Most Popular Baby Names in 1936

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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