Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arizona, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	450
2	Linda	304
3	Patricia	275
4	Debra	261
5	Deborah	251
6	Susan	225
7	Cynthia	206
8	Sandra	205
9	Barbara	201
9	Karen	201
11	Maria	172
12	Nancy	144
13	Pamela	142
14	Donna	137
15	Sharon	130
16	Carol	127
17	Gloria	126
18	Elizabeth	122
18	Margaret	122
20	Diane	120
21	Cheryl	118
22	Brenda	112
23	Kathleen	106
24	Rebecca	105
25	Rose	103
26	Virginia	94
27	Teresa	93
28	Janet	90
28	Sylvia	90
30	Yolanda	89
31	Laura	86
31	Martha	86
33	Diana	82
34	Catherine	80
34	Christine	80
36	Betty	77
37	Lisa	76
38	Debbie	75
39	Katherine	73
39	Theresa	73
41	Anna	71
41	Janice	71
41	Kathy	71
41	Shirley	71
45	Denise	66
45	Norma	66
47	Carolyn	63
47	Vicki	63
49	Cindy	62
49	Connie	62

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	611
2	Robert	563
3	Michael	537
4	John	461
5	James	437
6	Richard	370
7	William	347
8	Mark	278
9	Steven	265
10	Daniel	254
11	Charles	214
11	Thomas	214
13	Donald	188
14	Gary	175
15	Paul	168
16	Joseph	163
17	Edward	151
17	Larry	151
19	Ronald	150
20	George	147
21	Kenneth	144
22	Stephen	140
23	Timothy	139
24	Frank	124
25	Raymond	120
26	Gregory	116
27	Jerry	111
28	Douglas	110
29	Randy	108
30	Dennis	107
31	Joe	102
32	Anthony	99
33	Manuel	97
34	Terry	93
35	Bruce	84
36	Jeffrey	80
37	Danny	78
37	Scott	78
39	Albert	77
40	Patrick	75
41	Gilbert	74
41	Henry	74
43	Kevin	73
44	Jose	71
45	Christopher	70
46	Arthur	69
46	Johnny	69
48	Jimmy	63
48	Roy	63
48	Ruben	63