Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 122,938 boys born sharing 662 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	John	1 in 19 (5.3%)	6,524
2	Robert	1 in 20 (5.1%)	6,248
3	David	1 in 22 (4.6%)	5,673
4	Michael	1 in 22 (4.6%)	5,595
5	James	1 in 23 (4.4%)	5,408
6	William	1 in 27 (3.7%)	4,555
7	Joseph	1 in 33 (3%)	3,725
8	Richard	1 in 33 (3%)	3,707
9	Thomas	1 in 33 (3%)	3,687
10	Mark	1 in 41 (2.4%)	3,001
11	Charles	1 in 58 (1.7%)	2,124
12	Jeffrey	1 in 59 (1.7%)	2,099
13	Gary	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,956
14	Edward	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,894
15	Daniel	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,816
16	Donald	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,807
17	Ronald	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,796
18	Paul	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,698
19	Kenneth	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,579
20	Steven	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,566
21	Kevin	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,552
22	Stephen	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,522
23	Timothy	1 in 87 (1.2%)	1,417
24	George	1 in 89 (1.1%)	1,384
25	Dennis	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,308
26	Gregory	1 in 104 (1%)	1,177
27	Anthony	1 in 106 (0.9%)	1,157
28	Bruce	1 in 129 (0.8%)	952
29	Brian	1 in 134 (0.7%)	920
30	Frank	1 in 135 (0.7%)	912
31	Scott	1 in 138 (0.7%)	889
32	Keith	1 in 139 (0.7%)	886
33	Douglas	1 in 139 (0.7%)	884
34	Raymond	1 in 140 (0.7%)	878
35	Randy	1 in 150 (0.7%)	820
36	Larry	1 in 154 (0.6%)	796
37	Patrick	1 in 185 (0.5%)	664
38	Barry	1 in 188 (0.5%)	654
39	Terry	1 in 194 (0.5%)	633
40	Gerald	1 in 201 (0.5%)	612
41	Peter	1 in 204 (0.5%)	602
42	Lawrence	1 in 206 (0.5%)	598
43	Wayne	1 in 209 (0.5%)	588
44	Francis	1 in 213 (0.5%)	576
45	Dale	1 in 223 (0.4%)	552
46	Walter	1 in 234 (0.4%)	525
47	Harry	1 in 241 (0.4%)	510
48	Carl	1 in 245 (0.4%)	502
49	Craig	1 in 248 (0.4%)	496
50	Andrew	1 in 249 (0.4%)	493
51	Glenn	1 in 250 (0.4%)	491
52	Christopher	1 in 251 (0.4%)	490
53	Alan	1 in 251 (0.4%)	490
54	Samuel	1 in 269 (0.4%)	457
55	Philip	1 in 287 (0.3%)	428
56	Louis	1 in 296 (0.3%)	415
57	Eugene	1 in 302 (0.3%)	407
58	Vincent	1 in 307 (0.3%)	401
59	Martin	1 in 307 (0.3%)	400
60	Russell	1 in 307 (0.3%)	400
61	Albert	1 in 316 (0.3%)	389
62	Frederick	1 in 322 (0.3%)	382
63	Leonard	1 in 328 (0.3%)	375
64	Ralph	1 in 329 (0.3%)	374
65	Arthur	1 in 351 (0.3%)	350
66	Roger	1 in 353 (0.3%)	348
67	Harold	1 in 355 (0.3%)	346
68	Eric	1 in 356 (0.3%)	345
69	Rodney	1 in 362 (0.3%)	340
70	Stanley	1 in 365 (0.3%)	337
71	Howard	1 in 382 (0.3%)	322
72	Jack	1 in 384 (0.3%)	320
73	Jay	1 in 407 (0.2%)	302
74	Henry	1 in 414 (0.2%)	297
75	Theodore	1 in 422 (0.2%)	291
76	Matthew	1 in 425 (0.2%)	289
77	Randall	1 in 427 (0.2%)	288
78	Jerry	1 in 434 (0.2%)	283
79	Jeffery	1 in 441 (0.2%)	279
80	Nicholas	1 in 475 (0.2%)	259
81	Allen	1 in 500 (0.2%)	246
82	Ricky	1 in 506 (0.2%)	243
83	Fred	1 in 510 (0.2%)	241
84	Dean	1 in 517 (0.2%)	238
85	Earl	1 in 519 (0.2%)	237
86	Roy	1 in 519 (0.2%)	237
87	Bernard	1 in 525 (0.2%)	234
88	Norman	1 in 564 (0.2%)	218
89	Lee	1 in 580 (0.2%)	212
90	Jonathan	1 in 606 (0.2%)	203
91	Ernest	1 in 621 (0.2%)	198
92	Joel	1 in 637 (0.2%)	193
93	Curtis	1 in 647 (0.2%)	190
94	Bradley	1 in 661 (0.2%)	186
95	Jerome	1 in 691 (0.1%)	178
96	Gerard	1 in 695 (0.1%)	177
97	Steve	1 in 745 (0.1%)	165
98	Kurt	1 in 764 (0.1%)	161
99	Victor	1 in 768 (0.1%)	160
100	Tyrone	1 in 773 (0.1%)	159