Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	320
2	Barbara	278
3	Shirley	211
4	Patricia	164
5	Joan	141
6	Nancy	113
7	Betty	112
8	Margaret	102
9	Jean	88
10	Helen	85
11	Dorothy	76
11	Elizabeth	76
13	Doris	60
14	Ann	59
15	Delores	58
16	Joyce	57
17	Carol	55
17	Sylvia	55
19	Frances	54
20	Gloria	53
21	Catherine	49
22	Ruth	46
23	Beverly	43
23	Evelyn	43
25	Anne	39
26	Carolyn	38
26	Mildred	38
28	Yvonne	35
29	Janet	34
30	Alice	33
30	Jane	33
32	Dolores	31
32	Norma	31
32	Virginia	31
35	Jacqueline	30
35	Joanne	30
35	Marie	30
38	Peggy	29
39	Juanita	28
39	June	28
39	Martha	28
42	Geraldine	27
42	Sandra	27
44	Eleanor	25
44	Florence	25
44	Marjorie	25
47	Charlotte	24
47	Roberta	24
47	Rose	24
50	Gladys	23

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	358
2	James	340
3	William	303
4	John	295
5	Charles	223
6	Richard	176
7	Donald	149
7	Joseph	149
9	George	137
10	Thomas	112
11	Edward	81
12	David	78
13	Paul	76
14	Ronald	63
15	Frank	58
16	Walter	53
17	Lawrence	50
18	Eugene	44
18	Raymond	44
20	Michael	39
21	Francis	37
21	Harry	37
23	Kenneth	33
24	Bernard	31
24	Fred	31
24	Harold	31
24	Norman	31
28	Frederick	30
28	Ralph	30
30	Arthur	29
30	Earl	29
30	Henry	29
30	Melvin	29
34	Carl	28
35	Samuel	26
36	Albert	25
36	Anthony	25
36	Gerald	25
36	Philip	25
36	Stanley	25
41	Alfred	24
41	Jack	24
41	Leroy	24
41	Louis	24
45	Daniel	22
45	Leon	22
45	Theodore	22
48	Allen	21
48	Peter	21
48	Warren	21