Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,357
2	David	5,294
3	James	5,156
4	Robert	4,943
5	John	4,834
6	Mark	3,637
7	William	3,542
8	Richard	3,320
9	Thomas	3,071
10	Charles	2,148
11	Jeffrey	2,135
12	Steven	2,122
13	Timothy	1,963
14	Gary	1,921
15	Donald	1,828
16	Joseph	1,798
17	Daniel	1,792
18	Ronald	1,678
19	Gregory	1,633
20	Paul	1,447
21	Kenneth	1,405
22	Kevin	1,287
23	Douglas	1,257
24	Dennis	1,145
25	Larry	1,106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	1,100
27	Stephen	1,089
28	Edward	1,054
29	Randy	985
30	George	876
31	Anthony	854
32	Bruce	834
33	Keith	792
34	Scott	766
35	Brian	716
36	Roger	660
37	Jerry	629
38	Raymond	608
39	Dale	603
40	Patrick	598
41	Frank	592
42	Jeffery	583
43	Christopher	557
44	Carl	551
45	Lawrence	513
46	Craig	485
47	Jack	476
48	Randall	458
49	Danny	450
50	Alan	442
51	Gerald	423
52	Russell	419
53	Ricky	407
54	Steve	389
55	Ralph	379
56	Wayne	374
57	Rick	371
58	Rodney	367
59	Martin	353
60	Philip	349
61	Peter	345
62	Harold	343
63	Phillip	335
64	Andrew	322
65	Eric	309
66	Darrell	298
66	Walter	298
68	Samuel	293
69	Barry	272
70	Mike	270
71	Matthew	267
72	Arthur	258
73	Roy	257
74	Glenn	253
75	Howard	250
76	Micheal	249
77	Harry	248
77	Leonard	248
79	Frederick	247
80	Stanley	246
81	Eugene	235
82	Dean	230
82	Ronnie	230
84	Allen	226
85	Bradley	222
86	Fred	220
87	Curtis	216
88	Jay	215
89	Jeff	214
90	Louis	213
91	Albert	205
92	Dan	203
93	Tony	201
94	Earl	200
95	Theodore	197
96	Jon	193
97	Lee	192
98	Kim	191
99	Jonathan	186
100	Jerome	185