Most Popular Baby Names of 1936
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Shirley | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Barbara | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Betty | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Patricia | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Dorothy | 0 |
| 7 | Donald | 0 | 7 | Joan | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | +1 | 8 | Nancy | +1 |
| 9 | George | -1 | 9 | Margaret | -1 |
| 10 | David | +1 | 10 | Carol | +1 |
| 11 | Joseph | -1 | 11 | Helen | -1 |
| 12 | Ronald | 0 | 12 | Joyce | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 0 | 13 | Marilyn | +1 |
| 14 | Kenneth | +1 | 14 | Virginia | +2 |
| 15 | Paul | -1 | 15 | Doris | -2 |
| 16 | Frank | 0 | 16 | Ruth | -1 |
| 17 | Raymond | 0 | 17 | Beverly | +3 |
| 18 | Jerry | +4 | 18 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 19 | Gerald | +2 | 19 | Frances | 0 |
| 20 | Jack | -2 | 20 | Jean | -2 |
| 21 | Harold | -1 | 21 | Janet | +1 |
| 22 | Billy | -3 | 22 | Donna | +1 |
| 23 | Joe | +2 | 23 | Carolyn | +5 |
| 24 | Bobby | 0 | 24 | Martha | 0 |
| 25 | Larry | +8 | 25 | Phyllis | +1 |
| 26 | Walter | -3 | 26 | Lois | -5 |
| 27 | Carl | +1 | 27 | Alice | -2 |
| 28 | Henry | -2 | 28 | Ann | +2 |
| 29 | Eugene | -2 | 29 | Norma | 0 |
| 30 | Arthur | -1 | 30 | Dolores | -3 |
| 31 | Ralph | +1 | 31 | Janice | +16 |
| 32 | Willie | -2 | 32 | Gloria | 0 |
| 33 | Michael | +8 | 33 | Marie | 0 |
| 34 | Albert | -3 | 34 | Evelyn | -3 |
| 35 | Roger | +1 | 35 | Peggy | +1 |
| 36 | Fred | -2 | 36 | Anna | -2 |
| 37 | Lawrence | -2 | 37 | Rose | 0 |
| 38 | Gary | +6 | 38 | Sandra | +12 |
| 39 | Harry | -2 | 39 | Marlene | 0 |
| 40 | Howard | -1 | 40 | Mildred | -5 |
| 41 | Roy | -1 | 41 | Geraldine | -1 |
| 42 | Daniel | +1 | 42 | Jane | +1 |
| 43 | Norman | -5 | 43 | Judith | +11 |
| 44 | Louis | -2 | 44 | Catherine | -2 |
| 45 | Wayne | +4 | 45 | Annie | -7 |
| 46 | Jimmy | +1 | 46 | Louise | -2 |
| 47 | Earl | -1 | 47 | Eleanor | +1 |
| 48 | Anthony | +4 | 48 | Joanne | -3 |
| 49 | Marvin | -4 | 49 | Marjorie | -3 |
| 50 | Francis | +3 | 50 | Elaine | +1 |
| 51 | Don | 0 | 51 | Ruby | -10 |
| 52 | Clarence | -4 | 52 | Patsy | +4 |
| 53 | Melvin | +4 | 53 | Sylvia | +7 |
| 54 | Leonard | 0 | 54 | Arlene | +5 |
| 55 | Peter | +4 | 55 | Joann | -2 |
| 56 | Ernest | -1 | 56 | Wanda | -7 |
| 57 | Leroy | -7 | 57 | Irene | -5 |
| 58 | Stanley | -2 | 58 | Delores | -1 |
| 59 | Dale | +2 | 59 | Sally | -1 |
| 60 | Alfred | +3 | 60 | Sharon | +36 |
| 61 | Bill | -1 | 61 | Charlotte | +4 |
| 62 | Herbert | -4 | 62 | Sarah | -1 |
| 63 | Philip | +2 | 63 | June | -8 |
| 64 | Ray | 0 | 64 | Roberta | +13 |
| 65 | Franklin | +5 | 65 | Bonnie | -3 |
| 66 | Gene | 0 | 66 | Jacqueline | +13 |
| 67 | Samuel | -5 | 67 | Kathleen | +5 |
| 68 | Bernard | -1 | 68 | Audrey | -4 |
| 69 | Russell | -1 | 69 | Rita | -6 |
| 70 | Frederick | +3 | 70 | Loretta | -1 |
| 71 | Jimmie | -2 | 71 | Edna | -5 |
| 72 | Johnny | +2 | 72 | Jo | +1 |
| 73 | Bruce | +4 | 73 | Carole | +20 |
| 74 | Dennis | -2 | 74 | Thelma | +2 |
| 75 | Gordon | -4 | 75 | Juanita | -4 |
| 76 | Lee | +4 | 76 | Lorraine | -8 |
| 77 | Bob | +4 | 77 | Josephine | -2 |
| 78 | Douglas | -3 | 78 | Wilma | -8 |
| 79 | Eddie | +8 | 79 | Lillian | -12 |
| 80 | Glenn | -1 | 80 | Florence | -6 |
| 81 | Allen | +2 | 81 | Yvonne | +17 |
| 82 | Andrew | +3 | 82 | Pauline | -2 |
| 83 | Leon | +3 | 83 | Darlene | +8 |
| 84 | Edwin | +4 | 84 | Gladys | -6 |
| 85 | Jim | +5 | 85 | Emma | +4 |
| 86 | Floyd | -10 | 86 | Grace | -3 |
| 87 | Theodore | -9 | 87 | Edith | 0 |
| 88 | Lloyd | -4 | 88 | Anne | -4 |
| 89 | Clyde | -7 | 89 | Theresa | -3 |
| 90 | Clifford | -1 | 90 | Ethel | -8 |
| 91 | Tommy | +4 | 91 | Clara | -10 |
| 92 | Martin | +1 | 92 | Lucille | -7 |
| 93 | Vernon | +1 | 93 | Marion | -5 |
| 94 | Leo | -2 | 94 | Jeanette | +10 |
| 95 | Warren | +2 | 95 | Bernice | -5 |
| 96 | Harvey | +3 | 96 | Hazel | -4 |
| 97 | Jerome | -1 | 97 | Linda | +68 |
| 98 | Alvin | -7 | 98 | Kay | +36 |
| 99 | Lewis | -1 | 99 | Ellen | -4 |
| 100 | Stephen | +13 | 100 | Katherine | +3 |