EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1936

United States · 2,077,595 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary54,377—
#2Shirley35,161—
#3Barbara31,682—
#4Betty25,868—
#5Patricia23,916—
#6Dorothy17,666—
#7Joan17,072—
#8Nancy16,755↑1
#9Margaret14,596↓1
#10Carol14,520↑1
#11Helen12,234↓1
#12Joyce11,988—
#13Marilyn11,064↑1
#14Virginia9,650↑2
#15Doris9,226↓2
#16Ruth9,217↓1
#17Beverly8,901↑3
#18Elizabeth8,860↓1
#19Frances8,789—
#20Jean8,536↓2
#21Janet8,080↑1
#22Donna7,932↑1
#23Carolyn7,906↑5
#24Martha7,392—
#25Phyllis7,374↑2
#26Lois7,232↓5
#27Alice7,201↓2
#28Ann6,666↑2
#29Norma6,633—
#30Dolores6,417↓4
#31Janice6,150↑16
#32Gloria6,140—
#33Marie6,132—
#34Evelyn6,108↓3
#35Peggy6,068↑1
#36Anna5,727↓2
#37Rose5,699—
#38Sandra5,526↑12
#39Marlene5,332—
#40Mildred5,051↓5
#41Geraldine4,864↓1
#42Jane4,719↑1
#43Judith4,580↑11
#44Catherine4,537↓2
#45Annie4,529↓7
#46Louise4,355↓1
#47Eleanor4,341↑1
#48Joanne4,305↓4
#49Marjorie4,279↓3
#50Elaine4,259↑1
#51Ruby4,226↓10
#52Patsy4,196↑4
#53Sylvia4,156↑7
#54Arlene3,898↑5
#55Joann3,886↓2
#56Wanda3,882↓7
#57Irene3,817↓5
#58Delores3,760↓1
#59Sally3,635↓1
#60Sharon3,573↑36
#61Charlotte3,555↑4
#62June3,515↓7
#62Sarah3,515↓1
#64Roberta3,467↑13
#65Bonnie3,374↓3
#66Jacqueline3,362↑13
#67Kathleen3,352↑4
#68Audrey3,345↓4
#69Rita3,334↓6
#70Loretta3,325↓1
#71Edna3,305↓4
#72Jo3,292↑1
#73Carole3,199↑20
#74Thelma3,196↑2
#75Juanita3,183↓3
#76Lorraine3,167↓8
#77Josephine3,141↓2
#78Wilma3,123↓8
#79Lillian3,117↓13
#80Florence3,083↓6
#81Yvonne3,038↑17
#82Pauline2,981↓2
#83Darlene2,962↑8
#84Gladys2,944↓6
#85Emma2,831↑4
#86Grace2,791↓3
#87Edith2,759—
#88Theresa2,758↓2
#89Anne2,756↓5
#90Ethel2,730↓8
#91Clara2,684↓10
#92Lucille2,632↓7
#93Marion2,580↓5
#94Jeanette2,552
#95Bernice2,540↓5
#96Hazel2,512↓4
#97Linda2,440
#98Kay2,408
#99Ellen2,398↓4
#100Katherine2,355

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert58,500—
#2James54,694—
#3John47,683—
#4William39,398—
#5Richard33,494—
#6Charles29,101—
#7Donald28,639—
#8Thomas18,342↑1
#9George18,197↓1
#10David17,476↑1
#11Joseph17,453↓1
#12Ronald16,917—
#13Edward14,194—
#14Kenneth12,486↑1
#15Paul12,307↓1
#16Frank10,186—
#17Raymond9,459—
#18Jerry9,271↑4
#19Gerald9,018↑2
#20Jack8,857↓2
#21Harold8,628↓1
#22Billy8,587↓3
#23Joe8,023↑2
#24Bobby7,735—
#25Larry7,611↑8
#26Walter7,536↓3
#27Carl6,591↑1
#28Henry6,447↓1
#29Eugene6,376↓3
#30Arthur6,264↓1
#31Ralph6,029↑1
#32Willie6,011↓2
#33Michael5,800↑8
#34Albert5,759↓3
#35Roger5,702↑1
#36Fred5,602↓2
#37Lawrence5,339↓2
#38Gary5,192↑6
#39Harry4,931↓2
#40Howard4,874↓1
#41Daniel4,817↑2
#42Roy4,815↓2
#43Norman4,645↓5
#44Louis4,418↓2
#45Wayne4,409↑4
#46Jimmy4,214↑1
#47Earl4,106↓1
#48Anthony3,978↑4
#49Marvin3,936↓4
#50Francis3,876↑3
#51Don3,830—
#52Clarence3,772↓4
#53Melvin3,730↑4
#54Leonard3,716—
#55Ernest3,715—
#56Peter3,714↑3
#57Leroy3,642↓7
#58Stanley3,492↓2
#59Dale3,393↑2
#60Alfred3,253↑3
#61Bill3,166↓1
#62Herbert3,117↓4
#63Philip3,033↑2
#64Franklin2,939↑7
#64Ray2,939—
#66Gene2,909—
#67Samuel2,893↓5
#68Bernard2,853↓1
#69Russell2,832↓1
#70Frederick2,817↑3
#71Jimmie2,742↓2
#72Johnny2,729↑2
#73Bruce2,630↑4
#74Dennis2,627↓2
#75Gordon2,567↓5
#76Lee2,418↑4
#77Bob2,408↑4
#78Douglas2,374↓3
#79Eddie2,347↑8
#80Glenn2,328↓2
#81Allen2,314↑2
#82Leon2,282↑4
#83Andrew2,276↑2
#84Edwin2,271↑5
#85Jim2,268↑5
#86Floyd2,228↓10
#87Theodore2,219↓8
#88Lloyd2,160↓4
#89Clyde2,153↓7
#90Clifford2,132↓2
#91Tommy2,108↑4
#92Martin2,106↑1
#93Vernon2,028↑1
#94Leo2,017↓2
#95Warren1,976↑2
#96Alvin1,970↓5
#96Harvey1,970↑3
#98Jerome1,967↓2
#99Stephen1,862
#100Patrick1,856