Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1956

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	830
2	2David	787
3	3John	657
4	4Richard	535
5	5Michael	518
6	6James	514
7	7William	468
8	8Brian	382
9	9Kenneth	374
10	10Donald	364
11	11Douglas	324
12	12Ronald	310
13	13Gordon	289
14	14Gary	282
15	15Daniel	264
16	16Peter	242
17	17Mark	232
18	18Thomas	231
19	19Paul	214
20	20Stephen	197
21	21Gregory	184
22	22Bruce	183
23	23Wayne	177
24	24Christopher	162
25	25Raymond	156
26	26Steven	154
27	27Joseph	148
28	28George	145
29	29Patrick	141
30	30Alan	140
31	31Edward	137
32	32Allan	135
33	33Kevin	130
34	34Timothy	129
35	35Gerald	124
36	36Larry	123
37	37Norman	110
38	38Charles	106
39	39Barry	103
40	40Dennis	103
41	41Dale	102
42	42Lawrence	102
43	43Bradley	99
44	44Jeffrey	95
45	45Ian	89
46	46Keith	88
47	47Leonard	88
48	48Glen	84
49	49Terry	81
50	50Leslie	77
51	51Randall	77
52	52Randy	77
53	53Rodney	75
54	54Frank	70
55	55Russell	68
56	56Ross	66
57	57Frederick	65
58	58Glenn	65
59	59Arthur	62
60	60Andrew	61
61	61Anthony	61
62	62Eric	61
63	63Philip	60
64	64Craig	59
65	65Harold	58
66	66Roger	57
67	67Stanley	57
68	68Grant	55
69	69Ricky	55
70	70Ralph	54
71	71Walter	54
72	72Garry	53
73	73Darrell	51
74	74Lorne	51
75	75Martin	51
76	76Roy	49
77	77Allen	48
78	78Brent	48
79	79Kelly	48
80	80Neil	48
81	81Albert	47
82	82Murray	47
83	83Scott	47
84	84Victor	47
85	85Kim	46
86	86Clifford	43
87	87Henry	43
88	88Howard	43
89	89Robin	43
90	90Jack	42
91	91Calvin	41
92	92Randolph	41
93	93Danny	40
94	94Roderick	40
95	95Terrance	40
96	96Alexander	39
97	97Dean	39
98	98Guy	39
99	99Warren	39
100	100Kerry	38

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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