Top 200 Boy Names of 1956

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1956 with 90,691 births. The list ends at 1,355 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1956
Rank	Name	Births
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
101	Melvin	3,638
102	Fred	3,578
103	Bradley	3,519
104	Lee	3,509
105	Marvin	3,482
106	Joel	3,436
107	Norman	3,417
108	Jose	3,398
109	Calvin	3,346
110	Earl	3,303
111	Francis	3,301
112	Rickey	3,263
113	Ray	3,230
114	Jonathan	3,125
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	2,946
122	Clifford	2,911
123	Don	2,898
124	Edwin	2,772
125	Glen	2,720
126	Jesse	2,626
127	Duane	2,596
128	Chris	2,533
129	Gordon	2,484
130	Bernard	2,483
131	Benjamin	2,472
132	Bryan	2,438
133	Dan	2,437
134	Alvin	2,432
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	2,219
146	Guy	2,216
147	Nicholas	2,212
148	Jim	2,188
149	Kent	2,137
150	Karl	2,058
151	Vernon	2,057
152	Leslie	2,050
153	Garry	2,044
154	Leon	2,043
155	Lonnie	2,015
156	Todd	2,008
157	Wesley	2,005
158	Lloyd	1,979
159	Bill	1,957
160	Gilbert	1,956
161	Tom	1,914
162	Kirk	1,907
163	Perry	1,867
164	Jackie	1,862
165	Daryl	1,832
166	Carlos	1,795
167	Franklin	1,793
168	Lewis	1,767
169	Juan	1,756
170	Gene	1,754
171	Neil	1,747
172	Floyd	1,728
173	Donnie	1,723
174	Tim	1,718
175	Clyde	1,715
176	Lester	1,702
177	Allan	1,636
178	Dana	1,634
178	Randolph	1,634
180	Manuel	1,618
181	Gerard	1,617
182	Greg	1,603
183	Kerry	1,588
184	Leo	1,550
185	Charlie	1,530
186	Stuart	1,489
187	Darryl	1,482
187	Milton	1,482
189	Jimmie	1,475
190	Kelly	1,468
191	Brent	1,457
191	Ted	1,457
193	Rex	1,452
194	Terrence	1,451
195	Gregg	1,437
196	Freddie	1,422
197	Tyrone	1,409
198	Harvey	1,379
199	Ruben	1,371
200	Dave	1,355