Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New York, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	5,092
2	Mary	5,062
3	Patricia	4,270
4	Deborah	4,098
5	Linda	3,797
6	Karen	3,516
7	Barbara	3,263
8	Nancy	3,142
9	Debra	3,084
10	Donna	3,018
11	Kathleen	2,860
12	Diane	2,645
13	Carol	2,091
14	Cynthia	1,998
15	Elizabeth	1,914
16	Sharon	1,766
17	Margaret	1,557
18	Denise	1,553
19	Sandra	1,433
20	Cheryl	1,413
21	Janet	1,317
22	Catherine	1,303
23	Pamela	1,228
24	Theresa	1,222
25	Robin	1,178
26	Laura	1,158
27	Lisa	1,148
28	Maria	1,141
29	Joan	1,119
30	Christine	1,096
31	Ann	1,065
32	Ellen	997
33	Joanne	989
34	Kim	984
35	Judith	979
36	Maureen	978
37	Gail	960
38	Anne	920
39	Laurie	881
40	Jean	844
41	Eileen	831
42	Lynn	822
43	Jo	814
44	Rose	804
45	Jane	800
46	Michele	798
47	Lorraine	774
48	Bonnie	758
48	Marie	758
50	Valerie	717

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	8,707
2	John	8,604
3	Robert	8,585
4	James	6,527
5	David	5,942
6	William	5,453
7	Richard	5,352
8	Thomas	4,961
9	Joseph	4,892
10	Mark	3,738
11	Steven	3,189
12	Paul	2,916
13	Kevin	2,792
14	Peter	2,591
15	Daniel	2,530
16	Charles	2,487
17	Edward	2,471
18	Anthony	2,419
19	Gary	2,336
20	Jeffrey	2,256
21	Stephen	2,171
22	Kenneth	2,148
23	Donald	1,944
24	Ronald	1,931
25	George	1,793
26	Brian	1,727
27	Frank	1,717
28	Timothy	1,696
29	Gregory	1,459
30	Bruce	1,310
31	Douglas	1,264
32	Raymond	1,242
33	Lawrence	1,223
34	Christopher	1,169
35	Dennis	1,102
36	Scott	1,083
37	Andrew	1,081
38	Patrick	999
39	Alan	998
40	Keith	920
41	Vincent	875
42	Philip	841
43	Louis	838
44	Wayne	777
45	Martin	761
46	Jose	746
47	Arthur	724
48	Eric	723
49	Larry	673
50	Howard	647