Birth year

Born in 1935? Here's your year in charts

In 1935, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 61.7 years.

Top baby names of 1935

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 55,076 babies, 5.3% of girls
  2. 2. Shirley 42,366 babies, 4.0% of girls
  3. 3. Barbara 30,698 babies, 2.9% of girls
  4. 4. Betty 28,674 babies, 2.7% of girls
  5. 5. Patricia 22,879 babies, 2.2% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 56,527 babies, 5.4% of boys
  2. 2. James 55,005 babies, 5.3% of boys
  3. 3. John 47,509 babies, 4.6% of boys
  4. 4. William 40,204 babies, 3.9% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 33,946 babies, 3.3% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1935 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    61.7 years in 1935, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1935.

$100 in 1935 buys about as much as $2,454.94 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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