Popular Names of 1935

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1935, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Buddy peaked among human males this year, at 202nd.

Table 1. Female names, 1935
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	55,076	125
2	Shirley	42,366	1,586
3	Barbara	30,698	968
4	Betty	28,674	1,113
5	Patricia	22,879	1,336
6	Dorothy	19,406	421
7	Joan	18,220	1,087
8	Margaret	14,727	112
9	Nancy	14,544	967
10	Helen	12,785	462
11	Carol	11,735	2,242
12	Joyce	11,368	1,074
13	Doris	10,604	2,909
14	Marilyn	10,418	761
15	Ruth	9,988	173
16	Virginia	9,867	526
17	Elizabeth	9,075	17
18	Jean	8,852	2,130
19	Frances	8,770	318
20	Beverly	7,992	1,018

Table 2. Male names, 1935
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	638
13	Edward	13,844	224
14	Paul	12,563	262
15	Kenneth	12,067	294
16	Frank	10,420	514
17	Raymond	9,564	395
18	Jack	9,438	15
19	Billy	9,241	1,068
20	Harold	9,170	993

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.