Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1936 Most Popular Baby Names of 1936 Social Security has card records for 2,141,822 people born in the U.S. in 1936. Mary was the top girl name (54,377 babies) and Robert the top boy name (58,500).
Top 100 names of 1936 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1936, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 54,377 #125 2 Shirley 35,161 #1,581 3 Barbara 31,682 #968 4 Betty 25,868 #1,113 5 Patricia 23,916 #1,334 6 Dorothy 17,666 #421 7 Joan 17,072 #1,085 8 Nancy 16,755 #965 9 Margaret 14,596 #112 10 Carol 14,520 #2,239 11 Helen 12,234 #461 12 Joyce 11,988 #1,071 13 Marilyn 11,064 #760 14 Virginia 9,650 #525 15 Doris 9,226 #2,895 16 Ruth 9,217 #173 17 Beverly 8,901 #1,016 18 Elizabeth 8,860 #17 19 Frances 8,789 #318 20 Jean 8,536 #2,117 21 Janet 8,080 #2,778 22 Donna 7,932 #1,962 23 Carolyn 7,906 #1,222 24 Martha 7,392 #712 25 Phyllis 7,374 #11,932 26 Lois 7,232 #1,666 27 Alice 7,201 #65 28 Ann 6,666 #1,076 29 Norma 6,633 #2,002 30 Dolores 6,417 #2,564 31 Janice 6,150 #2,514 32 Gloria 6,140 #654 33 Marie 6,132 #617 34 Evelyn 6,108 #8 35 Peggy 6,068 #8,362 36 Anna 5,727 #107 37 Rose 5,699 #114 38 Sandra 5,526 #1,207 39 Marlene 5,332 #1,261 40 Mildred 5,051 #1,962 41 Geraldine 4,864 #2,438 42 Jane 4,719 #221 43 Judith 4,580 #788 44 Catherine 4,537 #313 45 Annie 4,529 #182 46 Louise 4,355 #514 47 Eleanor 4,341 #12 48 Joanne 4,305 #2,607 49 Marjorie 4,279 #1,016 50 Elaine 4,259 #304
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1936, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ruby 4,226 #64 52 Patsy 4,196 #5,917 53 Sylvia 4,156 #300 54 Arlene 3,898 #1,631 55 Joann 3,886 #3,028 56 Wanda 3,882 #5,917 57 Irene 3,817 #651 58 Delores 3,760 #5,722 59 Sally 3,635 #1,150 60 Sharon 3,573 #1,250 61 Charlotte 3,555 #2 62 June 3,515 #150 62 Sarah 3,515 #90 64 Roberta 3,467 #2,778 65 Bonnie 3,374 #396 66 Jacqueline 3,362 #558 67 Kathleen 3,352 #1,150 68 Audrey 3,345 #86 69 Rita 3,334 #1,285 70 Loretta 3,325 #606 71 Edna 3,305 #2,458 72 Jo 3,292 #3,975 73 Carole 3,199 #10,107 74 Thelma 3,196 #4,661 75 Juanita 3,183 #2,778 76 Lorraine 3,167 #1,043 77 Josephine 3,141 #53 78 Wilma 3,123 #3,645 79 Lillian 3,117 #57 80 Florence 3,083 #391 81 Yvonne 3,038 #2,051 82 Pauline 2,981 #2,957 83 Darlene 2,962 #1,844 84 Gladys 2,944 #3,211 85 Emma 2,831 #3 86 Grace 2,791 #38 87 Edith 2,759 #499 88 Theresa 2,758 #1,548 89 Anne 2,756 #619 90 Ethel 2,730 #4,172 91 Clara 2,684 #63 92 Lucille 2,632 #237 93 Marion 2,580 #2,036 94 Jeanette 2,552 #2,387 95 Bernice 2,540 #4,067 96 Hazel 2,512 #21 97 Linda 2,440 #902 98 Kay 2,408 #3,903 99 Ellen 2,398 #1,062 100 Katherine 2,355 #186
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1936, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 58,500 #92 2 James 54,694 #6 3 John 47,683 #23 4 William 39,398 #9 5 Richard 33,494 #234 6 Charles 29,101 #48 7 Donald 28,639 #690 8 Thomas 18,342 #34 9 George 18,197 #126 10 David 17,476 #35 11 Joseph 17,453 #29 12 Ronald 16,917 #637 13 Edward 14,194 #224 14 Kenneth 12,486 #294 15 Paul 12,307 #262 16 Frank 10,186 #513 17 Raymond 9,459 #394 18 Jerry 9,271 #906 19 Gerald 9,018 #1,204 20 Jack 8,857 #15 21 Harold 8,628 #991 22 Billy 8,587 #1,068 23 Joe 8,023 #991 24 Bobby 7,735 #1,097 25 Larry 7,611 #1,084 26 Walter 7,536 #251 27 Carl 6,591 #1,132 28 Henry 6,447 #5 29 Eugene 6,376 #943 30 Arthur 6,264 #87 31 Ralph 6,029 #1,046 32 Willie 6,011 #1,315 33 Michael 5,800 #21 34 Albert 5,759 #614 35 Roger 5,702 #832 36 Fred 5,602 #1,932 37 Lawrence 5,339 #518 38 Gary 5,192 #1,073 39 Harry 4,931 #775 40 Howard 4,874 #1,002 41 Daniel 4,817 #22 42 Roy 4,815 #525 43 Norman 4,645 #1,196 44 Louis 4,418 #249 45 Wayne 4,409 #652 46 Jimmy 4,214 #846 47 Earl 4,106 #2,230 48 Anthony 3,978 #46 49 Marvin 3,936 #699 50 Francis 3,876 #420
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1936, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Don 3,830 #1,793 52 Clarence 3,772 #1,499 53 Melvin 3,730 #958 54 Leonard 3,716 #637 55 Ernest 3,715 #1,038 56 Peter 3,714 #187 57 Leroy 3,642 #883 58 Stanley 3,492 #863 59 Dale 3,393 #1,409 60 Alfred 3,253 #840 61 Bill 3,166 #5,208 62 Herbert 3,117 #2,641 63 Philip 3,033 #527 64 Franklin 2,939 #359 64 Ray 2,939 #791 66 Gene 2,909 #2,230 67 Samuel 2,893 #18 68 Bernard 2,853 #1,362 69 Russell 2,832 #345 70 Frederick 2,817 #435 71 Jimmie 2,742 #3,658 72 Johnny 2,729 #457 73 Bruce 2,630 #536 74 Dennis 2,627 #707 75 Gordon 2,567 #1,051 76 Lee 2,418 #725 77 Bob 2,408 #9,714 78 Douglas 2,374 #807 79 Eddie 2,347 #860 80 Glenn 2,328 #1,443 81 Allen 2,314 #578 82 Leon 2,282 #138 83 Andrew 2,276 #73 84 Edwin 2,271 #398 85 Jim 2,268 #3,128 86 Floyd 2,228 #2,230 87 Theodore 2,219 #4 88 Lloyd 2,160 #1,547 89 Clyde 2,153 #742 90 Clifford 2,132 #1,352 91 Tommy 2,108 #657 92 Martin 2,106 #335 93 Vernon 2,028 #1,382 94 Leo 2,017 #19 95 Warren 1,976 #240 96 Alvin 1,970 #838 96 Harvey 1,970 #251 98 Jerome 1,967 #1,256 99 Stephen 1,862 #383 100 Patrick 1,856 #235
Entered the top 100 in 1936
