Popular baby names in Washington, 1956

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1956 were Susan for girls (813 babies) and Michael for boys (1,456). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 60,426 babies born in Washington in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1956

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

Girls

Tami: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Kelli: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Shannon: 60 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shawn: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristi: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Erin: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cheri: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lauri: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelly: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Doug: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ed: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Rick: 200 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bob: 55 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Casey: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelly: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loren: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ron: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dan: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	813	–	5
2	Debra	807	–	2
3	Linda	699	–	3
4	Mary	699	–	1
5	Karen	667	↑2	7
6	Deborah	534	↓1	4
7	Patricia	528	↓1	6
8	Cynthia	460	↑3	8
9	Cheryl	453	↑4	18
10	Barbara	427	↓2	9
11	Pamela	423	↓1	12
12	Nancy	421	↓3	11
13	Diane	351	↑1	15
14	Carol	347	↑1	16
15	Sandra	345	↑1	14
16	Kathleen	342	↓4	17
17	Teresa	342	–	24
18	Janet	304	–	21
19	Sharon	292	–	13
20	Julie	289	↑3	48
21	Donna	271	↓1	10
22	Lori	263	↑3	66
23	Cindy	260	↑16	37
24	Kim	251	↑20	38
25	Kathy	242	↓1	20
26	Denise	238	↑4	23
27	Laura	227	↑6	34
28	Debbie	226	–	39
29	Robin	225	↓3	29
30	Janice	213	↑4	26
31	Lisa	209	↓2	31
32	Elizabeth	206	↓11	22
33	Theresa	206	↑17	32
34	Connie	205	↓3	43
35	Rebecca	202	↓13	27
36	Vicki	194	↑6	57
37	Margaret	191	↓5	25
38	Laurie	187	↓3	76
39	Catherine	186	↓3	28
40	Kimberly	170	new	74
41	Judy	159	↓4	35
42	Kathryn	157	↓4	60
43	Christine	153	↑3	42
44	Terri	152	new	81
45	Ann	149	↑2	46
46	Katherine	149	↓5	67
47	Lynn	148	↑2	58
48	Colleen	147	↓3	>100
49	Peggy	143	new	63
50	Diana	142	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	1,456	↑1	1
2	David	1,399	↓1	4
3	Robert	1,259	–	3
4	James	1,156	↑1	2
5	John	1,147	↓1	5
6	Mark	941	↑1	8
7	Steven	911	↓1	10
8	Richard	886	–	7
9	William	746	–	6
10	Thomas	558	–	9
11	Daniel	544	↑1	18
12	Gary	504	↓1	13
13	Donald	490	↑1	14
14	Jeffrey	464	↑3	20
15	Kenneth	451	↓2	16
16	Timothy	451	–	19
17	Ronald	442	↓2	15
18	Douglas	424	↑2	29
19	Gregory	414	↓1	24
20	Paul	413	↓1	17
21	Kevin	396	↑5	22
22	Charles	372	↓1	11
23	Scott	363	↑1	34
24	Brian	356	↑4	32
25	Randy	343	↓3	28
26	Larry	311	↑3	21
27	Bruce	296	–	33
28	Joseph	283	↑4	12
29	Stephen	281	↓6	23
30	Dennis	279	↓5	26
31	Patrick	279	↓1	40
32	Terry	242	↓1	31
33	Dale	233	↑3	50
34	Craig	204	↓1	51
35	Edward	203	↓1	25
36	Rick	200	↑4	100
37	Keith	190	↑5	36
38	George	187	↓1	27
39	Roger	163	↑2	41
40	Steve	162	new	59
41	Jerry	160	↓6	35
42	Russell	157	new	52
43	Christopher	155	new	47
44	Wayne	155	–	45
45	Jeffery	148	↑3	57
46	Alan	145	↓8	44
47	Gerald	139	↓8	49
48	Mike	137	new	97
49	Randall	132	–	54
50	Peter	130	↓5	37

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