Names by year · United States
The names of 1955
In 1955, the SSA recorded 4,015,166 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and Michael the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 31 | 63,174 | #125 |
| 2 | Deborah1 in 37 | 52,318 | #864 |
| 3 | Linda1 in 38 | 51,300 | #902 |
| 4 | Debra1 in 39 | 50,563 | #4,478 |
| 5 | Susan1 in 41 | 47,418 | #1,091 |
| 6 | Patricia1 in 42 | 46,226 | #1,336 |
| 7 | Barbara1 in 58 | 33,617 | #968 |
| 8 | Karen1 in 59 | 33,217 | #1,281 |
| 9 | Nancy1 in 65 | 30,023 | #967 |
| 10 | Donna1 in 70 | 27,940 | #1,965 |
| 11 | Cynthia1 in 72 | 27,178 | #1,014 |
| 12 | Pamela1 in 73 | 26,690 | #2,251 |
| 13 | Sandra1 in 78 | 25,112 | #1,210 |
| 14 | Diane1 in 84 | 23,290 | #2,620 |
| 15 | Carol1 in 89 | 22,046 | #2,242 |
| 16 | Sharon1 in 89 | 22,044 | #1,256 |
| 17 | Kathleen1 in 89 | 22,014 | #1,156 |
| 18 | Brenda1 in 102 | 19,114 | #1,527 |
| 19 | Cheryl1 in 102 | 19,111 | #4,376 |
| 20 | Janet1 in 109 | 17,920 | #2,791 |
| 21 | Elizabeth1 in 117 | 16,696 | #17 |
| 22 | Kathy1 in 128 | 15,324 | #3,274 |
| 23 | Denise1 in 134 | 14,560 | #1,677 |
| 24 | Margaret1 in 135 | 14,440 | #112 |
| 25 | Janice1 in 148 | 13,178 | #2,522 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael1 in 23 | 88,355 | #21 |
| 2 | David1 in 24 | 86,306 | #35 |
| 3 | James1 in 24 | 84,186 | #6 |
| 4 | Robert1 in 25 | 83,758 | #92 |
| 5 | John1 in 26 | 80,128 | #23 |
| 6 | William1 in 34 | 59,990 | #9 |
| 7 | Richard1 in 38 | 53,566 | #234 |
| 8 | Thomas1 in 45 | 45,855 | #34 |
| 9 | Mark1 in 49 | 42,255 | #245 |
| 10 | Steven1 in 54 | 37,847 | #271 |
| 11 | Charles1 in 58 | 35,365 | #48 |
| 12 | Gary1 in 60 | 34,433 | #1,073 |
| 13 | Joseph1 in 65 | 31,589 | #29 |
| 14 | Donald1 in 74 | 27,726 | #690 |
| 15 | Kenneth1 in 77 | 26,743 | #294 |
| 16 | Paul1 in 77 | 26,701 | #262 |
| 17 | Daniel1 in 78 | 26,460 | #22 |
| 18 | Ronald1 in 79 | 26,172 | #638 |
| 19 | Larry1 in 90 | 22,819 | #1,085 |
| 20 | Jeffrey1 in 91 | 22,533 | #552 |
| 21 | Stephen1 in 93 | 22,155 | #383 |
| 22 | Timothy1 in 99 | 20,738 | #203 |
| 23 | Dennis1 in 101 | 20,436 | #707 |
| 24 | Gregory1 in 104 | 19,815 | #593 |
| 25 | Edward1 in 107 | 19,280 | #224 |
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