Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1956

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1956 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	61,756	2.999	-125	-59,429	1	Michael	90,656	4.225	-13	-79,036
2	Debra	48,302	2.345	-3,195	-48,252	2	James	84,863	3.955	-2	-71,338
3	Linda	48,075	2.334	-723	-47,686	3	Robert	83,917	3.911	-68	-78,777
4	Deborah	47,837	2.323	-775	-47,490	4	David	81,624	3.804	-18	-71,927
5	Susan	46,571	2.261	-1,074	-46,337	5	John	80,790	3.766	-22	-71,671
6	Patricia	43,342	2.104	-907	-43,049	6	William	58,957	2.748	3	-44,441
7	Karen	40,047	1.944	-628	-39,579	7	Richard	52,906	2.466	-181	-50,787
8	Cynthia	32,344	1.570	-685	-31,928	8	Mark	48,832	2.276	-202	-46,973
9	Barbara	32,298	1.568	-921	-32,013	9	Thomas	44,818	2.089	-40	-38,039
10	Donna	29,856	1.450	-1,557	-29,719	10	Steven	38,397	1.790	-188	-36,375
11	Nancy	28,784	1.398	-828	-28,462	11	Charles	35,219	1.642	-41	-28,615
12	Pamela	26,927	1.307	-1,572	-26,792	12	Joseph	32,732	1.526	-11	-23,177
13	Sharon	26,886	1.305	-1,114	-26,670	13	Gary	31,809	1.483	-661	-31,442
14	Sandra	24,294	1.180	-961	-24,025	14	Donald	28,213	1.315	-512	-27,680
15	Diane	22,510	1.093	-2,458	-22,439	15	Ronald	27,741	1.293	-478	-27,163
16	Carol	21,405	1.039	-1,772	-21,292	16	Kenneth	27,425	1.278	-210	-25,770
17	Kathleen	21,370	1.038	-877	-21,069	17	Paul	26,885	1.253	-217	-25,260
18	Cheryl	21,276	1.033	-2,880	-21,219	18	Daniel	26,629	1.241	3	-15,456
19	Brenda	19,343	0.939	-993	-19,088	19	Jeffrey	23,272	1.085	-312	-22,269
20	Kathy	17,175	0.834	-2,090	-17,085	20	Timothy	23,272	1.085	-145	-20,942
21	Janet	16,764	0.814	-1,391	-16,607	21	Larry	22,303	1.040	-685	-21,964
22	Elizabeth	16,345	0.794	9	-7,832	22	Kevin	21,767	1.015	-103	-18,643
23	Denise	14,507	0.704	-1,046	-14,271	23	Stephen	21,194	0.988	-261	-19,958
24	Teresa	14,463	0.702	-774	-14,122	24	Gregory	21,087	0.983	-384	-20,309
25	Margaret	13,918	0.676	-102	-11,606	25	Edward	19,415	0.905	-144	-17,147
26	Janice	13,016	0.632	-1,407	-12,863	26	Dennis	18,361	0.856	-530	-17,868
27	Rebecca	12,172	0.591	-187	-10,730	27	George	17,227	0.803	-100	-14,168
28	Catherine	12,062	0.586	-176	-10,564	28	Randy	16,551	0.771	-645	-16,181
29	Robin	11,616	0.564	-945	-11,347	29	Douglas	16,359	0.762	-643	-15,988
30	Joyce	11,092	0.539	-917	-10,814	30	Anthony	15,559	0.725	-8	-7,556
31	Lisa	11,014	0.535	-860	-10,712	31	Terry	15,055	0.702	-726	-14,746
32	Theresa	10,845	0.527	-1,074	-10,624	32	Bruce	14,665	0.684	-446	-14,058
33	Carolyn	10,641	0.517	-827	-10,329	33	Brian	14,657	0.683	-202	-13,039
34	Laura	10,571	0.513	-306	-9,636	34	Scott	13,214	0.616	-486	-12,673
35	Judy	10,199	0.495	-1,498	-10,058	35	Jerry	12,631	0.589	-566	-12,180
36	Cathy	10,137	0.492	-3,463	-10,093	36	Keith	11,484	0.535	-468	-10,919
37	Cindy	9,984	0.485	-1,292	-9,815	37	Peter	11,326	0.528	-174	-9,514
38	Kim	9,893	0.480	-4,042	-9,858	38	Frank	11,150	0.520	-354	-10,347
39	Debbie	9,863	0.479	-5,761	-9,842	39	Raymond	11,099	0.517	-260	-9,950
40	Beverly	9,453	0.459	-1,253	-9,278	40	Patrick	10,327	0.481	-149	-8,216
41	Shirley	9,429	0.458	-1,423	-9,279	41	Roger	10,141	0.473	-595	-9,730
42	Christine	9,377	0.455	-884	-9,090	42	Lawrence	8,887	0.414	-456	-8,314
43	Connie	9,364	0.455	-2,387	-9,291	43	Ricky	8,779	0.409	-638	-8,415
44	Betty	9,220	0.448	-1,084	-9,005	44	Wayne	8,723	0.407	-729	-8,424
45	Judith	9,111	0.442	-805	-8,793	45	Alan	8,719	0.406	-127	-6,475
46	Ann	8,987	0.436	-937	-8,720	46	Danny	8,556	0.399	-494	-8,040
47	Paula	8,924	0.433	-746	-8,582	47	Christopher	8,376	0.390	5	-1,115
48	Julie	8,573	0.416	-540	-8,057	48	Carl	8,311	0.387	-652	-7,969
49	Gail	8,438	0.410	-6,528	-8,420	49	Gerald	7,984	0.372	-845	-7,743
50	Jane	8,246	0.400	-241	-7,123	50	Dale	7,711	0.359	-1,338	-7,585

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.