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Top Baby Names 1936

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,040,376 · Total Boys: 1,037,202

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	54,374	5.226%
2	Shirley	35,162	3.380%
3	Barbara	31,682	3.045%
4	Betty	25,867	2.486%
5	Patricia	23,916	2.299%
6	Dorothy	17,666	1.698%
7	Joan	17,071	1.641%
8	Nancy	16,754	1.610%
9	Margaret	14,596	1.403%
10	Carol	14,519	1.396%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Helen	12,234	1.176%
12	Joyce	11,988	1.152%
13	Marilyn	11,064	1.063%
14	Virginia	9,650	0.928%
15	Doris	9,227	0.887%
16	Ruth	9,217	0.886%
17	Beverly	8,901	0.856%
18	Elizabeth	8,860	0.852%
19	Frances	8,789	0.845%
20	Jean	8,536	0.820%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Janet	8,081	0.777%
22	Donna	7,932	0.762%
23	Carolyn	7,907	0.760%
24	Martha	7,391	0.710%
25	Phyllis	7,374	0.709%
26	Lois	7,232	0.695%
27	Alice	7,201	0.692%
28	Ann	6,666	0.641%
29	Norma	6,633	0.638%
30	Dolores	6,417	0.617%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Janice	6,149	0.591%
32	Gloria	6,140	0.590%
33	Marie	6,132	0.589%
34	Evelyn	6,108	0.587%
35	Peggy	6,068	0.583%
36	Anna	5,727	0.550%
37	Rose	5,699	0.548%
38	Sandra	5,526	0.531%
39	Marlene	5,332	0.513%
40	Mildred	5,052	0.486%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Geraldine	4,864	0.468%
42	Jane	4,719	0.454%
43	Judith	4,580	0.440%
44	Catherine	4,537	0.436%
45	Annie	4,529	0.435%
46	Louise	4,354	0.419%
47	Eleanor	4,341	0.417%
48	Joanne	4,305	0.414%
49	Marjorie	4,279	0.411%
50	Elaine	4,259	0.409%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ruby	4,226	0.406%
52	Patsy	4,196	0.403%
53	Sylvia	4,156	0.399%
54	Arlene	3,898	0.375%
55	Joann	3,886	0.374%
56	Wanda	3,882	0.373%
57	Irene	3,817	0.367%
58	Delores	3,760	0.361%
59	Sally	3,635	0.349%
60	Sharon	3,573	0.343%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Charlotte	3,555	0.342%
62	June	3,515	0.338%
63	Sarah	3,515	0.338%
64	Roberta	3,467	0.333%
65	Bonnie	3,373	0.324%
66	Jacqueline	3,362	0.323%
67	Kathleen	3,352	0.322%
68	Audrey	3,345	0.322%
69	Rita	3,333	0.320%
70	Loretta	3,325	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Edna	3,305	0.318%
72	Jo	3,292	0.316%
73	Carole	3,199	0.307%
74	Thelma	3,197	0.307%
75	Juanita	3,183	0.306%
76	Lorraine	3,167	0.304%
77	Josephine	3,141	0.302%
78	Wilma	3,123	0.300%
79	Lillian	3,118	0.300%
80	Florence	3,083	0.296%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Yvonne	3,038	0.292%
82	Pauline	2,981	0.287%
83	Darlene	2,962	0.285%
84	Gladys	2,944	0.283%
85	Emma	2,831	0.272%
86	Grace	2,790	0.268%
87	Edith	2,759	0.265%
88	Theresa	2,758	0.265%
89	Anne	2,756	0.265%
90	Ethel	2,730	0.262%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Clara	2,684	0.258%
92	Lucille	2,632	0.253%
93	Marion	2,580	0.248%
94	Jeanette	2,552	0.245%
95	Bernice	2,540	0.244%
96	Hazel	2,511	0.241%
97	Linda	2,440	0.235%
98	Kay	2,408	0.231%
99	Ellen	2,398	0.230%
100	Katherine	2,355	0.226%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	58,501	5.640%
2	James	54,696	5.273%
3	John	47,679	4.597%
4	William	39,398	3.798%
5	Richard	33,492	3.229%
6	Charles	29,100	2.806%
7	Donald	28,640	2.761%
8	Thomas	18,343	1.769%
9	George	18,197	1.754%
10	David	17,477	1.685%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joseph	17,452	1.683%
12	Ronald	16,918	1.631%
13	Edward	14,194	1.368%
14	Kenneth	12,486	1.204%
15	Paul	12,306	1.186%
16	Frank	10,186	0.982%
17	Raymond	9,458	0.912%
18	Jerry	9,270	0.894%
19	Gerald	9,017	0.869%
20	Jack	8,857	0.854%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Harold	8,629	0.832%
22	Billy	8,587	0.828%
23	Joe	8,023	0.774%
24	Bobby	7,735	0.746%
25	Larry	7,612	0.734%
26	Walter	7,536	0.727%
27	Carl	6,591	0.635%
28	Henry	6,446	0.621%
29	Eugene	6,375	0.615%
30	Arthur	6,264	0.604%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Ralph	6,029	0.581%
32	Willie	6,011	0.580%
33	Michael	5,800	0.559%
34	Albert	5,759	0.555%
35	Roger	5,701	0.550%
36	Fred	5,602	0.540%
37	Lawrence	5,341	0.515%
38	Gary	5,192	0.501%
39	Harry	4,930	0.475%
40	Howard	4,874	0.470%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Daniel	4,817	0.464%
42	Roy	4,817	0.464%
43	Norman	4,645	0.448%
44	Louis	4,419	0.426%
45	Wayne	4,408	0.425%
46	Jimmy	4,213	0.406%
47	Earl	4,106	0.396%
48	Anthony	3,978	0.384%
49	Marvin	3,936	0.379%
50	Francis	3,876	0.374%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Don	3,830	0.369%
52	Clarence	3,772	0.364%
53	Melvin	3,730	0.360%
54	Leonard	3,716	0.358%
55	Ernest	3,715	0.358%
56	Peter	3,714	0.358%
57	Leroy	3,644	0.351%
58	Stanley	3,492	0.337%
59	Dale	3,394	0.327%
60	Alfred	3,252	0.314%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bill	3,166	0.305%
62	Herbert	3,117	0.301%
63	Philip	3,033	0.292%
64	Franklin	2,939	0.283%
65	Ray	2,939	0.283%
66	Gene	2,909	0.280%
67	Samuel	2,893	0.279%
68	Bernard	2,854	0.275%
69	Russell	2,832	0.273%
70	Frederick	2,817	0.272%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Jimmie	2,742	0.264%
72	Johnny	2,729	0.263%
73	Bruce	2,630	0.254%
74	Dennis	2,627	0.253%
75	Gordon	2,567	0.247%
76	Lee	2,418	0.233%
77	Bob	2,408	0.232%
78	Douglas	2,375	0.229%
79	Eddie	2,347	0.226%
80	Glenn	2,328	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Allen	2,314	0.223%
82	Leon	2,282	0.220%
83	Andrew	2,276	0.219%
84	Edwin	2,271	0.219%
85	Jim	2,268	0.219%
86	Floyd	2,229	0.215%
87	Theodore	2,219	0.214%
88	Lloyd	2,160	0.208%
89	Clyde	2,153	0.208%
90	Clifford	2,132	0.206%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Tommy	2,107	0.203%
92	Martin	2,106	0.203%
93	Vernon	2,028	0.196%
94	Leo	2,017	0.194%
95	Warren	1,976	0.191%
96	Alvin	1,970	0.190%
97	Harvey	1,970	0.190%
98	Jerome	1,967	0.190%
99	Stephen	1,862	0.180%
100	Lewis	1,855	0.179%

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