Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular New York 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 York was Michael. In total there were 176,173 boys born sharing 935 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 20 (4.9%)	8,700
2	John	1 in 21 (4.9%)	8,592
3	Robert	1 in 21 (4.9%)	8,571
4	James	1 in 27 (3.7%)	6,518
5	David	1 in 30 (3.4%)	5,940
6	William	1 in 32 (3.1%)	5,453
7	Richard	1 in 33 (3%)	5,341
8	Thomas	1 in 35 (2.8%)	4,965
9	Joseph	1 in 36 (2.8%)	4,879
10	Mark	1 in 47 (2.1%)	3,736
11	Steven	1 in 55 (1.8%)	3,187
12	Paul	1 in 61 (1.7%)	2,911
13	Kevin	1 in 63 (1.6%)	2,802
14	Peter	1 in 68 (1.5%)	2,590
15	Daniel	1 in 69 (1.4%)	2,537
16	Charles	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,489
17	Edward	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,478
18	Anthony	1 in 73 (1.4%)	2,425
19	Gary	1 in 75 (1.3%)	2,336
20	Jeffrey	1 in 78 (1.3%)	2,256
21	Stephen	1 in 81 (1.2%)	2,171
22	Kenneth	1 in 82 (1.2%)	2,145
23	Donald	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,946
24	Ronald	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,934
25	George	1 in 98 (1%)	1,792
26	Brian	1 in 102 (1%)	1,726
27	Frank	1 in 103 (1%)	1,714
28	Timothy	1 in 104 (1%)	1,695
29	Gregory	1 in 120 (0.8%)	1,466
30	Bruce	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,307
31	Douglas	1 in 140 (0.7%)	1,256
32	Raymond	1 in 142 (0.7%)	1,238
33	Lawrence	1 in 144 (0.7%)	1,220
34	Christopher	1 in 151 (0.7%)	1,167
35	Dennis	1 in 160 (0.6%)	1,100
36	Scott	1 in 163 (0.6%)	1,081
37	Andrew	1 in 163 (0.6%)	1,079
38	Patrick	1 in 176 (0.6%)	1,003
39	Alan	1 in 176 (0.6%)	999
40	Keith	1 in 191 (0.5%)	922
41	Vincent	1 in 201 (0.5%)	878
42	Philip	1 in 209 (0.5%)	843
43	Louis	1 in 211 (0.5%)	834
44	Wayne	1 in 226 (0.4%)	778
45	Martin	1 in 232 (0.4%)	761
46	Jose	1 in 236 (0.4%)	748
47	Arthur	1 in 242 (0.4%)	727
48	Eric	1 in 245 (0.4%)	720
49	Larry	1 in 263 (0.4%)	671
50	Howard	1 in 274 (0.4%)	643
51	Glenn	1 in 283 (0.4%)	623
52	Ralph	1 in 283 (0.4%)	623
53	Walter	1 in 285 (0.4%)	618
54	Gerald	1 in 291 (0.3%)	606
55	Carl	1 in 293 (0.3%)	601
56	Frederick	1 in 301 (0.3%)	586
57	Randy	1 in 307 (0.3%)	574
58	Francis	1 in 310 (0.3%)	569
59	Russell	1 in 319 (0.3%)	552
60	Barry	1 in 319 (0.3%)	552
61	Matthew	1 in 324 (0.3%)	543
62	Craig	1 in 326 (0.3%)	540
63	Edwin	1 in 329 (0.3%)	536
64	Henry	1 in 337 (0.3%)	522
65	Nicholas	1 in 347 (0.3%)	507
66	Jonathan	1 in 369 (0.3%)	478
67	Victor	1 in 375 (0.3%)	470
68	Albert	1 in 376 (0.3%)	468
69	Eugene	1 in 381 (0.3%)	463
70	Gerard	1 in 395 (0.3%)	446
71	Roger	1 in 403 (0.2%)	437
72	Harold	1 in 416 (0.2%)	424
73	Leonard	1 in 422 (0.2%)	417
74	Marc	1 in 446 (0.2%)	395
75	Samuel	1 in 453 (0.2%)	389
76	Mitchell	1 in 456 (0.2%)	386
77	Jay	1 in 458 (0.2%)	385
78	Harry	1 in 461 (0.2%)	382
79	Stanley	1 in 461 (0.2%)	382
80	Jack	1 in 472 (0.2%)	373
81	Terry	1 in 485 (0.2%)	363
82	Roy	1 in 502 (0.2%)	351
83	Dale	1 in 505 (0.2%)	349
84	Carlos	1 in 520 (0.2%)	339
85	Jerry	1 in 520 (0.2%)	339
86	Alfred	1 in 524 (0.2%)	336
87	Luis	1 in 539 (0.2%)	327
88	Neil	1 in 545 (0.2%)	323
89	Salvatore	1 in 580 (0.2%)	304
90	Theodore	1 in 587 (0.2%)	300
91	Allen	1 in 603 (0.2%)	292
92	Bernard	1 in 605 (0.2%)	291
93	Steve	1 in 636 (0.2%)	277
94	Joel	1 in 650 (0.2%)	271
95	Fred	1 in 652 (0.2%)	270
96	Stuart	1 in 657 (0.2%)	268
97	Ernest	1 in 675 (0.1%)	261
98	Norman	1 in 699 (0.1%)	252
99	Clifford	1 in 702 (0.1%)	251
100	Angel	1 in 725 (0.1%)	243