Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	844
2	David	815
3	James	653
4	Robert	647
5	John	569
6	Steven	559
7	Mark	549
8	Richard	526
9	William	449
10	Thomas	356
11	Daniel	332
12	Ronald	331
13	Gary	320
14	Donald	294
15	Douglas	288
16	Jeffrey	266
17	Kenneth	249
18	Randy	247
19	Gregory	236
20	Timothy	223
21	Scott	218
22	Charles	206
23	Kevin	201
24	Larry	198
25	Brian	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	173
26	Dennis	173
28	Stephen	172
29	Paul	165
30	Terry	149
31	Joseph	139
31	Patrick	139
33	Jerry	128
34	Jeffery	124
35	Dale	120
36	Craig	105
37	Rodney	103
38	Keith	102
38	Rick	102
40	Alan	98
40	George	98
40	Roger	98
43	Edward	90
44	Peter	85
45	Bradley	80
46	Jay	79
47	Raymond	77
48	Matthew	76
49	Brad	74
49	Gerald	74
49	Randall	74
49	Ricky	74
53	Jack	73
54	Eric	71
54	Russell	71
56	Steve	70
56	Wayne	70
58	Christopher	69
58	Danny	69
60	Martin	62
61	Curtis	59
61	Stanley	59
63	Philip	58
64	Anthony	57
64	Dan	57
64	Jon	57
67	Dean	56
67	Mike	56
69	Kelly	55
70	Frank	52
70	Micheal	52
72	Carl	47
72	Darrell	47
72	Gordon	47
72	Roy	47
76	Allen	46
76	Norman	46
78	Robin	44
79	Andrew	43
79	Phillip	43
81	Lawrence	42
82	Glenn	40
82	Kurt	40
84	Duane	39
84	Jim	39
86	Kent	38
87	Bill	37
87	Joe	37
87	Leslie	37
87	Marvin	37
87	Mitchell	37
87	Tim	37
93	Chris	36
93	Ralph	36
93	Walter	36
96	Kerry	34
96	Kim	34
96	Samuel	34
99	Brent	33
99	Clifford	33