| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1952 1953 1954 – 1955 – 1956 1957 1958 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1955 MCMLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2708 |
| Armenian calendar | 1404 ԹՎ ՌՆԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6705 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 111–112 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1876–1877 |
| Bengali calendar | 1362 |
| Berber calendar | 2905 |
| British Regnal year | 3 Eliz. 2 – 4 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2499 |
| Burmese calendar | 1317 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7463–7464 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4651 or 4591 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4652 or 4592 |
| Coptic calendar | 1671–1672 |
| Discordian calendar | 3121 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1947–1948 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5715–5716 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2011–2012 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1876–1877 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5055–5056 |
| Holocene calendar | 11955 |
| Igbo calendar | 955–956 |
| Iranian calendar | 1333–1334 |
| Islamic calendar | 1374–1375 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 30 (昭和３０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1886–1887 |
| Juche calendar | 44 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4288 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 44 民國44年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 487 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2498 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 2081 or 1700 or 928 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 2082 or 1701 or 929 |
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade.