Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	542
2	David	509
3	Robert	451
4	John	406
5	Richard	377
6	James	320
7	Mark	268
8	Stephen	255
9	William	233
10	Steven	223
11	Daniel	214
12	Paul	203
13	Thomas	200
14	Gary	186
15	Jeffrey	183
16	Peter	175
17	Ronald	174
18	Timothy	163
19	Donald	160
20	Bruce	142
21	Scott	138
22	Brian	133
23	Kenneth	132
24	Charles	130
24	Joseph	130

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	123
27	Wayne	98
28	Dennis	97
28	Roger	97
30	George	96
31	Edward	91
32	Gregory	88
33	Raymond	87
34	Dale	77
35	Randy	74
36	Philip	73
37	Douglas	71
38	Alan	66
39	Larry	65
40	Lawrence	63
41	Dana	57
41	Keith	57
43	Andrew	56
44	Patrick	52
45	Carl	47
45	Christopher	47
47	Anthony	46
47	Norman	46
49	Frank	45
50	Craig	42
50	Russell	42
52	Terry	41
53	Gerald	40
54	Marc	39
54	Rodney	39
56	Harold	38
56	Roland	38
58	Walter	37
59	Barry	36
59	Ricky	36
61	Frederick	35
62	Arthur	34
62	Eric	34
62	Eugene	34
62	Glenn	34
62	Jeffery	34
67	Randall	32
68	Allen	31
68	Herbert	31
70	Danny	30
71	Bradley	29
71	Ralph	29
71	Steve	29
74	Brent	28
74	Ernest	28
74	Stanley	28
77	Albert	27
77	Dean	27
77	Jay	27
77	Maurice	27
81	Gerard	26
81	Leonard	26
83	Roy	25
84	Martin	24
85	Dwight	23
85	Joel	23
85	Micheal	23
88	Matthew	22
89	Earl	21
89	Francis	21
89	Glen	21
89	Lee	21
89	Reginald	21
94	Fred	20
94	Harry	20
94	Jonathan	20
94	Louis	20
98	Edwin	19
98	Jerry	19
98	Leo	19