Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1955
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1954.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1954 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 88,355 | 0 |
| 2 | David | 86,306 | +3 |
| 3 | James | 84,186 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 83,758 | -2 |
| 5 | John | 80,128 | -1 |
| 6 | William | 59,990 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 53,566 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,855 | 0 |
| 9 | Mark | 42,255 | +3 |
| 10 | Steven | 37,847 | +1 |
| 11 | Charles | 35,365 | -1 |
| 12 | Gary | 34,433 | -3 |
| 13 | Joseph | 31,589 | 0 |
| 14 | Donald | 27,726 | 0 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,743 | +2 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,701 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel | 26,460 | +1 |
| 18 | Ronald | 26,172 | -3 |
| 19 | Larry | 22,819 | 0 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 22,533 | +3 |
| 21 | Stephen | 22,155 | -1 |
| 22 | Timothy | 20,738 | +4 |
| 23 | Dennis | 20,436 | -2 |
| 24 | Gregory | 19,815 | +1 |
| 25 | Edward | 19,280 | -3 |
| 26 | George | 18,167 | -2 |
| 27 | Kevin | 17,158 | +1 |
| 28 | Terry | 15,586 | -1 |
| 29 | Douglas | 15,311 | 0 |
| 30 | Randy | 14,958 | +3 |
| 31 | Anthony | 14,170 | +1 |
| 32 | Bruce | 14,082 | -2 |
| 33 | Jerry | 12,975 | -2 |
| 34 | Frank | 11,109 | +2 |
| 35 | Peter | 11,003 | +2 |
| 36 | Raymond | 10,994 | -1 |
| 37 | Roger | 10,979 | -3 |
| 38 | Scott | 10,782 | +2 |
| 39 | Keith | 10,418 | +6 |
| 40 | Brian | 10,109 | +8 |
| 41 | Patrick | 9,869 | -3 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 9,128 | -3 |
| 43 | Alan | 9,037 | 0 |
| 44 | Wayne | 8,728 | -3 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,721 | -3 |
| 46 | Ricky | 8,329 | 0 |
| 47 | Carl | 8,294 | 0 |
| 48 | Gerald | 8,072 | -4 |
| 49 | Christopher | 7,922 | +15 |
| 50 | Craig | 7,448 | +1 |
| 51 | Walter | 7,299 | -2 |
| 52 | Dale | 7,182 | -2 |
| 53 | Randall | 6,688 | +2 |
| 54 | Willie | 6,629 | -1 |
| 55 | Johnny | 6,620 | -1 |
| 56 | Arthur | 6,570 | -4 |
| 57 | Russell | 6,539 | +12 |
| 58 | Roy | 6,331 | -2 |
| 59 | Glenn | 6,258 | +4 |
| 60 | Jack | 6,200 | -3 |
| 61 | Henry | 6,187 | -2 |
| 62 | Philip | 6,162 | 0 |
| 63 | Harold | 6,096 | -3 |
| 64 | Stanley | 6,050 | -6 |
| 65 | Rodney | 6,047 | +1 |
| 66 | Andrew | 6,012 | +4 |
| 67 | Ralph | 5,965 | -6 |
| 68 | Joe | 5,856 | -1 |
| 69 | Billy | 5,769 | -4 |
| 70 | Barry | 5,599 | -2 |
| 71 | Samuel | 5,535 | 0 |
| 72 | Steve | 5,509 | +4 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 5,466 | +17 |
| 74 | Phillip | 5,411 | +1 |
| 75 | Bobby | 5,223 | -3 |
| 76 | Albert | 5,179 | -3 |
| 77 | Martin | 5,068 | +2 |
| 78 | Jimmy | 5,036 | -4 |
| 79 | Curtis | 4,981 | +5 |
| 80 | Ronnie | 4,969 | -2 |
| 81 | Eugene | 4,791 | -4 |
| 82 | Louis | 4,779 | -1 |
| 83 | Howard | 4,746 | -3 |
| 84 | Allen | 4,744 | -2 |
| 85 | Eric | 4,660 | +4 |
| 86 | Frederick | 4,552 | -3 |
| 87 | Micheal | 4,530 | +1 |
| 88 | Leonard | 4,260 | -3 |
| 89 | Harry | 4,139 | -3 |
| 90 | Ernest | 3,975 | -3 |
| 91 | Darrell | 3,902 | +4 |
| 92 | Eddie | 3,781 | -1 |
| 93 | Tony | 3,752 | +12 |
| 94 | Marvin | 3,659 | +3 |
| 95 | Melvin | 3,646 | -3 |
| 96 | Lee | 3,607 | 0 |
| 97 | Fred | 3,502 | -4 |
| 98 | Kim | 3,490 | +11 |
| 99 | Vincent | 3,482 | +5 |
| 100 | Francis | 3,439 | -6 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.