California ★ 1955

Top names in California, 1955

Debra led for girls with 3,969 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,871. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Debra	3,969
2	Susan	3,900
3	Linda	3,751
4	Mary	3,396
5	Deborah	3,325
6	Patricia	3,045
7	Karen	2,830
8	Cynthia	2,363
9	Nancy	2,292
10	Pamela	2,190
11	Kathleen	2,012
12	Barbara	2,011
13	Sandra	1,827
14	Donna	1,660
15	Carol	1,651
16	Cheryl	1,639
17	Diane	1,543
18	Sharon	1,493
19	Janet	1,412
20	Denise	1,374
21	Elizabeth	1,260
22	Teresa	1,168
23	Robin	1,048
24	Laura	1,043
25	Lisa	1,038
26	Catherine	968
27	Margaret	964
28	Rebecca	915
29	Janice	905
30	Brenda	830
31	Kathy	826
32	Theresa	823
33	Julie	808
34	Lori	796
35	Diana	778
36	Maria	721
37	Katherine	719
37	Victoria	719
39	Paula	708
40	Gloria	699
41	Debbie	697
42	Kathryn	688
43	Judy	679
44	Judith	667
45	Laurie	664
46	Carolyn	661
47	Leslie	646
48	Gail	631
49	Valerie	615
50	Christine	613
51	Vicki	610
52	Terri	605
53	Virginia	593
54	Lynn	587
55	Martha	585
56	Kim	576
57	Terry	572
58	Ann	569
59	Michelle	568
60	Rose	565
61	Joyce	557
62	Beverly	548
63	Connie	547
64	Cathy	542
65	Marilyn	532
66	Shirley	518
67	Peggy	513
68	Suzanne	512
69	Cindy	511
70	Stephanie	507
71	Wendy	502
72	Joan	498
72	Michele	498
74	Bonnie	492
75	Yolanda	491
76	Sheila	460
77	Kimberly	449
78	Sherry	447
79	Renee	443
80	Jennifer	441
81	Elaine	440
82	Rhonda	439
83	Betty	423
84	Sally	417
85	Anita	416
86	Vickie	412
87	Anna	407
87	Roberta	407
89	Darlene	403
89	Sylvia	403
91	Jo	402
92	Jill	394
93	Jean	390
94	Anne	388
94	Marie	388
96	Colleen	385
97	Alice	384
98	Jacqueline	376
99	Jane	374
100	Melinda	371

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,871
2	David	7,382
3	Robert	6,896
4	John	6,033
5	James	5,150
6	Richard	4,871
7	Steven	4,205
8	Mark	4,107
9	William	3,913
10	Thomas	2,772
11	Daniel	2,609
12	Gary	2,545
13	Ronald	2,202
14	Paul	2,131
15	Kenneth	2,050
16	Donald	2,048
17	Charles	1,947
18	Gregory	1,914
19	Jeffrey	1,871
20	Stephen	1,791
21	Timothy	1,764
22	Joseph	1,731
23	Dennis	1,500
24	Larry	1,403
25	Edward	1,371
26	George	1,227
27	Bruce	1,207
28	Douglas	1,205
29	Kevin	1,188
30	Scott	1,184
31	Anthony	1,152
32	Randy	1,079
33	Frank	1,008
34	Craig	987
35	Brian	937
36	Patrick	936
37	Christopher	922
38	Raymond	909
39	Terry	820
40	Peter	811
41	Lawrence	791
42	Alan	778
43	Keith	726
44	Jerry	709
45	Arthur	638
46	Danny	626
47	Eric	613
48	Roger	611
49	Dale	598
50	Russell	588
51	Steve	574
52	Jack	573
53	Joe	546
54	Martin	541
55	Gerald	538
56	Wayne	510
57	Rodney	506
58	Andrew	493
58	Jeffery	493
60	Randall	487
61	Carl	485
61	Ralph	485
63	Jose	473
64	Henry	458
65	Glenn	457
65	Phillip	457
67	Rick	454
68	Albert	448
69	Philip	444
70	Victor	425
71	Stanley	424
72	Roy	411
73	Ricky	397
74	Micheal	395
75	Manuel	385
76	Walter	382
77	Mike	380
78	Jon	370
79	Matthew	359
80	Curtis	351
81	Johnny	346
82	Barry	344
83	Gilbert	342
84	Howard	338
85	Ernest	337
86	Vincent	326
87	Harold	322
88	Bradley	321
89	Leonard	320
90	Louis	316
91	Samuel	312
92	Darrell	310
93	Jay	303
94	Ruben	301
95	Eugene	299
96	Allen	294
97	Tony	291
98	Jesse	290
99	Frederick	288
99	Marc	288