United States · 1936
Baby names of 1936
Mary and Robert topped 1936.
Top girls' names of 1936
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 54,377 |
| 2 | Shirley | 35,161 |
| 3 | Barbara | 31,682 |
| 4 | Betty | 25,868 |
| 5 | Patricia | 23,916 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 17,666 |
| 7 | Joan | 17,072 |
| 8 | Nancy | 16,755 |
| 9 | Margaret | 14,596 |
| 10 | Carol | 14,520 |
| 11 | Helen | 12,234 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,988 |
| 13 | Marilyn | 11,064 |
| 14 | Virginia | 9,650 |
| 15 | Doris | 9,226 |
| 16 | Ruth | 9,217 |
| 17 | Beverly | 8,901 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 8,860 |
| 19 | Frances | 8,789 |
| 20 | Jean | 8,536 |
| 21 | Janet | 8,080 |
| 22 | Donna | 7,932 |
| 23 | Carolyn | 7,906 |
| 24 | Martha | 7,392 |
| 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 | 6,150 |
| 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 | 5,051 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 4,864 |
| 42 | Jane | 4,719 |
| 43 | Judith | 4,580 |
| 44 | Catherine | 4,537 |
| 45 | Annie | 4,529 |
| 46 | Louise | 4,355 |
| 47 | Eleanor | 4,341 |
| 48 | Joanne | 4,305 |
| 49 | Marjorie | 4,279 |
| 50 | Elaine | 4,259 |
Top boys' names of 1936
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 58,500 |
| 2 | James | 54,694 |
| 3 | John | 47,683 |
| 4 | William | 39,398 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,494 |
| 6 | Charles | 29,101 |
| 7 | Donald | 28,639 |
| 8 | Thomas | 18,342 |
| 9 | George | 18,197 |
| 10 | David | 17,476 |
| 11 | Joseph | 17,453 |
| 12 | Ronald | 16,917 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,194 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 12,486 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,307 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,186 |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,459 |
| 18 | Jerry | 9,271 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,018 |
| 20 | Jack | 8,857 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,628 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,587 |
| 23 | Joe | 8,023 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,735 |
| 25 | Larry | 7,611 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,536 |
| 27 | Carl | 6,591 |
| 28 | Henry | 6,447 |
| 29 | Eugene | 6,376 |
| 30 | Arthur | 6,264 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,029 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,011 |
| 33 | Michael | 5,800 |
| 34 | Albert | 5,759 |
| 35 | Roger | 5,702 |
| 36 | Fred | 5,602 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,339 |
| 38 | Gary | 5,192 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,931 |
| 40 | Howard | 4,874 |
| 41 | Daniel | 4,817 |
| 42 | Roy | 4,815 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,645 |
| 44 | Louis | 4,418 |
| 45 | Wayne | 4,409 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 4,214 |
| 47 | Earl | 4,106 |
| 48 | Anthony | 3,978 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,936 |
| 50 | Francis | 3,876 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026