Top Baby Names of 1936
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1936, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1936)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 58,501 |
| 2 | James | 54,696 |
| 3 | John | 47,679 |
| 4 | William | 39,398 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,492 |
| 6 | Charles | 29,100 |
| 7 | Donald | 28,640 |
| 8 | Thomas | 18,343 |
| 9 | George | 18,197 |
| 10 | David | 17,477 |
| 11 | Joseph | 17,452 |
| 12 | Ronald | 16,918 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,194 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 12,486 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,306 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,186 |
| 17 | Raymond | 9,458 |
| 18 | Jerry | 9,270 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,017 |
| 20 | Jack | 8,857 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,629 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,587 |
| 23 | Joe | 8,023 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,735 |
| 25 | Larry | 7,612 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,536 |
| 27 | Carl | 6,591 |
| 28 | Henry | 6,446 |
| 29 | Eugene | 6,375 |
| 30 | Arthur | 6,264 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,029 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,011 |
| 33 | Michael | 5,800 |
| 34 | Albert | 5,759 |
| 35 | Roger | 5,701 |
| 36 | Fred | 5,602 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 5,341 |
| 38 | Gary | 5,192 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,930 |
| 40 | Howard | 4,874 |
| 41 | Daniel | 4,817 |
| 42 | Roy | 4,817 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,645 |
| 44 | Louis | 4,419 |
| 45 | Wayne | 4,408 |
| 46 | Jimmy | 4,213 |
| 47 | Earl | 4,106 |
| 48 | Anthony | 3,978 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,936 |
| 50 | Francis | 3,876 |
| 51 | Don | 3,830 |
| 52 | Clarence | 3,772 |
| 53 | Melvin | 3,730 |
| 54 | Leonard | 3,716 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,715 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,714 |
| 57 | Leroy | 3,644 |
| 58 | Stanley | 3,492 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,394 |
| 60 | Alfred | 3,252 |
| 61 | Bill | 3,166 |
| 62 | Herbert | 3,117 |
| 63 | Philip | 3,033 |
| 64 | Franklin | 2,939 |
| 65 | Ray | 2,939 |
| 66 | Gene | 2,909 |
| 67 | Samuel | 2,893 |
| 68 | Bernard | 2,854 |
| 69 | Russell | 2,832 |
| 70 | Frederick | 2,817 |
| 71 | Jimmie | 2,742 |
| 72 | Johnny | 2,729 |
| 73 | Bruce | 2,630 |
| 74 | Dennis | 2,627 |
| 75 | Gordon | 2,567 |
| 76 | Lee | 2,418 |
| 77 | Bob | 2,408 |
| 78 | Douglas | 2,375 |
| 79 | Eddie | 2,347 |
| 80 | Glenn | 2,328 |
| 81 | Allen | 2,314 |
| 82 | Leon | 2,282 |
| 83 | Andrew | 2,276 |
| 84 | Edwin | 2,271 |
| 85 | Jim | 2,268 |
| 86 | Floyd | 2,229 |
| 87 | Theodore | 2,219 |
| 88 | Lloyd | 2,160 |
| 89 | Clyde | 2,153 |
| 90 | Clifford | 2,132 |
| 91 | Tommy | 2,107 |
| 92 | Martin | 2,106 |
| 93 | Vernon | 2,028 |
| 94 | Leo | 2,017 |
| 95 | Warren | 1,976 |
| 96 | Alvin | 1,970 |
| 97 | Harvey | 1,970 |
| 98 | Jerome | 1,967 |
| 99 | Stephen | 1,862 |
| 100 | Lewis | 1,855 |