Top Boys Names of 1956 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	Michael	91K
2	James	85K
3	Robert	84K
4	David	82K
5	John	81K
6	William	59K
7	Richard	53K
8	Mark	49K
9	Thomas	45K
10	Steven	38K
11	Charles	35K
12	Joseph	33K
13	Gary	32K
14	Donald	28K
15	Ronald	28K
16	Kenneth	27K
17	Paul	27K
18	Daniel	27K
19	Timothy	23K
20	Jeffrey	23K
21	Larry	22K
22	Kevin	22K
23	Stephen	21K
24	Gregory	21K
25	Edward	19K
26	Dennis	18K
27	George	17K
28	Randy	17K
29	Douglas	16K
30	Anthony	16K
31	Terry	15K
32	Brian	15K
33	Bruce	15K
34	Scott	13K
35	Jerry	13K
36	Keith	11K
37	Peter	11K
38	Frank	11K
39	Raymond	11K
40	Patrick	10K
41	Roger	10K
42	Lawrence	9K
43	Ricky	9K
44	Alan	9K
45	Wayne	9K
46	Danny	9K
47	Christopher	8K
48	Carl	8K
49	Gerald	8K
50	Dale	8K
51	Craig	7K
52	Russell	7K
53	Walter	7K
54	Randall	7K
55	Johnny	7K
56	Andrew	7K
57	Jeffery	7K
58	Willie	7K
59	Steve	6K
60	Arthur	6K
61	Glenn	6K
62	Roy	6K
63	Joe	6K
64	Philip	6K
65	Rodney	6K
66	Jack	6K
67	Ralph	6K
68	Billy	6K
69	Barry	6K
70	Stanley	6K
71	Henry	6K
72	Harold	6K
73	Martin	6K
74	Samuel	6K
75	Ronnie	5K
76	Phillip	5K
77	Bobby	5K
78	Jimmy	5K
79	Eric	5K
80	Curtis	5K
81	Albert	5K
82	Louis	5K
83	Micheal	5K
84	Howard	5K
85	Tony	5K
86	Eugene	5K
87	Allen	5K
88	Darrell	4K
89	Leonard	4K
90	Matthew	4K
91	Frederick	4K
92	Jay	4K
93	Eddie	4K
94	Ernest	4K
95	Harry	4K
96	Victor	4K
97	Mike	4K
98	Vincent	4K
99	Dean	4K
100	Rick	4K