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Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1955

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1955 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2017						Change to 2017
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	63,162	3.151	-125	-60,781	1	Michael	88,335	4.227	-11	-75,756
2	Deborah	52,317	2.610	-772	-51,964	2	David	86,251	4.128	-21	-76,127
3	Linda	51,291	2.559	-705	-50,887	3	James	84,157	4.027	-1	-69,925
4	Debra	50,555	2.522	-3,469	-50,511	4	Robert	83,719	4.006	-61	-78,212
5	Susan	47,397	2.364	-958	-47,125	5	John	80,056	3.831	-22	-70,622
6	Patricia	46,221	2.306	-883	-45,919	6	William	59,955	2.869	3	-45,051
7	Barbara	33,602	1.676	-901	-33,310	7	Richard	53,545	2.562	-168	-51,276
8	Karen	33,215	1.657	-548	-32,663	8	Thomas	45,819	2.193	-40	-38,688
9	Nancy	30,016	1.497	-869	-29,708	9	Mark	42,223	2.021	-194	-40,287
10	Donna	27,943	1.394	-1,706	-27,820	10	Steven	37,816	1.810	-172	-35,668
11	Cynthia	27,185	1.356	-626	-26,725	11	Charles	35,355	1.692	-38	-28,225
12	Pamela	26,697	1.332	-1,450	-26,544	12	Gary	34,412	1.647	-625	-34,009
13	Sandra	25,110	1.253	-881	-24,811	13	Joseph	31,604	1.512	-6	-21,244
14	Diane	23,295	1.162	-2,216	-23,211	14	Donald	27,715	1.326	-474	-27,121
15	Sharon	22,044	1.100	-1,034	-21,801	15	Kenneth	26,744	1.280	-203	-24,993
16	Carol	22,042	1.100	-1,798	-21,929	16	Paul	26,678	1.277	-209	-24,994
17	Kathleen	22,004	1.098	-854	-21,694	17	Daniel	26,442	1.265	2	-14,802
18	Brenda	19,124	0.954	-897	-18,834	18	Ronald	26,163	1.252	-442	-25,508
19	Cheryl	19,103	0.953	-2,937	-19,048	19	Larry	22,820	1.092	-610	-22,409
20	Janet	17,914	0.894	-1,341	-17,745	20	Jeffrey	22,513	1.077	-303	-21,464
21	Elizabeth	16,696	0.833	8	-7,781	21	Stephen	22,133	1.059	-250	-20,812
22	Kathy	15,326	0.765	-1,850	-15,218	22	Timothy	20,735	0.992	-142	-18,342
23	Denise	14,559	0.726	-1,123	-14,344	23	Dennis	20,407	0.977	-521	-19,897
24	Margaret	14,436	0.720	-108	-12,194	24	Gregory	19,809	0.948	-351	-18,928
25	Janice	13,173	0.657	-1,468	-13,025	25	Edward	19,268	0.922	-144	-16,959
26	Teresa	13,125	0.655	-694	-12,730	26	George	18,167	0.869	-98	-15,016
27	Rebecca	12,396	0.618	-189	-10,980	27	Kevin	17,156	0.821	-74	-13,351
28	Catherine	11,625	0.580	-170	-10,052	28	Terry	15,580	0.746	-664	-15,226
29	Joyce	11,275	0.562	-807	-10,952	29	Douglas	15,318	0.733	-599	-14,907
30	Carolyn	11,173	0.557	-811	-10,852	30	Randy	14,957	0.716	-635	-14,576
31	Judith	10,430	0.520	-815	-10,111	31	Anthony	14,172	0.678	-1	-5,370
32	Judy	10,372	0.517	-1,579	-10,238	32	Bruce	14,081	0.674	-399	-13,367
33	Robin	10,217	0.510	-987	-9,965	33	Jerry	12,979	0.621	-523	-12,491
34	Beverly	9,994	0.499	-1,388	-9,835	34	Frank	11,104	0.531	-339	-10,223
35	Connie	9,977	0.498	-2,924	-9,922	35	Peter	11,004	0.527	-178	-9,227
36	Betty	9,929	0.495	-1,284	-9,754	36	Raymond	10,995	0.526	-257	-9,803
37	Shirley	9,750	0.486	-1,234	-9,566	37	Roger	10,970	0.525	-588	-10,555
38	Theresa	9,620	0.480	-1,093	-9,401	38	Scott	10,775	0.516	-446	-10,173
39	Paula	9,584	0.478	-808	-9,265	39	Keith	10,410	0.498	-454	-9,828
40	Christine	9,034	0.451	-746	-8,688	40	Brian	10,108	0.484	-177	-8,345
41	Laura	9,008	0.449	-299	-8,069	41	Patrick	9,868	0.472	-130	-7,585
42	Gail	8,967	0.447	-8,341	-8,954	42	Lawrence	9,137	0.437	-454	-8,558
43	Ann	8,912	0.445	-980	-8,661	43	Alan	9,028	0.432	-116	-6,592
44	Cathy	8,662	0.432	-4,430	-8,631	44	Wayne	8,723	0.417	-772	-8,449
45	Bonnie	8,635	0.431	-652	-8,223	45	Danny	8,711	0.417	-459	-8,139
46	Gloria	8,560	0.427	-515	-8,022	46	Ricky	8,326	0.398	-644	-7,969
47	Joan	8,554	0.427	-1,633	-8,427	47	Carl	8,292	0.397	-580	-7,881
48	Lisa	8,536	0.426	-836	-8,231	48	Gerald	8,069	0.386	-776	-7,800
49	Marilyn	8,409	0.419	-479	-7,829	49	Christopher	7,905	0.378	11	350
50	Jane	8,337	0.416	-232	-7,189	50	Craig	7,436	0.356	-934	-7,229

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.