100 Most popular boy names of 1936, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1936 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1936.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
58499
5.43
-
2
James
54692
5.08
-
3
John
47674
4.42
-
4
William
39392
3.66
-
5
Richard
33492
3.11
-
6
Charles
29093
2.7
-
7
Donald
28638
2.66
-
8
Thomas
18344
1.7
+1
9
George
18197
1.69
-1
10
David
17480
1.62
+1
11
Joseph
17456
1.62
-1
12
Ronald
16919
1.57
-
13
Edward
14193
1.32
-
14
Kenneth
12488
1.16
+1
15
Paul
12306
1.14
-1
16
Frank
10185
0.95
-
17
Raymond
9456
0.88
-
18
Jerry
9272
0.86
+4
19
Gerald
9017
0.84
+2
20
Jack
8857
0.82
-2
21
Harold
8627
0.8
-1
22
Billy
8589
0.8
-3
23
Joe
8022
0.74
+2
24
Bobby
7734
0.72
-
25
Larry
7612
0.71
+8
26
Walter
7536
0.7
-3
27
Carl
6588
0.61
+1
28
Henry
6446
0.6
-1
29
Eugene
6372
0.59
-3
30
Arthur
6264
0.58
-1
31
Ralph
6029
0.56
+1
32
Willie
6011
0.56
-2
33
Michael
5800
0.54
+8
34
Albert
5756
0.53
-3
35
Roger
5701
0.53
+1
36
Fred
5602
0.52
-2
37
Lawrence
5342
0.5
-2
38
Gary
5191
0.48
+6
39
Harry
4929
0.46
-2
40
Howard
4874
0.45
-1
41
Daniel
4818
0.45
+2
42
Roy
4817
0.45
-2
43
Norman
4646
0.43
-5
44
Louis
4417
0.41
-2
45
Wayne
4406
0.41
+4
46
Jimmy
4208
0.39
+1
47
Earl
4106
0.38
-1
48
Anthony
3978
0.37
+4
49
Marvin
3936
0.37
-4
50
Francis
3876
0.36
+3
51
Don
3829
0.36
-
52
Clarence
3771
0.35
-4
53
Melvin
3729
0.35
+4
54
Leonard
3716
0.34
-
55
Ernest
3715
0.34
-
56
Peter
3714
0.34
+3
57
Leroy
3644
0.34
-7
58
Stanley
3492
0.32
-2
59
Dale
3394
0.31
+2
60
Alfred
3253
0.3
+3
61
Bill
3166
0.29
-1
62
Herbert
3116
0.29
-4
63
Philip
3033
0.28
+2
64
Franklin
2939
0.27
+7
64
Ray
2939
0.27
-
66
Gene
2909
0.27
-
67
Samuel
2893
0.27
-5
68
Bernard
2854
0.26
-1
69
Russell
2833
0.26
-1
70
Frederick
2816
0.26
+3
71
Jimmie
2741
0.25
-2
72
Johnny
2730
0.25
+2
73
Bruce
2629
0.24
+4
74
Dennis
2628
0.24
-2
75
Gordon
2567
0.24
-5
76
Lee
2418
0.22
+4
77
Bob
2408
0.22
+4
78
Douglas
2375
0.22
-3
79
Eddie
2348
0.22
+8
80
Glenn
2328
0.22
-2
81
Allen
2314
0.21
+2
82
Leon
2281
0.21
+4
83
Andrew
2278
0.21
+2
84
Edwin
2270
0.21
+5
85
Jim
2268
0.21
+5
86
Floyd
2229
0.21
-10
87
Theodore
2219
0.21
-8
88
Lloyd
2158
0.2
-4
89
Clyde
2152
0.2
-7
90
Clifford
2133
0.2
-2
91
Tommy
2108
0.2
+4
92
Martin
2106
0.2
+1
93
Vernon
2028
0.19
+1
94
Leo
2017
0.19
-2
95
Warren
1976
0.18
+2
96
Harvey
1970
0.18
+3
97
Alvin
1969
0.18
-6
98
Jerome
1967
0.18
-2
99
Stephen
1862
0.17
+14
100
Lewis
1856
0.17
-2
101
Patrick
1855
0.17
+11
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1936)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html