Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1935 Most Popular Baby Names of 1935 Social Security has card records for 2,156,310 people born in the U.S. in 1935. Mary was the top girl name (55,076 babies) and Robert the top boy name (56,527).
Top 100 names of 1935 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1935, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 55,076 #125 2 Shirley 42,366 #1,581 3 Barbara 30,698 #968 4 Betty 28,674 #1,113 5 Patricia 22,879 #1,334 6 Dorothy 19,406 #421 7 Joan 18,220 #1,085 8 Margaret 14,727 #112 9 Nancy 14,544 #965 10 Helen 12,785 #461 11 Carol 11,735 #2,239 12 Joyce 11,368 #1,071 13 Doris 10,604 #2,895 14 Marilyn 10,418 #760 15 Ruth 9,988 #173 16 Virginia 9,867 #525 17 Elizabeth 9,075 #17 18 Jean 8,852 #2,117 19 Frances 8,770 #318 20 Beverly 7,992 #1,016 21 Lois 7,990 #1,666 22 Janet 7,856 #2,778 23 Donna 7,793 #1,962 24 Martha 7,621 #712 25 Alice 7,443 #65 26 Dolores 7,375 #2,564 27 Phyllis 7,370 #11,932 28 Carolyn 6,967 #1,222 29 Norma 6,869 #2,002 30 Ann 6,706 #1,076 31 Evelyn 6,560 #8 32 Gloria 6,348 #654 33 Marie 6,292 #617 34 Anna 6,162 #107 35 Mildred 5,546 #1,962 36 Peggy 5,270 #8,362 37 Rose 5,232 #114 38 Annie 4,849 #182 39 Marlene 4,830 #1,261 40 Geraldine 4,818 #2,438 41 Ruby 4,764 #64 42 Catherine 4,698 #313 43 Jane 4,646 #221 44 Joanne 4,565 #2,607 45 Louise 4,563 #514 46 Marjorie 4,482 #1,016 47 Janice 4,442 #2,514 48 Eleanor 4,166 #12 49 Wanda 4,102 #5,917 50 Sandra 4,089 #1,207
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1935, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Elaine 4,080 #304 52 Irene 3,940 #651 53 Joann 3,913 #3,028 54 Judith 3,872 #788 55 June 3,839 #150 56 Patsy 3,797 #5,917 57 Delores 3,793 #5,722 58 Sally 3,711 #1,150 59 Arlene 3,684 #1,631 60 Sylvia 3,620 #300 61 Sarah 3,615 #90 62 Bonnie 3,610 #396 63 Rita 3,579 #1,285 64 Audrey 3,514 #86 65 Charlotte 3,470 #2 66 Lillian 3,423 #57 67 Edna 3,420 #2,458 68 Lorraine 3,405 #1,043 69 Loretta 3,365 #606 70 Wilma 3,361 #3,645 71 Kathleen 3,353 #1,150 72 Juanita 3,344 #2,778 73 Jo 3,296 #3,975 74 Florence 3,273 #391 75 Josephine 3,262 #53 76 Thelma 3,190 #4,661 77 Roberta 3,180 #2,778 78 Gladys 3,147 #3,211 79 Jacqueline 3,115 #558 80 Pauline 3,076 #2,957 81 Clara 3,067 #63 82 Ethel 3,003 #4,172 83 Grace 2,994 #38 84 Anne 2,892 #619 85 Lucille 2,887 #237 86 Theresa 2,863 #1,548 87 Edith 2,830 #499 88 Marion 2,813 #2,036 89 Emma 2,802 #3 90 Bernice 2,777 #4,067 91 Darlene 2,703 #1,844 92 Hazel 2,694 #21 93 Carole 2,680 #10,107 94 Esther 2,542 #119 95 Ellen 2,434 #1,062 96 Sharon 2,426 #1,250 97 Rosemary 2,394 #251 98 Yvonne 2,387 #2,051 99 Willie 2,370 #10,107 100 Margie 2,368 #6,546
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1935, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 56,527 #92 2 James 55,005 #6 3 John 47,509 #23 4 William 40,204 #9 5 Richard 33,946 #234 6 Charles 29,983 #48 7 Donald 29,674 #690 8 George 18,564 #126 9 Thomas 17,684 #34 10 Joseph 17,181 #29 11 David 15,663 #35 12 Ronald 15,489 #637 13 Edward 13,844 #224 14 Paul 12,563 #262 15 Kenneth 12,067 #294 16 Frank 10,420 #513 17 Raymond 9,564 #394 18 Jack 9,438 #15 19 Billy 9,241 #1,068 20 Harold 9,170 #991 21 Gerald 8,458 #1,204 22 Jerry 8,452 #906 23 Walter 7,816 #251 24 Bobby 7,726 #1,097 25 Joe 7,555 #991 26 Eugene 6,859 #943 27 Henry 6,856 #5 28 Carl 6,693 #1,132 29 Arthur 6,547 #87 30 Willie 6,327 #1,315 31 Albert 6,094 #614 32 Ralph 6,090 #1,046 33 Larry 5,975 #1,084 34 Fred 5,493 #1,932 35 Lawrence 5,351 #518 36 Roger 5,152 #832 37 Harry 5,054 #775 38 Norman 5,043 #1,196 39 Howard 4,970 #1,002 40 Roy 4,939 #525 41 Michael 4,906 #21 42 Louis 4,622 #249 43 Daniel 4,591 #22 44 Gary 4,490 #1,073 45 Marvin 4,278 #699 46 Earl 4,224 #2,230 47 Jimmy 4,171 #846 48 Clarence 4,080 #1,499 49 Wayne 4,057 #652 50 Leroy 3,919 #883
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1935, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Don 3,917 #1,793 52 Anthony 3,909 #46 53 Francis 3,894 #420 54 Leonard 3,804 #637 55 Ernest 3,702 #1,038 56 Stanley 3,696 #863 57 Melvin 3,600 #958 58 Herbert 3,437 #2,641 59 Peter 3,422 #187 60 Bill 3,282 #5,208 61 Dale 3,274 #1,409 62 Samuel 3,149 #18 63 Alfred 3,128 #840 64 Ray 3,070 #791 65 Philip 3,064 #527 66 Gene 2,937 #2,230 67 Bernard 2,933 #1,362 68 Russell 2,833 #345 69 Jimmie 2,829 #3,658 70 Gordon 2,615 #1,051 71 Franklin 2,611 #359 72 Dennis 2,597 #707 73 Frederick 2,582 #435 74 Johnny 2,533 #457 75 Douglas 2,529 #807 76 Floyd 2,506 #2,230 77 Bruce 2,447 #536 78 Glenn 2,437 #1,443 79 Theodore 2,433 #4 80 Lee 2,426 #725 81 Bob 2,389 #9,714 82 Clyde 2,355 #742 83 Allen 2,312 #578 84 Lloyd 2,296 #1,547 85 Andrew 2,291 #73 86 Leon 2,282 #138 87 Eddie 2,281 #860 88 Clifford 2,265 #1,352 89 Edwin 2,258 #398 90 Jim 2,244 #3,128 91 Alvin 2,165 #838 92 Leo 2,142 #19 93 Martin 2,116 #335 94 Vernon 2,112 #1,382 95 Tommy 2,032 #657 96 Jerome 2,008 #1,256 97 Warren 1,994 #240 98 Lewis 1,974 #433 99 Harvey 1,958 #251 100 Charlie 1,926 #145
Entered the top 100 in 1935
