Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular Illinois Boy Baby Names in 1956

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1956.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Illinois was Michael. In total there were 112,239 boys born sharing 768 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1956 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 19 (5.3%)	5,944
2	James	1 in 23 (4.4%)	4,935
3	John	1 in 23 (4.4%)	4,917
4	Robert	1 in 24 (4.2%)	4,675
5	David	1 in 24 (4.1%)	4,598
6	William	1 in 34 (2.9%)	3,266
7	Mark	1 in 36 (2.8%)	3,143
8	Thomas	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,971
9	Richard	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,966
10	Steven	1 in 42 (2.4%)	2,653
11	Joseph	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,795
12	Daniel	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,793
13	Gary	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,681
14	Charles	1 in 67 (1.5%)	1,681
15	Kevin	1 in 69 (1.4%)	1,623
16	Donald	1 in 69 (1.4%)	1,618
17	Ronald	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,576
18	Kenneth	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,492
19	Paul	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,475
20	Jeffrey	1 in 77 (1.3%)	1,461
21	Gregory	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,438
22	Timothy	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,392
23	Edward	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,227
24	Larry	1 in 101 (1%)	1,113
25	Dennis	1 in 105 (1%)	1,073
26	Scott	1 in 109 (0.9%)	1,026
27	Stephen	1 in 113 (0.9%)	993
28	Bruce	1 in 125 (0.8%)	896
29	Anthony	1 in 125 (0.8%)	895
30	Brian	1 in 127 (0.8%)	885
31	George	1 in 131 (0.8%)	858
32	Randy	1 in 132 (0.8%)	853
33	Terry	1 in 136 (0.7%)	827
34	Douglas	1 in 141 (0.7%)	795
35	Patrick	1 in 148 (0.7%)	756
36	Keith	1 in 162 (0.6%)	692
37	Lawrence	1 in 174 (0.6%)	646
38	Raymond	1 in 179 (0.6%)	628
39	Peter	1 in 179 (0.6%)	626
40	Frank	1 in 181 (0.6%)	619
41	Roger	1 in 200 (0.5%)	560
42	Jerry	1 in 204 (0.5%)	551
43	Alan	1 in 224 (0.4%)	501
44	Carl	1 in 226 (0.4%)	496
45	Gerald	1 in 242 (0.4%)	464
46	Craig	1 in 260 (0.4%)	431
47	Dale	1 in 260 (0.4%)	431
48	Russell	1 in 261 (0.4%)	430
49	Wayne	1 in 263 (0.4%)	426
50	Martin	1 in 270 (0.4%)	416
51	Randall	1 in 272 (0.4%)	412
52	Christopher	1 in 275 (0.4%)	408
53	Jeffery	1 in 275 (0.4%)	408
54	Andrew	1 in 302 (0.3%)	372
55	Ricky	1 in 304 (0.3%)	369
56	Philip	1 in 312 (0.3%)	360
57	Danny	1 in 317 (0.3%)	354
58	Walter	1 in 317 (0.3%)	354
59	Stanley	1 in 332 (0.3%)	338
60	Glenn	1 in 336 (0.3%)	334
61	Harold	1 in 340 (0.3%)	330
62	Arthur	1 in 364 (0.3%)	308
63	Phillip	1 in 367 (0.3%)	306
64	Rodney	1 in 374 (0.3%)	300
65	Jack	1 in 375 (0.3%)	299
66	Steve	1 in 379 (0.3%)	296
67	Ralph	1 in 398 (0.3%)	282
68	Louis	1 in 411 (0.2%)	273
69	Henry	1 in 417 (0.2%)	269
70	Micheal	1 in 420 (0.2%)	267
71	Roy	1 in 420 (0.2%)	267
72	Leonard	1 in 425 (0.2%)	264
73	Bradley	1 in 445 (0.2%)	252
74	Eugene	1 in 447 (0.2%)	251
75	Eric	1 in 454 (0.2%)	247
76	Dean	1 in 458 (0.2%)	245
77	Jerome	1 in 458 (0.2%)	245
78	Jay	1 in 468 (0.2%)	240
79	Barry	1 in 474 (0.2%)	237
80	Howard	1 in 482 (0.2%)	233
81	Matthew	1 in 482 (0.2%)	233
82	Willie	1 in 482 (0.2%)	233
83	Darrell	1 in 486 (0.2%)	231
84	Albert	1 in 490 (0.2%)	229
85	Curtis	1 in 492 (0.2%)	228
86	Allen	1 in 497 (0.2%)	226
87	Samuel	1 in 501 (0.2%)	224
88	Kurt	1 in 513 (0.2%)	219
89	Frederick	1 in 517 (0.2%)	217
90	Victor	1 in 534 (0.2%)	210
91	Rick	1 in 537 (0.2%)	209
92	Ronnie	1 in 553 (0.2%)	203
93	Vincent	1 in 567 (0.2%)	198
94	Tony	1 in 576 (0.2%)	195
95	Theodore	1 in 579 (0.2%)	194
96	Fred	1 in 591 (0.2%)	190
97	Norman	1 in 594 (0.2%)	189
98	Terrence	1 in 627 (0.2%)	179
99	Lee	1 in 664 (0.2%)	169
100	Melvin	1 in 672 (0.1%)	167