Popular baby names in New York, 1956

The most popular baby names in New York in 1956 were Susan for girls (5,092 babies) and Michael for boys (8,707). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 341,023 babies born in New York in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1956

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Milagros: 141 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Migdalia: 107 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Meryl: 93 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Luz: 87 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Miriam: 381 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sonia: 210 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ilene: 102 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mindy: 177 babies, 4× the national rate
Helene: 144 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryanne: 84 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 101 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dominick: 183 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 303 babies, 6× the national rate
Angel: 242 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Seth: 103 babies, 5× the national rate
Rafael: 182 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Julio: 109 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rocco: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Abraham: 101 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luis: 335 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	5,092	–	5
2	Mary	5,062	–	1
3	Patricia	4,270	↑1	6
4	Deborah	4,098	↓1	4
5	Linda	3,797	–	3
6	Karen	3,516	↑3	7
7	Barbara	3,263	↓1	9
8	Nancy	3,142	↓1	11
9	Debra	3,084	↓1	2
10	Donna	3,018	↑2	10
11	Kathleen	2,860	↓1	17
12	Diane	2,645	↓1	15
13	Carol	2,091	–	16
14	Cynthia	1,998	↑4	8
15	Elizabeth	1,914	↓1	22
16	Sharon	1,766	↑1	13
17	Margaret	1,557	↓2	25
18	Denise	1,553	↓2	23
19	Sandra	1,433	–	14
20	Cheryl	1,413	↑3	18
21	Janet	1,317	↑1	21
22	Catherine	1,303	↓1	28
23	Pamela	1,228	↓3	12
24	Theresa	1,222	↑2	32
25	Robin	1,178	–	29
26	Laura	1,158	↑5	34
27	Lisa	1,148	↑8	31
28	Maria	1,141	↑2	73
29	Joan	1,119	↓5	52
30	Christine	1,096	↑2	42
31	Ann	1,065	↓4	46
32	Ellen	997	↓3	84
33	Joanne	989	–	99
34	Kim	984	new	38
35	Judith	979	↓7	45
36	Maureen	978	–	>100
37	Gail	960	↓3	49
38	Anne	920	↑3	86
39	Laurie	881	↑11	76
40	Jean	844	↑4	65
41	Eileen	831	↓3	>100
42	Lynn	822	↓2	58
43	Jo	814	↓4	69
44	Rose	804	↓7	64
45	Jane	800	↑4	50
46	Michele	798	↓4	100
47	Lorraine	774	↑1	>100
48	Bonnie	758	↓5	51
49	Marie	758	↓4	96
50	Valerie	717	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	8,707	↑2	1
2	John	8,604	–	5
3	Robert	8,585	↓2	3
4	James	6,527	–	2
5	David	5,942	–	4
6	William	5,453	–	6
7	Richard	5,352	–	7
8	Thomas	4,961	–	9
9	Joseph	4,892	–	12
10	Mark	3,738	–	8
11	Steven	3,189	–	10
12	Paul	2,916	–	17
13	Kevin	2,792	↑5	22
14	Peter	2,591	↓1	37
15	Daniel	2,530	↑2	18
16	Charles	2,487	↓1	11
17	Edward	2,471	↓1	25
18	Anthony	2,419	↑3	30
19	Gary	2,336	↓5	13
20	Jeffrey	2,256	–	20
21	Stephen	2,171	↓2	23
22	Kenneth	2,148	–	16
23	Donald	1,944	–	14
24	Ronald	1,931	↑1	15
25	George	1,793	↓1	27
26	Brian	1,727	↑5	32
27	Frank	1,717	↓1	38
28	Timothy	1,696	↓1	19
29	Gregory	1,459	–	24
30	Bruce	1,310	↓2	33
31	Douglas	1,264	↑1	29
32	Raymond	1,242	↑1	39
33	Lawrence	1,223	↑1	42
34	Christopher	1,169	↑1	47
35	Dennis	1,102	↓5	26
36	Scott	1,083	↑4	34
37	Andrew	1,081	↑1	56
38	Patrick	999	↓1	40
39	Alan	998	↓3	44
40	Keith	920	↑4	36
41	Vincent	875	↑2	98
42	Philip	841	↓3	64
43	Louis	838	↓2	82
44	Wayne	777	↓2	45
45	Martin	761	↑2	73
46	Jose	746	–	>100
47	Arthur	724	↓2	60
48	Eric	723	new	79
49	Larry	673	–	21
50	Howard	647	↓2	84

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