Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,456
2	David	1,399
3	Robert	1,259
4	James	1,156
5	John	1,147
6	Mark	941
7	Steven	911
8	Richard	886
9	William	746
10	Thomas	558
11	Daniel	544
12	Gary	504
13	Donald	490
14	Jeffrey	464
15	Kenneth	451
15	Timothy	451
17	Ronald	442
18	Douglas	424
19	Gregory	414
20	Paul	413
21	Kevin	396
22	Charles	372
23	Scott	363
24	Brian	356
25	Randy	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	311
27	Bruce	296
28	Joseph	283
29	Stephen	281
30	Dennis	279
30	Patrick	279
32	Terry	242
33	Dale	233
34	Craig	204
35	Edward	203
36	Rick	200
37	Keith	190
38	George	187
39	Roger	163
40	Steve	162
41	Jerry	160
42	Russell	157
43	Christopher	155
43	Wayne	155
45	Jeffery	148
46	Alan	145
47	Gerald	139
48	Mike	137
49	Randall	132
50	Peter	130
51	Frank	129
52	Carl	128
52	Dean	128
54	Lawrence	125
55	Anthony	119
56	Eric	118
56	Martin	118
58	Raymond	117
59	Rodney	116
60	Dan	112
61	Jay	111
62	Jack	110
63	Bradley	107
64	Danny	106
65	Kim	100
66	Curtis	99
67	Jeff	95
67	Philip	95
69	Ricky	94
70	Duane	90
70	Jon	90
72	Allen	89
73	Gordon	87
73	Micheal	87
75	Jim	86
75	Stanley	86
77	Brad	84
78	Glenn	76
78	Harold	76
78	Matthew	76
81	Roy	74
82	Arthur	73
82	Darrell	73
84	Kelly	72
85	Bryan	71
85	Don	71
85	Marc	71
85	Tom	71
89	Chris	70
90	Norman	69
91	Andrew	68
92	Glen	66
92	Greg	66
94	Joe	65
95	Barry	64
95	Phillip	64
97	Kurt	62
97	Tony	62
97	Walter	62
100	Theodore	61