100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1936

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 58,491
2 James 0 54,684
3 John 0 47,667
4 William 0 39,387
5 Richard 0 33,484
6 Charles 0 29,083
7 Donald 0 28,635
8 Thomas +1 18,338
9 George -1 18,195
10 David +1 17,478
11 Joseph -1 17,453
12 Ronald 0 16,920
13 Edward 0 14,193
14 Kenneth +1 12,485
15 Paul -1 12,305
16 Frank 0 10,187
17 Raymond 0 9,453
18 Jerry +4 9,272
19 Gerald +2 9,018
20 Jack -2 8,856
21 Harold -1 8,629
22 Billy -3 8,589
23 Joe +2 8,022
24 Bobby 0 7,734
25 Larry +8 7,612
26 Walter -3 7,538
27 Carl +1 6,589
28 Henry -2 6,446
29 Eugene -2 6,374
30 Arthur -1 6,263
31 Ralph +1 6,029
32 Willie -2 6,013
33 Michael +8 5,802
34 Albert -3 5,754
35 Roger +1 5,703
36 Fred -2 5,602
37 Lawrence -2 5,341
38 Gary +6 5,190
39 Harry -2 4,928
40 Howard -1 4,876
41 Roy -1 4,816
42 Daniel +1 4,815
43 Norman -5 4,645
44 Louis -2 4,418
45 Wayne +4 4,406
46 Jimmy +1 4,208
47 Earl -1 4,106
48 Anthony +4 3,978
49 Marvin -4 3,942
50 Francis +3 3,874
51 Don 0 3,829
52 Clarence -4 3,769
53 Melvin +4 3,727
54 Leonard 0 3,715
55 Ernest +1 3,714
56 Peter +3 3,713
57 Leroy -7 3,644
58 Stanley -3 3,492
59 Dale +2 3,392
60 Alfred +3 3,253
61 Bill -1 3,165
62 Herbert -4 3,115
63 Philip +2 3,033
64 Franklin +7 2,940
65 Ray -1 2,940
66 Gene 0 2,907
67 Samuel -5 2,890
68 Bernard -1 2,854
69 Russell -1 2,832
70 Frederick +3 2,816
71 Jimmie -2 2,737
72 Johnny +2 2,732
73 Bruce +4 2,630
74 Dennis -2 2,629
75 Gordon -5 2,567
76 Lee +4 2,418
77 Bob +4 2,409
78 Douglas -3 2,375
79 Eddie +8 2,349
80 Glenn -2 2,327
81 Allen +2 2,313
82 Leon +4 2,282
83 Andrew +2 2,278
84 Edwin +5 2,270
85 Jim +5 2,267
86 Floyd -10 2,230
87 Theodore -8 2,218
88 Lloyd -4 2,160
89 Clyde -7 2,152
90 Clifford -2 2,133
91 Tommy +4 2,109
92 Martin +1 2,105
93 Vernon +1 2,028
94 Leo -2 2,016
95 Warren +2 1,976
96 Harvey +3 1,970
97 Alvin -6 1,967
98 Jerome -2 1,966
99 Stephen +14 1,861
100 Patrick +12 1,856
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 54,373
2 Shirley 0 35,159
3 Barbara 0 31,681
4 Betty 0 25,865
5 Patricia 0 23,914
6 Dorothy 0 17,668
7 Joan 0 17,068
8 Nancy +1 16,756
9 Margaret -1 14,593
10 Carol +1 14,521
11 Helen -1 12,234
12 Joyce 0 11,989
13 Marilyn +1 11,065
14 Virginia +2 9,651
15 Doris -2 9,222
16 Ruth -1 9,213
17 Beverly +3 8,901
18 Elizabeth -1 8,860
19 Frances 0 8,787
20 Jean -2 8,534
21 Janet +1 8,082
22 Donna +1 7,933
23 Carolyn +5 7,908
24 Martha 0 7,389
25 Phyllis +2 7,373
26 Lois -5 7,230
27 Alice -2 7,201
28 Ann +2 6,664
29 Norma 0 6,634
30 Dolores -4 6,417
31 Janice +16 6,149
32 Gloria 0 6,139
33 Marie 0 6,131
34 Evelyn -3 6,108
35 Peggy +1 6,068
36 Anna -2 5,725
37 Rose 0 5,699
38 Sandra +12 5,525
39 Marlene 0 5,332
40 Mildred -5 5,053
41 Geraldine -1 4,862
42 Jane +1 4,720
43 Judith +11 4,580
44 Catherine -2 4,535
45 Annie -7 4,529
46 Louise -2 4,351
47 Eleanor +1 4,340
48 Joanne -3 4,305
49 Marjorie -3 4,279
50 Elaine +1 4,259
51 Ruby -10 4,226
52 Patsy +4 4,195
53 Sylvia +7 4,156
54 Arlene +5 3,898
55 Joann -2 3,885
56 Wanda -7 3,881
57 Irene -5 3,818
58 Delores -1 3,756
59 Sally -1 3,634
60 Sharon +36 3,573
61 Charlotte +4 3,554
62 June -7 3,519
63 Sarah -2 3,516
64 Roberta +13 3,466
65 Bonnie -3 3,372
66 Jacqueline +13 3,361
67 Kathleen +4 3,352
68 Audrey -4 3,345
69 Rita -6 3,332
70 Loretta -1 3,322
71 Edna -4 3,305
72 Jo +1 3,291
73 Carole +20 3,199
74 Thelma +2 3,198
75 Juanita -3 3,181
76 Lorraine -8 3,171
77 Josephine -2 3,142
78 Wilma -8 3,123
79 Lillian -13 3,117
80 Florence -6 3,084
81 Yvonne +17 3,036
82 Pauline -2 2,979
83 Darlene +8 2,963
84 Gladys -6 2,944
85 Emma +4 2,833
86 Grace -3 2,790
87 Edith 0 2,759
88 Theresa -2 2,757
89 Anne -5 2,755
90 Ethel -8 2,731
91 Clara -10 2,683
92 Lucille -7 2,631
93 Marion -5 2,581
94 Jeanette +10 2,552
95 Bernice -5 2,544
96 Hazel -4 2,510
97 Linda +68 2,439
98 Kay +36 2,407
99 Ellen -4 2,398
100 Katherine +3 2,357