14	53
37	Louis	24	–	42
38	Melvin	24	↓5	57
39	Herbert	23	↓3	58
40	Peter	23	↑8	59
41	Russell	23	new	68
42	Theodore	22	↓8	79
43	Clarence	21	↓13	48
44	Roger	21	new	36
45	Daniel	20	↓5	43
46	Maurice	20	new	>100
47	Howard	19	↓3	39
48	Leonard	19	new	54
49	Anthony	18	new	52
50	Stanley	18	↓22	56

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