California ★ 1936

Top names in California, 1936

Mary led for girls with 1,541 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,546. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,541
2	Barbara	1,438
3	Patricia	1,132
4	Carol	873
5	Shirley	865
6	Joan	736
7	Nancy	607
8	Betty	594
9	Beverly	548
10	Marilyn	546
11	Donna	505
12	Margaret	491
13	Virginia	469
14	Helen	432
15	Dorothy	426
16	Gloria	388
17	Joyce	380
18	Dolores	355
19	Diane	329
20	Janet	325
21	Frances	322
22	Sharon	317
23	Sandra	312
24	Alice	295
25	Carolyn	293
25	Marlene	293
27	Ruth	278
28	Joanne	266
29	Sally	262
30	Janice	260
31	Jean	254
32	Darlene	243
33	Ann	237
34	Lois	230
35	Norma	223
36	Elizabeth	222
37	Irene	218
38	Phyllis	209
39	Eleanor	205
40	Carole	204
41	Roberta	197
42	Arlene	196
42	Rose	196
44	Marie	192
45	Sylvia	186
46	Pat	183
47	Judith	182
48	Doris	177
49	Esther	173
50	Geraldine	168
51	Evelyn	166
51	Maria	166
53	Yvonne	164
54	Anita	163
55	Kathleen	161
56	Jacqueline	156
57	Carmen	155
57	Martha	155
59	Jane	153
60	Gail	152
61	Joann	151
62	Josephine	150
63	Louise	148
64	Elaine	147
64	Lorraine	147
66	Marjorie	146
67	Peggy	142
68	Linda	141
69	Susan	138
70	June	135
70	Karen	135
72	Bonnie	128
73	Judy	127
74	Connie	119
75	Loretta	112
76	Jo	108
77	Charlotte	107
77	Lupe	107
79	Anna	106
80	Jeanette	105
80	Pauline	105
80	Rachel	105
83	Charlene	104
84	Lillian	103
85	Grace	98
86	Katherine	97
86	Marian	97
86	Patsy	97
89	Kay	96
90	Catherine	95
91	Rita	94
92	Wanda	93
93	Joy	92
94	Florence	91
94	Juanita	91
94	Suzanne	91
97	Julia	90
97	Rosie	90
99	Jeanne	89
100	Anne	88

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,546
2	Richard	1,836
3	John	1,746
4	James	1,405
5	William	1,220
6	Donald	1,136
7	David	834
8	Charles	799
9	Ronald	789
10	George	691
11	Frank	598
12	Edward	528
13	Thomas	515
14	Kenneth	483
15	Jack	448
16	Gary	436
17	Paul	405
18	Raymond	387
19	Jerry	382
20	Michael	380
21	Joe	375
22	Joseph	372
23	Larry	344
24	Don	317
25	Bill	290
26	Bob	282
27	Gerald	279
28	Henry	272
29	Albert	266
30	Walter	258
31	Arthur	254
32	Ralph	253
33	Fred	245
34	Manuel	242
35	Daniel	227
36	Carl	226
37	Lawrence	221
37	Roger	221
39	Jim	214
40	Norman	209
40	Peter	209
42	Harold	206
43	Harry	192
44	Gilbert	191
45	Ernest	187
46	Eugene	185
46	Stanley	185
48	Louis	176
49	Alfred	164
50	Roy	158
51	Wayne	157
52	Tony	153
53	Anthony	151
53	Gordon	151
55	Philip	148
56	Ray	147
57	Bruce	146
58	Dale	145
59	Eddie	143
59	Howard	143
61	Douglas	138
62	Dennis	134
63	Tom	126
64	Johnny	124
65	Leonard	123
66	Leroy	121
67	Marvin	120
68	Jimmy	117
69	Jose	116
70	Clifford	112
70	Mike	112
70	Phillip	112
73	Lee	110
74	Alan	109
75	Billy	107
76	Victor	105
77	Earl	104
78	Tommy	103
79	Gene	102
80	Melvin	101
81	Stephen	99
82	Dick	98
82	Russell	98
82	Warren	98
85	Patrick	97
86	Martin	95
86	Ronnie	95
88	Ted	93
89	Bobby	92
90	Ruben	90
91	Rudy	85
92	Edwin	84
92	Glenn	84
94	Allen	83
95	Frederick	82
95	Lloyd	82
97	Jesse	80
98	Floyd	74
98	Theodore	74
100	Francis	73