100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1955

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 88,335
2 David +3 86,251
3 James -1 84,157
4 Robert -1 83,719
5 John -1 80,056
6 William 0 59,955
7 Richard 0 53,545
8 Thomas 0 45,819
9 Mark +3 42,223
10 Steven +1 37,816
11 Charles -1 35,355
12 Gary -3 34,412
13 Joseph 0 31,604
14 Donald 0 27,715
15 Kenneth +2 26,744
16 Paul 0 26,678
17 Daniel +1 26,442
18 Ronald -3 26,163
19 Larry 0 22,820
20 Jeffrey +3 22,513
21 Stephen -1 22,133
22 Timothy +4 20,735
23 Dennis -2 20,407
24 Gregory +1 19,809
25 Edward -3 19,268
26 George -2 18,167
27 Kevin +1 17,156
28 Terry -1 15,580
29 Douglas 0 15,318
30 Randy +3 14,957
31 Anthony +1 14,172
32 Bruce -2 14,081
33 Jerry -2 12,979
34 Frank +2 11,104
35 Peter +2 11,004
36 Raymond -1 10,995
37 Roger -3 10,970
38 Scott +2 10,775
39 Keith +6 10,410
40 Brian +8 10,108
41 Patrick -3 9,868
42 Lawrence -3 9,137
43 Alan 0 9,028
44 Wayne -3 8,723
45 Danny -3 8,711
46 Ricky 0 8,326
47 Carl 0 8,292
48 Gerald -4 8,069
49 Christopher +15 7,905
50 Craig +1 7,436
51 Walter -2 7,300
52 Dale -2 7,168
53 Randall +2 6,684
54 Willie -1 6,630
55 Johnny -1 6,620
56 Arthur -4 6,572
57 Russell +12 6,533
58 Roy -2 6,326
59 Glenn +4 6,253
60 Jack -3 6,204
61 Henry -2 6,201
62 Philip 0 6,159
63 Harold -3 6,088
64 Rodney +2 6,048
65 Stanley -7 6,047
66 Andrew +4 6,015
67 Ralph -6 5,967
68 Joe -1 5,860
69 Billy -4 5,768
70 Barry -2 5,601
71 Samuel 0 5,533
72 Steve +4 5,515
73 Jeffery +17 5,460
74 Phillip +1 5,405
75 Bobby -3 5,220
76 Albert -3 5,173
77 Martin +2 5,068
78 Jimmy -4 5,028
79 Curtis +5 4,976
80 Ronnie -2 4,958
81 Eugene -4 4,795
82 Louis -1 4,778
83 Howard -3 4,750
84 Allen -2 4,745
85 Eric +4 4,653
86 Frederick -3 4,543
87 Micheal +1 4,538
88 Leonard -3 4,258
89 Harry -3 4,138
90 Ernest -3 3,980
91 Darrell +4 3,901
92 Eddie -1 3,780
93 Tony +12 3,750
94 Marvin +3 3,658
95 Melvin -3 3,645
96 Lee 0 3,598
97 Fred -4 3,501
98 Kim +11 3,491
99 Vincent +4 3,482
100 Francis -6 3,440
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 63,162
2 Deborah +1 52,317
3 Linda -1 51,291
4 Debra +2 50,555
5 Susan 0 47,397
6 Patricia -2 46,221
7 Barbara 0 33,602
8 Karen 0 33,215
9 Nancy 0 30,016
10 Donna +1 27,943
11 Cynthia -1 27,185
12 Pamela 0 26,697
13 Sandra 0 25,110
14 Diane +3 23,295
15 Sharon +1 22,044
16 Carol -1 22,042
17 Kathleen -3 22,004
18 Brenda 0 19,124
19 Cheryl +3 19,103
20 Janet -1 17,914
21 Elizabeth -1 16,696
22 Kathy +1 15,326
23 Denise +1 14,559
24 Margaret -3 14,436
25 Janice 0 13,173
26 Teresa +8 13,125
27 Rebecca -1 12,396
28 Catherine +4 11,625
29 Joyce -1 11,275
30 Carolyn -3 11,173
31 Judith -1 10,430
32 Judy -3 10,372
33 Robin +8 10,217
34 Beverly -3 9,994
35 Connie +4 9,977
36 Betty 0 9,929
37 Shirley -4 9,750
38 Theresa +9 9,620
39 Paula -1 9,584
40 Christine +3 9,034
41 Laura +4 9,008
42 Gail -5 8,967
43 Ann +1 8,912
44 Cathy +15 8,662
45 Bonnie +7 8,635
46 Gloria -4 8,560
47 Joan -7 8,554
48 Lisa +25 8,536
49 Marilyn -14 8,409
50 Jane -1 8,337
51 Peggy -3 7,984
52 Vicki -2 7,979
53 Martha -7 7,931
54 Rose 0 7,855
55 Diana +2 7,846
56 Sherry +6 7,764
57 Jo -4 7,665
58 Sheila +2 7,664
59 Kathryn -8 7,644
60 Jean -4 7,483
61 Wanda -3 7,416
62 Lynn +1 7,353
63 Debbie +29 7,248
64 Katherine 0 7,241
65 Dorothy -10 7,239
66 Virginia -5 6,855
67 Julie +3 6,785
68 Vickie +1 6,639
69 Maria -4 6,203
70 Ruth -4 6,183
71 Rhonda 0 6,166
72 Rita -5 6,092
73 Jacqueline -5 6,042
74 Phyllis +1 5,689
75 Kim +58 5,686
76 Darlene 0 5,643
77 Elaine -3 5,638
78 Helen -6 5,594
79 Cindy +12 5,589
80 Valerie +7 5,509
81 Ellen -4 5,474
82 Victoria +3 5,357
83 Terry +5 5,354
84 Anne -4 5,215
85 Terri +15 5,153
86 Suzanne -4 5,133
87 Alice -6 5,074
88 Joanne -10 4,987
89 Lori +32 4,975
90 Laurie +8 4,953
91 Wendy +4 4,950
92 Marie -13 4,923
93 Michele -4 4,764
94 Anita +2 4,722
95 Sally -11 4,688
96 Frances -13 4,640
97 Michelle -3 4,532
98 Marcia -8 4,411
99 Leslie 0 4,401
100 Maureen -3 4,337