The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1955
4,400 different boys’ names were recorded in 1955, covering 2,059,889 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 88,355 |
| 2 | David | 86,306 |
| 3 | James | 84,186 |
| 4 | Robert | 83,758 |
| 5 | John | 80,128 |
| 6 | William | 59,990 |
| 7 | Richard | 53,566 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,855 |
| 9 | Mark | 42,255 |
| 10 | Steven | 37,847 |
| 11 | Charles | 35,365 |
| 12 | Gary | 34,433 |
| 13 | Joseph | 31,589 |
| 14 | Donald | 27,726 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,743 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,701 |
| 17 | Daniel | 26,460 |
| 18 | Ronald | 26,172 |
| 19 | Larry | 22,819 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 22,533 |
| 21 | Stephen | 22,155 |
| 22 | Timothy | 20,738 |
| 23 | Dennis | 20,436 |
| 24 | Gregory | 19,815 |
| 25 | Edward | 19,280 |
| 26 | George | 18,167 |
| 27 | Kevin | 17,158 |
| 28 | Terry | 15,586 |
| 29 | Douglas | 15,311 |
| 30 | Randy | 14,958 |
| 31 | Anthony | 14,170 |
| 32 | Bruce | 14,082 |
| 33 | Jerry | 12,975 |
| 34 | Frank | 11,109 |
| 35 | Peter | 11,003 |
| 36 | Raymond | 10,994 |
| 37 | Roger | 10,979 |
| 38 | Scott | 10,782 |
| 39 | Keith | 10,418 |
| 40 | Brian | 10,109 |
| 41 | Patrick | 9,869 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 9,128 |
| 43 | Alan | 9,037 |
| 44 | Wayne | 8,728 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,721 |
| 46 | Ricky | 8,329 |
| 47 | Carl | 8,294 |
| 48 | Gerald | 8,072 |
| 49 | Christopher | 7,922 |
| 50 | Craig | 7,448 |
| 51 | Walter | 7,299 |
| 52 | Dale | 7,182 |
| 53 | Randall | 6,688 |
| 54 | Willie | 6,629 |
| 55 | Johnny | 6,620 |
| 56 | Arthur | 6,570 |
| 57 | Russell | 6,539 |
| 58 | Roy | 6,331 |
| 59 | Glenn | 6,258 |
| 60 | Jack | 6,200 |
| 61 | Henry | 6,187 |
| 62 | Philip | 6,162 |
| 63 | Harold | 6,096 |
| 64 | Stanley | 6,050 |
| 65 | Rodney | 6,047 |
| 66 | Andrew | 6,012 |
| 67 | Ralph | 5,965 |
| 68 | Joe | 5,856 |
| 69 | Billy | 5,769 |
| 70 | Barry | 5,599 |
| 71 | Samuel | 5,535 |
| 72 | Steve | 5,509 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 5,466 |
| 74 | Phillip | 5,411 |
| 75 | Bobby | 5,223 |
| 76 | Albert | 5,179 |
| 77 | Martin | 5,068 |
| 78 | Jimmy | 5,036 |
| 79 | Curtis | 4,981 |
| 80 | Ronnie | 4,969 |
| 81 | Eugene | 4,791 |
| 82 | Louis | 4,779 |
| 83 | Howard | 4,746 |
| 84 | Allen | 4,744 |
| 85 | Eric | 4,660 |
| 86 | Frederick | 4,552 |
| 87 | Micheal | 4,530 |
| 88 | Leonard | 4,260 |
| 89 | Harry | 4,139 |
| 90 | Ernest | 3,975 |
| 91 | Darrell | 3,902 |
| 92 | Eddie | 3,781 |
| 93 | Tony | 3,752 |
| 94 | Marvin | 3,659 |
| 95 | Melvin | 3,646 |
| 96 | Lee | 3,607 |
| 97 | Fred | 3,502 |
| 98 | Kim | 3,490 |
| 99 | Vincent | 3,482 |
| 100 | Francis | 3,439 |
| 101 | Victor | 3,437 |
| 102 | Norman | 3,411 |
| 103 | Jay | 3,396 |
| 104 | Jose | 3,313 |
| 105 | Matthew | 3,279 |
| 106 | Earl | 3,246 |
| 107 | Bradley | 3,183 |
| 108 | Tommy | 3,177 |
| 109 | Rick | 3,150 |
| 110 | Calvin | 3,149 |
| 111 | Dean | 3,084 |
| 112 | Jerome | 3,083 |
| 113 | Ray | 3,070 |
| 114 | Rickey | 3,065 |
| 115 | Jon | 3,056 |
| 116 | Jonathan | 3,025 |
| 117 | Clarence | 3,017 |
| 118 | Clifford | 2,995 |
| 119 | Alfred | 2,980 |
| 120 | Theodore | 2,976 |
| 121 | Joel | 2,806 |
| 122 | Jesse | 2,786 |
| 123 | Mike | 2,732 |
| 124 | Edwin | 2,666 |
| 125 | Don | 2,649 |
| 126 | Marc | 2,632 |
| 127 | Bernard | 2,560 |
| 128 | Gordon | 2,557 |
| 129 | Herbert | 2,504 |
| 130 | Warren | 2,491 |
| 131 | Glen | 2,490 |
| 132 | Benjamin | 2,449 |
| 133 | Leroy | 2,416 |
| 134 | Alvin | 2,360 |
| 135 | Duane | 2,345 |
| 136 | Dan | 2,304 |
| 137 | Mitchell | 2,274 |
| 138 | Leslie | 2,232 |
| 139 | Chris | 2,193 |
| 139 | Garry | 2,193 |
| 141 | Nicholas | 2,186 |
| 142 | Dwight | 2,159 |
| 143 | Leon | 2,141 |
| 144 | Reginald | 2,075 |
| 145 | Guy | 2,041 |
| 146 | Vernon | 2,035 |
| 147 | Lloyd | 2,030 |
| 148 | Jackie | 2,000 |
| 149 | Karl | 1,935 |
| 150 | Kurt | 1,933 |
| 151 | Wesley | 1,925 |
| 152 | Gene | 1,892 |
| 153 | Brad | 1,877 |
| 154 | Gilbert | 1,862 |
| 155 | Lonnie | 1,857 |
| 156 | Kent | 1,856 |
| 157 | Allan | 1,841 |
| 157 | Robin | 1,841 |
| 159 | Neil | 1,785 |
| 160 | Lewis | 1,782 |
| 161 | Juan | 1,771 |
| 162 | Randolph | 1,765 |
| 163 | Franklin | 1,764 |
| 164 | Clyde | 1,741 |
| 165 | Floyd | 1,714 |
| 166 | Carlos | 1,703 |
| 167 | Jim | 1,699 |
| 168 | Lester | 1,691 |
| 169 | Donnie | 1,672 |
| 170 | Manuel | 1,671 |
| 171 | Bill | 1,656 |
| 172 | Kirk | 1,628 |
| 173 | Todd | 1,615 |
| 174 | Kerry | 1,601 |
| 175 | Leo | 1,576 |
| 176 | Dana | 1,571 |
| 177 | Bryan | 1,568 |
| 178 | Daryl | 1,536 |
| 179 | Gerard | 1,521 |
| 180 | Tom | 1,513 |
| 181 | Terrence | 1,497 |
| 182 | Jeff | 1,482 |
| 183 | Perry | 1,451 |
| 184 | Charlie | 1,437 |
| 185 | Milton | 1,430 |
| 186 | Freddie | 1,426 |
| 187 | Darryl | 1,425 |
| 188 | Ted | 1,409 |
| 189 | Stuart | 1,405 |
| 190 | Johnnie | 1,403 |
| 191 | Rex | 1,400 |
| 192 | Jimmie | 1,386 |
| 193 | Brent | 1,382 |
| 194 | Herman | 1,360 |
| 195 | Nathaniel | 1,334 |
| 196 | Lynn | 1,333 |
| 197 | Arnold | 1,315 |
| 198 | Gregg | 1,299 |
| 199 | Ruben | 1,293 |
| 200 | Harvey | 1,289 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1955 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.