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The most popular baby names of 1935

SSA recorded 2,089,928 births in 1935 across all reported names — 1,048,577 girls and 1,041,351 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1935

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1934.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +27
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 +54
97 Rosemary 2,394 +14
98 Yvonne 2,387 +39
99 Willie 2,370 +2
100 Margie 2,368 +3

Top 100 boys' names in 1935

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1934.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +11
97 Warren 1,994 -1
98 Lewis 1,974 -4
99 Harvey 1,958 —
100 Charlie 1,926 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1935

Ranked by places gained against 1934, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1935Rank 1934Change
Shirlee girls 346 451 +105
Karen girls 172 258 +86
Valerie girls 276 353 +77
Alyce girls 354 431 +77
Sheila girls 151 222 +71
Dawn girls 310 372 +62
Annette girls 142 203 +61
Cecile girls 389 450 +61
Kent boys 289 349 +60
Shirley boys 259 318 +59
Will boys 311 370 +59
Merle girls 389 447 +58
Dianne girls 299 356 +57
Claudette girls 238 293 +55
Sharon girls 96 150 +54

Names that fell fastest in 1935

NameRank 1935Rank 1934Change
Bernadette girls 315 252 -63
Nona girls 411 361 -50
Selma girls 444 400 -44
Olga girls 321 280 -41
Reva girls 427 386 -41
John girls 448 408 -40
Odessa girls 429 391 -38
Dona girls 373 338 -35
Annabelle girls 415 380 -35
Ila girls 360 326 -34
Corinne girls 372 338 -34
Greta girls 387 353 -34
Carol boys 379 346 -33
Corrine girls 402 370 -32
Zelma girls 423 391 -32

Names that first appear in 1935

1935 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1935

For these names, 1935 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.