71 years ago
Baby Names from 1955
4,015,080 registered births | 2,059,801 boys | 1,955,279 girls
Top 10 Baby Names of 1955
Top 10 Boy Names
Top Unisex Names of 1955
Terry
15,586 boys
5,353 girls
Robin 1,841 boys
10,217 girls
Kim 3,490 boys
5,687 girls
Lynn 1,333 boys
7,354 girls
Dale 7,182 boys
1,001 girls
Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.
Notable Risers & Fallers in 1955
Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.
New to the Top 200 in 1955
Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.
What Life Was Like in 1955
Economy & Leadership
- President
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Avg. Home Price
- $10,950
- Avg. Income
- $4,137
- Gas Price
- $0.29/gal
- Minimum Wage
- $0.75/hr
- US Population
- 165.9 million
Entertainment
- #1 Song
- Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
- #1 Movie
- Lady and the Tramp
- #1 TV Show
- The $64,000 Question
Sports
- Super Bowl
- N/A
- World Series
- Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-3)
Major Events
- • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
- • Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California
- • Jonas Salk's polio vaccine declared safe
- • James Dean dies in car crash at age 24
Culture & Style
- Fashion Trend
- Poodle skirts, leather jackets, blue jeans becoming mainstream for teens
- Tech Milestone
- First transistor radio (Regency TR-1) becomes a hit consumer product
- Generation
- Baby Boomer (born 1946-1964)
Popular Slang of 1955
"cool"
"hip"
"square"
"threads"
"nifty"
Did You Know? Fun Facts from 1955
1
Rock and roll was born — and so were millions of babies
2
Disneyland's opening day was so chaotic it was called 'Black Sunday'
3
The Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the World Series
4
A gallon of milk cost about 92 cents
5
James, Robert, Mary, and Mary were the top baby names
Someone born in 1955 is 71 years old today.