Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	481
2	Mary	433
3	Patricia	366
4	Karen	357
5	Susan	318
6	Linda	302
7	Sharon	289
8	Barbara	267
9	Donna	236
10	Debra	225
11	Cynthia	201
12	Diane	199
13	Denise	192
14	Pamela	190
15	Nancy	176
16	Kathleen	165
17	Elizabeth	150
18	Sandra	146
19	Carol	144
20	Robin	143
21	Margaret	138
22	Cheryl	130
23	Brenda	128
23	Sheila	128
25	Catherine	117
26	Carolyn	115
26	Janet	115
28	Joyce	112
29	Theresa	107
30	Janice	104
31	Wanda	100
32	Lisa	99
33	Ann	94
34	Laura	90
34	Teresa	90
36	Angela	89
36	Gail	89
36	Joan	89
39	Jacqueline	88
40	Judith	87
41	Anne	75
41	Renee	75
43	Shirley	73
44	Darlene	72
44	Leslie	72
44	Valerie	72
47	Beverly	70
48	Michelle	65
48	Rebecca	65
50	Katherine	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	789
2	John	729
3	James	689
4	Robert	674
5	William	601
6	David	549
7	Richard	360
8	Thomas	357
9	Charles	347
10	Joseph	304
11	Mark	290
12	Gregory	256
13	Paul	235
14	Ronald	228
15	Stephen	227
16	Kevin	225
17	Steven	224
18	Anthony	201
19	George	197
20	Donald	196
20	Kenneth	196
22	Gary	184
23	Daniel	162
24	Brian	160
25	Edward	155
26	Timothy	149
27	Larry	143
28	Jeffrey	142
29	Keith	123
30	Christopher	122
31	Lawrence	110
32	Wayne	104
33	Bruce	98
34	Douglas	92
35	Patrick	91
36	Eric	88
37	Peter	83
38	Tyrone	81
39	Raymond	80
40	Dennis	76
41	Andrew	73
42	Frank	67
42	Stanley	67
44	Reginald	66
45	Glenn	59
46	Alan	55
46	Walter	55
48	Carl	54
48	Melvin	54
50	Craig	52