The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1936

4,037 different boys’ names were recorded in 1936, covering 1,037,205 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	58,500
2	James	54,694
3	John	47,683
4	William	39,398
5	Richard	33,494
6	Charles	29,101
7	Donald	28,639
8	Thomas	18,342
9	George	18,197
10	David	17,476
11	Joseph	17,453
12	Ronald	16,917
13	Edward	14,194
14	Kenneth	12,486
15	Paul	12,307
16	Frank	10,186
17	Raymond	9,459
18	Jerry	9,271
19	Gerald	9,018
20	Jack	8,857
21	Harold	8,628
22	Billy	8,587
23	Joe	8,023
24	Bobby	7,735
25	Larry	7,611
26	Walter	7,536
27	Carl	6,591
28	Henry	6,447
29	Eugene	6,376
30	Arthur	6,264
31	Ralph	6,029
32	Willie	6,011
33	Michael	5,800
34	Albert	5,759
35	Roger	5,702
36	Fred	5,602
37	Lawrence	5,339
38	Gary	5,192
39	Harry	4,931
40	Howard	4,874
41	Daniel	4,817
42	Roy	4,815
43	Norman	4,645
44	Louis	4,418
45	Wayne	4,409
46	Jimmy	4,214
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	3,642
58	Stanley	3,492
59	Dale	3,393
60	Alfred	3,253
61	Bill	3,166
62	Herbert	3,117
63	Philip	3,033
64	Ray	2,939
64	Franklin	2,939
66	Gene	2,909
67	Samuel	2,893
68	Bernard	2,853
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	2,374
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	2,228
87	Theodore	2,219
88	Lloyd	2,160
89	Clyde	2,153
90	Clifford	2,132
91	Tommy	2,108
92	Martin	2,106
93	Vernon	2,028
94	Leo	2,017
95	Warren	1,976
96	Harvey	1,970
96	Alvin	1,970
98	Jerome	1,967
99	Stephen	1,862
100	Patrick	1,856
101	Lewis	1,855
102	Phillip	1,847
103	Charlie	1,837
104	Jesse	1,827
105	Herman	1,816
106	Jackie	1,811
107	Curtis	1,797
108	Alan	1,755
109	Vincent	1,737
110	Duane	1,725
111	Arnold	1,712
112	Tom	1,695
113	Gilbert	1,664
114	Cecil	1,577
115	Lester	1,546
116	Victor	1,517
117	Johnnie	1,490
117	Roland	1,490
119	Milton	1,441
119	Glen	1,441
121	Elmer	1,412
122	Keith	1,402
123	Benjamin	1,354
124	Calvin	1,352
125	Dean	1,332
126	Terry	1,291
127	Chester	1,278
128	Leslie	1,252
129	Max	1,248
130	Wallace	1,247
131	Sam	1,236
132	Claude	1,225
133	Darrell	1,208
134	Freddie	1,195
135	Manuel	1,173
136	Willard	1,157
137	Maurice	1,154
138	Allan	1,129
139	Jose	1,119
140	Jay	1,102
141	Dick	1,088
142	Hugh	1,074
143	Edgar	1,068
144	Ted	1,064
145	Wesley	1,061
146	Joel	1,060
147	Ronnie	1,056
148	Marion	1,049
149	Virgil	1,034
150	Lowell	1,022
151	Jessie	1,012
152	Rodney	1,009
153	Oscar	1,008
154	Everett	977
155	Dan	965
156	Sidney	952
157	Nicholas	929
158	Neil	913
159	Lyle	910
160	Tony	892
161	Hubert	891
162	Bennie	888
163	Delbert	882
164	Morris	847
165	Homer	830
165	Karl	830
167	Billie	824
168	Jon	816
169	Ben	815
169	Earnest	815
171	Luther	804
172	Carroll	789
173	Wilbur	781
174	Mike	774
175	Willis	768
176	Danny	758
177	Lonnie	749
178	Steve	741
179	Nathaniel	738
179	Roosevelt	738
181	Benny	732
182	Mark	712
183	Guy	711
184	Marshall	710
185	Clayton	706
185	Barry	706
187	Otis	699
188	Horace	691
189	Alton	674
190	Clinton	653
191	Archie	648
192	Rudolph	647
193	Clifton	640
194	Junior	637
195	Nelson	631
196	Wendell	629
197	Bobbie	627
198	Fredrick	626
199	Lynn	614
200	Alexander	613

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1936 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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