United States · 2,077,595 recorded births
Top baby names of 1936
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Linda (up 68), Karen (up 40), Terry (up 28), Ronnie (up 17).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Margaret | 14,596 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Carol | 14,520 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Helen | 12,234 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,988 | · |
| 13 | Marilyn | 11,064 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Virginia | 9,650 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Doris | 9,226 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Ruth | 9,217 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Beverly | 8,901 | ▲ 3 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 8,860 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Frances | 8,789 | · |
| 20 | Jean | 8,536 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Janet | 8,080 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Donna | 7,932 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Carolyn | 7,906 | ▲ 5 |
| 24 | Martha | 7,392 | · |
| 25 | Phyllis | 7,374 | ▲ 2 |
| 26 | Lois | 7,232 | ▼ 5 |
| 27 | Alice | 7,201 | ▼ 2 |
| 28 | Ann | 6,666 | ▲ 2 |
| 29 | Norma | 6,633 | · |
| 30 | Dolores | 6,417 | ▼ 4 |
| 31 | Janice | 6,150 | ▲ 16 |
| 32 | Gloria | 6,140 | · |
| 33 | Marie | 6,132 | · |
| 34 | Evelyn | 6,108 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Peggy | 6,068 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Anna | 5,727 | ▼ 2 |
| 37 | Rose | 5,699 | · |
| 38 | Sandra | 5,526 | ▲ 12 |
| 39 | Marlene | 5,332 | · |
| 40 | Mildred | 5,051 | ▼ 5 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 4,864 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Jane | 4,719 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Judith | 4,580 | ▲ 11 |
| 44 | Catherine | 4,537 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Annie | 4,529 | ▼ 7 |
| 46 | Louise | 4,355 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Eleanor | 4,341 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Joanne | 4,305 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Marjorie | 4,279 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Elaine | 4,259 | ▲ 1 |
| 51 | Ruby | 4,226 | ▼ 10 |
| 52 | Patsy | 4,196 | ▲ 4 |
| 53 | Sylvia | 4,156 | ▲ 7 |
| 54 | Arlene | 3,898 | ▲ 5 |
| 55 | Joann | 3,886 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Wanda | 3,882 | ▼ 7 |
| 57 | Irene | 3,817 | ▼ 5 |
| 58 | Delores | 3,760 | ▼ 1 |
| 59 | Sally | 3,635 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Sharon | 3,573 | ▲ 36 |
| 61 | Charlotte | 3,555 | ▲ 4 |
| 62 | June | 3,515 | ▼ 7 |
| 63 | Sarah | 3,515 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Roberta | 3,467 | ▲ 13 |
| 65 | Bonnie | 3,374 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Jacqueline | 3,362 | ▲ 13 |
| 67 | Kathleen | 3,352 | ▲ 4 |
| 68 | Audrey | 3,345 | ▼ 4 |
| 69 | Rita | 3,334 | ▼ 6 |
| 70 | Loretta | 3,325 | ▼ 1 |
| 71 | Edna | 3,305 | ▼ 4 |
| 72 | Jo | 3,292 | ▲ 1 |
| 73 | Carole | 3,199 | ▲ 20 |
| 74 | Thelma | 3,196 | ▲ 2 |
| 75 | Juanita | 3,183 | ▼ 3 |
| 76 | Lorraine | 3,167 | ▼ 8 |
| 77 | Josephine | 3,141 | ▼ 2 |
| 78 | Wilma | 3,123 | ▼ 8 |
| 79 | Lillian | 3,117 | ▼ 13 |
| 80 | Florence | 3,083 | ▼ 6 |
| 81 | Yvonne | 3,038 | ▲ 17 |
| 82 | Pauline | 2,981 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Darlene | 2,962 | ▲ 8 |
| 84 | Gladys | 2,944 | ▼ 6 |
| 85 | Emma | 2,831 | ▲ 4 |
| 86 | Grace | 2,791 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Edith | 2,759 | · |
| 88 | Theresa | 2,758 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Anne | 2,756 | ▼ 5 |
| 90 | Ethel | 2,730 | ▼ 8 |
| 91 | Clara | 2,684 | ▼ 10 |
| 92 | Lucille | 2,632 | ▼ 7 |
| 93 | Marion | 2,580 | ▼ 5 |
| 94 | Jeanette | 2,552 | ▲ 10 |
| 95 | Bernice | 2,540 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Hazel | 2,512 | ▼ 4 |
| 97 | Linda | 2,440 | ▲ 68 |
| 98 | Kay | 2,408 | ▲ 36 |
| 99 | Ellen | 2,398 | ▼ 4 |
| 100 | Katherine | 2,355 | ▲ 3 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | George | 18,197 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | David | 17,476 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Joseph | 17,453 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Ronald | 16,917 | · |
| 13 | Edward | 14,194 | · |
| 14 | Kenneth | 12,486 | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,307 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,186 | · |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,459 | · |
| 18 | Jerry | 9,271 | ▲ 4 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,018 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Jack | 8,857 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,628 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,587 | ▼ 3 |
| 23 | Joe | 8,023 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,735 | · |
| 25 | Larry | 7,611 | ▲ 8 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,536 | ▼ 3 |
| 27 | Carl | 6,591 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Henry | 6,447 | ▼ 1 |
| 29 | Eugene | 6,376 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Arthur | 6,264 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,029 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,011 | ▼ 2 |
| 33 | Michael | 5,800 | ▲ 8 |
| 34 | Albert | 5,759 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Roger | 5,702 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Fred | 5,602 | ▼ 2 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,339 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Gary | 5,192 | ▲ 6 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,931 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Howard | 4,874 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Daniel | 4,817 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Roy | 4,815 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,645 | ▼ 5 |
| 44 | Louis | 4,418 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Wayne | 4,409 | ▲ 4 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 4,214 | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | Earl | 4,106 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Anthony | 3,978 | ▲ 4 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,936 | ▼ 4 |
| 50 | Francis | 3,876 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Don | 3,830 | · |
| 52 | Clarence | 3,772 | ▼ 4 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,730 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,716 | · |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,715 | · |
| 56 | Peter | 3,714 | ▲ 3 |
| 57 | Leroy | 3,642 | ▼ 7 |
| 58 | Stanley | 3,492 | ▼ 2 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,393 | ▲ 2 |
| 60 | Alfred | 3,253 | ▲ 3 |
| 61 | Bill | 3,166 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Herbert | 3,117 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Philip | 3,033 | ▲ 2 |
| 64 | Franklin | 2,939 | ▲ 7 |
| 65 | Ray | 2,939 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Gene | 2,909 | · |
| 67 | Samuel | 2,893 | ▼ 5 |
| 68 | Bernard | 2,853 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Russell | 2,832 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Frederick | 2,817 | ▲ 3 |
| 71 | Jimmie | 2,742 | ▼ 2 |
| 72 | Johnny | 2,729 | ▲ 2 |
| 73 | Bruce | 2,630 | ▲ 4 |
| 74 | Dennis | 2,627 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Gordon | 2,567 | ▼ 5 |
| 76 | Lee | 2,418 | ▲ 4 |
| 77 | Bob | 2,408 | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Douglas | 2,374 | ▼ 3 |
| 79 | Eddie | 2,347 | ▲ 8 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,328 | ▼ 2 |
| 81 | Allen | 2,314 | ▲ 2 |
| 82 | Leon | 2,282 | ▲ 4 |
| 83 | Andrew | 2,276 | ▲ 2 |
| 84 | Edwin | 2,271 | ▲ 5 |
| 85 | Jim | 2,268 | ▲ 5 |
| 86 | Floyd | 2,228 | ▼ 10 |
| 87 | Theodore | 2,219 | ▼ 8 |
| 88 | Lloyd | 2,160 | ▼ 4 |
| 89 | Clyde | 2,153 | ▼ 7 |
| 90 | Clifford | 2,132 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Tommy | 2,108 | ▲ 4 |
| 92 | Martin | 2,106 | ▲ 1 |
| 93 | Vernon | 2,028 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Leo | 2,017 | ▼ 2 |
| 95 | Warren | 1,976 | ▲ 2 |
| 96 | Alvin | 1,970 | ▼ 5 |
| 97 | Harvey | 1,970 | ▲ 2 |
| 98 | Jerome | 1,967 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Stephen | 1,862 | ▲ 14 |
| 100 | Patrick | 1,856 | ▲ 12 |