What were the keenest, neatest and most popular names for newborns in the mid-fifties?
Check out this table of the top 100 names for baby boys who were born in the year 1955, based on Social Security card applications for births in the US!
Baby name popularity in 1955
| Ranking | Boy’s name | # people with the name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 88,279 |
| 2 | David | 86,181 |
| 3 | James | 84,128 |
| 4 | Robert | 83,671 |
| 5 | John | 80,021 |
| 6 | William | 59,912 |
| 7 | Richard | 53,517 |
| 8 | Thomas | 45,796 |
| 9 | Mark | 42,201 |
| 10 | Steven | 37,797 |
| 11 | Charles | 35,329 |
| 12 | Gary | 34,389 |
| 13 | Joseph | 31,585 |
| 14 | Donald | 27,694 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,729 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,670 |
| 17 | Daniel | 26,433 |
| 18 | Ronald | 26,142 |
| 19 | Larry | 22,826 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 22,502 |
| 21 | Stephen | 22,106 |
| 22 | Timothy | 20,731 |
| 23 | Dennis | 20,396 |
| 24 | Gregory | 19,792 |
| 25 | Edward | 19,254 |
| 26 | George | 18,154 |
| 27 | Kevin | 17,148 |
| 28 | Terry | 15,565 |
| 29 | Douglas | 15,300 |
| 30 | Randy | 14,948 |
| 31 | Anthony | 14,156 |
| 32 | Bruce | 14,070 |
| 33 | Jerry | 12,976 |
| 34 | Frank | 11,103 |
| 35 | Peter | 11,009 |
| 36 | Raymond | 10,990 |
| 37 | Roger | 10,958 |
| 38 | Scott | 10,768 |
| 39 | Keith | 10,400 |
| 40 | Brian | 10,104 |
| 41 | Patrick | 9,861 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 9,134 |
| 43 | Alan | 9,029 |
| 44 | Wayne | 8,715 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,696 |
| 46 | Ricky | 8,331 |
| 47 | Carl | 8,291 |
| 48 | Gerald | 8,070 |
| 49 | Christopher | 7,900 |
| 50 | Craig | 7,434 |
| 51 | Walter | 7,288 |
| 52 | Dale | 7,159 |
| 53 | Randall | 6,682 |
| 54 | Willie | 6,626 |
| 55 | Johnny | 6,616 |
| 56 | Arthur | 6,573 |
| 57 | Russell | 6,522 |
| 58 | Roy | 6,315 |
| 59 | Glenn | 6,245 |
| 60 | Jack | 6,207 |
| 61 | Henry | 6,201 |
| 62 | Philip | 6,155 |
| 63 | Harold | 6,085 |
| 64 | Stanley | 6,049 |
| 65 | Rodney | 6,042 |
| 66 | Andrew | 6,010 |
| 67 | Ralph | 5,965 |
| 68 | Joe | 5,860 |
| 69 | Billy | 5,763 |
| 70 | Barry | 5,599 |
| 71 | Samuel | 5,531 |
| 72 | Steve | 5,510 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 5,463 |
| 74 | Phillip | 5,395 |
| 75 | Bobby | 5,215 |
| 76 | Albert | 5,160 |
| 77 | Martin | 5,056 |
| 78 | Jimmy | 5,019 |
| 79 | Curtis | 4,972 |
| 80 | Ronnie | 4,956 |
| 81 | Eugene | 4,793 |
| 82 | Louis | 4,776 |
| 83 | Howard | 4,750 |
| 84 | Allen | 4,749 |
| 85 | Eric | 4,665 |
| 86 | Frederick | 4,546 |
| 87 | Micheal | 4,535 |
| 88 | Leonard | 4,249 |
| 89 | Harry | 4,132 |
| 90 | Ernest | 3,974 |
| 91 | Darrell | 3,896 |
| 92 | Eddie | 3,777 |
| 93 | Tony | 3,752 |
| 94 | Marvin | 3,657 |
| 95 | Melvin | 3,642 |
| 96 | Lee | 3,598 |
| 97 | Kim | 3,493 |
| 98 | Vincent | 3,493 |
| 99 | Fred | 3,490 |
| 100 | Francis | 3,440 |
