Top Names of 1936
The most popular names recorded in 1936 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 54,374 |
| 2 | Shirley | 35,162 |
| 3 | Barbara | 31,682 |
| 4 | Betty | 25,867 |
| 5 | Patricia | 23,916 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 17,666 |
| 7 | Joan | 17,071 |
| 8 | Nancy | 16,754 |
| 9 | Margaret | 14,596 |
| 10 | Carol | 14,519 |
| 11 | Helen | 12,234 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,988 |
| 13 | Marilyn | 11,064 |
| 14 | Virginia | 9,650 |
| 15 | Doris | 9,227 |
| 16 | Ruth | 9,217 |
| 17 | Beverly | 8,901 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 8,860 |
| 19 | Frances | 8,789 |
| 20 | Jean | 8,536 |
| 21 | Janet | 8,081 |
| 22 | Donna | 7,932 |
| 23 | Carolyn | 7,907 |
| 24 | Martha | 7,391 |
| 25 | Phyllis | 7,374 |
| 26 | Lois | 7,232 |
| 27 | Alice | 7,201 |
| 28 | Ann | 6,666 |
| 29 | Norma | 6,633 |
| 30 | Dolores | 6,417 |
| 31 | Janice | 6,149 |
| 32 | Gloria | 6,140 |
| 33 | Marie | 6,132 |
| 34 | Evelyn | 6,108 |
| 35 | Peggy | 6,068 |
| 36 | Anna | 5,727 |
| 37 | Rose | 5,699 |
| 38 | Sandra | 5,526 |
| 39 | Marlene | 5,332 |
| 40 | Mildred | 5,052 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 4,864 |
| 42 | Jane | 4,719 |
| 43 | Judith | 4,580 |
| 44 | Catherine | 4,537 |
| 45 | Annie | 4,529 |
| 46 | Louise | 4,354 |
| 47 | Eleanor | 4,341 |
| 48 | Joanne | 4,305 |
| 49 | Marjorie | 4,279 |
| 50 | Elaine | 4,259 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 58,501 |
| 2 | James | 54,696 |
| 3 | John | 47,679 |
| 4 | William | 39,398 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,492 |
| 6 | Charles | 29,100 |
| 7 | Donald | 28,640 |
| 8 | Thomas | 18,343 |
| 9 | George | 18,197 |
| 10 | David | 17,477 |
| 11 | Joseph | 17,452 |
| 12 | Ronald | 16,918 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,194 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 12,486 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,306 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,186 |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,458 |
| 18 | Jerry | 9,270 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,017 |
| 20 | Jack | 8,857 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,629 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,587 |
| 23 | Joe | 8,023 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,735 |
| 25 | Larry | 7,612 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,536 |
| 27 | Carl | 6,591 |
| 28 | Henry | 6,446 |
| 29 | Eugene | 6,375 |
| 30 | Arthur | 6,264 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,029 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,011 |
| 33 | Michael | 5,800 |
| 34 | Albert | 5,759 |
| 35 | Roger | 5,701 |
| 36 | Fred | 5,602 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,341 |
| 38 | Gary | 5,192 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,930 |
| 40 | Howard | 4,874 |
| 41 | Daniel | 4,817 |
| 42 | Roy | 4,817 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,645 |
| 44 | Louis | 4,419 |
| 45 | Wayne | 4,408 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 4,213 |
| 47 | Earl | 4,106 |
| 48 | Anthony | 3,978 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,936 |
| 50 | Francis | 3,876 |