US baby names · 1935

Most popular baby names of 1935

In 1935, Social Security card applications recorded 1,048,577 girls and 1,041,351 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 4,893 distinct girls’ names and 4,146 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (55,076 girls) and Robert (56,527 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 25% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 33% of boys. Compared with 1934, 13,107 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1934, 6 girls’ names and 1 boys’ names in 1935 are newcomers (girls: Roberta, Sharon, Rosemary; boys: Jerome). Of these names, 14 of the 100 girls’ names and 18 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1935 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1935

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

Top 100 boys’ names, 1935

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