Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1955

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1955 were Mary for girls (526 babies) and Michael for boys (800). Social Security records list 28,231 babies born in District of Columbia in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1955

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

Girls

Cassandra: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jocelyn: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Yvette: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tanya: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Adrienne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jacqueline: 124 babies, 3× the national rate
Francine: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonita: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vanessa: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 61 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Andre: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Reginald: 92 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marlon: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Derek: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carlton: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maurice: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Geoffrey: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ricardo: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Derrick: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	526	–	1
2	Deborah	492	–	2
3	Linda	377	↑1	3
4	Patricia	368	↓1	6
5	Susan	324	–	5
6	Karen	283	–	8
7	Barbara	263	–	7
8	Debra	228	↑1	4
9	Donna	228	↑2	10
10	Diane	211	↑4	14
11	Cynthia	199	↑1	11
12	Pamela	193	↓4	12
13	Sharon	191	↓3	16
14	Denise	172	↑4	23
15	Brenda	169	↑1	18
16	Kathleen	168	↓1	17
17	Carol	163	↑4	15
18	Elizabeth	162	↓1	21
19	Nancy	160	↓6	9
20	Margaret	143	–	24
21	Sandra	142	↑1	13
22	Joyce	134	↑1	29
23	Janet	131	↓4	20
24	Jacqueline	124	↑1	73
25	Robin	117	↑1	33
26	Cheryl	113	↑13	19
27	Catherine	110	↑2	28
28	Janice	110	↑3	25
29	Sheila	108	↓2	57
30	Theresa	97	↑6	38
31	Carolyn	94	↓7	30
32	Gail	93	↓4	42
33	Ann	90	–	43
34	Lisa	89	new	48
35	Teresa	85	↑8	26
36	Wanda	83	↓2	61
37	Gloria	79	↑3	47
38	Katherine	77	↑8	65
39	Judith	76	↓2	31
40	Beverly	71	↓2	34
41	Joan	71	↓9	46
42	Shirley	71	↓7	37
43	Paula	70	new	39
44	Valerie	69	↓3	80
45	Anne	68	↓15	84
46	Michelle	68	↑1	97
47	Darlene	66	new	76
48	Jean	65	↓3	60
49	Kathryn	64	↓1	59
50	Laura	64	↓8	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	800	–	1
2	John	714	↑1	5
3	James	692	↓1	3
4	Robert	668	–	4
5	William	555	–	6
6	David	526	–	2
7	Richard	356	–	7
8	Thomas	353	–	8
9	Charles	336	–	11
10	Joseph	266	–	13
11	Mark	252	↑1	9
12	Ronald	241	↑3	18
13	Stephen	226	↓2	21
14	Gregory	220	↑2	24
15	Paul	220	↑2	16
16	Steven	220	↓2	10
17	Donald	214	↑1	14
18	Gary	200	↓5	12
19	Kevin	191	↑3	27
20	Anthony	185	↑3	31
21	Daniel	169	↑5	17
22	Kenneth	168	↓2	15
23	Edward	159	↓2	25
24	Jeffrey	159	–	20
25	Timothy	156	↑4	22
26	George	151	↓7	26
27	Larry	139	↓2	19
28	Lawrence	125	–	42
29	Brian	117	↑11	40
30	Douglas	117	↓3	29
31	Peter	110	↑3	35
32	Christopher	106	↑1	49
33	Eric	106	↑2	85
34	Raymond	104	↑2	36
35	Bruce	100	↓3	32
36	Wayne	100	↓6	44
37	Reginald	92	↑9	>100
38	Keith	85	↑1	39
39	Dennis	83	↓8	23
40	Alan	81	↑2	43
41	Andrew	75	new	66
42	Frank	72	↓1	34
43	Patrick	70	↓6	41
44	Stanley	67	–	64
45	Carl	61	↑3	47
46	Howard	61	new	83
47	Philip	61	↑2	62
48	Tyrone	61	↓10	>100
49	Gerald	60	↓6	48
50	Scott	59	new	38

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