Popular baby names of 1955

In 1955, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (63,174 babies) and Michael for boys (88,355). Social Security records show 4,015,166 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 6,732 girls' names and 4,400 boys' names.

1955 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Kim, Lori.
New in the boys' top 100: Tony, Kim, Vincent.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954
1	Mary	63,174	–
2	Deborah	52,318	↑1
3	Linda	51,300	↓1
4	Debra	50,563	↑2
5	Susan	47,418	–
6	Patricia	46,226	↓2
7	Barbara	33,617	–
8	Karen	33,217	–
9	Nancy	30,023	–
10	Donna	27,940	↑1
11	Cynthia	27,178	↓1
12	Pamela	26,690	–
13	Sandra	25,112	–
14	Diane	23,290	↑3
15	Carol	22,046	–
16	Sharon	22,044	–
17	Kathleen	22,014	↓3
18	Brenda	19,114	–
19	Cheryl	19,111	↑3
20	Janet	17,920	↓1
21	Elizabeth	16,696	↓1
22	Kathy	15,324	↑1
23	Denise	14,560	↑1
24	Margaret	14,440	↓3
25	Janice	13,178	–
26	Teresa	13,126	↑8
27	Rebecca	12,398	↓1
28	Catherine	11,636	↑4
29	Joyce	11,287	↓1
30	Carolyn	11,179	↓3
31	Judith	10,436	↓1
32	Judy	10,376	↓3
33	Robin	10,217	↑8
34	Beverly	10,001	↓3
35	Connie	9,975	↑4
36	Betty	9,924	–
37	Shirley	9,755	↓4
38	Theresa	9,620	↑9
39	Paula	9,585	↓1
40	Christine	9,042	↑3
41	Laura	9,008	↑4
42	Gail	8,972	↓5
43	Ann	8,916	↑1
44	Cathy	8,665	↑15
45	Bonnie	8,637	↑7
46	Joan	8,557	↓6
47	Gloria	8,551	↓5
48	Lisa	8,539	↑25
49	Marilyn	8,409	↓14
50	Jane	8,343	↓1
51	Peggy	7,983	↓3
52	Vicki	7,975	↓2
53	Martha	7,930	↓7
54	Rose	7,852	–
55	Diana	7,847	↑2
56	Sherry	7,769	↑6
57	Sheila	7,661	↑3
58	Jo	7,656	↓5
59	Kathryn	7,640	↓8
60	Jean	7,480	↓4
61	Wanda	7,415	↓3
62	Lynn	7,355	↑1
63	Debbie	7,254	↑29
64	Dorothy	7,242	↓9
65	Katherine	7,239	↓1
66	Virginia	6,855	↓5
67	Julie	6,788	↑3
68	Vickie	6,637	↑1
69	Maria	6,210	↓4
70	Ruth	6,187	↓4
71	Rhonda	6,171	–
72	Rita	6,094	↓5
73	Jacqueline	6,041	↓5
74	Phyllis	5,689	↑1
75	Kim	5,687	new
76	Darlene	5,641	–
77	Elaine	5,635	↓3
78	Helen	5,592	↓6
79	Cindy	5,588	↑12
80	Valerie	5,512	↑7
81	Ellen	5,471	↓4
82	Victoria	5,359	↑3
83	Terry	5,353	↑5
84	Anne	5,218	↓4
85	Terri	5,153	↑15
86	Suzanne	5,137	↓4
87	Alice	5,079	↓6
88	Joanne	4,987	↓10
89	Lori	4,976	new
90	Wendy	4,955	↑5
91	Laurie	4,954	↑7
92	Marie	4,925	↓13
93	Michele	4,768	↓4
94	Anita	4,718	↑2
95	Sally	4,688	↓11
96	Frances	4,641	↓13
97	Michelle	4,526	↓3
98	Marcia	4,412	↓8
99	Leslie	4,405	–
100	Maureen	4,339	↓3

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954
1	Michael	88,355	–
2	David	86,306	↑3
3	James	84,186	–
4	Robert	83,758	↓2
5	John	80,128	↓1
6	William	59,990	–
7	Richard	53,566	–
8	Thomas	45,855	–
9	Mark	42,255	↑3
10	Steven	37,847	↑1
11	Charles	35,365	↓1
12	Gary	34,433	↓3
13	Joseph	31,589	–
14	Donald	27,726	–
15	Kenneth	26,743	↑2
16	Paul	26,701	–
17	Daniel	26,460	↑1
18	Ronald	26,172	↓3
19	Larry	22,819	–
20	Jeffrey	22,533	↑3
21	Stephen	22,155	↓1
22	Timothy	20,738	↑4
23	Dennis	20,436	↓2
24	Gregory	19,815	↑1
25	Edward	19,280	↓3
26	George	18,167	↓2
27	Kevin	17,158	↑1
28	Terry	15,586	↓1
29	Douglas	15,311	–
30	Randy	14,958	↑3
31	Anthony	14,170	↑1
32	Bruce	14,082	↓2
33	Jerry	12,975	↓2
34	Frank	11,109	↑2
35	Peter	11,003	↑2
36	Raymond	10,994	↓1
37	Roger	10,979	↓3
38	Scott	10,782	↑2
39	Keith	10,418	↑6
40	Brian	10,109	↑8
41	Patrick	9,869	↓3
42	Lawrence	9,128	↓3
43	Alan	9,037	–
44	Wayne	8,728	↓3
45	Danny	8,721	↓3
46	Ricky	8,329	–
47	Carl	8,294	–
48	Gerald	8,072	↓4
49	Christopher	7,922	↑15
50	Craig	7,448	↑1
51	Walter	7,299	↓2
52	Dale	7,182	↓2
53	Randall	6,688	↑2
54	Willie	6,629	↓1
55	Johnny	6,620	↓1
56	Arthur	6,570	↓4
57	Russell	6,539	↑12
58	Roy	6,331	↓2
59	Glenn	6,258	↑4
60	Jack	6,200	↓3
61	Henry	6,187	↓2
62	Philip	6,162	–
63	Harold	6,096	↓3
64	Stanley	6,050	↓6
65	Rodney	6,047	↑1
66	Andrew	6,012	↑4
67	Ralph	5,965	↓6
68	Joe	5,856	↓1
69	Billy	5,769	↓4
70	Barry	5,599	↓2
71	Samuel	5,535	–
72	Steve	5,509	↑4
73	Jeffery	5,466	↑17
74	Phillip	5,411	↑1
75	Bobby	5,223	↓3
76	Albert	5,179	↓3
77	Martin	5,068	↑2
78	Jimmy	5,036	↓4
79	Curtis	4,981	↑5
80	Ronnie	4,969	↓2
81	Eugene	4,791	↓4
82	Louis	4,779	↓1
83	Howard	4,746	↓3
84	Allen	4,744	↓2
85	Eric	4,660	↑4
86	Frederick	4,552	↓3
87	Micheal	4,530	↑1
88	Leonard	4,260	↓3
89	Harry	4,139	↓3
90	Ernest	3,975	↓3
91	Darrell	3,902	↑4
92	Eddie	3,781	↓1
93	Tony	3,752	new
94	Marvin	3,659	↑3
95	Melvin	3,646	↓3
96	Lee	3,607	–
97	Fred	3,502	↓4
98	Kim	3,490	new
99	Vincent	3,482	new
100	Francis	3,439	↓6

Every name given in 1955

All 11,132 names Social Security recorded for 1955, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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