Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1955

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1955

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1955.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Robert. In total there were 174,070 boys born sharing 943 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1955 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Robert	1 in 20 (5.1%)	8,806
2	John	1 in 20 (4.9%)	8,548
3	Michael	1 in 21 (4.8%)	8,439
4	James	1 in 26 (3.8%)	6,587
5	David	1 in 28 (3.6%)	6,190
6	William	1 in 31 (3.2%)	5,554
7	Richard	1 in 31 (3.2%)	5,543
8	Thomas	1 in 34 (3%)	5,183
9	Joseph	1 in 36 (2.8%)	4,878
10	Mark	1 in 53 (1.9%)	3,290
11	Steven	1 in 55 (1.8%)	3,165
12	Paul	1 in 59 (1.7%)	2,934
13	Peter	1 in 66 (1.5%)	2,640
14	Gary	1 in 66 (1.5%)	2,622
15	Charles	1 in 70 (1.4%)	2,495
16	Edward	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,423
17	Daniel	1 in 72 (1.4%)	2,404
18	Kevin	1 in 73 (1.4%)	2,384
19	Stephen	1 in 75 (1.3%)	2,307
20	Jeffrey	1 in 76 (1.3%)	2,305
21	Anthony	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,270
22	Kenneth	1 in 79 (1.3%)	2,207
23	Donald	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,970
24	George	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,967
25	Ronald	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,867
26	Frank	1 in 101 (1%)	1,718
27	Timothy	1 in 118 (0.8%)	1,476
28	Bruce	1 in 131 (0.8%)	1,329
29	Gregory	1 in 131 (0.8%)	1,328
30	Dennis	1 in 133 (0.7%)	1,305
31	Brian	1 in 138 (0.7%)	1,261
32	Douglas	1 in 139 (0.7%)	1,252
33	Raymond	1 in 140 (0.7%)	1,243
34	Lawrence	1 in 147 (0.7%)	1,181
35	Christopher	1 in 152 (0.7%)	1,142
36	Alan	1 in 153 (0.7%)	1,141
37	Patrick	1 in 176 (0.6%)	991
38	Andrew	1 in 186 (0.5%)	934
39	Philip	1 in 192 (0.5%)	908
40	Scott	1 in 193 (0.5%)	902
41	Louis	1 in 196 (0.5%)	887
42	Wayne	1 in 199 (0.5%)	874
43	Vincent	1 in 200 (0.5%)	871
44	Keith	1 in 206 (0.5%)	845
45	Arthur	1 in 220 (0.5%)	791
46	Jose	1 in 254 (0.4%)	685
47	Martin	1 in 256 (0.4%)	681
48	Howard	1 in 275 (0.4%)	633
49	Ralph	1 in 277 (0.4%)	629
50	Larry	1 in 279 (0.4%)	624
51	Francis	1 in 282 (0.4%)	617
52	Walter	1 in 283 (0.4%)	616
53	Glenn	1 in 284 (0.4%)	614
54	Eric	1 in 284 (0.4%)	614
55	Carl	1 in 284 (0.4%)	613
56	Gerald	1 in 284 (0.4%)	613
57	Frederick	1 in 288 (0.3%)	605
58	Henry	1 in 310 (0.3%)	562
59	Craig	1 in 311 (0.3%)	560
60	Barry	1 in 314 (0.3%)	555
61	Nicholas	1 in 325 (0.3%)	535
62	Albert	1 in 332 (0.3%)	525
63	Roger	1 in 332 (0.3%)	525
64	Randy	1 in 340 (0.3%)	512
65	Russell	1 in 343 (0.3%)	508
66	Edwin	1 in 348 (0.3%)	500
67	Eugene	1 in 357 (0.3%)	487
68	Jonathan	1 in 379 (0.3%)	459
69	Harold	1 in 380 (0.3%)	458
70	Victor	1 in 381 (0.3%)	457
71	Leonard	1 in 394 (0.3%)	442
72	Gerard	1 in 403 (0.2%)	432
73	Matthew	1 in 404 (0.2%)	431
74	Terry	1 in 412 (0.2%)	422
75	Marc	1 in 414 (0.2%)	420
76	Samuel	1 in 417 (0.2%)	417
77	Mitchell	1 in 425 (0.2%)	410
78	Harry	1 in 441 (0.2%)	395
79	Stanley	1 in 442 (0.2%)	394
80	Jack	1 in 473 (0.2%)	368
81	Jerry	1 in 492 (0.2%)	354
82	Theodore	1 in 499 (0.2%)	349
83	Salvatore	1 in 500 (0.2%)	348
84	Roy	1 in 500 (0.2%)	348
85	Alfred	1 in 502 (0.2%)	347
86	Carlos	1 in 505 (0.2%)	345
87	Jay	1 in 506 (0.2%)	344
88	Neil	1 in 539 (0.2%)	323
89	Luis	1 in 544 (0.2%)	320
90	Warren	1 in 590 (0.2%)	295
91	Stuart	1 in 592 (0.2%)	294
92	Allen	1 in 613 (0.2%)	284
93	Clifford	1 in 613 (0.2%)	284
94	Dale	1 in 642 (0.2%)	271
95	Joel	1 in 650 (0.2%)	268
96	Norman	1 in 657 (0.2%)	265
97	Bernard	1 in 667 (0.1%)	261
98	Fred	1 in 670 (0.1%)	260
99	Lee	1 in 688 (0.1%)	253
100	Rodney	1 in 691 (0.1%)	252