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Most popular baby names in 1956
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1956. The name "Michael" was the most popular name for a boy in 1956 with 90623 births. For a girl it was Mary with 61753 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1956 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. Michael
90623
2. James
84858
3. Robert
83910
4. David
81600
5. John
80763
6. William
58945
7. Richard
52878
8. Mark
48804
9. Thomas
44805
10. Steven
38381
11. Charles
35214
12. Joseph
32704
13. Gary
31794
14. Donald
28204
15. Ronald
27725
16. Kenneth
27404
17. Paul
26872
18. Daniel
26626
19. Timothy
23271
20. Jeffrey
23265
21. Larry
22294
22. Kevin
21766
23. Stephen
21204
24. Gregory
21082
25. Edward
19417
Girl names
# Births
1. Mary
61753
2. Debra
48298
3. Linda
48067
4. Deborah
47829
5. Susan
46558
6. Patricia
43332
7. Karen
40045
8. Cynthia
32347
9. Barbara
32303
10. Donna
29844
11. Nancy
28783
12. Pamela
26914
13. Sharon
26882
14. Sandra
24285
15. Diane
22513
16. Carol
21406
17. Kathleen
21369
18. Cheryl
21280
19. Brenda
19339
20. Kathy
17171
21. Janet
16765
22. Elizabeth
16344
23. Denise
14512
24. Teresa
14465
25. Margaret
13916
26. Dennis
18359
27. George
17235
28. Randy
16540
29. Douglas
16364
30. Anthony
15555
31. Terry
15048
32. Bruce
14658
33. Brian
14650
34. Scott
13219
35. Jerry
12614
36. Keith
11481
37. Peter
11321
38. Frank
11138
39. Raymond
11089
40. Patrick
10333
41. Roger
10146
42. Lawrence
8879
43. Ricky
8769
44. Alan
8724
45. Wayne
8723
46. Danny
8556
47. Christopher
8374
48. Carl
8305
49. Gerald
7979
50. Dale
7709
51. Craig
7426
52. Russell
7404
53. Walter
7013
54. Randall
6899
55. Johnny
6622
56. Andrew
6593
57. Jeffery
6564
58. Steve
6478
59. Willie
6463
60. Arthur
6279
61. Glenn
6205
62. Roy
6129
63. Joe
6110
64. Philip
6107
65. Rodney
6058
66. Jack
6050
67. Ralph
6028
68. Billy
5996
69. Stanley
5976
70. Barry
5976
71. Henry
5953
72. Harold
5948
73. Martin
5675
74. Samuel
5572
75. Ronnie
5496
76. Phillip
5411
77. Bobby
5336
78. Jimmy
5327
79. Eric
5249
80. Albert
5157
81. Curtis
5148
82. Louis
4896
83. Micheal
4727
84. Howard
4692
85. Tony
4657
86. Eugene
4610
87. Allen
4594
88. Darrell
4444
89. Leonard
4368
90. Matthew
4360
91. Frederick
4300
92. Jay
4119
93. Eddie
3964
94. Ernest
3945
95. Harry
3915
96. Mike
3901
97. Victor
3896
98. Vincent
3752
99. Dean
3714
100. Rick
3633
26. Janice
13015
27. Rebecca
12173
28. Catherine
12067
29. Robin
11621
30. Joyce
11091
31. Lisa
11017
32. Theresa
10839
33. Carolyn
10636
34. Laura
10572
35. Judy
10191
36. Cathy
10135
37. Cindy
9987
38. Kim
9891
39. Debbie
9868
40. Beverly
9453
41. Shirley
9427
42. Christine
9379
43. Connie
9357
44. Betty
9213
45. Judith
9108
46. Ann
8985
47. Paula
8924
48. Julie
8575
49. Gail
8441
50. Jane
8242
51. Bonnie
8132
52. Joan
8078
53. Gloria
7927
54. Sherry
7894
55. Sheila
7870
56. Diana
7850
57. Vicki
7760
58. Lynn
7738
59. Martha
7703
60. Kathryn
7589
61. Wanda
7550
62. Rhonda
7526
63. Peggy
7484
64. Rose
7335
65. Jean
7176
66. Lori
7140
67. Katherine
7080
68. Vickie
6959
69. Jo
6953
70. Marilyn
6930
71. Darlene
6916
72. Dorothy
6862
73. Kimberly
6731
74. Maria
6708
75. Virginia
6378
76. Laurie
6201
77. Ruth
6069
78. Jacqueline
6067
79. Rita
6049
80. Valerie
5914
81. Terri
5743
82. Phyllis
5649
83. Anita
5494
84. Ellen
5432
85. Victoria
5387
86. Anne
5351
87. Michelle
5327
88. Tina
5325
89. Elaine
5305
90. Helen
5276
91. Terry
5271
92. Dawn
5127
93. Angela
5028
94. Suzanne
5024
95. Wendy
4861
96. Marie
4795
97. Jennifer
4711
98. Alice
4683
99. Joanne
4665
100. Michele
4614
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