Top baby names of 1956
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4David76,126
- 5John75,322
- 6Mary59,972
- 7William54,974
- 8Richard49,310
- 9Debra46,920
- 10Linda46,688
- 11Deborah46,456
- 12Mark45,520
- 13Susan45,224
- 14Patricia42,086
- 15Thomas41,786
- 16Karen38,894
- 17Steven35,786
- 18Charles32,828
- 19Cynthia31,414
- 20Barbara31,366
- 21Joseph30,506
- 22Gary29,660
- 23Donna28,988
- 24Nancy27,952
- 25Donald26,292
- 26Pamela26,138
- 27Sharon26,092
- 28Ronald25,858
- 29Kenneth25,576
- 30Paul25,056
- 31Daniel24,828
- 32Sandra23,590
- 33Diane21,870
- 34Timothy21,706
- 35Jeffrey21,700
- 36Larry20,802
- 37Carol20,784
- 38Kathleen20,756
- 39Cheryl20,658
- 40Kevin20,296
- 41Stephen19,778
- 42Gregory19,664
- 43Brenda18,776
- 44Edward18,106
- 45Dennis17,118
- 46Kathy16,680
- 47Janet16,290
- 48George16,060
- 49Elizabeth15,880
- 50Randy15,418
- 51Douglas15,264
- 52Anthony14,502
- 53Denise14,094
- 54Teresa14,050
- 55Terry14,032
- 56Bruce13,664
- 57Brian13,662
- 58Margaret13,516
- 59Janice12,648
- 60Scott12,338
- 61Rebecca11,818
- 62Jerry11,768
- 63Catherine11,718
- 64Robin11,284
- 65Joyce10,774
- 66Keith10,706
- 67Lisa10,702
- 68Peter10,562
- 69Theresa10,528
- 70Frank10,380
- 71Raymond10,336
- 72Carolyn10,328
- 73Laura10,268
- 74Judy9,902
- 75Cathy9,848
- 76Cindy9,696
- 77Patrick9,632
- 78Kim9,610
- 79Debbie9,586
- 80Roger9,462
- 81Beverly9,174
- 82Shirley9,160
- 83Christine9,108
- 84Connie9,088
- 85Betty8,950
- 86Judith8,848
- 87Ann8,720
- 88Paula8,674
- 89Julie8,332
- 90Lawrence8,286
- 91Gail8,204
- 92Ricky8,186
- 93Wayne8,146
- 94Alan8,136
- 95Christopher8,104
- 96Jane8,012
- 97Danny7,986
- 98Carl7,746
- 99Gerald7,442
- 100Dale7,186