Top 100 Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1956

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Minnesota, in 1956.

The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1956


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Minnesota was David. In total there were 39,928 boys born sharing 379 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
1David1 in 21 (4.8%)1,905
2Michael1 in 22 (4.6%)1,848
3Mark1 in 26 (3.9%)1,560
4James1 in 27 (3.7%)1,475
5John1 in 28 (3.5%)1,409
6Steven1 in 30 (3.4%)1,352
7Robert1 in 30 (3.3%)1,323
8Thomas1 in 31 (3.2%)1,290
9Richard1 in 36 (2.8%)1,120
10Daniel1 in 45 (2.2%)884
11Jeffrey1 in 48 (2.1%)837
12William1 in 51 (2%)783
13Paul1 in 52 (1.9%)772
14Timothy1 in 52 (1.9%)769
15Gary1 in 52 (1.9%)763
16Scott1 in 54 (1.9%)740
17Kevin1 in 56 (1.8%)717
18Gregory1 in 60 (1.7%)665
19Bruce1 in 69 (1.5%)579
20Ronald1 in 74 (1.4%)541
21Randy1 in 76 (1.3%)528
22Douglas1 in 76 (1.3%)525
23Brian1 in 82 (1.2%)489
24Donald1 in 83 (1.2%)479
25Charles1 in 86 (1.2%)465
26Joseph1 in 90 (1.1%)443
27Kenneth1 in 98 (1%)407
28Dale1 in 115 (0.9%)348
29Patrick1 in 116 (0.9%)344
30Craig1 in 116 (0.9%)344
31Larry1 in 116 (0.9%)343
32Bradley1 in 117 (0.9%)340
33Stephen1 in 121 (0.8%)330
34Dennis1 in 123 (0.8%)325
35Peter1 in 123 (0.8%)324
36Keith1 in 128 (0.8%)312
37Roger1 in 143 (0.7%)279
38Terry1 in 145 (0.7%)275
39Dean1 in 157 (0.6%)254
40Wayne1 in 171 (0.6%)234
41Gerald1 in 171 (0.6%)233
42Randall1 in 177 (0.6%)226
43Alan1 in 187 (0.5%)214
44Duane1 in 233 (0.4%)171
45Edward1 in 233 (0.4%)171
46Jon1 in 242 (0.4%)165
47Curtis1 in 251 (0.4%)159
48Joel1 in 264 (0.4%)151
49Jeffery1 in 273 (0.4%)146
50Jerry1 in 273 (0.4%)146
51Lawrence1 in 289 (0.3%)138
52Russell1 in 289 (0.3%)138
53Anthony1 in 296 (0.3%)135
54Todd1 in 298 (0.3%)134
55Steve1 in 300 (0.3%)133
56Kim1 in 300 (0.3%)133
57Jay1 in 300 (0.3%)133
58George1 in 322 (0.3%)124
59Rodney1 in 322 (0.3%)124
60Ricky1 in 344 (0.3%)116
61Raymond1 in 347 (0.3%)115
62Allen1 in 360 (0.3%)111
63Philip1 in 360 (0.3%)111
64Lee1 in 373 (0.3%)107
65Rick1 in 380 (0.3%)105
66Micheal1 in 388 (0.3%)103
67Jerome1 in 403 (0.2%)99
68Brad1 in 403 (0.2%)99
69Eugene1 in 407 (0.2%)98
70Christopher1 in 425 (0.2%)94
71Gordon1 in 439 (0.2%)91
72Kurt1 in 449 (0.2%)89
73Bryan1 in 449 (0.2%)89
74Martin1 in 464 (0.2%)86
75Mike1 in 464 (0.2%)86
76Kent1 in 475 (0.2%)84
77Glenn1 in 487 (0.2%)82
78Andrew1 in 487 (0.2%)82
79Dan1 in 493 (0.2%)81
80Danny1 in 493 (0.2%)81
81Jack1 in 505 (0.2%)79
82Frank1 in 512 (0.2%)78
83Darrell1 in 519 (0.2%)77
84Greg1 in 525 (0.2%)76
85Gregg1 in 540 (0.2%)74
86Barry1 in 547 (0.2%)73
87Glen1 in 547 (0.2%)73
88Eric1 in 555 (0.2%)72
89Gene1 in 579 (0.2%)69
90Terrance1 in 587 (0.2%)68
91Matthew1 in 587 (0.2%)68
92Jeff1 in 587 (0.2%)68
93Neil1 in 614 (0.2%)65
94Carl1 in 634 (0.2%)63
95Terrence1 in 644 (0.2%)62
96Marvin1 in 644 (0.2%)62
97Jonathan1 in 644 (0.2%)62
98Allan1 in 655 (0.2%)61
99Lyle1 in 655 (0.2%)61
100Stanley1 in 655 (0.2%)61


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