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The most popular baby names of 1936

SSA recorded 2,077,595 births in 1936 across all reported names — 1,040,390 girls and 1,037,205 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1936

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1935.
#NameBirthsvs 1935
1 Mary 54,377 —
2 Shirley 35,161 —
3 Barbara 31,682 —
4 Betty 25,868 —
5 Patricia 23,916 —
6 Dorothy 17,666 —
7 Joan 17,072 —
8 Nancy 16,755 +1
9 Margaret 14,596 -1
10 Carol 14,520 +1
11 Helen 12,234 -1
12 Joyce 11,988 —
13 Marilyn 11,064 +1
14 Virginia 9,650 +2
15 Doris 9,226 -2
16 Ruth 9,217 -1
17 Beverly 8,901 +3
18 Elizabeth 8,860 -1
19 Frances 8,789 —
20 Jean 8,536 -2
21 Janet 8,080 +1
22 Donna 7,932 +1
23 Carolyn 7,906 +5
24 Martha 7,392 —
25 Phyllis 7,374 +2
26 Lois 7,232 -5
27 Alice 7,201 -2
28 Ann 6,666 +2
29 Norma 6,633 —
30 Dolores 6,417 -4
31 Janice 6,150 +16
32 Gloria 6,140 —
33 Marie 6,132 —
34 Evelyn 6,108 -3
35 Peggy 6,068 +1
36 Anna 5,727 -2
37 Rose 5,699 —
38 Sandra 5,526 +12
39 Marlene 5,332 —
40 Mildred 5,051 -5
41 Geraldine 4,864 -1
42 Jane 4,719 +1
43 Judith 4,580 +11
44 Catherine 4,537 -2
45 Annie 4,529 -7
46 Louise 4,355 -1
47 Eleanor 4,341 +1
48 Joanne 4,305 -4
49 Marjorie 4,279 -3
50 Elaine 4,259 +1
51 Ruby 4,226 -10
52 Patsy 4,196 +4
53 Sylvia 4,156 +7
54 Arlene 3,898 +5
55 Joann 3,886 -2
56 Wanda 3,882 -7
57 Irene 3,817 -5
58 Delores 3,760 -1
59 Sally 3,635 -1
60 Sharon 3,573 +36
61 Charlotte 3,555 +4
62 June 3,515 -7
62 Sarah 3,515 -1
64 Roberta 3,467 +13
65 Bonnie 3,374 -3
66 Jacqueline 3,362 +13
67 Kathleen 3,352 +4
68 Audrey 3,345 -4
69 Rita 3,334 -6
70 Loretta 3,325 -1
71 Edna 3,305 -4
72 Jo 3,292 +1
73 Carole 3,199 +20
74 Thelma 3,196 +2
75 Juanita 3,183 -3
76 Lorraine 3,167 -8
77 Josephine 3,141 -2
78 Wilma 3,123 -8
79 Lillian 3,117 -13
80 Florence 3,083 -6
81 Yvonne 3,038 +17
82 Pauline 2,981 -2
83 Darlene 2,962 +8
84 Gladys 2,944 -6
85 Emma 2,831 +4
86 Grace 2,791 -3
87 Edith 2,759 —
88 Theresa 2,758 -2
89 Anne 2,756 -5
90 Ethel 2,730 -8
91 Clara 2,684 -10
92 Lucille 2,632 -7
93 Marion 2,580 -5
94 Jeanette 2,552 +10
95 Bernice 2,540 -5
96 Hazel 2,512 -4
97 Linda 2,440 +68
98 Kay 2,408 +36
99 Ellen 2,398 -4
100 Katherine 2,355 +3

Top 100 boys' names in 1936

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1935.
#NameBirthsvs 1935
1 Robert 58,500 —
2 James 54,694 —
3 John 47,683 —
4 William 39,398 —
5 Richard 33,494 —
6 Charles 29,101 —
7 Donald 28,639 —
8 Thomas 18,342 +1
9 George 18,197 -1
10 David 17,476 +1
11 Joseph 17,453 -1
12 Ronald 16,917 —
13 Edward 14,194 —
14 Kenneth 12,486 +1
15 Paul 12,307 -1
16 Frank 10,186 —
17 Raymond 9,459 —
18 Jerry 9,271 +4
19 Gerald 9,018 +2
20 Jack 8,857 -2
21 Harold 8,628 -1
22 Billy 8,587 -3
23 Joe 8,023 +2
24 Bobby 7,735 —
25 Larry 7,611 +8
26 Walter 7,536 -3
27 Carl 6,591 +1
28 Henry 6,447 -1
29 Eugene 6,376 -3
30 Arthur 6,264 -1
31 Ralph 6,029 +1
32 Willie 6,011 -2
33 Michael 5,800 +8
34 Albert 5,759 -3
35 Roger 5,702 +1
36 Fred 5,602 -2
37 Lawrence 5,339 -2
38 Gary 5,192 +6
39 Harry 4,931 -2
40 Howard 4,874 -1
41 Daniel 4,817 +2
42 Roy 4,815 -2
43 Norman 4,645 -5
44 Louis 4,418 -2
45 Wayne 4,409 +4
46 Jimmy 4,214 +1
47 Earl 4,106 -1
48 Anthony 3,978 +4
49 Marvin 3,936 -4
50 Francis 3,876 +3
51 Don 3,830 —
52 Clarence 3,772 -4
53 Melvin 3,730 +4
54 Leonard 3,716 —
55 Ernest 3,715 —
56 Peter 3,714 +3
57 Leroy 3,642 -7
58 Stanley 3,492 -2
59 Dale 3,393 +2
60 Alfred 3,253 +3
61 Bill 3,166 -1
62 Herbert 3,117 -4
63 Philip 3,033 +2
64 Franklin 2,939 +7
64 Ray 2,939 —
66 Gene 2,909 —
67 Samuel 2,893 -5
68 Bernard 2,853 -1
69 Russell 2,832 -1
70 Frederick 2,817 +3
71 Jimmie 2,742 -2
72 Johnny 2,729 +2
73 Bruce 2,630 +4
74 Dennis 2,627 -2
75 Gordon 2,567 -5
76 Lee 2,418 +4
77 Bob 2,408 +4
78 Douglas 2,374 -3
79 Eddie 2,347 +8
80 Glenn 2,328 -2
81 Allen 2,314 +2
82 Leon 2,282 +4
83 Andrew 2,276 +2
84 Edwin 2,271 +5
85 Jim 2,268 +5
86 Floyd 2,228 -10
87 Theodore 2,219 -8
88 Lloyd 2,160 -4
89 Clyde 2,153 -7
90 Clifford 2,132 -2
91 Tommy 2,108 +4
92 Martin 2,106 +1
93 Vernon 2,028 +1
94 Leo 2,017 -2
95 Warren 1,976 +2
96 Alvin 1,970 -5
96 Harvey 1,970 +3
98 Jerome 1,967 -2
99 Stephen 1,862 +14
100 Patrick 1,856 +12

Names that climbed fastest in 1936

Ranked by places gained against 1935, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1936Rank 1935Change
Rochelle girls 291 425 +134
Linda girls 97 165 +68
Cecile girls 325 389 +64
Brian boys 289 347 +58
Sybil girls 317 373 +56
Jon boys 168 223 +55
Merle girls 337 389 +52
Julie girls 284 335 +51
Alicia girls 384 431 +47
Carlene girls 378 424 +46
Colleen girls 198 242 +44
Edwina girls 388 432 +44
Ilene girls 392 436 +44
Jerald boys 271 315 +44
Dawn girls 268 310 +42

Names that fell fastest in 1936

NameRank 1936Rank 1935Change
Alyce girls 408 354 -54
Lizzie girls 359 308 -51
Huey boys 288 237 -51
Winnie girls 392 343 -49
Neva girls 411 363 -48
Mollie girls 421 376 -45
Cleo girls 333 291 -42
Will boys 353 311 -42
Doreen girls 420 381 -39
Flossie girls 450 413 -37
Monica girls 387 352 -35
Greta girls 422 387 -35
Elnora girls 361 327 -34
Margery girls 438 404 -34
Abraham boys 374 341 -33

Names that first appear in 1936

1936 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1936

For these names, 1936 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.