Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1956

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	789
2	John	729
3	James	689
4	Robert	674
5	William	601
6	David	549
7	Richard	360
8	Thomas	357
9	Charles	347
10	Joseph	304
11	Mark	290
12	Gregory	256
13	Paul	235
14	Ronald	228
15	Stephen	227
16	Kevin	225
17	Steven	224
18	Anthony	201
19	George	197
20	Donald	196
20	Kenneth	196
22	Gary	184
23	Daniel	162
24	Brian	160
25	Edward	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	149
27	Larry	143
28	Jeffrey	142
29	Keith	123
30	Christopher	122
31	Lawrence	110
32	Wayne	104
33	Bruce	98
34	Douglas	92
35	Patrick	91
36	Eric	88
37	Peter	83
38	Tyrone	81
39	Raymond	80
40	Dennis	76
41	Andrew	73
42	Frank	67
42	Stanley	67
44	Reginald	66
45	Glenn	59
46	Alan	55
46	Walter	55
48	Carl	54
48	Melvin	54
50	Craig	52
50	Ernest	52
50	Russell	52
53	Arthur	51
53	Bernard	51
55	Rodney	50
56	Gerald	49
56	Roger	49
58	Scott	48
59	Philip	47
60	Barry	46
60	Jonathan	46
60	Ralph	46
60	Samuel	46
64	Curtis	45
64	Willie	45
66	Frederick	44
66	Matthew	44
68	Earl	43
68	Jerome	43
68	Vincent	43
71	Darrell	42
72	Phillip	41
73	Albert	40
73	Harold	40
73	Jerry	40
73	Leonard	40
77	Francis	39
78	Clarence	37
78	Martin	37
78	Warren	37
81	Eugene	36
81	Howard	36
81	Ronnie	36
81	Theodore	36
81	Tony	36
86	Andre	35
87	Calvin	34
87	Nathaniel	34
87	Ricardo	34
87	Steve	34
87	Terry	34
92	Alvin	33
92	Harry	33
92	Marc	33
92	Maurice	33
96	Jeffery	32
96	Roy	32
96	Victor	32
99	Jay	30
100	Henry	29
100	Vernon	29