Popular baby names in Washington, 1955

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1955 were Susan for girls (945 babies) and David for boys (1,541). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,122 babies born in Washington in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1955

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

Girls

Marilee: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kari: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shannon: 53 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lauri: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cheri: 69 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lorrie: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kris: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kimberlee: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Teri: 71 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Erik: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jess: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Casey: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kris: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ron: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shawn: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dirk: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christophe: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 158 babies, 3.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	945	–	5
2	Debra	930	–	4
3	Linda	784	–	3
4	Mary	736	–	1
5	Deborah	616	↑1	2
6	Patricia	605	↓1	6
7	Karen	577	–	8
8	Barbara	467	↑1	7
9	Nancy	453	↑1	9
10	Pamela	451	↓2	12
11	Cynthia	428	–	11
12	Kathleen	417	↑1	17
13	Cheryl	406	↑1	19
14	Diane	386	↑3	14
15	Carol	371	–	15
16	Sandra	354	↓4	13
17	Teresa	351	↑1	26
18	Janet	327	↓2	20
19	Sharon	281	–	16
20	Donna	265	–	10
21	Elizabeth	226	↑2	21
22	Rebecca	222	↓1	27
23	Julie	220	↓1	67
24	Kathy	209	↑1	22
25	Lori	207	↑21	89
26	Robin	201	↑3	33
27	Gail	195	↑5	42
28	Debbie	194	new	63
29	Lisa	193	new	48
30	Denise	192	↑1	23
31	Connie	191	↓3	35
32	Margaret	191	↓6	24
33	Laura	188	↑10	41
34	Janice	181	↓10	25
35	Laurie	177	↓2	91
36	Catherine	171	–	28
37	Judy	168	↓2	32
38	Kathryn	161	↓8	59
39	Cindy	158	new	79
40	Joan	158	↓2	46
41	Katherine	158	↑6	65
42	Vicki	157	↓15	52
43	Paula	153	↓4	39
44	Kim	148	new	75
45	Colleen	146	↑3	>100
46	Christine	144	↓1	40
47	Ann	143	new	43
48	Judith	140	↓8	31
49	Lynn	140	↑1	62
50	Theresa	137	↓9	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	1,541	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,494	↓1	1
3	Robert	1,239	–	4
4	John	1,178	↑1	5
5	James	1,126	↓1	3
6	Steven	972	↑1	10
7	Mark	928	↑1	9
8	Richard	858	↓2	7
9	William	794	–	6
10	Thomas	623	↑1	8
11	Gary	584	↓1	12
12	Daniel	580	–	17
13	Kenneth	515	↑3	15
14	Donald	465	↓1	14
15	Ronald	460	↓1	18
16	Timothy	432	↑4	22
17	Jeffrey	430	↑4	20
18	Gregory	399	↓1	24
19	Paul	398	↓1	16
20	Douglas	389	↓1	29
21	Charles	381	↓6	11
22	Randy	350	–	30
23	Stephen	344	–	21
24	Scott	336	↑3	38
25	Dennis	311	–	23
26	Kevin	307	↑4	27
27	Bruce	295	↓1	32
28	Brian	291	↑3	40
29	Larry	278	↓5	19
30	Patrick	272	↓2	41
31	Terry	272	↓2	28
32	Joseph	256	–	13
33	Craig	216	↑1	50
34	Edward	212	↑1	25
35	Jerry	187	↑2	33
36	Dale	178	↓3	52
37	George	178	↓1	26
38	Alan	167	↑1	43
39	Gerald	164	↑5	48
40	Rick	158	↑2	>100
41	Roger	158	↓3	37
42	Keith	153	↑5	39
43	Rodney	148	↑7	65
44	Wayne	146	↓1	44
45	Peter	143	↑1	35
46	Lawrence	140	↓5	42
47	Jack	139	↑1	60
48	Jeffery	135	new	73
49	Randall	125	–	53
50	Raymond	125	↓5	36

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