New York ★ 1956

Top names in New York, 1956

Susan led for girls with 5,092 babies ; Michael for boys with 8,707. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Susan	5,092
2	Mary	5,062
3	Patricia	4,270
4	Deborah	4,098
5	Linda	3,797
6	Karen	3,516
7	Barbara	3,263
8	Nancy	3,142
9	Debra	3,084
10	Donna	3,018
11	Kathleen	2,860
12	Diane	2,645
13	Carol	2,091
14	Cynthia	1,998
15	Elizabeth	1,914
16	Sharon	1,766
17	Margaret	1,557
18	Denise	1,553
19	Sandra	1,433
20	Cheryl	1,413
21	Janet	1,317
22	Catherine	1,303
23	Pamela	1,228
24	Theresa	1,222
25	Robin	1,178
26	Laura	1,158
27	Lisa	1,148
28	Maria	1,141
29	Joan	1,119
30	Christine	1,096
31	Ann	1,065
32	Ellen	997
33	Joanne	989
34	Kim	984
35	Judith	979
36	Maureen	978
37	Gail	960
38	Anne	920
39	Laurie	881
40	Jean	844
41	Eileen	831
42	Lynn	822
43	Jo	814
44	Rose	804
45	Jane	800
46	Michele	798
47	Lorraine	774
48	Bonnie	758
48	Marie	758
50	Valerie	717
51	Kathy	715
51	Lori	715
53	Wendy	696
54	Joyce	680
55	Janice	677
56	Cindy	663
57	Brenda	662
58	Evelyn	646
59	Elaine	621
60	Darlene	617
60	Suzanne	617
62	Amy	613
63	Michelle	600
64	Diana	581
65	Paula	560
66	Cathy	554
67	Dawn	553
67	Jacqueline	553
69	Helen	548
70	Katherine	540
71	Andrea	536
72	Kathryn	535
73	Marilyn	534
74	Virginia	532
75	Carmen	531
76	Teresa	524
77	Sheila	498
78	Frances	496
79	Anna	491
80	Debbie	487
81	Dorothy	486
82	Carolyn	485
82	Judy	485
84	Ruth	481
84	Victoria	481
86	Jeanne	479
87	Colleen	475
88	Leslie	467
89	Doreen	466
90	Angela	463
91	Beverly	449
92	Gloria	442
93	Phyllis	436
94	Jill	434
95	Julie	432
96	Renee	424
97	Joann	411
97	Stephanie	411
99	Alice	401
100	Beth	397

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	8,707
2	John	8,604
3	Robert	8,585
4	James	6,527
5	David	5,942
6	William	5,453
7	Richard	5,352
8	Thomas	4,961
9	Joseph	4,892
10	Mark	3,738
11	Steven	3,189
12	Paul	2,916
13	Kevin	2,792
14	Peter	2,591
15	Daniel	2,530
16	Charles	2,487
17	Edward	2,471
18	Anthony	2,419
19	Gary	2,336
20	Jeffrey	2,256
21	Stephen	2,171
22	Kenneth	2,148
23	Donald	1,944
24	Ronald	1,931
25	George	1,793
26	Brian	1,727
27	Frank	1,717
28	Timothy	1,696
29	Gregory	1,459
30	Bruce	1,310
31	Douglas	1,264
32	Raymond	1,242
33	Lawrence	1,223
34	Christopher	1,169
35	Dennis	1,102
36	Scott	1,083
37	Andrew	1,081
38	Patrick	999
39	Alan	998
40	Keith	920
41	Vincent	875
42	Philip	841
43	Louis	838
44	Wayne	777
45	Martin	761
46	Jose	746
47	Arthur	724
48	Eric	723
49	Larry	673
50	Howard	647
51	Ralph	628
52	Glenn	619
53	Walter	617
54	Gerald	606
55	Carl	599
56	Frederick	586
57	Francis	574
58	Randy	571
59	Russell	552
60	Barry	546
61	Matthew	542
62	Craig	541
63	Edwin	531
64	Henry	530
65	Nicholas	506
66	Jonathan	480
67	Albert	469
67	Victor	469
69	Eugene	463
70	Gerard	448
71	Roger	439
72	Harold	426
73	Leonard	416
74	Marc	397
75	Samuel	389
76	Jay	385
77	Mitchell	384
78	Stanley	383
79	Harry	382
80	Jack	372
81	Terry	359
82	Roy	354
83	Dale	350
84	Carlos	338
85	Jerry	337
86	Alfred	335
86	Luis	335
88	Neil	323
89	Salvatore	303
90	Theodore	301
91	Allen	292
91	Bernard	292
93	Steve	276
94	Fred	271
94	Joel	271
96	Stuart	268
97	Ernest	262
98	Norman	252
99	Clifford	250
100	Angel	242