Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular New Jersey 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 New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 58,895 boys born sharing 481 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	Robert	1 in 17 (5.9%)	3,467
2	John	1 in 17 (5.8%)	3,444
3	Michael	1 in 21 (4.7%)	2,778
4	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	2,468
5	William	1 in 28 (3.6%)	2,092
6	David	1 in 30 (3.4%)	1,991
7	Thomas	1 in 30 (3.4%)	1,983
8	Joseph	1 in 30 (3.3%)	1,961
9	Richard	1 in 31 (3.2%)	1,871
10	Mark	1 in 46 (2.2%)	1,279
11	Edward	1 in 57 (1.7%)	1,025
12	Paul	1 in 62 (1.6%)	948
13	Steven	1 in 64 (1.6%)	923
14	Kevin	1 in 64 (1.6%)	918
15	Charles	1 in 65 (1.5%)	907
16	Gary	1 in 65 (1.5%)	904
17	Kenneth	1 in 69 (1.4%)	853
18	Peter	1 in 72 (1.4%)	813
19	Anthony	1 in 74 (1.4%)	800
20	Jeffrey	1 in 76 (1.3%)	779
21	George	1 in 78 (1.3%)	751
22	Stephen	1 in 81 (1.2%)	724
23	Donald	1 in 83 (1.2%)	707
24	Ronald	1 in 86 (1.2%)	683
25	Daniel	1 in 89 (1.1%)	661
26	Frank	1 in 92 (1.1%)	639
27	Brian	1 in 92 (1.1%)	637
28	Gregory	1 in 111 (0.9%)	529
29	Raymond	1 in 118 (0.8%)	498
30	Bruce	1 in 119 (0.8%)	493
31	Douglas	1 in 134 (0.7%)	439
32	Timothy	1 in 144 (0.7%)	409
33	Keith	1 in 149 (0.7%)	395
34	Dennis	1 in 151 (0.7%)	390
35	Wayne	1 in 155 (0.6%)	380
36	Glenn	1 in 163 (0.6%)	362
37	Christopher	1 in 168 (0.6%)	350
38	Scott	1 in 170 (0.6%)	346
39	Lawrence	1 in 181 (0.6%)	325
40	Patrick	1 in 188 (0.5%)	314
41	Andrew	1 in 189 (0.5%)	311
42	Walter	1 in 191 (0.5%)	309
43	Louis	1 in 193 (0.5%)	305
44	Alan	1 in 211 (0.5%)	279
45	Arthur	1 in 213 (0.5%)	277
46	Vincent	1 in 215 (0.5%)	274
47	Barry	1 in 246 (0.4%)	239
48	Carl	1 in 247 (0.4%)	238
49	Philip	1 in 247 (0.4%)	238
50	Francis	1 in 254 (0.4%)	232
51	Larry	1 in 262 (0.4%)	225
52	Frederick	1 in 271 (0.4%)	217
53	Albert	1 in 278 (0.4%)	212
54	Ralph	1 in 279 (0.4%)	211
55	Russell	1 in 282 (0.4%)	209
56	Craig	1 in 285 (0.4%)	207
57	Gerald	1 in 300 (0.3%)	196
58	Martin	1 in 302 (0.3%)	195
59	Nicholas	1 in 313 (0.3%)	188
60	Harry	1 in 313 (0.3%)	188
61	Eugene	1 in 318 (0.3%)	185
62	Henry	1 in 324 (0.3%)	182
63	Matthew	1 in 346 (0.3%)	170
64	Eric	1 in 361 (0.3%)	163
65	Harold	1 in 370 (0.3%)	159
66	Howard	1 in 378 (0.3%)	156
67	Theodore	1 in 385 (0.3%)	153
68	Stanley	1 in 393 (0.3%)	150
69	Victor	1 in 395 (0.3%)	149
70	Leonard	1 in 409 (0.2%)	144
71	Samuel	1 in 415 (0.2%)	142
72	Roger	1 in 436 (0.2%)	135
73	Jonathan	1 in 453 (0.2%)	130
74	Jack	1 in 479 (0.2%)	123
75	Jerry	1 in 499 (0.2%)	118
76	Alfred	1 in 503 (0.2%)	117
77	Gerard	1 in 503 (0.2%)	117
78	Jay	1 in 503 (0.2%)	117
79	Fred	1 in 512 (0.2%)	115
80	Edwin	1 in 517 (0.2%)	114
81	Ernest	1 in 566 (0.2%)	104
82	Allen	1 in 572 (0.2%)	103
83	Roy	1 in 583 (0.2%)	101
84	Marc	1 in 589 (0.2%)	100
85	Lee	1 in 601 (0.2%)	98
86	Glen	1 in 607 (0.2%)	97
87	Randy	1 in 613 (0.2%)	96
88	Guy	1 in 633 (0.2%)	93
89	Norman	1 in 647 (0.2%)	91
90	Herbert	1 in 685 (0.1%)	86
91	Willie	1 in 693 (0.1%)	85
92	Salvatore	1 in 701 (0.1%)	84
93	Karl	1 in 718 (0.1%)	82
94	Bernard	1 in 736 (0.1%)	80
95	Warren	1 in 736 (0.1%)	80
96	Clifford	1 in 746 (0.1%)	79
97	Jerome	1 in 746 (0.1%)	79
98	Benjamin	1 in 755 (0.1%)	78
99	Steve	1 in 765 (0.1%)	77
100	Jeffery	1 in 775 (0.1%)	76