Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1956

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1956 were Deborah for girls (481 babies) and Michael for boys (789). Deborah ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 28,486 babies born in District of Columbia in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1956

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Yvette: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Laverne: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Veronica: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosalind: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tanya: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Iris: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 81 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Andre: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ricardo: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reginald: 66 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julius: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Geoffrey: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurice: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carlton: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Derrick: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Deborah	481	↑1	4
2	Mary	433	↓1	1
3	Patricia	366	↑1	6
4	Karen	357	↑2	7
5	Susan	318	–	5
6	Linda	302	↓3	3
7	Sharon	289	↑6	13
8	Barbara	267	↓1	9
9	Donna	236	–	10
10	Debra	225	↓2	2
11	Cynthia	201	–	8
12	Diane	199	↓2	15
13	Denise	192	↑1	23
14	Pamela	190	↓2	12
15	Nancy	176	↑4	11
16	Kathleen	165	–	17
17	Elizabeth	150	↑1	22
18	Sandra	146	↑3	14
19	Carol	144	↓2	16
20	Robin	143	↑5	29
21	Margaret	138	↓1	25
22	Cheryl	130	↑4	18
23	Brenda	128	↓8	19
24	Sheila	128	↑5	55
25	Catherine	117	↑2	28
26	Carolyn	115	↑5	33
27	Janet	115	↓4	21
28	Joyce	112	↓6	30
29	Theresa	107	↑1	32
30	Janice	104	↓2	26
31	Wanda	100	↑5	61
32	Lisa	99	↑2	31
33	Ann	94	–	46
34	Laura	90	↑16	34
35	Teresa	90	–	24
36	Angela	89	new	93
37	Gail	89	↓5	49
38	Joan	89	↑3	52
39	Jacqueline	88	↓15	78
40	Judith	87	↓1	45
41	Anne	75	↑4	86
42	Renee	75	new	>100
43	Shirley	73	↓1	41
44	Darlene	72	↑3	71
45	Leslie	72	new	>100
46	Valerie	72	↓2	80
47	Beverly	70	↓7	40
48	Michelle	65	↓2	88
49	Rebecca	65	new	27
50	Katherine	63	↓12	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	789	–	1
2	John	729	–	5
3	James	689	–	2
4	Robert	674	–	3
5	William	601	–	6
6	David	549	–	4
7	Richard	360	–	7
8	Thomas	357	–	9
9	Charles	347	–	11
10	Joseph	304	–	12
11	Mark	290	–	8
12	Gregory	256	↑2	24
13	Paul	235	↑2	17
14	Ronald	228	↓2	15
15	Stephen	227	↓2	23
16	Kevin	225	↑3	22
17	Steven	224	↓1	10
18	Anthony	201	↑2	30
19	George	197	↑7	27
20	Donald	196	↓3	14
21	Kenneth	196	↑1	16
22	Gary	184	↓4	13
23	Daniel	162	↓2	18
24	Brian	160	↑5	32
25	Edward	155	↓2	25
26	Timothy	149	↓1	19
27	Larry	143	–	21
28	Jeffrey	142	↓4	20
29	Keith	123	↑9	36
30	Christopher	122	↑2	47
31	Lawrence	110	↓3	42
32	Wayne	104	↑4	45
33	Bruce	98	↑2	33
34	Douglas	92	↓4	29
35	Patrick	91	↑8	40
36	Eric	88	↓3	79
37	Peter	83	↓6	37
38	Tyrone	81	↑10	>100
39	Raymond	80	↓5	39
40	Dennis	76	↓1	26
41	Andrew	73	–	56
42	Frank	67	–	38
43	Stanley	67	↑1	70
44	Reginald	66	↓7	>100
45	Glenn	59	new	61
46	Alan	55	↓6	44
47	Walter	55	new	53
48	Carl	54	↓3	48
49	Melvin	54	new	>100
50	Craig	52	new	51

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