The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1935

4,146 different boys’ names were recorded in 1935, covering 1,041,351 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
51	Don	3,917
52	Anthony	3,909
53	Francis	3,894
54	Leonard	3,804
55	Ernest	3,702
56	Stanley	3,696
57	Melvin	3,600
58	Herbert	3,437
59	Peter	3,422
60	Bill	3,282
61	Dale	3,274
62	Samuel	3,149
63	Alfred	3,128
64	Ray	3,070
65	Philip	3,064
66	Gene	2,937
67	Bernard	2,933
68	Russell	2,833
69	Jimmie	2,829
70	Gordon	2,615
71	Franklin	2,611
72	Dennis	2,597
73	Frederick	2,582
74	Johnny	2,533
75	Douglas	2,529
76	Floyd	2,506
77	Bruce	2,447
78	Glenn	2,437
79	Theodore	2,433
80	Lee	2,426
81	Bob	2,389
82	Clyde	2,355
83	Allen	2,312
84	Lloyd	2,296
85	Andrew	2,291
86	Leon	2,282
87	Eddie	2,281
88	Clifford	2,265
89	Edwin	2,258
90	Jim	2,244
91	Alvin	2,165
92	Leo	2,142
93	Martin	2,116
94	Vernon	2,112
95	Tommy	2,032
96	Jerome	2,008
97	Warren	1,994
98	Lewis	1,974
99	Harvey	1,958
100	Charlie	1,926
101	Herman	1,920
102	Jackie	1,901
103	Arnold	1,883
104	Jesse	1,865
105	Duane	1,830
106	Vincent	1,796
107	Phillip	1,783
108	Curtis	1,753
109	Cecil	1,726
110	Tom	1,725
111	Gilbert	1,683
112	Patrick	1,665
113	Stephen	1,650
114	Lester	1,626
115	Elmer	1,592
116	Victor	1,545
117	Milton	1,532
118	Johnnie	1,511
119	Roland	1,486
120	Dean	1,435
121	Chester	1,432
122	Alan	1,425
123	Benjamin	1,409
124	Glen	1,396
125	Keith	1,369
126	Sam	1,364
127	Calvin	1,321
128	Max	1,283
129	Claude	1,264
130	Maurice	1,234
131	Leslie	1,222
132	Willard	1,214
133	Wallace	1,200
134	Marion	1,181
135	Jose	1,168
136	Darrell	1,153
137	Manuel	1,148
138	Edgar	1,145
139	Hugh	1,142
140	Jessie	1,104
140	Virgil	1,104
142	Dick	1,093
143	Oscar	1,091
144	Ted	1,085
145	Freddie	1,082
146	Everett	1,071
147	Jay	1,067
148	Wesley	1,040
149	Rodney	1,027
150	Dan	1,015
150	Allan	1,015
152	Lowell	994
153	Sidney	973
154	Terry	962
155	Bennie	934
155	Lyle	934
157	Joel	919
158	Nicholas	911
159	Morris	908
160	Hubert	905
161	Ben	891
162	Tony	882
163	Earnest	881
164	Ronnie	864
165	Wilbur	861
165	Delbert	861
167	Neil	858
168	Billie	844
169	Luther	832
170	Homer	821
171	Karl	812
172	Carroll	810
173	Willis	789
174	Horace	788
174	Mark	788
176	Steve	773
177	Guy	768
178	Lonnie	758
178	Roosevelt	758
180	Nathaniel	747
181	Rudolph	745
182	Otis	730
183	Barry	729
184	Mike	728
185	Clinton	718
186	Alexander	702
187	Clayton	700
188	Alton	699
189	Archie	680
190	Benny	678
191	Junior	677
192	Danny	670
193	Marshall	661
194	Wendell	655
195	Matthew	654
196	Clifton	648
197	Oliver	647
197	Rex	647
199	Doyle	629
200	Juan	628

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1935 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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