Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1935

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1935 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1934						Change from 1934
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	55,069	5.067	0	-1,860	1	Robert	56,524	5.285	0	695
2	Shirley	42,358	3.898	2	19,518	2	James	55,000	5.143	0	751
3	Barbara	30,696	2.825	0	1,462	3	John	47,499	4.442	0	765
4	Betty	28,673	2.638	-2	-2,412	4	William	40,198	3.759	0	28
5	Patricia	22,877	2.105	1	2,032	5	Richard	33,945	3.174	0	788
6	Dorothy	19,404	1.786	-1	-1,879	6	Charles	29,983	2.804	1	191
7	Joan	18,223	1.677	0	-1,241	7	Donald	29,661	2.774	-1	-748
8	Margaret	14,725	1.355	0	-419	8	George	18,559	1.735	0	62
9	Nancy	14,544	1.338	1	1,026	9	Thomas	17,680	1.653	0	311
10	Helen	12,781	1.176	-1	-1,319	10	Joseph	17,183	1.607	0	82
11	Carol	11,731	1.079	3	1,458	11	David	15,662	1.465	1	1,663
12	Joyce	11,368	1.046	0	-90	12	Ronald	15,484	1.448	-1	1,400
13	Doris	10,606	0.976	-2	-1,019	13	Edward	13,839	1.294	0	-78
14	Marilyn	10,416	0.958	3	1,033	14	Paul	12,559	1.174	0	363
15	Ruth	9,989	0.919	-2	-579	15	Kenneth	12,064	1.128	0	264
16	Virginia	9,863	0.908	-1	-136	16	Frank	10,418	0.974	0	-218
17	Elizabeth	9,075	0.835	1	-271	17	Raymond	9,563	0.894	2	-25
18	Jean	8,851	0.814	-2	-866	18	Jack	9,436	0.882	-1	-549
19	Frances	8,769	0.807	0	-436	19	Billy	9,240	0.864	1	-319
20	Beverly	7,994	0.736	2	106	20	Harold	9,166	0.857	-2	-759
21	Lois	7,990	0.735	-1	-396	21	Gerald	8,456	0.791	1	638
22	Janet	7,855	0.723	-1	-213	22	Jerry	8,452	0.790	3	1,322
23	Donna	7,791	0.717	0	-77	23	Walter	7,814	0.731	-2	-277
24	Martha	7,620	0.701	3	17	24	Bobby	7,723	0.722	-1	194
25	Alice	7,442	0.685	0	-342	25	Joe	7,555	0.706	1	469
26	Dolores	7,374	0.679	0	-314	26	Henry	6,855	0.641	1	119
27	Phyllis	7,368	0.678	1	190	27	Eugene	6,852	0.641	-3	-290
28	Carolyn	6,968	0.641	5	499	28	Carl	6,693	0.626	0	13
29	Norma	6,868	0.632	-5	-919	29	Arthur	6,549	0.612	0	108
30	Ann	6,707	0.617	2	68	30	Willie	6,328	0.592	0	-19
31	Evelyn	6,559	0.604	-2	-422	31	Albert	6,093	0.570	1	93
32	Gloria	6,348	0.584	-2	-462	32	Ralph	6,091	0.570	-1	-189
33	Marie	6,294	0.579	1	-32	33	Larry	5,975	0.559	10	1,504
34	Anna	6,163	0.567	-3	-516	34	Fred	5,492	0.514	-1	28
35	Mildred	5,546	0.510	0	-632	35	Lawrence	5,350	0.500	-1	25
36	Peggy	5,268	0.485	0	-757	36	Roger	5,150	0.482	3	384
37	Rose	5,231	0.481	0	-350	37	Harry	5,054	0.473	-1	-43
38	Annie	4,852	0.446	0	-165	38	Norman	5,041	0.471	0	52
39	Marlene	4,828	0.444	18	1,073	39	Howard	4,969	0.465	-2	-97
40	Geraldine	4,818	0.443	3	-19	40	Roy	4,938	0.462	-5	-166
41	Ruby	4,763	0.438	-2	-216	41	Michael	4,907	0.459	6	801
42	Catherine	4,698	0.432	0	-236	42	Louis	4,617	0.432	-2	-63
43	Jane	4,645	0.427	5	288	43	Daniel	4,590	0.429	-1	91
44	Louise	4,566	0.420	-4	-407	44	Gary	4,491	0.420	16	1,136
45	Joanne	4,563	0.420	0	20	45	Marvin	4,272	0.399	-1	54
46	Marjorie	4,482	0.412	-5	-491	46	Earl	4,221	0.395	-5	-405
47	Janice	4,443	0.409	21	856	47	Jimmy	4,174	0.390	9	477
48	Eleanor	4,166	0.383	-4	-551	48	Clarence	4,079	0.381	-3	-133
49	Wanda	4,104	0.378	-2	-265	49	Wayne	4,056	0.379	-1	23
50	Sandra	4,089	0.376	43	1,539	50	Leroy	3,915	0.366	4	136

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.