100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1956

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 90,620
2 James +1 84,837
3 Robert +1 83,898
4 David -2 81,596
5 John 0 80,761
6 William 0 58,934
7 Richard 0 52,891
8 Mark +1 48,811
9 Thomas -1 44,800
10 Steven 0 38,385
11 Charles 0 35,207
12 Joseph +1 32,715
13 Gary -1 31,794
14 Donald 0 28,202
15 Ronald +3 27,725
16 Kenneth -1 27,406
17 Paul -1 26,873
18 Daniel -1 26,623
19 Timothy +3 23,268
20 Jeffrey 0 23,261
21 Larry -2 22,294
22 Kevin +5 21,764
23 Stephen -2 21,190
24 Gregory 0 21,082
25 Edward 0 19,417
26 Dennis -3 18,354
27 George -1 17,222
28 Randy +2 16,549
29 Douglas 0 16,364
30 Anthony +1 15,552
31 Terry -3 15,048
32 Bruce 0 14,659
33 Brian +7 14,649
34 Scott +4 13,219
35 Jerry -2 12,616
36 Keith +3 11,476
37 Peter -2 11,318
38 Frank -4 11,144
39 Raymond -3 11,094
40 Patrick +1 10,327
41 Roger -4 10,134
42 Lawrence 0 8,881
43 Ricky +3 8,772
44 Alan -1 8,722
45 Wayne -1 8,720
46 Danny -1 8,548
47 Christopher +2 8,372
48 Carl -1 8,304
49 Gerald -1 7,979
50 Dale +2 7,707
51 Craig -1 7,427
52 Russell +5 7,403
53 Walter -2 7,012
54 Randall -1 6,898
55 Johnny 0 6,640
56 Andrew +10 6,594
57 Jeffery +16 6,566
58 Willie -4 6,504
59 Steve +13 6,476
60 Arthur -4 6,277
61 Glenn -2 6,198
62 Roy -4 6,127
63 Joe +5 6,121
64 Philip -2 6,107
65 Rodney -1 6,065
66 Jack -6 6,053
67 Ralph 0 6,028
68 Billy +1 6,008
69 Barry +1 5,978
70 Stanley -5 5,978
71 Henry -10 5,952
72 Harold -9 5,950
73 Martin +4 5,673
74 Samuel -3 5,571
75 Ronnie +5 5,509
76 Phillip -2 5,416
77 Bobby -2 5,355
78 Jimmy 0 5,341
79 Eric +6 5,249
80 Curtis -1 5,158
81 Albert -5 5,154
82 Louis 0 4,902
83 Micheal +4 4,731
84 Howard -1 4,688
85 Tony +8 4,672
86 Eugene -5 4,614
87 Allen -3 4,597
88 Darrell +3 4,459
89 Leonard -1 4,374
90 Matthew +15 4,358
91 Frederick -5 4,306
92 Jay +11 4,117
93 Eddie -1 3,994
94 Ernest -4 3,946
95 Harry -6 3,923
96 Mike +27 3,903
97 Victor +4 3,894
98 Vincent +1 3,765
99 Dean +12 3,710
100 Rick +9 3,653
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 61,750
2 Debra +2 48,299
3 Linda 0 48,065
4 Deborah -2 47,831
5 Susan 0 46,567
6 Patricia 0 43,328
7 Karen +1 40,042
8 Cynthia +3 32,341
9 Barbara -2 32,303
10 Donna 0 29,852
11 Nancy -2 28,784
12 Pamela 0 26,914
13 Sharon +2 26,882
14 Sandra -1 24,293
15 Diane -1 22,511
16 Carol 0 21,402
17 Kathleen 0 21,370
18 Cheryl +1 21,278
19 Brenda -1 19,340
20 Kathy +2 17,171
21 Janet -1 16,763
22 Elizabeth -1 16,340
23 Denise 0 14,506
24 Teresa +2 14,465
25 Margaret -1 13,914
26 Janice -1 13,013
27 Rebecca 0 12,171
28 Catherine 0 12,067
29 Robin +4 11,616
30 Joyce -1 11,092
31 Lisa +17 11,016
32 Theresa +6 10,841
33 Carolyn -3 10,639
34 Laura +7 10,568
35 Judy -3 10,193
36 Cathy +8 10,135
37 Cindy +42 9,986
38 Kim +37 9,892
39 Debbie +24 9,865
40 Beverly -6 9,452
41 Shirley -4 9,425
42 Christine -2 9,376
43 Connie -8 9,362
44 Betty -8 9,214
45 Judith -14 9,110
46 Ann -3 8,984
47 Paula -8 8,923
48 Julie +19 8,573
49 Gail -7 8,438
50 Jane 0 8,245
51 Bonnie -6 8,133
52 Joan -5 8,078
53 Gloria -7 7,923
54 Sherry +2 7,896
55 Sheila +3 7,870
56 Diana -1 7,852
57 Vicki -5 7,761
58 Lynn +4 7,735
59 Martha -6 7,708
60 Kathryn -1 7,589
61 Wanda 0 7,551
62 Rhonda +9 7,524
63 Peggy -12 7,490
64 Rose -10 7,340
65 Jean -5 7,175
66 Lori +23 7,143
67 Katherine -3 7,080
68 Vickie 0 6,961
69 Jo -12 6,955
70 Marilyn -21 6,926
71 Darlene +5 6,915
72 Dorothy -7 6,857
73 Kimberly +38 6,732
74 Maria -5 6,732
75 Virginia -9 6,388
76 Laurie +14 6,202
77 Ruth -7 6,075
78 Jacqueline -5 6,069
79 Rita -7 6,052
80 Valerie 0 5,916
81 Terri +4 5,747
82 Phyllis -8 5,649
83 Anita +11 5,500
84 Ellen -3 5,433
85 Victoria -3 5,385
86 Anne -2 5,353
87 Michelle +10 5,329
88 Tina +44 5,327
89 Elaine -12 5,311
90 Helen -12 5,276
91 Terry -8 5,271
92 Dawn +11 5,127
93 Angela +16 5,030
94 Suzanne -8 5,024
95 Wendy -4 4,861
96 Marie -4 4,796
97 Jennifer +7 4,707
98 Alice -11 4,680
99 Joanne -11 4,670
100 Michele -7 4,614