Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1955 Most Popular Baby Names of 1955 Social Security has card records for 4,095,208 people born in the U.S. in 1955. Mary was the top girl name (63,174 babies) and Michael the top boy name (88,355).
Top 100 names of 1955 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1955, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 63,174 #125 2 Deborah 52,318 #862 3 Linda 51,300 #902 4 Debra 50,563 #4,460 5 Susan 47,418 #1,085 6 Patricia 46,226 #1,334 7 Barbara 33,617 #968 8 Karen 33,217 #1,279 9 Nancy 30,023 #965 10 Donna 27,940 #1,962 11 Cynthia 27,178 #1,013 12 Pamela 26,690 #2,239 13 Sandra 25,112 #1,207 14 Diane 23,290 #2,607 15 Carol 22,046 #2,239 16 Sharon 22,044 #1,250 17 Kathleen 22,014 #1,150 18 Brenda 19,114 #1,525 19 Cheryl 19,111 #4,352 20 Janet 17,920 #2,778 21 Elizabeth 16,696 #17 22 Kathy 15,324 #3,249 23 Denise 14,560 #1,673 24 Margaret 14,440 #112 25 Janice 13,178 #2,514 26 Teresa 13,126 #908 27 Rebecca 12,398 #349 28 Catherine 11,636 #313 29 Joyce 11,287 #1,071 30 Carolyn 11,179 #1,222 31 Judith 10,436 #788 32 Judy 10,376 #1,872 33 Robin 10,217 #704 34 Beverly 10,001 #1,016 35 Connie 9,975 #3,067 36 Betty 9,924 #1,113 37 Shirley 9,755 #1,581 38 Theresa 9,620 #1,548 39 Paula 9,585 #853 40 Christine 9,042 #1,272 41 Laura 9,008 #379 42 Gail 8,972 #8,362 43 Ann 8,916 #1,076 44 Cathy 8,665 #8,362 45 Bonnie 8,637 #396 46 Joan 8,557 #1,085 47 Gloria 8,551 #654 48 Lisa 8,539 #987 49 Marilyn 8,409 #760 50 Jane 8,343 #221
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1955, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Peggy 7,983 #8,362 52 Vicki 7,975 – 53 Martha 7,930 #712 54 Rose 7,852 #114 55 Diana 7,847 #244 56 Sherry 7,769 #5,410 57 Sheila 7,661 #2,645 58 Jo 7,656 #3,975 59 Kathryn 7,640 #729 60 Jean 7,480 #2,117 61 Wanda 7,415 #5,917 62 Lynn 7,355 #2,542 63 Debbie 7,254 #5,238 64 Dorothy 7,242 #421 65 Katherine 7,239 #186 66 Virginia 6,855 #525 67 Julie 6,788 #872 68 Vickie 6,637 – 69 Maria 6,210 #87 70 Ruth 6,187 #173 71 Rhonda 6,171 #6,116 72 Rita 6,094 #1,285 73 Jacqueline 6,041 #558 74 Phyllis 5,689 #11,932 75 Kim 5,687 #4,172 76 Darlene 5,641 #1,844 77 Elaine 5,635 #304 78 Helen 5,592 #461 79 Cindy 5,588 #1,927 80 Valerie 5,512 #127 81 Ellen 5,471 #1,062 82 Victoria 5,359 #54 83 Terry 5,353 #9,457 84 Anne 5,218 #619 85 Terri 5,153 #6,116 86 Suzanne 5,137 #2,387 87 Alice 5,079 #65 88 Joanne 4,987 #2,607 89 Lori 4,976 #1,721 90 Wendy 4,955 #1,341 91 Laurie 4,954 #2,822 92 Marie 4,925 #617 93 Michele 4,768 #4,758 94 Anita 4,718 #1,341 95 Sally 4,688 #1,150 96 Frances 4,641 #318 97 Michelle 4,526 #465 98 Marcia 4,412 #3,389 99 Leslie 4,405 #712 100 Maureen 4,339 #4,352
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1955, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 88,355 #21 2 David 86,306 #35 3 James 84,186 #6 4 Robert 83,758 #92 5 John 80,128 #23 6 William 59,990 #9 7 Richard 53,566 #234 8 Thomas 45,855 #34 9 Mark 42,255 #244 10 Steven 37,847 #271 11 Charles 35,365 #48 12 Gary 34,433 #1,073 13 Joseph 31,589 #29 14 Donald 27,726 #690 15 Kenneth 26,743 #294 16 Paul 26,701 #262 17 Daniel 26,460 #22 18 Ronald 26,172 #637 19 Larry 22,819 #1,084 20 Jeffrey 22,533 #552 21 Stephen 22,155 #383 22 Timothy 20,738 #203 23 Dennis 20,436 #707 24 Gregory 19,815 #593 25 Edward 19,280 #224 26 George 18,167 #126 27 Kevin 17,158 #221 28 Terry 15,586 #1,115 29 Douglas 15,311 #807 30 Randy 14,958 #1,084 31 Anthony 14,170 #46 32 Bruce 14,082 #536 33 Jerry 12,975 #906 34 Frank 11,109 #513 35 Peter 11,003 #187 36 Raymond 10,994 #394 37 Roger 10,979 #832 38 Scott 10,782 #534 39 Keith 10,418 #800 40 Brian 10,109 #339 41 Patrick 9,869 #235 42 Lawrence 9,128 #518 43 Alan 9,037 #191 44 Wayne 8,728 #652 45 Danny 8,721 #628 46 Ricky 8,329 #948 47 Carl 8,294 #1,132 48 Gerald 8,072 #1,204 49 Christopher 7,922 #68 50 Craig 7,448 #1,644
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1955, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Walter 7,299 #251 52 Dale 7,182 #1,409 53 Randall 6,688 #1,499 54 Willie 6,629 #1,315 55 Johnny 6,620 #457 56 Arthur 6,570 #87 57 Russell 6,539 #345 58 Roy 6,331 #525 59 Glenn 6,258 #1,443 60 Jack 6,200 #15 61 Henry 6,187 #5 62 Philip 6,162 #527 63 Harold 6,096 #991 64 Stanley 6,050 #863 65 Rodney 6,047 #1,091 66 Andrew 6,012 #73 67 Ralph 5,965 #1,046 68 Joe 5,856 #991 69 Billy 5,769 #1,068 70 Barry 5,599 #1,520 71 Samuel 5,535 #18 72 Steve 5,509 #1,609 73 Jeffery 5,466 #1,554 74 Phillip 5,411 #651 75 Bobby 5,223 #1,097 76 Albert 5,179 #614 77 Martin 5,068 #335 78 Jimmy 5,036 #846 79 Curtis 4,981 #984 80 Ronnie 4,969 #1,064 81 Eugene 4,791 #943 82 Louis 4,779 #249 83 Howard 4,746 #1,002 84 Allen 4,744 #578 85 Eric 4,660 #273 86 Frederick 4,552 #435 87 Micheal 4,530 #1,401 88 Leonard 4,260 #637 89 Harry 4,139 #775 90 Ernest 3,975 #1,038 91 Darrell 3,902 #1,688 92 Eddie 3,781 #860 93 Tony 3,752 #783 94 Marvin 3,659 #699 95 Melvin 3,646 #958 96 Lee 3,607 #725 97 Fred 3,502 #1,932 98 Kim 3,490 #10,695 99 Vincent 3,482 #107 100 Francis 3,439 #420
Entered the top 100 in 1955
