Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	834
2	David	717
3	James	603
4	John	581
5	Mark	568
6	Robert	554
7	Steven	526
8	Richard	401
9	Thomas	385
10	William	380
11	Daniel	333
12	Douglas	307
13	Gary	301
14	Timothy	281
15	Donald	273
16	Ronald	269
17	Kevin	247
18	Jeffrey	228
19	Larry	218
20	Randy	211
21	Dennis	205
22	Kenneth	197
23	Gregory	189
24	Scott	187
25	Terry	182

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	169
27	Charles	168
28	Joseph	166
29	Roger	159
30	Paul	156
31	Patrick	149
32	Stephen	120
33	Brian	117
34	Jerry	114
35	Alan	109
36	Dale	108
36	Rodney	108
38	Edward	104
39	Randall	100
40	Craig	95
41	Keith	86
42	George	77
42	Gerald	77
44	Ricky	75
45	Russell	74
46	Kent	71
47	Rick	68
48	Bradley	66
49	Jack	61
50	Stanley	60
51	Steve	58
52	Duane	56
53	Raymond	55
54	Anthony	54
55	Danny	53
56	Lawrence	52
57	Wayne	51
58	Kim	46
58	Martin	46
60	Darrell	45
60	Frank	45
60	Jeffery	45
60	Jon	45
64	Christopher	43
64	Dean	43
64	Micheal	43
67	Jim	42
67	Kirk	42
69	Jay	41
70	Carl	39
70	Eric	39
72	Brad	38
72	Kelly	38
72	Matthew	38
72	Rex	38
76	Allen	37
76	Dan	37
76	Greg	37
79	Mike	36
80	Harold	35
80	Lee	35
82	Philip	34
83	Eugene	33
84	Curtis	32
84	Joel	32
84	Lynn	32
84	Marvin	32
84	Peter	32
89	Lyle	31
89	Todd	31
91	Barry	30
91	Randal	30
93	Albert	29
93	Gordon	29
95	Gregg	28
95	Jeff	28
95	Roy	28
95	Tony	28
99	Fred	27
99	Glen	27
99	Leonard	27
99	Theodore	27