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Top Baby Names 1956

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 2,007,715 · Total Boys: 2,115,322

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	61,743	3.075%
2	Debra	48,324	2.407%
3	Linda	48,085	2.395%
4	Deborah	47,837	2.383%
5	Susan	46,562	2.319%
6	Patricia	43,330	2.158%
7	Karen	40,052	1.995%
8	Cynthia	32,339	1.611%
9	Barbara	32,302	1.609%
10	Donna	29,852	1.487%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Nancy	28,784	1.434%
12	Pamela	26,927	1.341%
13	Sharon	26,881	1.339%
14	Sandra	24,302	1.210%
15	Diane	22,518	1.122%
16	Carol	21,407	1.066%
17	Kathleen	21,377	1.065%
18	Cheryl	21,279	1.060%
19	Brenda	19,343	0.963%
20	Kathy	17,177	0.856%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Janet	16,758	0.835%
22	Elizabeth	16,353	0.815%
23	Denise	14,509	0.723%
24	Teresa	14,464	0.720%
25	Margaret	13,914	0.693%
26	Janice	13,017	0.648%
27	Rebecca	12,170	0.606%
28	Catherine	12,057	0.601%
29	Robin	11,621	0.579%
30	Joyce	11,091	0.552%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Lisa	11,012	0.548%
32	Theresa	10,841	0.540%
33	Carolyn	10,634	0.530%
34	Laura	10,570	0.526%
35	Judy	10,197	0.508%
36	Cathy	10,132	0.505%
37	Cindy	9,979	0.497%
38	Kim	9,896	0.493%
39	Debbie	9,862	0.491%
40	Beverly	9,450	0.471%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Shirley	9,429	0.470%
42	Christine	9,371	0.467%
43	Connie	9,361	0.466%
44	Betty	9,218	0.459%
45	Judith	9,115	0.454%
46	Ann	8,990	0.448%
47	Paula	8,925	0.445%
48	Julie	8,573	0.427%
49	Gail	8,435	0.420%
50	Jane	8,241	0.410%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bonnie	8,132	0.405%
52	Joan	8,080	0.402%
53	Gloria	7,929	0.395%
54	Sherry	7,898	0.393%
55	Sheila	7,872	0.392%
56	Diana	7,851	0.391%
57	Vicki	7,767	0.387%
58	Lynn	7,736	0.385%
59	Martha	7,709	0.384%
60	Kathryn	7,594	0.378%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Wanda	7,547	0.376%
62	Rhonda	7,521	0.375%
63	Peggy	7,493	0.373%
64	Rose	7,337	0.365%
65	Jean	7,174	0.357%
66	Lori	7,145	0.356%
67	Katherine	7,081	0.353%
68	Vickie	6,956	0.346%
69	Jo	6,954	0.346%
70	Marilyn	6,926	0.345%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Darlene	6,919	0.345%
72	Dorothy	6,858	0.342%
73	Maria	6,731	0.335%
74	Kimberly	6,730	0.335%
75	Virginia	6,392	0.318%
76	Laurie	6,206	0.309%
77	Ruth	6,075	0.303%
78	Jacqueline	6,062	0.302%
79	Rita	6,055	0.302%
80	Valerie	5,910	0.294%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Terri	5,744	0.286%
82	Phyllis	5,642	0.281%
83	Anita	5,505	0.274%
84	Ellen	5,432	0.271%
85	Victoria	5,388	0.268%
86	Anne	5,356	0.267%
87	Tina	5,330	0.265%
88	Michelle	5,327	0.265%
89	Elaine	5,310	0.264%
90	Helen	5,279	0.263%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Terry	5,272	0.263%
92	Dawn	5,127	0.255%
93	Angela	5,033	0.251%
94	Suzanne	5,024	0.250%
95	Wendy	4,861	0.242%
96	Marie	4,794	0.239%
97	Jennifer	4,710	0.235%
98	Alice	4,681	0.233%
99	Joanne	4,671	0.233%
100	Michele	4,617	0.230%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	90,691	4.287%
2	James	84,903	4.014%
3	Robert	83,912	3.967%
4	David	81,650	3.860%
5	John	80,806	3.820%
6	William	58,990	2.789%
7	Richard	52,912	2.501%
8	Mark	48,829	2.308%
9	Thomas	44,841	2.120%
10	Steven	38,410	1.816%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Charles	35,239	1.666%
12	Joseph	32,748	1.548%
13	Gary	31,839	1.505%
14	Donald	28,226	1.334%
15	Ronald	27,723	1.311%
16	Kenneth	27,433	1.297%
17	Paul	26,897	1.272%
18	Daniel	26,653	1.260%
19	Timothy	23,289	1.101%
20	Jeffrey	23,282	1.101%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Larry	22,324	1.055%
22	Kevin	21,763	1.029%
23	Stephen	21,204	1.002%
24	Gregory	21,081	0.997%
25	Edward	19,437	0.919%
26	Dennis	18,362	0.868%
27	George	17,236	0.815%
28	Randy	16,547	0.782%
29	Douglas	16,390	0.775%
30	Anthony	15,565	0.736%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Terry	15,066	0.712%
32	Brian	14,667	0.693%
33	Bruce	14,660	0.693%
34	Scott	13,214	0.625%
35	Jerry	12,620	0.597%
36	Keith	11,480	0.543%
37	Peter	11,335	0.536%
38	Frank	11,150	0.527%
39	Raymond	11,108	0.525%
40	Patrick	10,326	0.488%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Roger	10,151	0.480%
42	Lawrence	8,898	0.421%
43	Ricky	8,781	0.415%
44	Alan	8,735	0.413%
45	Wayne	8,717	0.412%
46	Danny	8,564	0.405%
47	Christopher	8,385	0.396%
48	Carl	8,314	0.393%
49	Gerald	7,991	0.378%
50	Dale	7,720	0.365%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Craig	7,422	0.351%
52	Russell	7,402	0.350%
53	Walter	7,020	0.332%
54	Randall	6,914	0.327%
55	Johnny	6,637	0.314%
56	Andrew	6,602	0.312%
57	Jeffery	6,571	0.311%
58	Willie	6,528	0.309%
59	Steve	6,474	0.306%
60	Arthur	6,288	0.297%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Glenn	6,196	0.293%
62	Roy	6,133	0.290%
63	Joe	6,126	0.290%
64	Philip	6,105	0.289%
65	Rodney	6,075	0.287%
66	Jack	6,051	0.286%
67	Ralph	6,041	0.286%
68	Billy	6,013	0.284%
69	Barry	5,987	0.283%
70	Stanley	5,985	0.283%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Henry	5,971	0.282%
72	Harold	5,956	0.282%
73	Martin	5,682	0.269%
74	Samuel	5,584	0.264%
75	Ronnie	5,492	0.260%
76	Phillip	5,416	0.256%
77	Bobby	5,358	0.253%
78	Jimmy	5,346	0.253%
79	Eric	5,253	0.248%
80	Curtis	5,157	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Albert	5,151	0.244%
82	Louis	4,911	0.232%
83	Micheal	4,732	0.224%
84	Howard	4,706	0.222%
85	Tony	4,669	0.221%
86	Eugene	4,619	0.218%
87	Allen	4,611	0.218%
88	Darrell	4,468	0.211%
89	Leonard	4,371	0.207%
90	Matthew	4,365	0.206%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Frederick	4,305	0.204%
92	Jay	4,119	0.195%
93	Eddie	3,994	0.189%
94	Ernest	3,953	0.187%
95	Harry	3,925	0.186%
96	Victor	3,907	0.185%
97	Mike	3,901	0.184%
98	Vincent	3,756	0.178%
99	Dean	3,712	0.175%
100	Rick	3,656	0.173%

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