Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1936
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1935.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 58,500 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 54,694 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 47,683 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 39,398 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,494 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 29,101 | 0 |
| 7 | Donald | 28,639 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 18,342 | +1 |
| 9 | George | 18,197 | -1 |
| 10 | David | 17,476 | +1 |
| 11 | Joseph | 17,453 | -1 |
| 12 | Ronald | 16,917 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,194 | 0 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 12,486 | +1 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,307 | -1 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,186 | 0 |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,459 | 0 |
| 18 | Jerry | 9,271 | +4 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,018 | +2 |
| 20 | Jack | 8,857 | -2 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,628 | -1 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,587 | -3 |
| 23 | Joe | 8,023 | +2 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,735 | 0 |
| 25 | Larry | 7,611 | +8 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,536 | -3 |
| 27 | Carl | 6,591 | +1 |
| 28 | Henry | 6,447 | -1 |
| 29 | Eugene | 6,376 | -3 |
| 30 | Arthur | 6,264 | -1 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,029 | +1 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,011 | -2 |
| 33 | Michael | 5,800 | +8 |
| 34 | Albert | 5,759 | -3 |
| 35 | Roger | 5,702 | +1 |
| 36 | Fred | 5,602 | -2 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,339 | -2 |
| 38 | Gary | 5,192 | +6 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,931 | -2 |
| 40 | Howard | 4,874 | -1 |
| 41 | Daniel | 4,817 | +2 |
| 42 | Roy | 4,815 | -2 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,645 | -5 |
| 44 | Louis | 4,418 | -2 |
| 45 | Wayne | 4,409 | +4 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 4,214 | +1 |
| 47 | Earl | 4,106 | -1 |
| 48 | Anthony | 3,978 | +4 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,936 | -4 |
| 50 | Francis | 3,876 | +3 |
| 51 | Don | 3,830 | 0 |
| 52 | Clarence | 3,772 | -4 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,730 | +4 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,716 | 0 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,715 | 0 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,714 | +3 |
| 57 | Leroy | 3,642 | -7 |
| 58 | Stanley | 3,492 | -2 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,393 | +2 |
| 60 | Alfred | 3,253 | +3 |
| 61 | Bill | 3,166 | -1 |
| 62 | Herbert | 3,117 | -4 |
| 63 | Philip | 3,033 | +2 |
| 64 | Franklin | 2,939 | +7 |
| 64 | Ray | 2,939 | 0 |
| 66 | Gene | 2,909 | 0 |
| 67 | Samuel | 2,893 | -5 |
| 68 | Bernard | 2,853 | -1 |
| 69 | Russell | 2,832 | -1 |
| 70 | Frederick | 2,817 | +3 |
| 71 | Jimmie | 2,742 | -2 |
| 72 | Johnny | 2,729 | +2 |
| 73 | Bruce | 2,630 | +4 |
| 74 | Dennis | 2,627 | -2 |
| 75 | Gordon | 2,567 | -5 |
| 76 | Lee | 2,418 | +4 |
| 77 | Bob | 2,408 | +4 |
| 78 | Douglas | 2,374 | -3 |
| 79 | Eddie | 2,347 | +8 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,328 | -2 |
| 81 | Allen | 2,314 | +2 |
| 82 | Leon | 2,282 | +4 |
| 83 | Andrew | 2,276 | +2 |
| 84 | Edwin | 2,271 | +5 |
| 85 | Jim | 2,268 | +5 |
| 86 | Floyd | 2,228 | -10 |
| 87 | Theodore | 2,219 | -8 |
| 88 | Lloyd | 2,160 | -4 |
| 89 | Clyde | 2,153 | -7 |
| 90 | Clifford | 2,132 | -2 |
| 91 | Tommy | 2,108 | +4 |
| 92 | Martin | 2,106 | +1 |
| 93 | Vernon | 2,028 | +1 |
| 94 | Leo | 2,017 | -2 |
| 95 | Warren | 1,976 | +2 |
| 96 | Alvin | 1,970 | -5 |
| 96 | Harvey | 1,970 | +3 |
| 98 | Jerome | 1,967 | -2 |
| 99 | Stephen | 1,862 | +14 |
| 100 | Patrick | 1,856 | +12 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.