Most popular boys’ names in California, 1956
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,256 |
| 2 | David | 7,119 |
| 3 | Robert | 7,098 |
| 4 | John | 6,187 |
| 5 | James | 5,388 |
| 6 | Richard | 4,963 |
| 7 | Mark | 4,630 |
| 8 | Steven | 4,177 |
| 9 | William | 3,809 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,872 |
| 11 | Daniel | 2,643 |
| 12 | Gary | 2,511 |
| 13 | Ronald | 2,474 |
| 14 | Paul | 2,212 |
| 15 | Donald | 2,162 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 2,109 |
| 17 | Charles | 2,034 |
| 18 | Timothy | 1,958 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 1,937 |
| 20 | Gregory | 1,930 |
| 21 | Joseph | 1,885 |
| 22 | Stephen | 1,622 |
| 23 | Kevin | 1,547 |
| 24 | Scott | 1,440 |
| 25 | Edward | 1,429 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 25 | Larry | 1,429 |
| 27 | Brian | 1,360 |
| 28 | Dennis | 1,357 |
| 29 | Douglas | 1,300 |
| 30 | Anthony | 1,263 |
| 31 | Bruce | 1,238 |
| 32 | George | 1,195 |
| 33 | Randy | 1,189 |
| 34 | Frank | 1,113 |
| 35 | Raymond | 1,034 |
| 36 | Patrick | 1,024 |
| 37 | Peter | 954 |
| 38 | Craig | 947 |
| 39 | Christopher | 924 |
| 40 | Keith | 855 |
| 41 | Jerry | 795 |
| 42 | Terry | 771 |
| 43 | Alan | 746 |
| 44 | Lawrence | 737 |
| 45 | Russell | 726 |
| 46 | Steve | 720 |
| 47 | Danny | 706 |
| 48 | Eric | 664 |
| 49 | Arthur | 604 |
| 50 | Dale | 599 |
| 51 | Jack | 596 |
| 52 | Gerald | 592 |
| 53 | Joe | 583 |
| 54 | Martin | 576 |
| 54 | Mike | 576 |
| 56 | Wayne | 570 |
| 57 | Jeffery | 568 |
| 58 | Andrew | 551 |
| 59 | Ralph | 541 |
| 60 | Roger | 537 |
| 61 | Rodney | 534 |
| 62 | Rick | 522 |
| 63 | Phillip | 491 |
| 64 | Matthew | 490 |
| 65 | Randall | 488 |
| 66 | Carl | 481 |
| 67 | Glenn | 477 |
| 68 | Jose | 473 |
| 69 | Victor | 464 |
| 70 | Albert | 460 |
| 71 | Stanley | 450 |
| 72 | Philip | 447 |
| 73 | Henry | 440 |
| 73 | Ricky | 440 |
| 75 | Jon | 429 |
| 76 | Roy | 421 |
| 77 | Walter | 409 |
| 78 | Manuel | 393 |
| 79 | Tony | 391 |
| 80 | Curtis | 386 |
| 81 | Micheal | 370 |
| 82 | Darrell | 368 |
| 83 | Louis | 362 |
| 84 | Barry | 361 |
| 85 | Gilbert | 359 |
| 86 | Jay | 354 |
| 87 | Samuel | 345 |
| 88 | Johnny | 344 |
| 88 | Vincent | 344 |
| 90 | Jim | 343 |
| 90 | Leonard | 343 |
| 92 | Harold | 340 |
| 93 | Dean | 339 |
| 94 | Bradley | 337 |
| 94 | Ernest | 337 |
| 96 | Ruben | 329 |
| 97 | Brad | 326 |
| 98 | Ray | 308 |
| 99 | Allen | 305 |
| 99 | Fred | 305 |