1936
Top Baby Names of 1936
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1936
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Mary 54,374 2
Shirley 35,162 3
Barbara 31,682 4
Betty 25,867 5
Patricia 23,916 6
Dorothy 17,666 7
Joan 17,071 8
Nancy 16,754 9
Margaret 14,596 10
Carol 14,519 11
Helen 12,234 12
Joyce 11,988 13
Marilyn 11,064 14
Virginia 9,650 15
Doris 9,227 16
Ruth 9,217 17
Beverly 8,901 18
Elizabeth 8,860 19
Frances 8,789 20
Jean 8,536 21
Janet 8,081 22
Donna 7,932 23
Carolyn 7,907 24
Martha 7,391 25
Phyllis 7,374 26
Lois 7,232 27
Alice 7,201 28
Ann 6,666 29
Norma 6,633 30
Dolores 6,417 31
Janice 6,149 32
Gloria 6,140 33
Marie 6,132 34
Evelyn 6,108 35
Peggy 6,068 36
Anna 5,727 37
Rose 5,699 38
Sandra 5,526 39
Marlene 5,332 40
Mildred 5,052 41
Geraldine 4,864 42
Jane 4,719 43
Judith 4,580 44
Catherine 4,537 45
Annie 4,529 46
Louise 4,354 47
Eleanor 4,341 48
Joanne 4,305 49
Marjorie 4,279 50
Elaine 4,259 51
Ruby 4,226 52
Patsy 4,196 53
Sylvia 4,156 54
Arlene 3,898 55
Joann 3,886 56
Wanda 3,882 57
Irene 3,817 58
Delores 3,760 59
Sally 3,635 60
Sharon 3,573 61
Charlotte 3,555 62
Sarah 3,515 62
June 3,515 64
Roberta 3,467 65
Bonnie 3,373 66
Jacqueline 3,362 67
Kathleen 3,352 68
Audrey 3,345 69
Rita 3,333 70
Loretta 3,325 71
Edna 3,305 72
Jo 3,292 73
Carole 3,199 74
Thelma 3,197 75
Juanita 3,183 76
Lorraine 3,167 77
Josephine 3,141 78
Wilma 3,123 79
Lillian 3,118 80
Florence 3,083 81
Yvonne 3,038 82
Pauline 2,981 83
Darlene 2,962 84
Gladys 2,944 85
Emma 2,831 86
Grace 2,790 87
Edith 2,759 88
Theresa 2,758 89
Anne 2,756 90
Ethel 2,730 91
Clara 2,684 92
Lucille 2,632 93
Marion 2,580 94
Jeanette 2,552 95
Bernice 2,540 96
Hazel 2,511 97
Linda 2,440 98
Kay 2,408 99
Ellen 2,398 100
Katherine 2,355 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1936
1
Robert 58,501 2
James 54,696 3
John 47,679 4
William 39,398 5
Richard 33,492 6
Charles 29,100 7
Donald 28,640 8
Thomas 18,343 9
George 18,197 10
David 17,477 11
Joseph 17,452 12
Ronald 16,918 13
Edward 14,194 14
Kenneth 12,486 15
Paul 12,306 16
Frank 10,186 17
Raymond 9,458 18
Jerry 9,270 19
Gerald 9,017 20
Jack 8,857 21
Harold 8,629 22
Billy 8,587 23
Joe 8,023 24
Bobby 7,735 25
Larry 7,612 26
Walter 7,536 27
Carl 6,591 28
Henry 6,446 29
Eugene 6,375 30
Arthur 6,264 31
Ralph 6,029 32
Willie 6,011 33
Michael 5,800 34
Albert 5,759 35
Roger 5,701 36
Fred 5,602 37
Lawrence 5,341 38
Gary 5,192 39
Harry 4,930 40
Howard 4,874 41
Daniel 4,817 41
Roy 4,817 43
Norman 4,645 44
Louis 4,419 45
Wayne 4,408 46
Jimmy 4,213 47
Earl 4,106 48
Anthony 3,978 49
Marvin 3,936 50
Francis 3,876 51
Don 3,830 52
Clarence 3,772 53
Melvin 3,730 54
Leonard 3,716 55
Ernest 3,715 56
Peter 3,714 57
Leroy 3,644 58
Stanley 3,492 59
Dale 3,394 60
Alfred 3,252 61
Bill 3,166 62
Herbert 3,117 63
Philip 3,033 64
Ray 2,939 64
Franklin 2,939 66
Gene 2,909 67
Samuel 2,893 68
Bernard 2,854 69
Russell 2,832 70
Frederick 2,817 71
Jimmie 2,742 72
Johnny 2,729 73
Bruce 2,630 74
Dennis 2,627 75
Gordon 2,567 76
Lee 2,418 77
Bob 2,408 78
Douglas 2,375 79
Eddie 2,347 80
Glenn 2,328 81
Allen 2,314 82
Leon 2,282 83
Andrew 2,276 84
Edwin 2,271 85
Jim 2,268 86
Floyd 2,229 87
Theodore 2,219 88
Lloyd 2,160 89
Clyde 2,153 90
Clifford 2,132 91
Tommy 2,107 92
Martin 2,106 93
Vernon 2,028 94
Leo 2,017 95
Warren 1,976 96
Harvey 1,970 96
Alvin 1,970 98
Jerome 1,967 99
Stephen 1,862 100
Lewis 1,855 About 1936 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1936, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.