Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,541
2	Barbara	1,438
3	Patricia	1,132
4	Carol	873
5	Shirley	865
6	Joan	736
7	Nancy	607
8	Betty	594
9	Beverly	548
10	Marilyn	546
11	Donna	505
12	Margaret	491
13	Virginia	469
14	Helen	432
15	Dorothy	426
16	Gloria	388
17	Joyce	380
18	Dolores	355
19	Diane	329
20	Janet	325
21	Frances	322
22	Sharon	317
23	Sandra	312
24	Alice	295
25	Carolyn	293
25	Marlene	293
27	Ruth	278
28	Joanne	266
29	Sally	262
30	Janice	260
31	Jean	254
32	Darlene	243
33	Ann	237
34	Lois	230
35	Norma	223
36	Elizabeth	222
37	Irene	218
38	Phyllis	209
39	Eleanor	205
40	Carole	204
41	Roberta	197
42	Arlene	196
42	Rose	196
44	Marie	192
45	Sylvia	186
46	Pat	183
47	Judith	182
48	Doris	177
49	Esther	173
50	Geraldine	168

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,546
2	Richard	1,836
3	John	1,746
4	James	1,405
5	William	1,220
6	Donald	1,136
7	David	834
8	Charles	799
9	Ronald	789
10	George	691
11	Frank	598
12	Edward	528
13	Thomas	515
14	Kenneth	483
15	Jack	448
16	Gary	436
17	Paul	405
18	Raymond	387
19	Jerry	382
20	Michael	380
21	Joe	375
22	Joseph	372
23	Larry	344
24	Don	317
25	Bill	290
26	Bob	282
27	Gerald	279
28	Henry	272
29	Albert	266
30	Walter	258
31	Arthur	254
32	Ralph	253
33	Fred	245
34	Manuel	242
35	Daniel	227
36	Carl	226
37	Lawrence	221
37	Roger	221
39	Jim	214
40	Norman	209
40	Peter	209
42	Harold	206
43	Harry	192
44	Gilbert	191
45	Ernest	187
46	Eugene	185
46	Stanley	185
48	Louis	176
49	Alfred	164
50	Roy	158