Top Names of 1955
The most popular names recorded in 1955 were Mary for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 63,173 |
| 2 | Deborah | 52,317 |
| 3 | Linda | 51,300 |
| 4 | Debra | 50,560 |
| 5 | Susan | 47,419 |
| 6 | Patricia | 46,226 |
| 7 | Barbara | 33,616 |
| 8 | Karen | 33,219 |
| 9 | Nancy | 30,024 |
| 10 | Donna | 27,941 |
| 11 | Cynthia | 27,178 |
| 12 | Pamela | 26,689 |
| 13 | Sandra | 25,111 |
| 14 | Diane | 23,291 |
| 15 | Carol | 22,047 |
| 16 | Sharon | 22,044 |
| 17 | Kathleen | 22,016 |
| 18 | Brenda | 19,115 |
| 19 | Cheryl | 19,110 |
| 20 | Janet | 17,920 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 16,697 |
| 22 | Kathy | 15,324 |
| 23 | Denise | 14,560 |
| 24 | Margaret | 14,440 |
| 25 | Janice | 13,178 |
| 26 | Teresa | 13,124 |
| 27 | Rebecca | 12,397 |
| 28 | Catherine | 11,636 |
| 29 | Joyce | 11,285 |
| 30 | Carolyn | 11,178 |
| 31 | Judith | 10,434 |
| 32 | Judy | 10,376 |
| 33 | Robin | 10,217 |
| 34 | Beverly | 10,001 |
| 35 | Connie | 9,975 |
| 36 | Betty | 9,925 |
| 37 | Shirley | 9,756 |
| 38 | Theresa | 9,619 |
| 39 | Paula | 9,585 |
| 40 | Christine | 9,042 |
| 41 | Laura | 9,010 |
| 42 | Gail | 8,972 |
| 43 | Ann | 8,916 |
| 44 | Cathy | 8,665 |
| 45 | Bonnie | 8,637 |
| 46 | Joan | 8,557 |
| 47 | Gloria | 8,552 |
| 48 | Lisa | 8,539 |
| 49 | Marilyn | 8,409 |
| 50 | Jane | 8,344 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 88,352 |
| 2 | David | 86,301 |
| 3 | James | 84,184 |
| 4 | Robert | 83,755 |
| 5 | John | 80,122 |
| 6 | William | 59,985 |
| 7 | Richard | 53,564 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,855 |
| 9 | Mark | 42,244 |
| 10 | Steven | 37,841 |
| 11 | Charles | 35,361 |
| 12 | Gary | 34,433 |
| 13 | Joseph | 31,587 |
| 14 | Donald | 27,727 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,744 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,698 |
| 17 | Daniel | 26,458 |
| 18 | Ronald | 26,173 |
| 19 | Larry | 22,820 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 22,531 |
| 21 | Stephen | 22,155 |
| 22 | Timothy | 20,738 |
| 23 | Dennis | 20,434 |
| 24 | Gregory | 19,815 |
| 25 | Edward | 19,280 |
| 26 | George | 18,166 |
| 27 | Kevin | 17,156 |
| 28 | Terry | 15,586 |
| 29 | Douglas | 15,309 |
| 30 | Randy | 14,957 |
| 31 | Anthony | 14,172 |
| 32 | Bruce | 14,083 |
| 33 | Jerry | 12,975 |
| 34 | Frank | 11,109 |
| 35 | Peter | 11,003 |
| 36 | Raymond | 10,994 |
| 37 | Roger | 10,982 |
| 38 | Scott | 10,782 |
| 39 | Keith | 10,415 |
| 40 | Brian | 10,106 |
| 41 | Patrick | 9,871 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 9,128 |
| 43 | Alan | 9,033 |
| 44 | Wayne | 8,727 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,718 |
| 46 | Ricky | 8,327 |
| 47 | Carl | 8,293 |
| 48 | Gerald | 8,073 |
| 49 | Christopher | 7,920 |
| 50 | Craig | 7,447 |