Top 200 baby boy names in the USA during year 1956

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Melvin3,631
102102Fred3,573
103103Bradley3,512
104104Lee3,511
105105Marvin3,478
106106Joel3,438
107107Norman3,424
108108Jose3,395
109109Calvin3,333
110110Earl3,301
111111Francis3,291
112112Rickey3,263
113113Ray3,232
114114Jonathan3,122
115115Tommy3,112
116116Jon3,076
117117Jerome3,061
118118Kim2,955
119119Theodore2,951
120120Clarence2,950
121121Alfred2,938
122122Clifford2,906
123123Don2,892
124124Edwin2,775
125125Glen2,718
126126Jesse2,621
127127Duane2,598
128128Chris2,529
129129Bernard2,479
130130Gordon2,477
131131Benjamin2,469
132132Dan2,438
133133Bryan2,436
134134Marc2,426
135135Alvin2,425
136136Mitchell2,406
137137Herbert2,392
138138Kurt2,384
139139Dwight2,366
140140Leroy2,350
141141Warren2,337
142142Brad2,260
143143Robin2,241
144144Reginald2,229
145145Jeff2,220
146146Nicholas2,216
147147Guy2,215
148148Jim2,189
149149Kent2,136
150150Karl2,058
151151Leslie2,053
152152Vernon2,047
153153Garry2,042
154154Leon2,038
155155Todd2,013
156156Lonnie2,012
157157Wesley2,007
158158Lloyd1,980
159159Gilbert1,959
160160Bill1,956
161161Tom1,915
162162Kirk1,901
163163Perry1,865
164164Jackie1,857
165165Daryl1,831
166166Carlos1,794
167167Franklin1,782
168168Lewis1,764
169169Gene1,751
170170Neil1,749
171171Juan1,748
172172Floyd1,726
173173Donnie1,724
174174Clyde1,719
175175Tim1,713
176176Lester1,701
177177Dana1,635
178178Allan1,633
179179Randolph1,633
180180Gerard1,620
181181Manuel1,616
182182Greg1,601
183183Kerry1,580
184184Leo1,546
185185Charlie1,530
186186Stuart1,488
187187Milton1,479
188188Darryl1,477
189189Kelly1,471
190190Jimmie1,469
191191Ted1,459
192192Brent1,451
193193Rex1,451
194194Terrence1,447
195195Gregg1,435
196196Freddie1,426
197197Tyrone1,404
198198Harvey1,377
199199Ruben1,366
200200Dave1,356

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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