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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 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	63,165	3.151	-125	-60,838	1	Michael	88,327	4.227	-13	-76,707
2	Deborah	52,315	2.610	-777	-51,968	2	David	86,253	4.128	-20	-76,556
3	Linda	51,288	2.559	-723	-50,899	3	James	84,155	4.028	-1	-70,630
4	Debra	50,556	2.522	-3,193	-50,506	4	Robert	83,703	4.006	-67	-78,563
5	Susan	47,402	2.365	-1,074	-47,168	5	John	80,054	3.831	-22	-70,935
6	Patricia	46,217	2.306	-907	-45,924	6	William	59,958	2.870	3	-45,442
7	Barbara	33,605	1.676	-923	-33,320	7	Richard	53,545	2.563	-181	-51,426
8	Karen	33,218	1.657	-627	-32,750	8	Thomas	45,824	2.193	-41	-39,045
9	Nancy	30,017	1.497	-830	-29,695	9	Mark	42,222	2.021	-201	-40,363
10	Donna	27,943	1.394	-1,557	-27,806	10	Steven	37,821	1.810	-188	-35,799
11	Cynthia	27,186	1.356	-682	-26,770	11	Charles	35,348	1.692	-41	-28,744
12	Pamela	26,692	1.332	-1,572	-26,557	12	Gary	34,407	1.647	-662	-34,040
13	Sandra	25,111	1.253	-962	-24,842	13	Joseph	31,593	1.512	-10	-22,038
14	Diane	23,296	1.162	-2,459	-23,225	14	Donald	27,714	1.326	-512	-27,181
15	Carol	22,041	1.100	-1,773	-21,928	15	Kenneth	26,738	1.280	-211	-25,083
16	Sharon	22,040	1.099	-1,111	-21,824	16	Paul	26,677	1.277	-218	-25,052
17	Kathleen	22,004	1.098	-877	-21,703	17	Daniel	26,445	1.266	2	-15,272
18	Brenda	19,119	0.954	-994	-18,864	18	Ronald	26,159	1.252	-475	-25,581
19	Cheryl	19,103	0.953	-2,879	-19,046	19	Larry	22,815	1.092	-687	-22,476
20	Janet	17,914	0.894	-1,392	-17,757	20	Jeffrey	22,510	1.077	-311	-21,507
21	Elizabeth	16,693	0.833	8	-8,180	21	Stephen	22,132	1.059	-263	-20,896
22	Kathy	15,324	0.764	-2,088	-15,234	22	Timothy	20,737	0.992	-143	-18,407
23	Denise	14,558	0.726	-1,046	-14,322	23	Dennis	20,411	0.977	-533	-19,918
24	Margaret	14,436	0.720	-103	-12,124	24	Gregory	19,809	0.948	-384	-19,031
25	Janice	13,172	0.657	-1,408	-13,019	25	Edward	19,266	0.922	-144	-16,998
26	Teresa	13,125	0.655	-772	-12,784	26	George	18,161	0.869	-101	-15,102
27	Rebecca	12,394	0.618	-187	-10,952	27	Kevin	17,153	0.821	-98	-14,029
28	Catherine	11,628	0.580	-176	-10,130	28	Terry	15,580	0.746	-729	-15,271
29	Joyce	11,277	0.563	-918	-10,999	29	Douglas	15,317	0.733	-643	-14,946
30	Carolyn	11,174	0.557	-830	-10,862	30	Randy	14,957	0.716	-643	-14,587
31	Judith	10,429	0.520	-819	-10,111	31	Anthony	14,171	0.678	-7	-6,168
32	Judy	10,374	0.518	-1,501	-10,233	32	Bruce	14,078	0.674	-446	-13,471
33	Robin	10,216	0.510	-941	-9,947	33	Jerry	12,974	0.621	-568	-12,523
34	Beverly	9,994	0.499	-1,259	-9,819	34	Frank	11,102	0.531	-358	-10,299
35	Connie	9,974	0.498	-2,395	-9,901	35	Peter	11,002	0.527	-176	-9,190
36	Betty	9,926	0.495	-1,092	-9,711	36	Raymond	10,987	0.526	-263	-9,838
37	Shirley	9,750	0.486	-1,427	-9,600	37	Roger	10,971	0.525	-599	-10,560
38	Theresa	9,619	0.480	-1,068	-9,398	38	Scott	10,774	0.516	-482	-10,233
39	Paula	9,585	0.478	-754	-9,243	39	Keith	10,406	0.498	-465	-9,841
40	Christine	9,037	0.451	-886	-8,750	40	Brian	10,109	0.484	-195	-8,491
41	Laura	9,005	0.449	-299	-8,070	41	Patrick	9,870	0.472	-148	-7,759
42	Gail	8,967	0.447	-6,535	-8,949	42	Lawrence	9,132	0.437	-456	-8,559
43	Ann	8,912	0.445	-940	-8,645	43	Alan	9,031	0.432	-129	-6,787
44	Cathy	8,661	0.432	-3,455	-8,617	44	Wayne	8,722	0.417	-729	-8,423
45	Bonnie	8,635	0.431	-646	-8,218	45	Danny	8,710	0.417	-495	-8,194
46	Gloria	8,556	0.427	-538	-8,035	46	Ricky	8,324	0.398	-635	-7,960
47	Joan	8,553	0.427	-1,680	-8,435	47	Carl	8,286	0.397	-653	-7,944
48	Lisa	8,536	0.426	-843	-8,234	48	Gerald	8,068	0.386	-846	-7,827
49	Marilyn	8,410	0.420	-561	-7,916	49	Christopher	7,905	0.378	7	-644
50	Jane	8,337	0.416	-241	-7,214	50	Craig	7,439	0.356	-1,138	-7,280

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.