Birth year roster

Top names in 1935

The 100 most common names on 1935 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1935 baby-name charts, the top names among Silent Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 142 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered55,076
#2Shirley Endangered42,366
#3Barbara Endangered30,698
#4Betty Endangered28,674
#5Patricia Endangered22,879
#6Dorothy Endangered19,406
#7Joan Endangered18,220
#8Margaret Endangered14,727
#9Nancy Endangered14,544
#10Helen Endangered12,785
#11Carol Endangered11,735
#12Joyce Endangered11,368
#13Doris Endangered10,604
#14Marilyn Endangered10,418
#15Ruth Endangered9,988
#16Virginia Endangered9,867
#17Elizabeth Stable9,075
#18Jean Endangered8,852
#19Frances Endangered8,770
#20Beverly Endangered7,992
#21Lois Endangered7,990
#22Janet Endangered7,856
#23Donna Endangered7,793
#24Martha Endangered7,621
#25Alice Stable7,443
#26Dolores Endangered7,375
#27Phyllis Endangered7,370
#28Carolyn Endangered6,967
#29Norma Endangered6,869
#30Ann Endangered6,706
#31Evelyn Stable6,560
#32Gloria Endangered6,348
#33Marie Endangered6,292
#34Anna Declining6,162
#35Mildred Endangered5,546
#36Peggy Endangered5,270
#37Rose Stable5,232
#38Annie Rising4,849
#39Marlene Endangered4,830
#40Geraldine Endangered4,818
#41Ruby Stable4,764
#42Catherine Endangered4,698
#43Jane Stable4,646
#44Joanne Endangered4,565
#45Louise Endangered4,563
#46Marjorie Endangered4,482
#47Janice Endangered4,442
#48Eleanor Rising4,166
#49Wanda Endangered4,102
#50Sandra Endangered4,089
#51Elaine Rising4,080
#52Irene Endangered3,940
#53Joann Endangered3,913
#54Judith Endangered3,872
#55June Rising3,839
#56Patsy Endangered3,797
#57Delores Endangered3,793
#58Sally Endangered3,711
#59Arlene Endangered3,684
#60Sylvia Rising3,620
#61Sarah Endangered3,615
#62Bonnie Endangered3,610
#63Rita Endangered3,579
#64Audrey Declining3,514
#65Charlotte Stable3,470
#66Lillian Declining3,423
#67Edna Endangered3,420
#68Lorraine Endangered3,405
#69Loretta Rising3,365
#70Wilma Endangered3,361
#71Kathleen Endangered3,353
#72Juanita Endangered3,344
#73Jo Endangered3,296
#74Florence Endangered3,273
#75Josephine Rising3,262
#76Thelma Endangered3,190
#77Roberta Endangered3,180
#78Gladys Endangered3,147
#79Jacqueline Endangered3,115
#80Pauline Endangered3,076
#81Clara Stable3,067
#82Ethel Endangered3,003
#83Grace Declining2,994
#84Anne Endangered2,892
#85Lucille Stable2,887
#86Theresa Endangered2,863
#87Edith Endangered2,830
#88Marion Endangered2,813
#89Emma Declining2,802
#90Bernice Endangered2,777
#91Darlene Endangered2,703
#92Hazel Rising2,694
#93Carole Endangered2,680
#94Esther Stable2,542
#95Ellen Endangered2,434
#96Sharon Endangered2,426
#97Rosemary Rising2,394
#98Yvonne Endangered2,387
#99Willie Endangered2,370
#100Margie Endangered2,368

Boys

#1Robert Endangered56,527
#2James Stable55,005
#3John Past peak47,509
#4William Declining40,204
#5Richard Endangered33,946
#6Charles Stable29,983
#7Donald Endangered29,674
#8George Stable18,564
#9Thomas Stable17,684
#10Joseph Declining17,181
#11David Past peak15,663
#12Ronald Endangered15,489
#13Edward Endangered13,844
#14Paul Endangered12,563
#15Kenneth Endangered12,067
#16Frank Endangered10,420
#17Raymond Endangered9,564
#18Jack Stable9,438
#19Billy Endangered9,241
#20Harold Endangered9,170
#21Gerald Endangered8,458
#22Jerry Endangered8,452
#23Walter Stable7,816
#24Bobby Endangered7,726
#25Joe Endangered7,555
#26Eugene Endangered6,859
#27Henry Stable6,856
#28Carl Endangered6,693
#29Arthur Rising6,547
#30Willie Endangered6,327
#31Albert Endangered6,094
#32Ralph Endangered6,090
#33Larry Endangered5,975
#34Fred Endangered5,493
#35Lawrence Endangered5,351
#36Roger Endangered5,152
#37Harry Endangered5,054
#38Norman Endangered5,043
#39Howard Endangered4,970
#40Roy Endangered4,939
#41Michael Past peak4,906
#42Louis Stable4,622
#43Daniel Declining4,591
#44Gary Endangered4,490
#45Marvin Endangered4,278
#46Earl Endangered4,224
#47Jimmy Endangered4,171
#48Clarence Endangered4,080
#49Wayne Endangered4,057
#50Leroy Endangered3,919
#51Don Endangered3,917
#52Anthony Declining3,909
#53Francis Stable3,894
#54Leonard Endangered3,804
#55Ernest Endangered3,702
#56Stanley Endangered3,696
#57Melvin Endangered3,600
#58Herbert Endangered3,437
#59Peter Stable3,422
#60Bill Endangered3,282
#61Dale Endangered3,274
#62Samuel Stable3,149
#63Alfred Endangered3,128
#64Ray Endangered3,070
#65Philip Endangered3,064
#66Gene Endangered2,937
#67Bernard Endangered2,933
#68Russell Stable2,833
#69Jimmie Endangered2,829
#70Gordon Endangered2,615
#71Franklin Stable2,611
#72Dennis Endangered2,597
#73Frederick Stable2,582
#74Johnny Endangered2,533
#75Douglas Endangered2,529
#76Floyd Endangered2,506
#77Bruce Endangered2,447
#78Glenn Endangered2,437
#79Theodore Rising2,433
#80Lee Endangered2,426
#81Bob Endangered2,389
#82Clyde Stable2,355
#83Allen Endangered2,312
#84Lloyd Endangered2,296
#85Andrew Declining2,291
#86Leon Rising2,282
#87Eddie Endangered2,281
#88Clifford Endangered2,265
#89Edwin Stable2,258
#90Jim Endangered2,244
#91Alvin Declining2,165
#92Leo Rising2,142
#93Martin Stable2,116
#94Vernon Endangered2,112
#95Tommy Endangered2,032
#96Jerome Endangered2,008
#97Warren Rising1,994
#98Lewis Rising1,974
#99Harvey Rising1,958
#100Charlie Rising1,926