United States · 1935
Baby names of 1935
Mary and Robert topped 1935.
Top girls' names of 1935
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Top boys' names of 1935
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026