Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1936
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1935.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 58,721 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 54,923 | +1 |
| 3 | Mary | 54,669 | -1 |
| 4 | John | 47,886 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 39,552 | +1 |
| 6 | Shirley | 35,542 | -1 |
| 7 | Richard | 33,592 | 0 |
| 8 | Barbara | 31,792 | 0 |
| 9 | Charles | 29,234 | 0 |
| 10 | Donald | 28,727 | 0 |
| 11 | Betty | 25,984 | 0 |
| 12 | Patricia | 24,016 | 0 |
| 13 | Thomas | 18,418 | +3 |
| 14 | George | 18,324 | 0 |
| 15 | Dorothy | 17,767 | -2 |
| 16 | David | 17,528 | +2 |
| 17 | Joseph | 17,523 | 0 |
| 18 | Joan | 17,152 | -3 |
| 19 | Ronald | 16,963 | 0 |
| 20 | Nancy | 16,818 | +1 |
| 21 | Carol | 14,785 | +5 |
| 22 | Margaret | 14,677 | -2 |
| 23 | Edward | 14,258 | -1 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 12,520 | +1 |
| 25 | Paul | 12,360 | -1 |
| 26 | Helen | 12,286 | -3 |
| 27 | Joyce | 12,060 | 0 |
| 28 | Marilyn | 11,102 | +2 |
| 29 | Frank | 10,237 | 0 |
| 30 | Jerry | 9,717 | +9 |
| 31 | Virginia | 9,700 | +1 |
| 32 | Raymond | 9,497 | +1 |
| 33 | Doris | 9,306 | -5 |
| 34 | Ruth | 9,260 | -3 |
| 35 | Gerald | 9,057 | +7 |
| 36 | Beverly | 8,993 | +7 |
| 37 | Elizabeth | 8,907 | 0 |
| 38 | Jack | 8,878 | -4 |
| 39 | Frances | 8,853 | +1 |
| 40 | Jean | 8,715 | -2 |
| 41 | Billy | 8,670 | -6 |
| 42 | Harold | 8,656 | -6 |
| 43 | Joe | 8,266 | +6 |
| 44 | Willie | 8,235 | -3 |
| 45 | Janet | 8,115 | +1 |
| 46 | Donna | 7,968 | +2 |
| 47 | Carolyn | 7,936 | +7 |
| 48 | Bobby | 7,928 | -3 |
| 49 | Larry | 7,651 | +18 |
| 50 | Walter | 7,572 | -3 |
| 51 | Martha | 7,432 | -1 |
| 52 | Phyllis | 7,395 | +1 |
| 53 | Lois | 7,271 | -9 |
| 54 | Alice | 7,238 | -3 |
| 55 | Ann | 6,700 | +3 |
| 56 | Norma | 6,657 | 0 |
| 57 | Carl | 6,632 | +2 |
| 58 | Henry | 6,500 | -3 |
| 59 | Dolores | 6,453 | -7 |
| 60 | Eugene | 6,418 | -3 |
| 61 | Arthur | 6,318 | 0 |
| 62 | Janice | 6,173 | +29 |
| 63 | Marie | 6,168 | 0 |
| 64 | Gloria | 6,165 | -2 |
| 65 | Evelyn | 6,139 | -5 |
| 66 | Peggy | 6,102 | +5 |
| 67 | Ralph | 6,057 | -1 |
| 68 | Michael | 5,840 | +10 |
| 69 | Albert | 5,793 | -4 |
| 70 | Anna | 5,764 | -6 |
| 71 | Rose | 5,732 | +1 |
| 72 | Roger | 5,725 | +1 |
| 73 | Fred | 5,635 | -4 |
| 74 | Sandra | 5,548 | +24 |
| 75 | Lawrence | 5,361 | -5 |
| 76 | Marlene | 5,354 | +4 |
| 77 | Gary | 5,219 | +12 |
| 78 | Mildred | 5,087 | -10 |
| 79 | Harry | 4,955 | -5 |
| 80 | Howard | 4,905 | -4 |
| 81 | Geraldine | 4,887 | 0 |
| 82 | Roy | 4,846 | -5 |
| 83 | Daniel | 4,835 | +3 |
| 84 | Jane | 4,745 | 0 |
| 85 | Norman | 4,669 | -10 |
| 86 | Judith | 4,592 | +24 |
| 87 | Annie | 4,565 | -8 |
| 88 | Catherine | 4,563 | -5 |
| 89 | Louis | 4,454 | -4 |
| 90 | Wayne | 4,424 | +11 |
| 91 | Louise | 4,403 | -4 |
| 92 | Eleanor | 4,363 | +4 |
| 93 | Joanne | 4,322 | -5 |
| 94 | Patsy | 4,312 | +14 |
| 95 | Marjorie | 4,289 | -5 |
| 96 | Elaine | 4,274 | +3 |
| 96 | Ruby | 4,274 | -14 |
| 98 | Jimmy | 4,246 | -3 |
| 99 | Francis | 4,195 | -6 |
| 100 | Sylvia | 4,180 | +18 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.