Top Baby Names of 1956
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.