Top baby names in California, 1935
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara | 1,522 |
| 2 | Mary | 1,484 |
| 3 | Shirley | 1,167 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,116 |
| 5 | Joan | 702 |
| 6 | Carol | 669 |
| 7 | Betty | 661 |
| 8 | Nancy | 549 |
| 9 | Marilyn | 518 |
| 10 | Beverly | 476 |
| 11 | Margaret | 472 |
| 12 | Dorothy | 439 |
| 13 | Donna | 427 |
| 14 | Virginia | 426 |
| 15 | Helen | 425 |
| 16 | Dolores | 380 |
| 17 | Gloria | 375 |
| 18 | Frances | 364 |
| 19 | Janet | 329 |
| 20 | Diane | 303 |
| 21 | Joyce | 298 |
| 22 | Jean | 279 |
| 23 | Ruth | 266 |
| 24 | Joanne | 265 |
| 25 | Alice | 264 |
| 26 | Marlene | 259 |
| 27 | Sally | 240 |
| 28 | Carolyn | 238 |
| 29 | Darlene | 232 |
| 30 | Sandra | 227 |
| 31 | Lois | 224 |
| 32 | Norma | 210 |
| 33 | Ann | 208 |
| 34 | Phyllis | 207 |
| 35 | Elizabeth | 205 |
| 36 | Doris | 204 |
| 36 | Sharon | 204 |
| 38 | Janice | 201 |
| 39 | Roberta | 199 |
| 40 | Marjorie | 192 |
| 41 | Rose | 187 |
| 42 | Evelyn | 185 |
| 43 | Arlene | 184 |
| 44 | Eleanor | 182 |
| 45 | Irene | 181 |
| 46 | Marie | 180 |
| 47 | Martha | 175 |
| 48 | Carmen | 170 |
| 49 | Esther | 163 |
| 50 | Geraldine | 162 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,262 |
| 2 | Richard | 1,739 |
| 3 | John | 1,533 |
| 4 | James | 1,286 |
| 5 | William | 1,251 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,138 |
| 7 | Charles | 772 |
| 8 | Ronald | 756 |
| 9 | David | 709 |
| 10 | George | 675 |
| 11 | Frank | 585 |
| 12 | Jack | 470 |
| 13 | Joe | 449 |
| 14 | Thomas | 444 |
| 15 | Edward | 440 |
| 16 | Raymond | 416 |
| 17 | Gary | 412 |
| 18 | Paul | 405 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 378 |
| 20 | Joseph | 350 |
| 21 | Jerry | 344 |
| 22 | Don | 324 |
| 23 | Gerald | 310 |
| 24 | Albert | 281 |
| 24 | Fred | 281 |
| 26 | Michael | 276 |
| 27 | Bill | 275 |
| 28 | Bob | 274 |
| 29 | Arthur | 269 |
| 30 | Henry | 266 |
| 31 | Walter | 259 |
| 32 | Ralph | 254 |
| 33 | Larry | 244 |
| 33 | Norman | 244 |
| 35 | Manuel | 237 |
| 36 | Harold | 231 |
| 37 | Roger | 221 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 210 |
| 39 | Daniel | 203 |
| 40 | Stanley | 198 |
| 41 | Ernest | 197 |
| 42 | Eugene | 196 |
| 43 | Roy | 187 |
| 44 | Jim | 180 |
| 44 | Louis | 180 |
| 44 | Peter | 180 |
| 47 | Gilbert | 174 |
| 48 | Carl | 173 |
| 49 | Alfred | 172 |
| 50 | Harry | 171 |