The names of 1936

The ten most popular names given in 1936, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 54,377
  2. Shirley 35,161
  3. Barbara 31,682
  4. Betty 25,868
  5. Patricia 23,916
  6. Dorothy 17,666
  7. Joan 17,072
  8. Nancy 16,755
  9. Margaret 14,596
  10. Carol 14,520

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1936

US states in 1936