Top baby names of 1936
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John89,604
- 5William74,030
- 6Shirley65,256
- 7Richard62,970
- 8Barbara58,796
- 9Charles54,686
- 10Donald53,832
- 11Betty48,010
- 12Patricia44,376
- 13Thomas34,470
- 14George34,194
- 15David32,876
- 16Joseph32,798
- 17Dorothy32,792
- 18Ronald31,794
- 19Joan31,690
- 20Nancy31,100
- 21Margaret27,082
- 22Carol26,960
- 23Edward26,660
- 24Kenneth23,476
- 25Paul23,102
- 26Helen22,702
- 27Joyce22,252
- 28Marilyn20,540
- 29Frank19,122
- 30Virginia17,900
- 31Raymond17,764
- 32Jerry17,438
- 33Doris17,116
- 34Ruth17,108
- 35Gerald16,950
- 36Jack16,652
- 37Beverly16,524
- 38Elizabeth16,460
- 39Frances16,298
- 40Harold16,214
- 41Billy16,130
- 42Jean15,848
- 43Joe15,082
- 44Janet15,002
- 45Donna14,720
- 46Carolyn14,680
- 47Bobby14,536
- 48Larry14,314
- 49Walter14,168
- 50Martha13,716
- 51Phyllis13,678
- 52Lois13,412
- 53Alice13,370
- 54Carl12,368
- 55Ann12,368
- 56Norma12,312
- 57Henry12,122
- 58Eugene11,994
- 59Dolores11,912
- 60Arthur11,764
- 61Janice11,410
- 62Gloria11,396
- 63Marie11,378
- 64Evelyn11,342
- 65Ralph11,330
- 66Willie11,320
- 67Peggy11,254
- 68Michael10,906
- 69Albert10,836
- 70Roger10,728
- 71Anna10,630
- 72Rose10,572
- 73Fred10,526
- 74Sandra10,252
- 75Lawrence10,042
- 76Marlene9,900
- 77Gary9,764
- 78Mildred9,382
- 79Harry9,262
- 80Howard9,168
- 81Roy9,056
- 82Daniel9,046
- 83Geraldine9,028
- 84Jane8,760
- 85Norman8,732
- 86Judith8,504
- 87Catherine8,412
- 88Annie8,402
- 89Louis8,308
- 90Wayne8,286
- 91Louise8,064
- 92Eleanor8,058
- 93Joanne7,992
- 94Marjorie7,950
- 95Elaine7,916
- 96Jimmy7,910
- 97Earl7,716
- 98Anthony7,480
- 99Marvin7,406
- 100Francis7,280