1956
Top Baby Names of 1956
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1956
1
Mary 61,743 2
Debra 48,324 3
Linda 48,085 4
Deborah 47,837 5
Susan 46,562 6
Patricia 43,330 7
Karen 40,052 8
Cynthia 32,339 9
Barbara 32,302 10
Donna 29,852 11
Nancy 28,784 12
Pamela 26,927 13
Sharon 26,881 14
Sandra 24,302 15
Diane 22,518 16
Carol 21,407 17
Kathleen 21,377 18
Cheryl 21,279 19
Brenda 19,343 20
Kathy 17,177 21
Janet 16,758 22
Elizabeth 16,353 23
Denise 14,509 24
Teresa 14,464 25
Margaret 13,914 26
Janice 13,017 27
Rebecca 12,170 28
Catherine 12,057 29
Robin 11,621 30
Joyce 11,091 31
Lisa 11,012 32
Theresa 10,841 33
Carolyn 10,634 34
Laura 10,570 35
Judy 10,197 36
Cathy 10,132 37
Cindy 9,979 38
Kim 9,896 39
Debbie 9,862 40
Beverly 9,450 41
Shirley 9,429 42
Christine 9,371 43
Connie 9,361 44
Betty 9,218 45
Judith 9,115 46
Ann 8,990 47
Paula 8,925 48
Julie 8,573 49
Gail 8,435 50
Jane 8,241 51
Bonnie 8,132 52
Joan 8,080 53
Gloria 7,929 54
Sherry 7,898 55
Sheila 7,872 56
Diana 7,851 57
Vicki 7,767 58
Lynn 7,736 59
Martha 7,709 60
Kathryn 7,594 61
Wanda 7,547 62
Rhonda 7,521 63
Peggy 7,493 64
Rose 7,337 65
Jean 7,174 66
Lori 7,145 67
Katherine 7,081 68
Vickie 6,956 69
Jo 6,954 70
Marilyn 6,926 71
Darlene 6,919 72
Dorothy 6,858 73
Maria 6,731 74
Kimberly 6,730 75
Virginia 6,392 76
Laurie 6,206 77
Ruth 6,075 78
Jacqueline 6,062 79
Rita 6,055 80
Valerie 5,910 81
Terri 5,744 82
Phyllis 5,642 83
Anita 5,505 84
Ellen 5,432 85
Victoria 5,388 86
Anne 5,356 87
Tina 5,330 88
Michelle 5,327 89
Elaine 5,310 90
Helen 5,279 91
Terry 5,272 92
Dawn 5,127 93
Angela 5,033 94
Suzanne 5,024 95
Wendy 4,861 96
Marie 4,794 97
Jennifer 4,710 98
Alice 4,681 99
Joanne 4,671 100
Michele 4,617 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1956
1
Michael 90,691 2
James 84,903 3
Robert 83,912 4
David 81,650 5
John 80,806 6
William 58,990 7
Richard 52,912 8
Mark 48,829 9
Thomas 44,841 10
Steven 38,410 11
Charles 35,239 12
Joseph 32,748 13
Gary 31,839 14
Donald 28,226 15
Ronald 27,723 16
Kenneth 27,433 17
Paul 26,897 18
Daniel 26,653 19
Timothy 23,289 20
Jeffrey 23,282 21
Larry 22,324 22
Kevin 21,763 23
Stephen 21,204 24
Gregory 21,081 25
Edward 19,437 26
Dennis 18,362 27
George 17,236 28
Randy 16,547 29
Douglas 16,390 30
Anthony 15,565 31
Terry 15,066 32
Brian 14,667 33
Bruce 14,660 34
Scott 13,214 35
Jerry 12,620 36
Keith 11,480 37
Peter 11,335 38
Frank 11,150 39
Raymond 11,108 40
Patrick 10,326 41
Roger 10,151 42
Lawrence 8,898 43
Ricky 8,781 44
Alan 8,735 45
Wayne 8,717 46
Danny 8,564 47
Christopher 8,385 48
Carl 8,314 49
Gerald 7,991 50
Dale 7,720 51
Craig 7,422 52
Russell 7,402 53
Walter 7,020 54
Randall 6,914 55
Johnny 6,637 56
Andrew 6,602 57
Jeffery 6,571 58
Willie 6,528 59
Steve 6,474 60
Arthur 6,288 61
Glenn 6,196 62
Roy 6,133 63
Joe 6,126 64
Philip 6,105 65
Rodney 6,075 66
Jack 6,051 67
Ralph 6,041 68
Billy 6,013 69
Barry 5,987 70
Stanley 5,985 71
Henry 5,971 72
Harold 5,956 73
Martin 5,682 74
Samuel 5,584 75
Ronnie 5,492 76
Phillip 5,416 77
Bobby 5,358 78
Jimmy 5,346 79
Eric 5,253 80
Curtis 5,157 81
Albert 5,151 82
Louis 4,911 83
Micheal 4,732 84
Howard 4,706 85
Tony 4,669 86
Eugene 4,619 87
Allen 4,611 88
Darrell 4,468 89
Leonard 4,371 90
Matthew 4,365 91
Frederick 4,305 92
Jay 4,119 93
Eddie 3,994 94
Ernest 3,953 95
Harry 3,925 96
Victor 3,907 97
Mike 3,901 98
Vincent 3,756 99
Dean 3,712 100
Rick 3,656 About 1956 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1956, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.