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

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1936 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,372	5.046	-125	-52,045	1	Robert	58,492	5.496	-70	-53,352
2	Shirley	35,161	3.263	-1,462	-35,011	2	James	54,686	5.139	-2	-41,161
3	Barbara	31,682	2.940	-927	-31,397	3	John	47,669	4.479	-24	-38,550
4	Betty	25,866	2.401	-1,124	-25,651	4	William	39,386	3.701	1	-24,870
5	Patricia	23,914	2.219	-908	-23,621	5	Richard	33,487	3.147	-183	-31,368
6	Dorothy	17,669	1.640	-580	-17,152	6	Charles	29,084	2.733	-46	-22,480
7	Joan	17,069	1.584	-1,720	-16,951	7	Donald	28,635	2.691	-519	-28,102
8	Nancy	16,756	1.555	-831	-16,434	8	Thomas	18,339	1.723	-41	-11,560
9	Margaret	14,594	1.354	-118	-12,282	9	George	18,195	1.710	-118	-15,136
10	Carol	14,521	1.348	-1,778	-14,408	10	David	17,479	1.642	-12	-7,782
11	Helen	12,236	1.136	-402	-11,491	11	Joseph	17,453	1.640	-12	-7,898
12	Joyce	11,989	1.113	-935	-11,711	12	Ronald	16,920	1.590	-481	-16,342
13	Marilyn	11,065	1.027	-597	-10,571	13	Edward	14,194	1.334	-156	-11,926
14	Virginia	9,650	0.896	-526	-9,072	14	Kenneth	12,487	1.173	-212	-10,832
15	Doris	9,224	0.856	-1,799	-9,113	15	Paul	12,304	1.156	-219	-10,679
16	Ruth	9,213	0.855	-249	-7,979	16	Frank	10,186	0.957	-376	-9,383
17	Beverly	8,901	0.826	-1,276	-8,726	17	Raymond	9,455	0.888	-282	-8,306
18	Elizabeth	8,860	0.822	5	-347	18	Jerry	9,271	0.871	-583	-8,820
19	Frances	8,786	0.815	-426	-8,071	19	Gerald	9,018	0.847	-875	-8,777
20	Jean	8,535	0.792	-2,373	-8,460	20	Jack	8,856	0.832	-8	-22
21	Janet	8,082	0.750	-1,391	-7,925	21	Harold	8,629	0.811	-776	-8,348
22	Donna	7,933	0.736	-1,545	-7,796	22	Billy	8,589	0.807	-823	-8,329
23	Carolyn	7,908	0.734	-837	-7,596	23	Joe	8,020	0.754	-672	-7,675
24	Martha	7,389	0.686	-773	-7,048	24	Bobby	7,734	0.727	-800	-7,466
25	Phyllis	7,373	0.684	-6,950	-7,356	25	Larry	7,613	0.715	-681	-7,274
26	Lois	7,230	0.671	-1,667	-7,108	26	Walter	7,537	0.708	-245	-6,234
27	Alice	7,201	0.668	-44	-3,558	27	Carl	6,589	0.619	-673	-6,247
28	Ann	6,665	0.619	-955	-6,398	28	Henry	6,446	0.606	12	4,203
29	Norma	6,634	0.616	-2,242	-6,554	29	Eugene	6,374	0.599	-833	-6,122
30	Dolores	6,417	0.596	-3,894	-6,380	30	Arthur	6,264	0.589	-200	-4,622
31	Janice	6,149	0.571	-1,402	-5,996	31	Ralph	6,029	0.567	-920	-5,812
32	Gloria	6,139	0.570	-552	-5,618	32	Willie	6,012	0.565	-902	-5,788
33	Marie	6,131	0.569	-543	-5,601	33	Michael	5,801	0.545	19	5,819
34	Evelyn	6,108	0.567	24	4,268	34	Albert	5,755	0.541	-418	-5,098
35	Peggy	6,068	0.563	-5,519	-6,045	35	Roger	5,702	0.536	-601	-5,291
36	Anna	5,725	0.531	-18	-1,580	36	Fred	5,602	0.526	-1,614	-5,505
37	Rose	5,699	0.529	-86	-3,267	37	Lawrence	5,341	0.502	-461	-4,768
38	Sandra	5,525	0.513	-937	-5,256	38	Gary	5,190	0.488	-636	-4,823
39	Marlene	5,332	0.495	-1,344	-5,170	39	Harry	4,929	0.463	-581	-4,502
40	Mildred	5,053	0.469	-2,029	-4,960	40	Howard	4,875	0.458	-928	-4,662
41	Geraldine	4,863	0.451	-1,678	-4,744	41	Roy	4,818	0.453	-501	-4,304
42	Jane	4,720	0.438	-249	-3,597	42	Daniel	4,815	0.452	27	6,358
43	Judith	4,580	0.425	-807	-4,262	43	Norman	4,645	0.436	-1,181	-4,494
44	Catherine	4,536	0.421	-160	-3,038	44	Louis	4,418	0.415	-219	-3,050
45	Annie	4,529	0.420	-263	-3,449	45	Wayne	4,406	0.414	-728	-4,107
46	Louise	4,353	0.404	-754	-4,014	46	Jimmy	4,208	0.395	-607	-3,818
47	Eleanor	4,340	0.403	15	1,354	47	Earl	4,104	0.386	-1,617	-4,009
48	Joanne	4,305	0.400	-2,079	-4,216	48	Anthony	3,978	0.374	10	4,025
49	Marjorie	4,279	0.397	-1,118	-4,074	49	Marvin	3,942	0.370	-531	-3,469
50	Elaine	4,260	0.395	-584	-3,792	50	Francis	3,876	0.364	-430	-3,270

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.