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).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,339 |
| 2 | David | 2,216 |
| 3 | James | 1,915 |
| 4 | John | 1,884 |
| 5 | Mark | 1,740 |
| 6 | Robert | 1,690 |
| 7 | Thomas | 1,517 |
| 8 | Steven | 1,428 |
| 9 | Richard | 1,240 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 1,109 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,088 |
| 12 | William | 1,056 |
| 13 | Gary | 890 |
| 14 | Paul | 763 |
| 15 | Scott | 728 |
| 16 | Dennis | 670 |
| 17 | Timothy | 656 |
| 18 | Joseph | 650 |
| 19 | Gregory | 608 |
| 20 | Brian | 566 |
| 21 | Donald | 555 |
| 22 | Randy | 554 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 547 |
| 24 | Ronald | 541 |
| 25 | Kevin | 529 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles | 482 |
| 27 | Peter | 468 |
| 28 | Bruce | 453 |
| 29 | Dale | 430 |
| 30 | Patrick | 422 |
| 31 | Larry | 401 |
| 32 | Douglas | 383 |
| 33 | Keith | 337 |
| 34 | Randall | 324 |
| 35 | Gerald | 296 |
| 36 | Terry | 289 |
| 37 | Stephen | 283 |
| 38 | Edward | 272 |
| 38 | Jeffery | 272 |
| 40 | Roger | 270 |
| 41 | Alan | 257 |
| 42 | Wayne | 239 |
| 43 | Craig | 229 |
| 44 | Dean | 211 |
| 45 | Anthony | 209 |
| 46 | Russell | 203 |
| 47 | Lawrence | 193 |
| 48 | George | 189 |
| 49 | Raymond | 170 |
| 50 | Jerry | 168 |
| 51 | Carl | 153 |
| 51 | Jay | 153 |
| 51 | Ricky | 153 |
| 54 | Steve | 151 |
| 55 | Jon | 145 |
| 55 | Todd | 145 |
| 57 | Kurt | 143 |
| 58 | Christopher | 142 |
| 59 | Duane | 140 |
| 59 | Rodney | 140 |
| 61 | Allen | 136 |
| 61 | Jerome | 136 |
| 63 | Andrew | 131 |
| 63 | Rick | 131 |
| 65 | Kim | 129 |
| 66 | Joel | 126 |
| 67 | Bradley | 125 |
| 68 | Frank | 122 |
| 69 | Jeff | 121 |
| 70 | Micheal | 120 |
| 71 | Philip | 116 |
| 72 | Jack | 112 |
| 73 | Mike | 111 |
| 74 | Tom | 108 |
| 75 | Lee | 106 |
| 76 | Eugene | 104 |
| 77 | Glenn | 103 |
| 78 | Martin | 101 |
| 79 | Ralph | 99 |
| 80 | Walter | 96 |
| 81 | Phillip | 92 |
| 82 | Roy | 90 |
| 83 | Dan | 86 |
| 83 | Eric | 86 |
| 85 | Robin | 84 |
| 86 | Harold | 83 |
| 87 | Frederick | 80 |
| 88 | Curtis | 79 |
| 88 | Jim | 79 |
| 90 | Allan | 78 |
| 91 | Arthur | 77 |
| 91 | Glen | 77 |
| 93 | Chris | 75 |
| 93 | Gregg | 75 |
| 95 | Darrell | 74 |
| 95 | Tim | 74 |
| 97 | Howard | 73 |
| 97 | Matthew | 73 |
| 99 | Dave | 72 |
| 100 | Danny | 69 |