Top Names of 1935
The most popular names recorded in 1935 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 55,074 |
| 2 | Shirley | 42,365 |
| 3 | Barbara | 30,697 |
| 4 | Betty | 28,675 |
| 5 | Patricia | 22,879 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 19,406 |
| 7 | Joan | 18,221 |
| 8 | Margaret | 14,727 |
| 9 | Nancy | 14,544 |
| 10 | Helen | 12,784 |
| 11 | Carol | 11,734 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,368 |
| 13 | Doris | 10,604 |
| 14 | Marilyn | 10,418 |
| 15 | Ruth | 9,989 |
| 16 | Virginia | 9,867 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 9,075 |
| 18 | Jean | 8,852 |
| 19 | Frances | 8,770 |
| 20 | Beverly | 7,992 |
| 21 | Lois | 7,989 |
| 22 | Janet | 7,856 |
| 23 | Donna | 7,793 |
| 24 | Martha | 7,621 |
| 25 | Alice | 7,443 |
| 26 | Dolores | 7,374 |
| 27 | Phyllis | 7,369 |
| 28 | Carolyn | 6,967 |
| 29 | Norma | 6,869 |
| 30 | Ann | 6,705 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 6,560 |
| 32 | Gloria | 6,348 |
| 33 | Marie | 6,292 |
| 34 | Anna | 6,162 |
| 35 | Mildred | 5,546 |
| 36 | Peggy | 5,269 |
| 37 | Rose | 5,232 |
| 38 | Annie | 4,850 |
| 39 | Marlene | 4,830 |
| 40 | Geraldine | 4,818 |
| 41 | Ruby | 4,765 |
| 42 | Catherine | 4,698 |
| 43 | Jane | 4,646 |
| 44 | Joanne | 4,565 |
| 45 | Louise | 4,564 |
| 46 | Marjorie | 4,482 |
| 47 | Janice | 4,442 |
| 48 | Eleanor | 4,166 |
| 49 | Wanda | 4,102 |
| 50 | Sandra | 4,089 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 56,525 |
| 2 | James | 55,002 |
| 3 | John | 47,510 |
| 4 | William | 40,200 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,947 |
| 6 | Charles | 29,982 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,673 |
| 8 | George | 18,564 |
| 9 | Thomas | 17,685 |
| 10 | Joseph | 17,182 |
| 11 | David | 15,662 |
| 12 | Ronald | 15,489 |
| 13 | Edward | 13,844 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,563 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 12,066 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,421 |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,564 |
| 18 | Jack | 9,438 |
| 19 | Billy | 9,241 |
| 20 | Harold | 9,170 |
| 21 | Gerald | 8,458 |
| 22 | Jerry | 8,451 |
| 23 | Walter | 7,816 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,726 |
| 25 | Joe | 7,554 |
| 26 | Eugene | 6,859 |
| 27 | Henry | 6,855 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,693 |
| 29 | Arthur | 6,548 |
| 30 | Willie | 6,327 |
| 31 | Albert | 6,094 |
| 32 | Ralph | 6,090 |
| 33 | Larry | 5,975 |
| 34 | Fred | 5,493 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 5,351 |
| 36 | Roger | 5,152 |
| 37 | Harry | 5,055 |
| 38 | Norman | 5,044 |
| 39 | Howard | 4,970 |
| 40 | Roy | 4,939 |
| 41 | Michael | 4,906 |
| 42 | Louis | 4,622 |
| 43 | Daniel | 4,591 |
| 44 | Gary | 4,490 |
| 45 | Marvin | 4,278 |
| 46 | Earl | 4,224 |
| 47 | Jimmy | 4,172 |
| 48 | Clarence | 4,080 |
| 49 | Wayne | 4,057 |
| 50 | Leroy | 3,918 |