1955
Top Baby Names of 1955
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1955
1
Mary 63,173 2
Deborah 52,317 3
Linda 51,300 4
Debra 50,560 5
Susan 47,419 6
Patricia 46,226 7
Barbara 33,616 8
Karen 33,219 9
Nancy 30,024 10
Donna 27,941 11
Cynthia 27,178 12
Pamela 26,689 13
Sandra 25,111 14
Diane 23,291 15
Carol 22,047 16
Sharon 22,044 17
Kathleen 22,016 18
Brenda 19,115 19
Cheryl 19,110 20
Janet 17,920 21
Elizabeth 16,697 22
Kathy 15,324 23
Denise 14,560 24
Margaret 14,440 25
Janice 13,178 26
Teresa 13,124 27
Rebecca 12,397 28
Catherine 11,636 29
Joyce 11,285 30
Carolyn 11,178 31
Judith 10,434 32
Judy 10,376 33
Robin 10,217 34
Beverly 10,001 35
Connie 9,975 36
Betty 9,925 37
Shirley 9,756 38
Theresa 9,619 39
Paula 9,585 40
Christine 9,042 41
Laura 9,010 42
Gail 8,972 43
Ann 8,916 44
Cathy 8,665 45
Bonnie 8,637 46
Joan 8,557 47
Gloria 8,552 48
Lisa 8,539 49
Marilyn 8,409 50
Jane 8,344 51
Peggy 7,984 52
Vicki 7,975 53
Martha 7,930 54
Rose 7,852 55
Diana 7,846 56
Sherry 7,769 57
Sheila 7,661 58
Jo 7,656 59
Kathryn 7,641 60
Jean 7,480 61
Wanda 7,415 62
Lynn 7,354 63
Debbie 7,254 64
Dorothy 7,242 65
Katherine 7,240 66
Virginia 6,855 67
Julie 6,788 68
Vickie 6,638 69
Maria 6,209 70
Ruth 6,187 71
Rhonda 6,171 72
Rita 6,094 73
Jacqueline 6,040 74
Phyllis 5,690 75
Kim 5,687 76
Darlene 5,641 77
Elaine 5,635 78
Helen 5,592 79
Cindy 5,589 80
Valerie 5,512 81
Ellen 5,470 82
Victoria 5,359 83
Terry 5,353 84
Anne 5,218 85
Terri 5,153 86
Suzanne 5,137 87
Alice 5,079 88
Joanne 4,988 89
Lori 4,976 90
Wendy 4,955 91
Laurie 4,954 92
Marie 4,925 93
Michele 4,768 94
Anita 4,717 95
Sally 4,688 96
Frances 4,641 97
Michelle 4,526 98
Marcia 4,412 99
Leslie 4,405 100
Maureen 4,339 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1955
1
Michael 88,352 2
David 86,301 3
James 84,184 4
Robert 83,755 5
John 80,122 6
William 59,985 7
Richard 53,564 8
Thomas 45,855 9
Mark 42,244 10
Steven 37,841 11
Charles 35,361 12
Gary 34,433 13
Joseph 31,587 14
Donald 27,727 15
Kenneth 26,744 16
Paul 26,698 17
Daniel 26,458 18
Ronald 26,173 19
Larry 22,820 20
Jeffrey 22,531 21
Stephen 22,155 22
Timothy 20,738 23
Dennis 20,434 24
Gregory 19,815 25
Edward 19,280 26
George 18,166 27
Kevin 17,156 28
Terry 15,586 29
Douglas 15,309 30
Randy 14,957 31
Anthony 14,172 32
Bruce 14,083 33
Jerry 12,975 34
Frank 11,109 35
Peter 11,003 36
Raymond 10,994 37
Roger 10,982 38
Scott 10,782 39
Keith 10,415 40
Brian 10,106 41
Patrick 9,871 42
Lawrence 9,128 43
Alan 9,033 44
Wayne 8,727 45
Danny 8,718 46
Ricky 8,327 47
Carl 8,293 48
Gerald 8,073 49
Christopher 7,920 50
Craig 7,447 51
Walter 7,299 52
Dale 7,182 53
Randall 6,688 54
Willie 6,628 55
Johnny 6,619 56
Arthur 6,571 57
Russell 6,538 58
Roy 6,329 59
Glenn 6,258 60
Jack 6,200 61
Henry 6,188 62
Philip 6,162 63
Harold 6,095 64
Stanley 6,050 65
Rodney 6,048 66
Andrew 6,013 67
Ralph 5,965 68
Joe 5,853 69
Billy 5,769 70
Barry 5,600 71
Samuel 5,534 72
Steve 5,510 73
Jeffery 5,464 74
Phillip 5,410 75
Bobby 5,223 76
Albert 5,180 77
Martin 5,067 78
Jimmy 5,037 79
Curtis 4,979 80
Ronnie 4,969 81
Eugene 4,792 82
Louis 4,777 83
Howard 4,747 84
Allen 4,742 85
Eric 4,659 86
Frederick 4,551 87
Micheal 4,531 88
Leonard 4,260 89
Harry 4,139 90
Ernest 3,973 91
Darrell 3,902 92
Eddie 3,782 93
Tony 3,752 94
Marvin 3,660 95
Melvin 3,646 96
Lee 3,606 97
Fred 3,501 98
Kim 3,490 99
Vincent 3,482 100
Francis 3,439 About 1955 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1955, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.