Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1936

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1936 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1935						Change from 1935
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,372	5.046	0	-697	1	Robert	58,492	5.496	0	1,968
2	Shirley	35,161	3.263	0	-7,197	2	James	54,686	5.139	0	-314
3	Barbara	31,682	2.940	0	986	3	John	47,669	4.479	0	170
4	Betty	25,866	2.401	0	-2,807	4	William	39,386	3.701	0	-812
5	Patricia	23,914	2.219	0	1,037	5	Richard	33,487	3.147	0	-458
6	Dorothy	17,669	1.640	0	-1,735	6	Charles	29,084	2.733	0	-899
7	Joan	17,069	1.584	0	-1,154	7	Donald	28,635	2.691	0	-1,026
8	Nancy	16,756	1.555	1	2,212	8	Thomas	18,339	1.723	1	659
9	Margaret	14,594	1.354	-1	-131	9	George	18,195	1.710	-1	-364
10	Carol	14,521	1.348	1	2,790	10	David	17,479	1.642	1	1,817
11	Helen	12,236	1.136	-1	-545	11	Joseph	17,453	1.640	-1	270
12	Joyce	11,989	1.113	0	621	12	Ronald	16,920	1.590	0	1,436
13	Marilyn	11,065	1.027	1	649	13	Edward	14,194	1.334	0	355
14	Virginia	9,650	0.896	2	-213	14	Kenneth	12,487	1.173	1	423
15	Doris	9,224	0.856	-2	-1,382	15	Paul	12,304	1.156	-1	-255
16	Ruth	9,213	0.855	-1	-776	16	Frank	10,186	0.957	0	-232
17	Beverly	8,901	0.826	3	907	17	Raymond	9,455	0.888	0	-108
18	Elizabeth	8,860	0.822	-1	-215	18	Jerry	9,271	0.871	4	819
19	Frances	8,786	0.815	0	17	19	Gerald	9,018	0.847	2	562
20	Jean	8,535	0.792	-2	-316	20	Jack	8,856	0.832	-2	-580
21	Janet	8,082	0.750	1	227	21	Harold	8,629	0.811	-1	-537
22	Donna	7,933	0.736	1	142	22	Billy	8,589	0.807	-3	-651
23	Carolyn	7,908	0.734	5	940	23	Joe	8,020	0.754	2	465
24	Martha	7,389	0.686	0	-231	24	Bobby	7,734	0.727	0	11
25	Phyllis	7,373	0.684	2	5	25	Larry	7,613	0.715	8	1,638
26	Lois	7,230	0.671	-5	-760	26	Walter	7,537	0.708	-3	-277
27	Alice	7,201	0.668	-2	-241	27	Carl	6,589	0.619	1	-104
28	Ann	6,665	0.619	2	-42	28	Henry	6,446	0.606	-2	-409
29	Norma	6,634	0.616	0	-234	29	Eugene	6,374	0.599	-2	-478
30	Dolores	6,417	0.596	-4	-957	30	Arthur	6,264	0.589	-1	-285
31	Janice	6,149	0.571	16	1,706	31	Ralph	6,029	0.567	1	-62
32	Gloria	6,139	0.570	0	-209	32	Willie	6,012	0.565	-2	-316
33	Marie	6,131	0.569	0	-163	33	Michael	5,801	0.545	8	894
34	Evelyn	6,108	0.567	-3	-451	34	Albert	5,755	0.541	-3	-338
35	Peggy	6,068	0.563	1	800	35	Roger	5,702	0.536	1	552
36	Anna	5,725	0.531	-2	-438	36	Fred	5,602	0.526	-2	110
37	Rose	5,699	0.529	0	468	37	Lawrence	5,341	0.502	-2	-9
38	Sandra	5,525	0.513	12	1,436	38	Gary	5,190	0.488	6	699
39	Marlene	5,332	0.495	0	504	39	Harry	4,929	0.463	-2	-125
40	Mildred	5,053	0.469	-5	-493	40	Howard	4,875	0.458	-1	-94
41	Geraldine	4,863	0.451	-1	45	41	Roy	4,818	0.453	-1	-120
42	Jane	4,720	0.438	1	75	42	Daniel	4,815	0.452	1	225
43	Judith	4,580	0.425	11	707	43	Norman	4,645	0.436	-5	-396
44	Catherine	4,536	0.421	-2	-162	44	Louis	4,418	0.415	-2	-199
45	Annie	4,529	0.420	-7	-323	45	Wayne	4,406	0.414	4	350
46	Louise	4,353	0.404	-2	-213	46	Jimmy	4,208	0.395	1	34
47	Eleanor	4,340	0.403	1	174	47	Earl	4,104	0.386	-1	-117
48	Joanne	4,305	0.400	-3	-258	48	Anthony	3,978	0.374	4	70
49	Marjorie	4,279	0.397	-3	-203	49	Marvin	3,942	0.370	-4	-330
50	Elaine	4,260	0.395	1	181	50	Francis	3,876	0.364	3	-19

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.