United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1936

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Robert 58,500 babies =
  2. 2 James 54,694 babies =
  3. 3 John 47,683 babies =
  4. 4 William 39,398 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 33,494 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 29,101 babies =
  7. 7 Donald 28,639 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 18,342 babies 1
  9. 9 George 18,197 babies 1
  10. 10 David 17,476 babies 1
  11. 11 Joseph 17,453 babies 1
  12. 12 Ronald 16,917 babies =
  13. 13 Edward 14,194 babies =
  14. 14 Kenneth 12,486 babies 1
  15. 15 Paul 12,307 babies 1
  16. 16 Frank 10,186 babies =
  17. 17 Raymond 9,459 babies =
  18. 18 Jerry 9,271 babies 4
  19. 19 Gerald 9,018 babies 2
  20. 20 Jack 8,857 babies 2
  21. 21 Harold 8,628 babies 1
  22. 22 Billy 8,587 babies 3
  23. 23 Joe 8,023 babies 2
  24. 24 Bobby 7,735 babies =
  25. 25 Larry 7,611 babies 8
  26. 26 Walter 7,536 babies 3
  27. 27 Carl 6,591 babies 1
  28. 28 Henry 6,447 babies 1
  29. 29 Eugene 6,376 babies 3
  30. 30 Arthur 6,264 babies 1
  31. 31 Ralph 6,029 babies 1
  32. 32 Willie 6,011 babies 2
  33. 33 Michael 5,800 babies 8
  34. 34 Albert 5,759 babies 3
  35. 35 Roger 5,702 babies 1
  36. 36 Fred 5,602 babies 2
  37. 37 Lawrence 5,339 babies 2
  38. 38 Gary 5,192 babies 6
  39. 39 Harry 4,931 babies 2
  40. 40 Howard 4,874 babies 1
  41. 41 Daniel 4,817 babies 2
  42. 42 Roy 4,815 babies 2
  43. 43 Norman 4,645 babies 5
  44. 44 Louis 4,418 babies 2
  45. 45 Wayne 4,409 babies 4
  46. 46 Jimmy 4,214 babies 1
  47. 47 Earl 4,106 babies 1
  48. 48 Anthony 3,978 babies 4
  49. 49 Marvin 3,936 babies 4
  50. 50 Francis 3,876 babies 3
  51. 51 Don 3,830 babies =
  52. 52 Clarence 3,772 babies 4
  53. 53 Melvin 3,730 babies 4
  54. 54 Leonard 3,716 babies =
  55. 55 Ernest 3,715 babies =
  56. 56 Peter 3,714 babies 3
  57. 57 Leroy 3,642 babies 7
  58. 58 Stanley 3,492 babies 2
  59. 59 Dale 3,393 babies 2
  60. 60 Alfred 3,253 babies 3
  61. 61 Bill 3,166 babies 1
  62. 62 Herbert 3,117 babies 4
  63. 63 Philip 3,033 babies 2
  64. 64 Franklin 2,939 babies 7
  65. 65 Ray 2,939 babies 1
  66. 66 Gene 2,909 babies =
  67. 67 Samuel 2,893 babies 5
  68. 68 Bernard 2,853 babies 1
  69. 69 Russell 2,832 babies 1
  70. 70 Frederick 2,817 babies 3
  71. 71 Jimmie 2,742 babies 2
  72. 72 Johnny 2,729 babies 2
  73. 73 Bruce 2,630 babies 4
  74. 74 Dennis 2,627 babies 2
  75. 75 Gordon 2,567 babies 5
  76. 76 Lee 2,418 babies 4
  77. 77 Bob 2,408 babies 4
  78. 78 Douglas 2,374 babies 3
  79. 79 Eddie 2,347 babies 8
  80. 80 Glenn 2,328 babies 2
  81. 81 Allen 2,314 babies 2
  82. 82 Leon 2,282 babies 4
  83. 83 Andrew 2,276 babies 2
  84. 84 Edwin 2,271 babies 5
  85. 85 Jim 2,268 babies 5
  86. 86 Floyd 2,228 babies 10
  87. 87 Theodore 2,219 babies 8
  88. 88 Lloyd 2,160 babies 4
  89. 89 Clyde 2,153 babies 7
  90. 90 Clifford 2,132 babies 2
  91. 91 Tommy 2,108 babies 4
  92. 92 Martin 2,106 babies 1
  93. 93 Vernon 2,028 babies 1
  94. 94 Leo 2,017 babies 2
  95. 95 Warren 1,976 babies 2
  96. 96 Alvin 1,970 babies 5
  97. 97 Harvey 1,970 babies 2
  98. 98 Jerome 1,967 babies 2
  99. 99 Stephen 1,862 babies 14
  100. 100 Patrick 1,856 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 54,377 babies =
  2. 2 Shirley 35,161 babies =
  3. 3 Barbara 31,682 babies =
  4. 4 Betty 25,868 babies =
  5. 5 Patricia 23,916 babies =
  6. 6 Dorothy 17,666 babies =
  7. 7 Joan 17,072 babies =
  8. 8 Nancy 16,755 babies 1
  9. 9 Margaret 14,596 babies 1
  10. 10 Carol 14,520 babies 1
  11. 11 Helen 12,234 babies 1
  12. 12 Joyce 11,988 babies =
  13. 13 Marilyn 11,064 babies 1
  14. 14 Virginia 9,650 babies 2
  15. 15 Doris 9,226 babies 2
  16. 16 Ruth 9,217 babies 1
  17. 17 Beverly 8,901 babies 3
  18. 18 Elizabeth 8,860 babies 1
  19. 19 Frances 8,789 babies =
  20. 20 Jean 8,536 babies 2
  21. 21 Janet 8,080 babies 1
  22. 22 Donna 7,932 babies 1
  23. 23 Carolyn 7,906 babies 5
  24. 24 Martha 7,392 babies =
  25. 25 Phyllis 7,374 babies 2
  26. 26 Lois 7,232 babies 5
  27. 27 Alice 7,201 babies 2
  28. 28 Ann 6,666 babies 2
  29. 29 Norma 6,633 babies =
  30. 30 Dolores 6,417 babies 4
  31. 31 Janice 6,150 babies 16
  32. 32 Gloria 6,140 babies =
  33. 33 Marie 6,132 babies =
  34. 34 Evelyn 6,108 babies 3
  35. 35 Peggy 6,068 babies 1
  36. 36 Anna 5,727 babies 2
  37. 37 Rose 5,699 babies =
  38. 38 Sandra 5,526 babies 12
  39. 39 Marlene 5,332 babies =
  40. 40 Mildred 5,051 babies 5
  41. 41 Geraldine 4,864 babies 1
  42. 42 Jane 4,719 babies 1
  43. 43 Judith 4,580 babies 11
  44. 44 Catherine 4,537 babies 2
  45. 45 Annie 4,529 babies 7
  46. 46 Louise 4,355 babies 1
  47. 47 Eleanor 4,341 babies 1
  48. 48 Joanne 4,305 babies 4
  49. 49 Marjorie 4,279 babies 3
  50. 50 Elaine 4,259 babies 1
  51. 51 Ruby 4,226 babies 10
  52. 52 Patsy 4,196 babies 4
  53. 53 Sylvia 4,156 babies 7
  54. 54 Arlene 3,898 babies 5
  55. 55 Joann 3,886 babies 2
  56. 56 Wanda 3,882 babies 7
  57. 57 Irene 3,817 babies 5
  58. 58 Delores 3,760 babies 1
  59. 59 Sally 3,635 babies 1
  60. 60 Sharon 3,573 babies 36
  61. 61 Charlotte 3,555 babies 4
  62. 62 June 3,515 babies 7
  63. 63 Sarah 3,515 babies 2
  64. 64 Roberta 3,467 babies 13
  65. 65 Bonnie 3,374 babies 3
  66. 66 Jacqueline 3,362 babies 13
  67. 67 Kathleen 3,352 babies 4
  68. 68 Audrey 3,345 babies 4
  69. 69 Rita 3,334 babies 6
  70. 70 Loretta 3,325 babies 1
  71. 71 Edna 3,305 babies 4
  72. 72 Jo 3,292 babies 1
  73. 73 Carole 3,199 babies 20
  74. 74 Thelma 3,196 babies 2
  75. 75 Juanita 3,183 babies 3
  76. 76 Lorraine 3,167 babies 8
  77. 77 Josephine 3,141 babies 2
  78. 78 Wilma 3,123 babies 8
  79. 79 Lillian 3,117 babies 13
  80. 80 Florence 3,083 babies 6
  81. 81 Yvonne 3,038 babies 17
  82. 82 Pauline 2,981 babies 2
  83. 83 Darlene 2,962 babies 8
  84. 84 Gladys 2,944 babies 6
  85. 85 Emma 2,831 babies 4
  86. 86 Grace 2,791 babies 3
  87. 87 Edith 2,759 babies =
  88. 88 Theresa 2,758 babies 2
  89. 89 Anne 2,756 babies 5
  90. 90 Ethel 2,730 babies 8
  91. 91 Clara 2,684 babies 10
  92. 92 Lucille 2,632 babies 7
  93. 93 Marion 2,580 babies 5
  94. 94 Jeanette 2,552 babies 10
  95. 95 Bernice 2,540 babies 5
  96. 96 Hazel 2,512 babies 4
  97. 97 Linda 2,440 babies 68
  98. 98 Kay 2,408 babies 36
  99. 99 Ellen 2,398 babies 4
  100. 100 Katherine 2,355 babies 3

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Source: Social Security Administration

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