The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1956
4,455 different boys’ names were recorded in 1956, covering 2,115,302 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 90,691 |
| 2 | James | 84,897 |
| 3 | Robert | 83,924 |
| 4 | David | 81,652 |
| 5 | John | 80,804 |
| 6 | William | 58,991 |
| 7 | Richard | 52,915 |
| 8 | Mark | 48,828 |
| 9 | Thomas | 44,836 |
| 10 | Steven | 38,413 |
| 11 | Charles | 35,239 |
| 12 | Joseph | 32,749 |
| 13 | Gary | 31,842 |
| 14 | Donald | 28,223 |
| 15 | Ronald | 27,725 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 27,432 |
| 17 | Paul | 26,897 |
| 18 | Daniel | 26,655 |
| 19 | Timothy | 23,288 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 23,285 |
| 21 | Larry | 22,322 |
| 22 | Kevin | 21,761 |
| 23 | Stephen | 21,204 |
| 24 | Gregory | 21,082 |
| 25 | Edward | 19,436 |
| 26 | Dennis | 18,359 |
| 27 | George | 17,232 |
| 28 | Randy | 16,547 |
| 29 | Douglas | 16,389 |
| 30 | Anthony | 15,565 |
| 31 | Terry | 15,064 |
| 32 | Brian | 14,666 |
| 33 | Bruce | 14,660 |
| 34 | Scott | 13,214 |
| 35 | Jerry | 12,623 |
| 36 | Keith | 11,480 |
| 37 | Peter | 11,334 |
| 38 | Frank | 11,151 |
| 39 | Raymond | 11,108 |
| 40 | Patrick | 10,326 |
| 41 | Roger | 10,153 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 8,898 |
| 43 | Ricky | 8,780 |
| 44 | Alan | 8,734 |
| 45 | Wayne | 8,717 |
| 46 | Danny | 8,565 |
| 47 | Christopher | 8,384 |
| 48 | Carl | 8,313 |
| 49 | Gerald | 7,991 |
| 50 | Dale | 7,720 |
| 51 | Craig | 7,422 |
| 52 | Russell | 7,402 |
| 53 | Walter | 7,019 |
| 54 | Randall | 6,913 |
| 55 | Johnny | 6,636 |
| 56 | Andrew | 6,603 |
| 57 | Jeffery | 6,569 |
| 58 | Willie | 6,525 |
| 59 | Steve | 6,472 |
| 60 | Arthur | 6,289 |
| 61 | Glenn | 6,196 |
| 62 | Roy | 6,133 |
| 63 | Joe | 6,124 |
| 64 | Philip | 6,105 |
| 65 | Rodney | 6,076 |
| 66 | Jack | 6,051 |
| 67 | Ralph | 6,041 |
| 68 | Billy | 6,013 |
| 69 | Barry | 5,988 |
| 70 | Stanley | 5,985 |
| 71 | Henry | 5,971 |
| 72 | Harold | 5,955 |
| 73 | Martin | 5,682 |
| 74 | Samuel | 5,585 |
| 75 | Ronnie | 5,491 |
| 76 | Phillip | 5,414 |
| 77 | Bobby | 5,358 |
| 78 | Jimmy | 5,345 |
| 79 | Eric | 5,252 |
| 80 | Curtis | 5,157 |
| 81 | Albert | 5,150 |
| 82 | Louis | 4,910 |
| 83 | Micheal | 4,732 |
| 84 | Howard | 4,707 |
| 85 | Tony | 4,669 |
| 86 | Eugene | 4,620 |
| 87 | Allen | 4,612 |
| 88 | Darrell | 4,468 |
| 89 | Leonard | 4,371 |
| 90 | Matthew | 4,366 |
| 91 | Frederick | 4,306 |
| 92 | Jay | 4,120 |
| 93 | Eddie | 3,994 |
| 94 | Ernest | 3,952 |
| 95 | Harry | 3,925 |
| 96 | Victor | 3,908 |
| 97 | Mike | 3,900 |
| 98 | Vincent | 3,756 |
| 99 | Dean | 3,712 |
| 100 | Rick | 3,655 |
| 101 | Melvin | 3,638 |
| 102 | Fred | 3,578 |
| 103 | Bradley | 3,519 |
| 104 | Lee | 3,511 |
| 105 | Marvin | 3,483 |
| 106 | Joel | 3,436 |
| 107 | Norman | 3,417 |
| 108 | Jose | 3,398 |
| 109 | Calvin | 3,346 |
| 110 | Earl | 3,304 |
| 111 | Francis | 3,301 |
| 112 | Rickey | 3,263 |
| 113 | Ray | 3,230 |
| 114 | Jonathan | 3,124 |
| 115 | Tommy | 3,109 |
| 116 | Jon | 3,078 |
| 117 | Jerome | 3,062 |
| 118 | Kim | 2,960 |
| 119 | Theodore | 2,955 |
| 120 | Clarence | 2,953 |
| 121 | Alfred | 2,945 |
| 122 | Clifford | 2,911 |
| 123 | Don | 2,898 |
| 124 | Edwin | 2,771 |
| 125 | Glen | 2,720 |
| 126 | Jesse | 2,626 |
| 127 | Duane | 2,596 |
| 128 | Chris | 2,533 |
| 129 | Bernard | 2,485 |
| 130 | Gordon | 2,484 |
| 131 | Benjamin | 2,472 |
| 132 | Bryan | 2,438 |
| 133 | Dan | 2,437 |
| 134 | Alvin | 2,431 |
| 135 | Marc | 2,430 |
| 136 | Mitchell | 2,403 |
| 137 | Herbert | 2,397 |
| 138 | Kurt | 2,387 |
| 139 | Dwight | 2,369 |
| 140 | Leroy | 2,352 |
| 141 | Warren | 2,334 |
| 142 | Brad | 2,254 |
| 143 | Robin | 2,247 |
| 144 | Reginald | 2,223 |
| 145 | Jeff | 2,220 |
| 146 | Guy | 2,216 |
| 147 | Nicholas | 2,212 |
| 148 | Jim | 2,188 |
| 149 | Kent | 2,137 |
| 150 | Karl | 2,060 |
| 151 | Vernon | 2,057 |
| 152 | Leslie | 2,050 |
| 153 | Leon | 2,043 |
| 153 | Garry | 2,043 |
| 155 | Lonnie | 2,014 |
| 156 | Todd | 2,008 |
| 157 | Wesley | 2,004 |
| 158 | Lloyd | 1,980 |
| 159 | Gilbert | 1,957 |
| 159 | Bill | 1,957 |
| 161 | Tom | 1,914 |
| 162 | Kirk | 1,908 |
| 163 | Perry | 1,867 |
| 164 | Jackie | 1,862 |
| 165 | Daryl | 1,832 |
| 166 | Carlos | 1,796 |
| 167 | Franklin | 1,793 |
| 168 | Lewis | 1,767 |
| 169 | Juan | 1,756 |
| 170 | Gene | 1,754 |
| 171 | Neil | 1,747 |
| 172 | Floyd | 1,729 |
| 173 | Donnie | 1,723 |
| 174 | Tim | 1,717 |
| 175 | Clyde | 1,716 |
| 176 | Lester | 1,702 |
| 177 | Allan | 1,636 |
| 178 | Randolph | 1,634 |
| 178 | Dana | 1,634 |
| 180 | Manuel | 1,617 |
| 180 | Gerard | 1,617 |
| 182 | Greg | 1,603 |
| 183 | Kerry | 1,588 |
| 184 | Leo | 1,550 |
| 185 | Charlie | 1,528 |
| 186 | Stuart | 1,489 |
| 187 | Milton | 1,482 |
| 187 | Darryl | 1,482 |
| 189 | Jimmie | 1,475 |
| 190 | Kelly | 1,468 |
| 191 | Ted | 1,457 |
| 191 | Brent | 1,457 |
| 193 | Rex | 1,452 |
| 194 | Terrence | 1,451 |
| 195 | Gregg | 1,438 |
| 196 | Freddie | 1,423 |
| 197 | Tyrone | 1,407 |
| 198 | Harvey | 1,379 |
| 199 | Ruben | 1,371 |
| 200 | Dave | 1,355 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1956 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.