Popular Names in 1956

This is a list of the most popular names in 1956 as per the official US Census.

The most popular boy's name in 1956 was Michael

The most popular girl's name in 1956 was Mary

Other Popular Years

Popular names in 1955Popular names in 1957

Boy's NamesGirl's Names
1MichaelMary
2JamesDebra
3RobertLinda
4DavidDeborah
5JohnSusan
6WilliamPatricia
7RichardKaren
8MarkCynthia
9ThomasBarbara
10StevenDonna
11CharlesNancy
12JosephPamela
13GarySharon
14DonaldSandra
15RonaldDiane
16KennethCarol
17PaulKathleen
18DanielCheryl
19TimothyBrenda
20JeffreyKathy
21LarryJanet
22KevinElizabeth
23StephenDenise
24GregoryTeresa
25EdwardMargaret
26DennisJanice
27GeorgeRebecca
28RandyCatherine
29Robin 
30AnthonyJoyce
31TerryLisa
32BrianTheresa
33BruceCarolyn
34ScottLaura
35JerryJudy
36KeithCathy
37PeterCindy
38Kim 
39RaymondDebbie
40Beverly 
41Shirley 
42LawrenceChristine
43RickyConnie
44WayneBetty
45AlanJudith
46DannyAnn
47ChristopherPaula
48CarlJulie
49GeraldGail
50DaleJane
51CraigBonnie
52RussellJoan
53WalterGloria
54RandallSherry
55JohnnySheila
56AndrewDiana
57JefferyVicki
58Lynn 
59SteveMartha
60ArthurKathryn
61GlennWanda
62RoyRhonda
63JoePeggy
64PhilipRose
65RodneyJean
66JackLori
67RalphKatherine
68BillyVickie
69BarryJo
70StanleyMarilyn
71HenryDarlene
72HaroldDorothy
73MartinKimberly
74SamuelMaria
75RonnieVirginia
76PhillipLaurie
77BobbyJacqueline
78JimmyRuth
79EricRita
80CurtisValerie
81AlbertTerri
82LouisPhyllis
83MichealAnita
84HowardEllen
85TonyVictoria
86EugeneAnne
87AllenTina
88DarrellMichelle
89LeonardElaine
90MatthewHelen
91Frederick 
92JayDawn
93EddieAngela
94ErnestSuzanne
95HarryWendy
96MikeMarie
97VictorJennifer
98VincentAlice
99DeanJoanne
100RickMichele
101MelvinJill
102FredMaureen
103Leslie 
104LeeAnna
105MarvinSally
106JoelRenee
107NormanFrances
108JoseSylvia
109CalvinDoris
110EarlMarcia
111FrancisStephanie
112RickeyJeanne
113RayColleen
114JonathanSheryl
115TommySarah
116JonRoberta
117JeromeBeth
118 Annette
119ClarenceSue
120TheodoreEvelyn
121AlfredYvonne
122CliffordAmy
123DonEileen
124EdwinLorraine
125GlenRegina
126JesseLoretta
127DuaneAndrea
128ChrisGwendolyn
129BernardMarsha
130GordonJulia
131BenjaminCarla
132BryanCharlene
133DanCharlotte
134MarcGlenda
135AlvinLois
136MitchellJan
137KurtDianne
138HerbertNorma
139DwightJoann
140Joy 
141WarrenConstance
142BradMelinda
143 Melanie
144ReginaldBecky
145JeffVanessa
146NicholasVicky
147GuyDoreen
148JimVivian
149KentAudrey
150KarlMelissa
151 Toni
152VernonJuanita
153LeonPatti
154GarryKay
155ToddMelody
156LonnieLynne
157WesleyJanis
158LloydPenny
159BillIrene
160GilbertJeanette
161TomDebora
162Holly 
163PerryGayle
164 Yolanda
165DarylLouise
166CarlosCarmen
167FranklinBelinda
168LewisRosa
169JuanMonica
170NeilMarlene
171GeneRoxanne
172FloydChristina
173 Annie
174Dana 
175TimGeraldine
176LesterRosemary
177 Sherri
178AllanSara
179RandolphRuby
180Gerard 
181ManuelGina
182GregShelia
183KerryJune
184Leo 
185CharlieEva
186StuartClaudia
187DarrylMarjorie
188MiltonDelores
189JimmieGrace
190KellyVeronica
191TedArlene
192BrentPatsy
193TerrenceLynda
194RexJody
195GreggSheri
196Shelley 
197TyroneRachel
198HarveyDolores
199RubenRamona
200DaveMildred
201HermanLillian
202MauriceMarianne
203RandalTeri
204JohnnieJoni
205NathanielLydia
206AaronEdna
207ChesterMarla
208 Carrie
209ByronEsther
210AlexanderJosephine
211AntonioEdith
212RolandJayne
213ArnoldPatty
214MarioCarole
215CecilJanie
216FredrickCandace
217OscarJacquelyn
218LanceKarla
219Tracy 
220NealSheree
221NathanPauline
222RicardoLucy
223LuisHeidi
224WadePriscilla
225TerranceDianna
226MarcusEmma
227 Sherrie
228BobNina
229WendellGeorgia
230MartyEmily
231ClaudeMargie
232CliftonMarian
233RossBobbie
234ClaytonPaulette
235ClintonRobyn
236SidneyApril
237HughDeanna
238SamDarla
239JoeyLuann
240WallaceMona
241NelsonLaurel
242CarltonBonita
243RockyNora
244TerenceGladys
245BennyVera
246RickieJeannie
247EdgarClara
248AndreLynette
249Billie 
250Sandy 
251MickeyCathleen
252Marion 
253RaulWilma
254Gale 
255HectorEthel
256DwayneThelma
257KennyTherese
258LyleBetsy
259GeoffreyLou
260FranciscoMaryann
261 Eleanor
262RonLucille
263 Miriam
264KelvinCheri
265RobertoAlicia
266MaxBernice
267 Jamie
268BenFrancine
269SammyBeatrice
270RudyRosie
271BennieTanya
272EarnestCecilia
273BradfordKristine
274RudolphElla
275MyronSusie
276VirgilDora
277TroyClaire
278ClarkIris
279OtisFaye
280IraGinger
281EverettSabrina
282RoderickAntoinette
283AndyBertha
284MiguelNadine
285KenAlma
286ElmerFlorence
287Lauren 
288LaurenceIda
289AngeloCrystal
290Stewart 
291Shelly 
292RamonLucinda
293LorenBernadette
294DarrelCherie
295IvanPatrice
296MonteIrma
297SylvesterJeannette
298DerekMyra
299GrantJeri
300DelbertMaxine
301SalvatorePam
302LutherYvette
303Christy 
304AltonTerrie
305HalJana
306EdmundCandy
307PedroRonda
308Felix 
309PeteLillie
310Shawn 
311SeanCassandra
312MalcolmRosemarie
313LorenzoRochelle
314TeddyFaith
315CaryHazel
316IsaacGwen
317JeffryStella
318PrestonJenny
319ArchieNanette
320HoraceNaomi
321Rene 
322JacobTrudy
323ShermanTamara
324DoyleKarin
325LelandCandice
326FernandoCeleste
327RorySusanne
328JuliusLorna
329LowellCaroline
330WilbertAdrienne
331 Jennie
332RodgerVelma
333Shannon 
334NickLora
335Angel 
336DenisLana
337TommieMarcella
338HubertKristi
339DrewLeah
340ClayRosanne
341OliverCecelia
342StephanHeather
343KyleMolly
344VanMarguerite
345HomerDeloris
346UnknownAmanda
347JulianDixie
348 Sonia
349RafaelHilda
350AdrianJanette
351Forrest 
352Leigh 
353Willis 
354RustyNatalie
355ErvinVerna
356ArturoShari
357AlfredoKimberley
358ElvisLaverne
359PatAlison
360EllisHarriet
361FreddyKathie
362AlonzoRosalie
363DallasJanine
364TimmyBridget
365SheldonLorrie
366LionelRosalind
367DougJodi
368DexterGretchen
369Rufus 
370OwenTonya
371WilburMadeline
372JaimeCelia
373MackDesiree
374AdamCora
375AlMattie
376SteviePolly
377Brett 
378ChristianMindy
379DominicGeneva
380CarrollHope
381DeweyOlga
382NoelGuadalupe
383ScotDella
384Monty 
385BertOlivia
386TravisLena
387BoydErnestine
388AlbertoLuanne
389Gay 
390DarwinFreda
391MattViola
392AubreyAmelia
393JorgeLeona
394GradyMargarita
395DirkLola
396CareyLenora
397MarlonTracey
398RonnyBessie
399DewayneCorinne
400EvanMargo
401VanceAgnes
402CurtAva
403RoyceJeanine
404IrvinDena
405CaseyCamille
406BlaineMinnie
407ConradDaisy
408BuddyJolene
409ShaneNoreen
410Stacey 
411ChuckNellie
412GabrielKatie
413OrlandoJoanna
414JavierDelia
415DominickChristie
416PhilElsie
417ErnieLeticia
418Dee 
419CorneliusSonja
420EdmondFelicia
421 Pearl
422EmmettAna
423MilesRena
424ErnestoMae
425PercyDebby
426Stacy 
427ElbertLadonna
428LouieJeanie
429 Kristin
430DarnellTara
431MurrayMyrna
432ChristopheHelene
433AbrahamReba
434SpencerAlberta
435KendallDiann
436WilsonLeanne
437Alphonso 
438 Jerri
439Corey 
440DaneKatrina
441GarlandJeannine
442MerleLorie
443 Lila
444MarlinMitzi
445 Leann
446ColinClaudette
447EltonDenice
448SterlingDona
449GalenSuzan
450NorrisColette
451BlakeMelodie
452CedricRae
453JulioEunice
454RodolfoFlora
455ReedJessica
456JustinGlenna
457EnriqueKatharine
458LamarNita
459ZacharyRobbin
460JessIsabel
461WinstonJocelyn
462KrisKathi
463Allison 
464WilfredMarcy
465BarneyLynnette
466JoesphAda
467 Gayla
468RandellRandi
469ClintElise
470BartMarta
471RoccoSonya
472Wyatt 
473DennyRoxann
474NedHattie
475ThaddeusAlthea
476HarlanRosalyn
477ErikSondra
478AmosPenelope
479EmanuelRosetta
480LukeLea
481MosesSharlene
482EldonAngie
483ElliottRoslyn
484BryantJanelle
485SethKristy
486StanViolet
487EddyCathryn
488TobySuzette
489 Sharron
490DannieAdele
491JoshuaMari
492DamonRoseann
493LonMamie
494EduardoHenrietta
495KennithBobbi
496HarleyMelba
497GroverEstella
498BlairTrina
499Kaye 
500WoodrowKristina
501JuniorLorene
502CameronEloise
503AustinElena
504MichelGeralyn
505OrvilleKimberlee
506ChadSaundra
507Shelby 
508 Valarie
509DonnyGertrude
510IrvingGracie
511ReubenDarcy
512ReynaldoCharmaine
513LannyDinah
514VaughnLula
515FredericSallie
516AbelVickey
517LinwoodRuthie
518RodEugenia
519Fay 
520DonnellAntonia
521RamiroLauri
522 Ivy
523IsmaelTeena
524RusselFannie
525GilbertoLeesa
526SanfordElisabeth
527TerrellElsa
528Jodie 
529NolanRoxane
530CornellMalinda
531IsraelErin
532LeviErma
533MitchelMarisa
534MorganEve
535ErwinColeen
536KipLesa
537LoydCherry
538Elijah 
539LaneCaren
540DwainIlene
541 Lu
542WinfredCarlene
543DickMerry
544Lesley 
545RyanDeana
546WardKristie
547BurtonDorothea
548PabloJohanna
549WillLaureen
550Meredith 
551DanialAvis
552ReidElisa
553DinoJulianne
554HarrisonBlanca
555ElvinMaggie
556MikelBenita
557CoryInez
558TomasPamala
559FelipeBette
560AugustDeena
561JerroldNelda
562KermitJosie
563RolandoGenevieve
564JasperKitty
565DudleyLyn
566WileyRachelle
567CarterKathrine
568DuncanMaryanne
569ThurmanDeirdre
570AlejandroDorene
571BartonRosalinda
572 Clare
573RomanDebrah
574ScottyAlfreda
575WeldonAngelia
576GarthTena
577RoscoeCheryle
578EmilJewel
579GarrettGeri
580VernDaphne
581GuillermoPatrica
582RobAngelina
583DomingoTammy
584NorbertCaryn
585BrandonChristi
586HankLorri
587 Roxie
588RussEarnestine
589ValIngrid
590SergioMyrtle
591GusEtta
592JonathonTerese
593 Debbra
594 Lavonne
595BradyWinifred
596UlyssesGeorgette
597ReggieGreta
598JeremiahMarva
599SolomonMaryellen
600PierreCathie
602KurtisLenore
603HansValorie
604OttoMable
605JeffersonKristen
606OdellMaura
607LonnyBlanche
608BernieDolly
609FredricMarilynn
610EliPattie
611RogelioKaron
612AndresBettie
613Armand 
614BryonAlisa
615BurtDelois
616ElwoodKrista
617JackyRhoda
618KentonBonny
619IvoryDanette
620MerlinSadie
621SantiagoCindi
622MerrillKari
623CliffLela
624CoyEarlene
625SheltonKendra
626DonnDawna
627NickySilvia
628RobbyRenae
629EmeryBeverley
630FaronFern
631Sherrill 
632WilfredoLuz
633EliasMarcie
634 Ina
635HollisEdwina
636JedHelena
637ShaunOra
638ElliotGaye
639LyndonValeria
640SonnyDanielle
641Avery 
642CharleyMuriel
643DavisArleen
644VitoDeanne
645ButchElvira
646JeroldLucia
647MarcoNan
648JakeBambi
649QuentinCinda
650RockElva
651Vince 
652NoahNanci
653KevenJanell
654 Loraine
655ClementNona
656EmoryLetha
657Lindsey 
658RileyNettie
659TylerRenita
660AdolphCorrine
661HarrisRebekah
662 Twila
663EmilioEssie
664FreemanShauna
665GerardoSherie
666 Karyn
667TrentClarice
668BenitoMarina
669MillardMillie
670DenverNola
671IgnacioKarol
672LenardMollie
673MonroeRoxanna
674RoyalDina
675TadGeorgina
676DelmarLupe
677CarmineDoretha
678StanfordMelva
679ZaneRosanna
680HiramBettye
681MaynardDanita
682AntonDorinda
683BroderickIva
684Marcel 
685MylesJanna
686JacksonMegan
687 Madonna
688BookerKerri
689Brendan 
690ClairDebi
691EveretteMinerva
692DouglassJuliana
693GustavoMarybeth
694CarsonCharla
695EfrainFreida
696LesAbigail
697BrooksJannie
698 Mercedes
699NoeGraciela
700Saul 
701ChipMariann
702DelTonia
703RandelWilla
704AldenCarmela
705ArlenJoanie
706LennyMaribeth
707MervinVikki
708BufordErica
709KelleyKatheryn
710Johnathan 
712Alexis 
713FritzMarylou
714ToneyTeressa
715ErrolMabel
716IrwinNannette
717BasilGilda
718DickieLeila
719DukeMara
720MarcosSusanna
721 Addie
722DwaineGisele
723NicolasAileen
724RitchieCathrine
725RogersFelecia
726Blane 
727 Harriett
728Curtiss 
729ThadCaryl
730VicenteDorthy
731AugustineDottie
732HiltonAurora
733JordanDeann
734SilasEula
735WilfordJaye
736CesarNikki
737LavernCara
738LemuelClarissa
739EloyDelilah
740JeremyMarci
741 Neva
742MajorAlexandra
743AdolfoCaron
744BudLorena
745ColemanRaquel
746GearldKaran
747GlynnTricia
748GrahamMarietta
749RandLeeann
750IsaiahQueen
751LindsaySybil
752AndersonCornelia
753GilDarleen
754OthaGena
755RayfordLilly
756SherwoodAnnmarie
757GinoCecile
758HaywardDeidre
759RaphaelLouann
760RollandSherryl
761BrunoChrista
762DaltonEster
763 Jacklyn
764ErickLibby
765ForestMaryjo
766MelMay
767 Aida
768DavyKandy
769FeltonDonita
770HershelFran
771Hilary 
772LawerenceMilagros
773 Earline
774Stevan 
775EarleReva
776FarrellBernadine
777GreggoryCarmella
778HumbertoFrieda
779MasonJewell
780Rosario 
781CyrilLily
782CyrusPeggie
783DonellVonda
784Dusty 
785Stanton 
787HueyEstelle
788Jere 
789 Lottie
790DamianPearlie
791DonovanShirlene
792ErichTracie
793IsiahVelda
794Jarvis 
795CruzBethany
796 Marilee
797EmersonMeryl
798HerschelMimi
799KevanSandi
800StefanDanna
801TheronDelphine
802BenedictAleta
803CarloCelestine
804EmmanuelJudi
805FosterLeola
806MckinleyNicole
807WardellLourdes
808 Jacquline
809EdwardoOpal
810HoustonValencia
811JoaquinLizzie
812WiltonMadelyn
813WoodyDebbi
814Derwin 
815ElroyJoycelyn
816LeonardoReta
817MichaleCherrie
818MiloJenifer
819 Tana
820 Twyla
821Raleigh 
822WilburnMargery
823AlphonseConsuelo
824 Lise
825BoyceLucretia
826BurlCheryll
827GaylonMavis
828HaywoodPamella
830OmarDian
831BretEvangeline
832MaxwellFrancesca
833ArtRetha
834EmmittRoseanne
835GaylordSherree
836JudsonHannah
837KraigLawanda
838RaymonLouisa
839RubinVenita
840TyJacalyn
841WallyMigdalia
842WilmerZelda
843ChetBeulah
844Lindy 
845KitMagdalena
846LenLeta
847OdisDani
848QuintinJoellen
849EmileLorelei
850GearyCarmel
851NapoleonCherri
852Taylor 
853DellJann
854DewittLizabeth
855Fidel 
856JonasSheena
857AlvisSusana
858 Carleen
859BerryCatharine
860Delton 
861GregorioStarr
862LacyPennie
863ParisPortia
864AlecUrsula
865FletcherAlyce
866MilfordBarbra
867MitchRoni
868TimmieAlana
869XavierCandis
870DennieDara
871DomenicGerri
872KirtGoldie
873 Kelli
874Prince 
875AgustinShawna
876CarletonEffie
877Hugo 
878IssacMartina
879LincolnTami
880LymanBarb
881DaroldCorliss
882 Janeen
883LayneJerilyn
884LorinJoleen
885 Adela
886CarmeloAthena
887DelmerKathey
888EzraMadeleine
889RolfBettina
890Artis 
891CalRonna
892CodyCallie
893JacquesCamilla
894LuciusJuliann
895MacMickie
896NormandRomona
897RichDayna
898BertramJosefina
899EliotJuliet
900EstebanKellie
901LeanderLauretta
902LynwoodSharen
903Brock 
904CrisDollie
905IkeGinny
906TabJacque
907AugustusOphelia
908BusterOralia
909Shellie 
910JeffereyVernell
911LexAmber
912RodrickAnnetta
913SkipOla
914 Starla
915SydneyAngelita
916TimmothyDaria
917 Elyse
918WarnerLorinda
919DemetriusMarlys
920DuwayneRachael
921EnochRowena
922FerdinandSophia
923GavinWinona
924JaceJuana
925KemLona
926Olin 
927Quinton 
928AlfonzoWendi
929DannCathey
930FranklynGaylene
931MurphyLiz
932WaymonPetra
933AshleyTreva
934BrionAbby
935BrittCassie
936CleveJeanna
937ElmoKara
938 Leisa
939LorenzaTaryn
940WillamAlta
941ArdenMerri
942 Selma
943 Vernita
944 Chandra
945 Charleen
946PasqualePaige
947 Rhea
948ColeSuzann
949DorseyAngeline
950EthanDori
951MalcomMatilda
952VonElnora
953BradlyJannette
954ColumbusLaurene
955DanteNicki
956EdisonVenus
957EvansMarita
958HunterOdessa
959RhettRosita
960RichieAntionette
961ScottieElissa
962TalmadgeGlendora
963BaronJami
964BarrettMeg
965BarronMillicent
966 Cristina
967FedericoKate
968HeribertoMaritza
969MeltonPhoebe
970Alva 
971ArlinDelma
972EldenMonique
973KennthSharyn
974KingStacie
975LarySuellen
976Renaldo 
977WilliamsVeda
978AdanAnnamarie
979Aldo 
980BuckCarmelita
981DesiCarolina
982HoytEliza
983ReeseGlynis
984RenardJerrie
985TrevorJuli
986BriceJustine
987CletusLetitia
988Denzil 
989DwaneMerrie
990EldridgeNell
991GenaroAdrianne
992HoseaBabette
993JameBeryl
994JulesLani
995QuincyLeanna
996ArnulfoRona
997AronCorine
998BartholomewElida
1000DarellSheron