Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1936

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
11Robert58,489
22James54,674
33John47,665
44William39,386
55Richard33,484
66Charles29,081
77Donald28,633
88Thomas18,340
99George18,192
1010David17,476
1111Joseph17,451
1212Ronald16,917
1313Edward14,193
1414Kenneth12,487
1515Paul12,303
1616Frank10,191
1717Raymond9,452
1818Jerry9,270
1919Gerald9,016
2020Jack8,857
2121Harold8,627
2222Billy8,587
2323Joe8,022
2424Bobby7,734
2525Larry7,612
2626Walter7,538
2727Carl6,588
2828Henry6,447
2929Eugene6,375
3030Arthur6,263
3131Ralph6,030
3232Willie6,011
3333Michael5,802
3434Albert5,755
3535Roger5,704
3636Fred5,602
3737Lawrence5,341
3838Gary5,190
3939Harry4,928
4040Howard4,876
4141Roy4,817
4242Daniel4,816
4343Norman4,646
4444Louis4,419
4545Wayne4,406
4646Jimmy4,208
4747Earl4,107
4848Anthony3,978
4949Marvin3,943
5050Francis3,874
5151Don3,829
5252Clarence3,770
5353Melvin3,727
5454Leonard3,715
5555Ernest3,714
5656Peter3,714
5757Leroy3,645
5858Stanley3,492
5959Dale3,392
6060Alfred3,255
6161Bill3,165
6262Herbert3,114
6363Philip3,034
6464Franklin2,940
6565Ray2,940
6666Gene2,907
6767Samuel2,889
6868Bernard2,854
6969Russell2,833
7070Frederick2,816
7171Jimmie2,735
7272Johnny2,731
7373Bruce2,629
7474Dennis2,628
7575Gordon2,567
7676Lee2,419
7777Bob2,409
7878Douglas2,375
7979Eddie2,348
8080Glenn2,327
8181Allen2,312
8282Leon2,282
8383Andrew2,278
8484Edwin2,270
8585Jim2,266
8686Floyd2,230
8787Theodore2,216
8888Lloyd2,161
8989Clyde2,152
9090Clifford2,134
9191Tommy2,109
9292Martin2,105
9393Vernon2,027
9494Leo2,016
9595Warren1,976
9696Harvey1,971
9797Alvin1,967
9898Jerome1,966
9999Stephen1,861
100100Lewis1,856

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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