Most Popular Baby Names of 1936
Here are the most popular names of 1936. Click on any name to learn more about it, find similar names, or add it to your favorites.
| Rank | Name | Meaning | |
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| 1 | Mary |
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Hebrew: Bitter; English: Bitter. Variant of Miriam. … |
| 2 | Shirley |
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English: From the white meadow |
| 3 | Barbara |
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English: Traveler from a foreign land. In Catholic c… |
| 4 | Betty |
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English: Variation of Elizabeth. My God is bountiful… |
| 5 | Patricia |
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Spanish: Noble |
| 6 | Dorothy |
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Greek: Gift of God |
| 7 | Joan |
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Hebrew: Gift from God; English: Feminine of John |
| 8 | Nancy |
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French: Variant of Anne. Favor, grace.; English: Var… |
| 9 | Margaret |
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Irish: Name of a saint; Arabic: Child of light, pear… |
| 10 | Carol |
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English: Joy, manly; French: Song of happiness |
| 11 | Helen |
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| 12 | Joyce |
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Celtic: Feminine of Jodoc; English: Cheerful, merry |
| 13 | Marilyn |
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English: Blend of Marie or Mary and Lyn. |
| 14 | Virginia |
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English: Chaste, virginal; Spanish: Virgin |
| 15 | Doris |
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| 16 | Ruth |
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Hebrew: Friend |
| 17 | Beverly |
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English: Woman from the beaver meadow. Beaver stream. |
| 18 | Elizabeth |
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English: Bountiful, God of plenty; Hebrew: Bountiful… |
| 19 | Frances |
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| 20 | Jean |
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French: Variant of John.; Scottish: Scottish form of… |
| 21 | Janet |
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Scottish: Variant of Jane from the French Jeanette; … |
| 22 | Donna |
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Italian: Lady |
| 23 | Carolyn |
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English: Joy Also feminine variant of Charles meaning manly |
| 24 | Martha |
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Hebrew: Bitter |
| 25 | Phyllis |
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Greek: A green branch |
