Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,727
2	Debra	1,290
3	Susan	1,203
4	Linda	875
5	Nancy	873
6	Barbara	822
7	Cynthia	736
8	Karen	732
9	Patricia	727
10	Diane	630
11	Deborah	628
12	Kathleen	595
13	Pamela	544
14	Sandra	534
15	Cheryl	520
16	Julie	501
17	Carol	492
18	Sharon	409
19	Jane	362
20	Lori	346
21	Jean	330
22	Denise	319
23	Donna	311
23	Janet	311
23	Laurie	311
26	Lynn	308
27	Cindy	293
28	Kim	288
28	Margaret	288
30	Elizabeth	286
31	Kathryn	272
32	Rebecca	271
33	Catherine	268
34	Joan	266
35	Ann	258
36	Dawn	256
37	Kathy	250
38	Brenda	244
39	Wendy	234
40	Kimberly	225
41	Bonnie	222
42	Connie	221
43	Teresa	220
44	Judy	216
45	Theresa	214
45	Vicki	214
47	Gail	211
48	Colleen	209
48	Judith	209
50	Janice	207

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,899
2	Michael	1,851
3	Mark	1,559
4	James	1,475
5	John	1,411
6	Steven	1,355
7	Robert	1,329
8	Thomas	1,293
9	Richard	1,124
10	Daniel	885
11	Jeffrey	832
12	William	789
13	Paul	772
14	Timothy	769
15	Gary	761
16	Scott	740
17	Kevin	720
18	Gregory	666
19	Bruce	576
20	Ronald	545
21	Randy	530
22	Douglas	525
23	Brian	490
24	Donald	482
25	Charles	465
26	Joseph	442
27	Kenneth	406
28	Dale	348
29	Craig	344
29	Larry	344
31	Patrick	343
32	Bradley	339
33	Stephen	328
34	Peter	326
35	Dennis	325
36	Keith	311
37	Roger	278
38	Terry	274
39	Dean	255
40	Gerald	232
40	Wayne	232
42	Randall	227
43	Alan	216
44	Edward	173
45	Duane	172
46	Jon	165
47	Curtis	159
48	Joel	151
49	Jerry	149
50	Jeffery	148