The names of 1935

The ten most popular names given in 1935, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1935

US states in 1935