Top baby names in New York, 1935

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,768
2Joan3,316
3Barbara3,177
4Patricia2,673
5Shirley2,025
6Margaret1,505
7Dorothy1,435
8Carol1,283
9Marilyn1,246
10Helen1,164
11Marie1,153
12Ann1,125
13Nancy1,085
14Elizabeth1,057
15Jean1,020
16Dolores925
17Frances858
18Ruth828
19Rose826
20Gloria820
21Joyce804
22Catherine789
23Betty788
24Janet782
25Virginia747
26Phyllis721
27Anna719
28Beverly677
29Elaine675
29Theresa675
31Doris661
32Eleanor653
33Eileen652
34Alice622
35Arlene589
36Sandra580
37Josephine576
38Rita560
39Florence555
40Anne551
41Judith546
41Marion546
43Jane531
44Evelyn520
45Lois508
45Lorraine508
47Kathleen485
48Irene476
49Roberta429
50Lillian426

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert5,763
2John5,493
3Richard3,902
4William3,572
5James3,330
6Joseph3,082
7Donald2,400
8Thomas2,061
9Charles2,004
10George1,924
11Edward1,809
12Frank1,596
13Ronald1,451
14David1,393
15Michael1,233
16Anthony1,223
17Paul1,095
18Peter932
19Raymond897
20Arthur894
21Kenneth836
22Gerald818
23Walter772
24Harold665
25Daniel653
26Louis649
27Henry609
28Stanley607
29Eugene606
30Vincent602
31Lawrence590
32Martin589
33Albert585
34Howard550
35Francis540
36Philip522
37Norman514
38Bernard511
39Leonard510
40Ralph508
41Fred506
42Jack499
43Carl492
44Herbert439
45Alfred422
46Roger409
47Stephen398
48Frederick396
49Harry379
50Alan318