Top baby names in New York, 1936

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,690
2Barbara3,324
3Joan3,098
4Patricia2,820
5Carol1,630
6Margaret1,563
7Shirley1,550
8Dorothy1,370
9Marilyn1,268
10Nancy1,197
11Helen1,100
12Ann1,095
13Marie1,092
14Elizabeth1,068
15Jean966
16Joyce915
17Dolores914
18Frances896
19Rose846
20Betty759
21Beverly729
22Janet727
23Eleanor726
24Phyllis724
25Ruth723
26Catherine716
27Sandra702
28Gloria694
29Virginia689
30Elaine684
31Anna637
32Judith606
33Theresa604
34Alice583
35Arlene568
35Eileen568
37Anne553
38Josephine547
39Jane529
40Doris525
41Kathleen516
42Florence489
43Evelyn483
44Lorraine474
45Rita473
46Irene445
47Roberta435
48Marion428
49Geraldine427
50Louise426

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert6,121
2John5,423
3Richard3,809
4William3,557
5James3,425
6Joseph3,096
7Donald2,380
8Thomas2,032
9Edward1,916
10Charles1,901
11George1,751
12David1,560
13Frank1,505
14Ronald1,504
15Michael1,316
16Anthony1,219
17Paul1,159
18Peter1,035
19Kenneth868
20Arthur846
21Gerald808
22Raymond805
23Walter699
24Louis697
25Lawrence640
26Harold627
27Daniel599
28Eugene585
28Stanley585
30Philip573
31Martin569
32Francis563
33Vincent561
34Henry560
35Fred550
36Albert537
37Howard520
38Ralph513
39Leonard503
40Frederick492
41Jack486
42Bernard477
43Carl475
44Norman445
45Stephen433
46Roger426
47Alfred418
48Herbert395
49Harry380
50Alan371