Top Names of 1936

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary54,377 babies
  2. 2Shirley35,161 babies
  3. 3Barbara31,682 babies
  4. 4Betty25,868 babies
  5. 5Patricia23,916 babies
  6. 6Dorothy17,666 babies
  7. 7Joan17,072 babies
  8. 8Nancy16,755 babies
  9. 9Margaret14,596 babies
  10. 10Carol14,520 babies
  11. 11Helen12,234 babies
  12. 12Joyce11,988 babies
  13. 13Marilyn11,064 babies
  14. 14Virginia9,650 babies
  15. 15Doris9,226 babies
  16. 16Ruth9,217 babies
  17. 17Beverly8,901 babies
  18. 18Elizabeth8,860 babies
  19. 19Frances8,789 babies
  20. 20Jean8,536 babies
  21. 21Janet8,080 babies
  22. 22Donna7,932 babies
  23. 23Carolyn7,906 babies
  24. 24Martha7,392 babies
  25. 25Phyllis7,374 babies
  26. 26Lois7,232 babies
  27. 27Alice7,201 babies
  28. 28Ann6,666 babies
  29. 29Norma6,633 babies
  30. 30Dolores6,417 babies
  31. 31Janice6,150 babies
  32. 32Gloria6,140 babies
  33. 33Marie6,132 babies
  34. 34Evelyn6,108 babies
  35. 35Peggy6,068 babies
  36. 36Anna5,727 babies
  37. 37Rose5,699 babies
  38. 38Sandra5,526 babies
  39. 39Marlene5,332 babies
  40. 40Mildred5,051 babies
  41. 41Geraldine4,864 babies
  42. 42Jane4,719 babies
  43. 43Judith4,580 babies
  44. 44Catherine4,537 babies
  45. 45Annie4,529 babies
  46. 46Louise4,355 babies
  47. 47Eleanor4,341 babies
  48. 48Joanne4,305 babies
  49. 49Marjorie4,279 babies
  50. 50Elaine4,259 babies
  51. 51Ruby4,226 babies
  52. 52Patsy4,196 babies
  53. 53Sylvia4,156 babies
  54. 54Arlene3,898 babies
  55. 55Joann3,886 babies
  56. 56Wanda3,882 babies
  57. 57Irene3,817 babies
  58. 58Delores3,760 babies
  59. 59Sally3,635 babies
  60. 60Sharon3,573 babies
  61. 61Charlotte3,555 babies
  62. 62June3,515 babies
  63. 62Sarah3,515 babies
  64. 64Roberta3,467 babies
  65. 65Bonnie3,374 babies
  66. 66Jacqueline3,362 babies
  67. 67Kathleen3,352 babies
  68. 68Audrey3,345 babies
  69. 69Rita3,334 babies
  70. 70Loretta3,325 babies
  71. 71Edna3,305 babies
  72. 72Jo3,292 babies
  73. 73Carole3,199 babies
  74. 74Thelma3,196 babies
  75. 75Juanita3,183 babies
  76. 76Lorraine3,167 babies
  77. 77Josephine3,141 babies
  78. 78Wilma3,123 babies
  79. 79Lillian3,117 babies
  80. 80Florence3,083 babies
  81. 81Yvonne3,038 babies
  82. 82Pauline2,981 babies
  83. 83Darlene2,962 babies
  84. 84Gladys2,944 babies
  85. 85Emma2,831 babies
  86. 86Grace2,791 babies
  87. 87Edith2,759 babies
  88. 88Theresa2,758 babies
  89. 89Anne2,756 babies
  90. 90Ethel2,730 babies
  91. 91Clara2,684 babies
  92. 92Lucille2,632 babies
  93. 93Marion2,580 babies
  94. 94Jeanette2,552 babies
  95. 95Bernice2,540 babies
  96. 96Hazel2,512 babies
  97. 97Linda2,440 babies
  98. 98Kay2,408 babies
  99. 99Ellen2,398 babies
  100. 100Katherine2,355 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1Robert58,500 babies
  2. 2James54,694 babies
  3. 3John47,683 babies
  4. 4William39,398 babies
  5. 5Richard33,494 babies
  6. 6Charles29,101 babies
  7. 7Donald28,639 babies
  8. 8Thomas18,342 babies
  9. 9George18,197 babies
  10. 10David17,476 babies
  11. 11Joseph17,453 babies
  12. 12Ronald16,917 babies
  13. 13Edward14,194 babies
  14. 14Kenneth12,486 babies
  15. 15Paul12,307 babies
  16. 16Frank10,186 babies
  17. 17Raymond9,459 babies
  18. 18Jerry9,271 babies
  19. 19Gerald9,018 babies
  20. 20Jack8,857 babies
  21. 21Harold8,628 babies
  22. 22Billy8,587 babies
  23. 23Joe8,023 babies
  24. 24Bobby7,735 babies
  25. 25Larry7,611 babies
  26. 26Walter7,536 babies
  27. 27Carl6,591 babies
  28. 28Henry6,447 babies
  29. 29Eugene6,376 babies
  30. 30Arthur6,264 babies
  31. 31Ralph6,029 babies
  32. 32Willie6,011 babies
  33. 33Michael5,800 babies
  34. 34Albert5,759 babies
  35. 35Roger5,702 babies
  36. 36Fred5,602 babies
  37. 37Lawrence5,339 babies
  38. 38Gary5,192 babies
  39. 39Harry4,931 babies
  40. 40Howard4,874 babies
  41. 41Daniel4,817 babies
  42. 42Roy4,815 babies
  43. 43Norman4,645 babies
  44. 44Louis4,418 babies
  45. 45Wayne4,409 babies
  46. 46Jimmy4,214 babies
  47. 47Earl4,106 babies
  48. 48Anthony3,978 babies
  49. 49Marvin3,936 babies
  50. 50Francis3,876 babies
  51. 51Don3,830 babies
  52. 52Clarence3,772 babies
  53. 53Melvin3,730 babies
  54. 54Leonard3,716 babies
  55. 55Ernest3,715 babies
  56. 56Peter3,714 babies
  57. 57Leroy3,642 babies
  58. 58Stanley3,492 babies
  59. 59Dale3,393 babies
  60. 60Alfred3,253 babies
  61. 61Bill3,166 babies
  62. 62Herbert3,117 babies
  63. 63Philip3,033 babies
  64. 64Franklin2,939 babies
  65. 64Ray2,939 babies
  66. 66Gene2,909 babies
  67. 67Samuel2,893 babies
  68. 68Bernard2,853 babies
  69. 69Russell2,832 babies
  70. 70Frederick2,817 babies
  71. 71Jimmie2,742 babies
  72. 72Johnny2,729 babies
  73. 73Bruce2,630 babies
  74. 74Dennis2,627 babies
  75. 75Gordon2,567 babies
  76. 76Lee2,418 babies
  77. 77Bob2,408 babies
  78. 78Douglas2,374 babies
  79. 79Eddie2,347 babies
  80. 80Glenn2,328 babies
  81. 81Allen2,314 babies
  82. 82Leon2,282 babies
  83. 83Andrew2,276 babies
  84. 84Edwin2,271 babies
  85. 85Jim2,268 babies
  86. 86Floyd2,228 babies
  87. 87Theodore2,219 babies
  88. 88Lloyd2,160 babies
  89. 89Clyde2,153 babies
  90. 90Clifford2,132 babies
  91. 91Tommy2,108 babies
  92. 92Martin2,106 babies
  93. 93Vernon2,028 babies
  94. 94Leo2,017 babies
  95. 95Warren1,976 babies
  96. 96Alvin1,970 babies
  97. 96Harvey1,970 babies
  98. 98Jerome1,967 babies
  99. 99Stephen1,862 babies
  100. 100Patrick1,856 babies
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