Popular baby names in Ohio, 1956

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1956 were Mary for girls (3,474 babies) and Michael for boys (5,357). Social Security records list 223,045 babies born in Ohio in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1956

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

Girls

Kimberly: 738 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Candy: 90 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 165 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	3,474	↑1	1
2	Deborah	3,215	↓1	4
3	Karen	2,708	↑4	7
4	Linda	2,659	↓1	3
5	Debra	2,642	↓1	2
6	Susan	2,593	↓1	5
7	Patricia	2,262	↓1	6
8	Cynthia	2,046	↑2	8
9	Pamela	2,012	–	12
10	Barbara	1,986	↓2	9
11	Nancy	1,664	–	11
12	Sharon	1,641	↑6	13
13	Cheryl	1,419	–	18
14	Sandra	1,406	↓2	14
15	Diane	1,333	–	15
16	Donna	1,331	–	10
17	Carol	1,270	↓3	16
18	Kathleen	1,244	↓1	17
19	Brenda	1,197	–	19
20	Kathy	1,187	↑1	20
21	Rebecca	1,016	↓1	27
22	Denise	993	↑1	23
23	Janet	913	↓1	21
24	Teresa	858	–	24
25	Robin	844	↑5	29
26	Kimberly	738	new	74
27	Elizabeth	726	↓1	22
28	Christine	724	↑4	42
29	Margaret	715	↓4	25
30	Joyce	712	↓3	30
31	Cathy	689	–	36
32	Theresa	682	↑8	32
33	Connie	660	↓4	43
34	Judith	652	↓6	45
35	Debbie	647	new	39
36	Laura	647	↑7	34
37	Cindy	645	new	37
38	Diana	623	↓4	56
39	Vicki	618	↓4	57
40	Beverly	617	↓7	40
41	Lisa	617	↑4	31
42	Catherine	600	↓3	28
43	Bonnie	597	↓5	51
44	Kim	584	new	38
45	Janice	579	↓8	26
46	Darlene	564	↑4	71
47	Paula	550	↓11	47
48	Jane	525	↓7	50
49	Judy	522	↓3	35
50	Peggy	501	↓6	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	5,357	↑1	1
2	David	5,294	↓1	4
3	James	5,156	–	2
4	Robert	4,943	–	3
5	John	4,834	–	5
6	Mark	3,637	↑3	8
7	William	3,542	↓1	6
8	Richard	3,320	↓1	7
9	Thomas	3,071	↓1	9
10	Charles	2,148	↑3	11
11	Jeffrey	2,135	↓1	20
12	Steven	2,122	–	10
13	Timothy	1,963	↑1	19
14	Gary	1,921	↓3	13
15	Donald	1,828	–	14
16	Joseph	1,798	↑1	12
17	Daniel	1,792	↓1	18
18	Ronald	1,678	–	15
19	Gregory	1,633	–	24
20	Paul	1,447	↑1	17
21	Kenneth	1,405	↓1	16
22	Kevin	1,287	↑6	22
23	Douglas	1,257	↑1	29
24	Dennis	1,145	↓2	26
25	Larry	1,106	–	21
26	Terry	1,100	–	31
27	Stephen	1,089	↓4	23
28	Edward	1,054	↓1	25
29	Randy	985	↑1	28
30	George	876	↓1	27
31	Anthony	854	↑2	30
32	Bruce	834	↓1	33
33	Keith	792	↓1	36
34	Scott	766	↑2	34
35	Brian	716	↑10	32
36	Roger	660	↓2	41
37	Jerry	629	–	35
38	Raymond	608	↓3	39
39	Dale	603	↓1	50
40	Patrick	598	–	40
41	Frank	592	↓2	38
42	Jeffery	583	↑2	57
43	Christopher	557	↓2	47
44	Carl	551	↓2	48
45	Lawrence	513	↓2	42
46	Craig	485	–	51
47	Jack	476	–	66
48	Randall	458	↑2	54
49	Danny	450	↓1	46
50	Alan	442	↓1	44

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