Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1955

Michael and Mary topped the list in 1955. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 22% of girls, from 4,399 boy names and 6,730 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1955

  1. Michael 88,355
  2. David 86,306
  3. James 84,186
  4. Robert 83,758
  5. John 80,128
  6. William 59,990
  7. Richard 53,566
  8. Thomas 45,855
  9. Mark 42,255
  10. Steven 37,847
  11. Charles 35,365
  12. Gary 34,433
  13. Joseph 31,589
  14. Donald 27,726
  15. Kenneth 26,743
  16. Paul 26,701
  17. Daniel 26,460
  18. Ronald 26,172
  19. Larry 22,819
  20. Jeffrey 22,533
  21. Stephen 22,155
  22. Timothy 20,738
  23. Dennis 20,436
  24. Gregory 19,815
  25. Edward 19,280
  26. George 18,167
  27. Kevin 17,158
  28. Terry 15,586
  29. Douglas 15,311
  30. Randy 14,958
  31. Anthony 14,170
  32. Bruce 14,082
  33. Jerry 12,975
  34. Frank 11,109
  35. Peter 11,003
  36. Raymond 10,994
  37. Roger 10,979
  38. Scott 10,782
  39. Keith 10,418
  40. Brian 10,109
  41. Patrick 9,869
  42. Lawrence 9,128
  43. Alan 9,037
  44. Wayne 8,728
  45. Danny 8,721
  46. Ricky 8,329
  47. Carl 8,294
  48. Gerald 8,072
  49. Christopher 7,922
  50. Craig 7,448
  51. Walter 7,299
  52. Dale 7,182
  53. Randall 6,688
  54. Willie 6,629
  55. Johnny 6,620
  56. Arthur 6,570
  57. Russell 6,539
  58. Roy 6,331
  59. Glenn 6,258
  60. Jack 6,200
  61. Henry 6,187
  62. Philip 6,162
  63. Harold 6,096
  64. Stanley 6,050
  65. Rodney 6,047
  66. Andrew 6,012
  67. Ralph 5,965
  68. Joe 5,856
  69. Billy 5,769
  70. Barry 5,599
  71. Samuel 5,535
  72. Steve 5,509
  73. Jeffery 5,466
  74. Phillip 5,411
  75. Bobby 5,223
  76. Albert 5,179
  77. Martin 5,068
  78. Jimmy 5,036
  79. Curtis 4,981
  80. Ronnie 4,969
  81. Eugene 4,791
  82. Louis 4,779
  83. Howard 4,746
  84. Allen 4,744
  85. Eric 4,660
  86. Frederick 4,552
  87. Micheal 4,530
  88. Leonard 4,260
  89. Harry 4,139
  90. Ernest 3,975
  91. Darrell 3,902
  92. Eddie 3,781
  93. Tony 3,752
  94. Marvin 3,659
  95. Melvin 3,646
  96. Lee 3,607
  97. Fred 3,502
  98. Kim 3,490
  99. Vincent 3,482
  100. Francis 3,439

Top girl names of 1955

  1. Mary 63,174
  2. Deborah 52,318
  3. Linda 51,300
  4. Debra 50,563
  5. Susan 47,418
  6. Patricia 46,226
  7. Barbara 33,617
  8. Karen 33,217
  9. Nancy 30,023
  10. Donna 27,940
  11. Cynthia 27,178
  12. Pamela 26,690
  13. Sandra 25,112
  14. Diane 23,290
  15. Carol 22,046
  16. Sharon 22,044
  17. Kathleen 22,014
  18. Brenda 19,114
  19. Cheryl 19,111
  20. Janet 17,920
  21. Elizabeth 16,696
  22. Kathy 15,324
  23. Denise 14,560
  24. Margaret 14,440
  25. Janice 13,178
  26. Teresa 13,126
  27. Rebecca 12,398
  28. Catherine 11,636
  29. Joyce 11,287
  30. Carolyn 11,179
  31. Judith 10,436
  32. Judy 10,376
  33. Robin 10,217
  34. Beverly 10,001
  35. Connie 9,975
  36. Betty 9,924
  37. Shirley 9,755
  38. Theresa 9,620
  39. Paula 9,585
  40. Christine 9,042
  41. Laura 9,008
  42. Gail 8,972
  43. Ann 8,916
  44. Cathy 8,665
  45. Bonnie 8,637
  46. Joan 8,557
  47. Gloria 8,551
  48. Lisa 8,539
  49. Marilyn 8,409
  50. Jane 8,343
  51. Peggy 7,983
  52. Vicki 7,975
  53. Martha 7,930
  54. Rose 7,852
  55. Diana 7,847
  56. Sherry 7,769
  57. Sheila 7,661
  58. Jo 7,656
  59. Kathryn 7,640
  60. Jean 7,480
  61. Wanda 7,415
  62. Lynn 7,355
  63. Debbie 7,254
  64. Dorothy 7,242
  65. Katherine 7,239
  66. Virginia 6,855
  67. Julie 6,788
  68. Vickie 6,637
  69. Maria 6,210
  70. Ruth 6,187
  71. Rhonda 6,171
  72. Rita 6,094
  73. Jacqueline 6,041
  74. Phyllis 5,689
  75. Kim 5,687
  76. Darlene 5,641
  77. Elaine 5,635
  78. Helen 5,592
  79. Cindy 5,588
  80. Valerie 5,512
  81. Ellen 5,471
  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 4,987
  89. Lori 4,976
  90. Wendy 4,955
  91. Laurie 4,954
  92. Marie 4,925
  93. Michele 4,768
  94. Anita 4,718
  95. Sally 4,688
  96. Frances 4,641
  97. Michelle 4,526
  98. Marcia 4,412
  99. Leslie 4,405
  100. Maureen 4,339

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1955?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1955 (88,355 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (63,174 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1955?
Social Security records list 4,015,166 babies born in 1955 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,059,889 boys and 1,955,277 girls.