Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1956

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael2,339
2David2,216
3James1,915
4John1,884
5Mark1,740
6Robert1,690
7Thomas1,517
8Steven1,428
9Richard1,240
10Jeffrey1,109
11Daniel1,088
12William1,056
13Gary890
14Paul763
15Scott728
16Dennis670
17Timothy656
18Joseph650
19Gregory608
20Brian566
21Donald555
22Randy554
23Kenneth547
24Ronald541
25Kevin529
RankNameBabies
26Charles482
27Peter468
28Bruce453
29Dale430
30Patrick422
31Larry401
32Douglas383
33Keith337
34Randall324
35Gerald296
36Terry289
37Stephen283
38Edward272
38Jeffery272
40Roger270
41Alan257
42Wayne239
43Craig229
44Dean211
45Anthony209
46Russell203
47Lawrence193
48George189
49Raymond170
50Jerry168
51Carl153
51Jay153
51Ricky153
54Steve151
55Jon145
55Todd145
57Kurt143
58Christopher142
59Duane140
59Rodney140
61Allen136
61Jerome136
63Andrew131
63Rick131
65Kim129
66Joel126
67Bradley125
68Frank122
69Jeff121
70Micheal120
71Philip116
72Jack112
73Mike111
74Tom108
75Lee106
76Eugene104
77Glenn103
78Martin101
79Ralph99
80Walter96
81Phillip92
82Roy90
83Dan86
83Eric86
85Robin84
86Harold83
87Frederick80
88Curtis79
88Jim79
90Allan78
91Arthur77
91Glen77
93Chris75
93Gregg75
95Darrell74
95Tim74
97Howard73
97Matthew73
99Dave72
100Danny69