Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1936

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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