NameTides

The names of 1955

The ten most popular names given in 1955, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 63,174
  2. Deborah 52,318
  3. Linda 51,300
  4. Debra 50,563
  5. Susan 47,418
  6. Patricia 46,226
  7. Barbara 33,617
  8. Karen 33,217
  9. Nancy 30,023
  10. Donna 27,940

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US: boys

  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

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NSW: girls

  1. Susan 1,303
  2. Jennifer 1,226
  3. Christine 963
  4. Margaret 865
  5. Julie 824
  6. Lynette 674
  7. Karen 630
  8. Robyn 616
  9. Judith 598
  10. Helen 577

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NSW: boys

  1. Peter 2,312
  2. John 1,838
  3. Stephen 1,578
  4. Robert 1,493
  5. Michael 1,456
  6. David 1,404
  7. Gregory 1,110
  8. Paul 1,041
  9. Mark 841
  10. Ian 829

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Canadian provinces in 1955

US states in 1955