Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	526
2	Deborah	492
3	Linda	377
4	Patricia	368
5	Susan	324
6	Karen	283
7	Barbara	263
8	Debra	228
8	Donna	228
10	Diane	211
11	Cynthia	199
12	Pamela	193
13	Sharon	191
14	Denise	172
15	Brenda	169
16	Kathleen	168
17	Carol	163
18	Elizabeth	162
19	Nancy	160
20	Margaret	143
21	Sandra	142
22	Joyce	134
23	Janet	131
24	Jacqueline	124
25	Robin	117
26	Cheryl	113
27	Catherine	110
27	Janice	110
29	Sheila	108
30	Theresa	97
31	Carolyn	94
32	Gail	93
33	Ann	90
34	Lisa	89
35	Teresa	85
36	Wanda	83
37	Gloria	79
38	Katherine	77
39	Judith	76
40	Beverly	71
40	Joan	71
40	Shirley	71
43	Paula	70
44	Valerie	69
45	Anne	68
45	Michelle	68
47	Darlene	66
48	Jean	65
49	Kathryn	64
49	Laura	64

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	800
2	John	714
3	James	692
4	Robert	668
5	William	555
6	David	526
7	Richard	356
8	Thomas	353
9	Charles	336
10	Joseph	266
11	Mark	252
12	Ronald	241
13	Stephen	226
14	Gregory	220
14	Paul	220
14	Steven	220
17	Donald	214
18	Gary	200
19	Kevin	191
20	Anthony	185
21	Daniel	169
22	Kenneth	168
23	Edward	159
23	Jeffrey	159
25	Timothy	156
26	George	151
27	Larry	139
28	Lawrence	125
29	Brian	117
29	Douglas	117
31	Peter	110
32	Christopher	106
32	Eric	106
34	Raymond	104
35	Bruce	100
35	Wayne	100
37	Reginald	92
38	Keith	85
39	Dennis	83
40	Alan	81
41	Andrew	75
42	Frank	72
43	Patrick	70
44	Stanley	67
45	Carl	61
45	Howard	61
45	Philip	61
45	Tyrone	61
49	Gerald	60
50	Scott	59