Popular baby names in Ohio, 1955

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1955 were Deborah for girls (3,589 babies) and David for boys (5,494). Deborah ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 212,285 babies born in Ohio in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1955

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

Girls

Glenna: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 177 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Deborah	3,589	↑1	2
2	Mary	3,559	↓1	1
3	Linda	2,858	–	3
4	Debra	2,841	↑2	4
5	Susan	2,698	↓1	5
6	Patricia	2,429	↓1	6
7	Karen	2,212	↑1	8
8	Barbara	1,937	↓1	7
9	Pamela	1,922	–	12
10	Cynthia	1,722	–	11
11	Nancy	1,691	–	9
12	Sandra	1,472	–	13
13	Cheryl	1,438	↑8	19
14	Carol	1,314	↑1	15
15	Diane	1,314	↓2	14
16	Donna	1,262	–	10
17	Kathleen	1,255	–	17
18	Sharon	1,246	↓4	16
19	Brenda	1,116	↓1	18
20	Rebecca	1,030	↓1	27
21	Kathy	993	↑2	22
22	Janet	977	↓2	20
23	Denise	919	↓1	23
24	Teresa	797	↑7	26
25	Margaret	750	↑1	24
26	Elizabeth	726	↑2	21
27	Joyce	717	↓2	29
28	Judith	712	↑1	31
29	Connie	691	↓2	35
30	Robin	661	↑4	33
31	Cathy	644	↑14	44
32	Christine	641	↓2	40
33	Beverly	623	↓9	34
34	Diana	619	↑4	55
35	Vicki	592	↑2	52
36	Paula	588	↓3	39
37	Janice	580	↓2	25
38	Bonnie	574	↓2	45
39	Catherine	559	↑2	28
40	Theresa	558	↑7	38
41	Jane	555	↑3	50
42	Marilyn	525	↓10	49
43	Laura	511	↓3	41
44	Peggy	505	↓1	51
45	Lisa	473	new	48
46	Judy	467	↓4	32
47	Carolyn	465	↓8	30
48	Betty	460	↑2	36
49	Joan	452	new	46
50	Darlene	449	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	5,494	↑2	2
2	Michael	5,175	↓1	1
3	James	5,100	↓1	3
4	Robert	4,692	–	4
5	John	4,511	–	5
6	William	3,495	–	6
7	Richard	3,251	–	7
8	Thomas	3,147	–	8
9	Mark	2,895	–	9
10	Jeffrey	2,238	↑5	20
11	Gary	2,203	↓1	12
12	Steven	2,171	–	10
13	Charles	2,054	↓2	11
14	Timothy	1,900	↑4	22
15	Donald	1,850	↓2	14
16	Daniel	1,737	–	17
17	Joseph	1,682	–	13
18	Ronald	1,673	↓4	18
19	Gregory	1,525	↑3	24
20	Kenneth	1,461	–	15
21	Paul	1,433	–	16
22	Dennis	1,334	↓3	23
23	Stephen	1,203	↑1	21
24	Douglas	1,155	↑2	29
25	Larry	1,145	↓2	19
26	Terry	1,099	↓1	28
27	Edward	1,002	–	25
28	Kevin	978	↑2	27
29	George	861	↓1	26
30	Randy	856	↑1	30
31	Bruce	806	↓2	32
32	Keith	745	↑6	39
33	Anthony	740	–	31
34	Roger	694	↓2	37
35	Raymond	601	–	36
36	Scott	600	↑5	38
37	Jerry	599	↓3	33
38	Dale	572	↓2	52
39	Frank	556	–	34
40	Patrick	544	↓3	41
41	Christopher	530	new	49
42	Carl	525	↑1	47
43	Lawrence	516	↓3	42
44	Jeffery	507	new	73
45	Brian	506	new	40
46	Craig	497	–	50
47	Jack	486	↓5	60
48	Danny	437	↓3	45
49	Alan	435	↓2	43
50	Randall	423	↓2	53

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