Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,127
2	David	1,054
3	James	894
4	Robert	874
5	Mark	745
6	John	730
7	Steven	704
8	William	585
9	Richard	579
10	Gary	458
11	Ronald	427
12	Donald	412
13	Charles	402
14	Thomas	390
15	Larry	366
16	Gregory	364
17	Kenneth	362
18	Kevin	344
19	Randy	335
20	Daniel	332
21	Timothy	310
22	Douglas	302
22	Terry	302
24	Stephen	291
25	Dennis	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	234
27	Jeffrey	226
28	Joseph	214
29	Bruce	211
30	Jerry	193
31	Alan	181
32	Roger	176
33	Scott	171
34	Patrick	168
35	Rodney	165
36	Brian	155
37	Randall	148
38	Edward	143
39	Ricky	140
40	Dale	139
40	Danny	139
42	Craig	138
43	Anthony	130
43	Keith	130
45	Russell	122
46	George	120
47	Bradley	111
48	Lawrence	108
48	Raymond	108
50	Carl	107
51	Stanley	106
52	Christopher	104
53	Gerald	103
54	Kent	99
54	Rick	99
56	Harold	93
57	Jack	91
58	Frank	90
59	Phillip	89
59	Roy	89
61	Martin	88
62	Jeffery	87
63	Brad	86
63	Tony	86
65	Wayne	84
66	Curtis	82
67	Steve	80
68	Darrell	78
68	Micheal	78
68	Philip	78
71	Joe	77
72	Billy	76
73	Jay	71
74	Ralph	69
75	Kelly	68
76	Jon	64
76	Mike	64
78	Kim	63
79	Barry	62
80	Eric	59
81	Duane	58
81	Samuel	58
83	Allen	57
83	Ronnie	57
85	Marvin	56
86	Bill	55
86	Chris	55
88	Rex	54
89	Clifford	52
90	Glenn	51
91	Jimmy	50
92	Johnny	49
92	Victor	49
94	Vincent	48
95	Don	47
95	Matthew	47
97	Wesley	46
98	Eugene	45
99	Arthur	44
99	Bobby	44
99	Bryan	44
99	Kirk	44
99	Peter	44
99	Tommy	44
99	Walter	44