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Top Baby Names 1955

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,955,279 · Total Boys: 2,059,801

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	63,173	3.231%
2	Deborah	52,317	2.676%
3	Linda	51,300	2.624%
4	Debra	50,560	2.586%
5	Susan	47,419	2.425%
6	Patricia	46,226	2.364%
7	Barbara	33,616	1.719%
8	Karen	33,219	1.699%
9	Nancy	30,024	1.536%
10	Donna	27,941	1.429%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Cynthia	27,178	1.390%
12	Pamela	26,689	1.365%
13	Sandra	25,111	1.284%
14	Diane	23,291	1.191%
15	Carol	22,047	1.128%
16	Sharon	22,044	1.127%
17	Kathleen	22,016	1.126%
18	Brenda	19,115	0.978%
19	Cheryl	19,110	0.977%
20	Janet	17,920	0.916%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Elizabeth	16,697	0.854%
22	Kathy	15,324	0.784%
23	Denise	14,560	0.745%
24	Margaret	14,440	0.739%
25	Janice	13,178	0.674%
26	Teresa	13,124	0.671%
27	Rebecca	12,397	0.634%
28	Catherine	11,636	0.595%
29	Joyce	11,285	0.577%
30	Carolyn	11,178	0.572%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Judith	10,434	0.534%
32	Judy	10,376	0.531%
33	Robin	10,217	0.523%
34	Beverly	10,001	0.511%
35	Connie	9,975	0.510%
36	Betty	9,925	0.508%
37	Shirley	9,756	0.499%
38	Theresa	9,619	0.492%
39	Paula	9,585	0.490%
40	Christine	9,042	0.462%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Laura	9,010	0.461%
42	Gail	8,972	0.459%
43	Ann	8,916	0.456%
44	Cathy	8,665	0.443%
45	Bonnie	8,637	0.442%
46	Joan	8,557	0.438%
47	Gloria	8,552	0.437%
48	Lisa	8,539	0.437%
49	Marilyn	8,409	0.430%
50	Jane	8,344	0.427%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Peggy	7,984	0.408%
52	Vicki	7,975	0.408%
53	Martha	7,930	0.406%
54	Rose	7,852	0.402%
55	Diana	7,846	0.401%
56	Sherry	7,769	0.397%
57	Sheila	7,661	0.392%
58	Jo	7,656	0.392%
59	Kathryn	7,641	0.391%
60	Jean	7,480	0.383%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Wanda	7,415	0.379%
62	Lynn	7,354	0.376%
63	Debbie	7,254	0.371%
64	Dorothy	7,242	0.370%
65	Katherine	7,240	0.370%
66	Virginia	6,855	0.351%
67	Julie	6,788	0.347%
68	Vickie	6,638	0.339%
69	Maria	6,209	0.318%
70	Ruth	6,187	0.316%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Rhonda	6,171	0.316%
72	Rita	6,094	0.312%
73	Jacqueline	6,040	0.309%
74	Phyllis	5,690	0.291%
75	Kim	5,687	0.291%
76	Darlene	5,641	0.289%
77	Elaine	5,635	0.288%
78	Helen	5,592	0.286%
79	Cindy	5,589	0.286%
80	Valerie	5,512	0.282%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Ellen	5,470	0.280%
82	Victoria	5,359	0.274%
83	Terry	5,353	0.274%
84	Anne	5,218	0.267%
85	Terri	5,153	0.264%
86	Suzanne	5,137	0.263%
87	Alice	5,079	0.260%
88	Joanne	4,988	0.255%
89	Lori	4,976	0.254%
90	Wendy	4,955	0.253%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Laurie	4,954	0.253%
92	Marie	4,925	0.252%
93	Michele	4,768	0.244%
94	Anita	4,717	0.241%
95	Sally	4,688	0.240%
96	Frances	4,641	0.237%
97	Michelle	4,526	0.231%
98	Marcia	4,412	0.226%
99	Leslie	4,405	0.225%
100	Maureen	4,339	0.222%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	88,352	4.289%
2	David	86,301	4.190%
3	James	84,184	4.087%
4	Robert	83,755	4.066%
5	John	80,122	3.890%
6	William	59,985	2.912%
7	Richard	53,564	2.600%
8	Thomas	45,855	2.226%
9	Mark	42,244	2.051%
10	Steven	37,841	1.837%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Charles	35,361	1.717%
12	Gary	34,433	1.672%
13	Joseph	31,587	1.534%
14	Donald	27,727	1.346%
15	Kenneth	26,744	1.298%
16	Paul	26,698	1.296%
17	Daniel	26,458	1.284%
18	Ronald	26,173	1.271%
19	Larry	22,820	1.108%
20	Jeffrey	22,531	1.094%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Stephen	22,155	1.076%
22	Timothy	20,738	1.007%
23	Dennis	20,434	0.992%
24	Gregory	19,815	0.962%
25	Edward	19,280	0.936%
26	George	18,166	0.882%
27	Kevin	17,156	0.833%
28	Terry	15,586	0.757%
29	Douglas	15,309	0.743%
30	Randy	14,957	0.726%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Anthony	14,172	0.688%
32	Bruce	14,083	0.684%
33	Jerry	12,975	0.630%
34	Frank	11,109	0.539%
35	Peter	11,003	0.534%
36	Raymond	10,994	0.534%
37	Roger	10,982	0.533%
38	Scott	10,782	0.523%
39	Keith	10,415	0.506%
40	Brian	10,106	0.491%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Patrick	9,871	0.479%
42	Lawrence	9,128	0.443%
43	Alan	9,033	0.439%
44	Wayne	8,727	0.424%
45	Danny	8,718	0.423%
46	Ricky	8,327	0.404%
47	Carl	8,293	0.403%
48	Gerald	8,073	0.392%
49	Christopher	7,920	0.385%
50	Craig	7,447	0.362%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Walter	7,299	0.354%
52	Dale	7,182	0.349%
53	Randall	6,688	0.325%
54	Willie	6,628	0.322%
55	Johnny	6,619	0.321%
56	Arthur	6,571	0.319%
57	Russell	6,538	0.317%
58	Roy	6,329	0.307%
59	Glenn	6,258	0.304%
60	Jack	6,200	0.301%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Henry	6,188	0.300%
62	Philip	6,162	0.299%
63	Harold	6,095	0.296%
64	Stanley	6,050	0.294%
65	Rodney	6,048	0.294%
66	Andrew	6,013	0.292%
67	Ralph	5,965	0.290%
68	Joe	5,853	0.284%
69	Billy	5,769	0.280%
70	Barry	5,600	0.272%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Samuel	5,534	0.269%
72	Steve	5,510	0.268%
73	Jeffery	5,464	0.265%
74	Phillip	5,410	0.263%
75	Bobby	5,223	0.254%
76	Albert	5,180	0.251%
77	Martin	5,067	0.246%
78	Jimmy	5,037	0.245%
79	Curtis	4,979	0.242%
80	Ronnie	4,969	0.241%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Eugene	4,792	0.233%
82	Louis	4,777	0.232%
83	Howard	4,747	0.230%
84	Allen	4,742	0.230%
85	Eric	4,659	0.226%
86	Frederick	4,551	0.221%
87	Micheal	4,531	0.220%
88	Leonard	4,260	0.207%
89	Harry	4,139	0.201%
90	Ernest	3,973	0.193%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Darrell	3,902	0.189%
92	Eddie	3,782	0.184%
93	Tony	3,752	0.182%
94	Marvin	3,660	0.178%
95	Melvin	3,646	0.177%
96	Lee	3,606	0.175%
97	Fred	3,501	0.170%
98	Kim	3,490	0.169%
99	Vincent	3,482	0.169%
100	Francis	3,439	0.167%

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