Most Popular Baby Names of 1957

Social Security has card records for 4,287,492 people born in the U.S. in 1957. Mary was the top girl name (61,102 babies) and Michael the top boy name (92,781).

Top 100 names of 1957

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1957, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Mary	61,102	#125
2	Susan	45,954	#1,085
3	Linda	44,517	#902
4	Debra	42,728	#4,460
5	Karen	40,591	#1,279
6	Deborah	40,096	#862
7	Cynthia	39,340	#1,013
8	Patricia	39,283	#1,334
9	Barbara	29,692	#968
10	Donna	28,042	#1,962
11	Nancy	27,515	#965
12	Pamela	25,015	#2,239
13	Brenda	24,339	#1,525
14	Sharon	24,298	#1,250
15	Sandra	22,765	#1,207
16	Cheryl	22,643	#4,352
17	Diane	22,090	#2,607
18	Carol	21,898	#2,239
19	Cindy	20,272	#1,927
20	Kathy	20,237	#3,249
21	Kathleen	19,742	#1,150
22	Elizabeth	17,492	#17
23	Janet	15,753	#2,778
24	Teresa	15,687	#908
25	Denise	15,145	#1,673
26	Lisa	15,142	#987
27	Debbie	14,382	#5,238
28	Julie	13,631	#872
29	Margaret	13,013	#112
30	Robin	12,579	#704
31	Laura	12,181	#379
32	Janice	11,968	#2,514
33	Carolyn	11,575	#1,222
34	Rebecca	11,482	#349
35	Kim	11,426	#4,172
36	Theresa	11,188	#1,548
37	Catherine	11,151	#313
38	Judy	10,542	#1,872
39	Cathy	10,325	#8,362
40	Joyce	10,155	#1,071
41	Christine	9,575	#1,272
42	Kimberly	9,454	#302
43	Diana	9,433	#244
44	Ann	9,040	#1,076
45	Lori	8,964	#1,721
46	Shirley	8,855	#1,581
47	Connie	8,765	#3,067
48	Beverly	8,560	#1,016
49	Paula	8,544	#853
50	Betty	8,479	#1,113

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1957, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Vicki	8,105	–
52	Rhonda	8,051	#6,116
53	Judith	8,024	#788
54	Gail	7,952	#8,362
55	Sherry	7,804	#5,410
56	Jane	7,788	#221
57	Darlene	7,784	#1,844
58	Sheila	7,763	#2,645
59	Wanda	7,713	#5,917
60	Joan	7,584	#1,085
61	Lynn	7,442	#2,542
62	Peggy	7,383	#8,362
63	Martha	7,361	#712
64	Bonnie	7,242	#396
65	Kathryn	7,211	#729
66	Gloria	7,123	#654
67	Jean	7,048	#2,117
68	Terri	6,972	#6,116
69	Rose	6,896	#114
70	Vickie	6,845	–
71	Maria	6,778	#87
72	Katherine	6,637	#186
73	Laurie	6,543	#2,822
74	Dorothy	6,405	#421
75	Virginia	6,238	#525
76	Valerie	6,231	#127
77	Leslie	6,103	#712
78	Rita	6,018	#1,285
79	Michelle	5,982	#465
80	Tina	5,857	#2,778
81	Anita	5,811	#1,341
82	Marilyn	5,743	#760
83	Jo	5,718	#3,975
84	Ruth	5,667	#173
85	Ellen	5,589	#1,062
86	Anne	5,486	#619
87	Jennifer	5,483	#586
88	Victoria	5,328	#54
89	Angela	5,326	#408
90	Phyllis	5,306	#11,932
91	Jacqueline	5,288	#558
92	Terry	5,266	#9,457
93	Dawn	5,159	#2,173
94	Joanne	5,110	#2,607
95	Helen	5,019	#461
96	Elaine	5,013	#304
97	Annette	4,888	#1,443
98	Marie	4,862	#617
99	Michele	4,746	#4,758
100	Jill	4,729	#5,722

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1957, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Michael	92,781	#21
2	James	84,337	#6
3	David	82,403	#35
4	Robert	81,765	#92
5	John	79,033	#23
6	William	56,852	#9
7	Mark	52,841	#244
8	Richard	52,446	#234
9	Thomas	44,625	#34
10	Steven	36,842	#271
11	Charles	34,283	#48
12	Joseph	31,851	#29
13	Gary	29,530	#1,073
14	Kenneth	28,064	#294
15	Donald	27,910	#690
16	Daniel	27,337	#22
17	Ronald	27,209	#637
18	Paul	27,012	#262
19	Timothy	24,733	#203
20	Kevin	24,285	#221
21	Jeffrey	23,982	#552
22	Larry	21,941	#1,084
23	Gregory	21,472	#593
24	Stephen	19,726	#383
25	Edward	18,711	#224
26	Brian	17,519	#339
27	Anthony	17,057	#46
28	Dennis	16,917	#707
29	George	16,887	#126
30	Douglas	16,730	#807
31	Randy	16,464	#1,084
32	Scott	15,750	#534
33	Terry	15,624	#1,115
34	Bruce	13,882	#536
35	Jerry	13,283	#906
36	Keith	12,437	#800
37	Peter	11,603	#187
38	Frank	11,268	#513
39	Raymond	10,810	#394
40	Ricky	10,574	#948
41	Patrick	10,353	#235
42	Roger	9,866	#832
43	Christopher	8,997	#68
44	Steve	8,910	#1,609
45	Danny	8,820	#628
46	Lawrence	8,741	#518
47	Wayne	8,687	#652
48	Alan	8,208	#191
49	Carl	8,192	#1,132
50	Dale	7,866	#1,409

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1957, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Gerald	7,595	#1,204
52	Jeffery	7,508	#1,554
53	Mike	7,247	#1,231
54	Russell	7,223	#345
55	Craig	7,069	#1,644
56	Andrew	6,997	#73
57	Joe	6,767	#991
58	Walter	6,707	#251
59	Randall	6,675	#1,499
60	Eric	6,621	#273
61	Johnny	6,507	#457
62	Glenn	6,267	#1,443
63	Willie	6,211	#1,315
64	Billy	6,146	#1,068
65	Roy	6,063	#525
66	Arthur	6,052	#87
67	Jack	6,024	#15
68	Philip	6,012	#527
69	Martin	5,965	#335
70	Rodney	5,862	#1,091
71	Tony	5,857	#783
72	Barry	5,790	#1,520
73	Ronnie	5,778	#1,064
74	Harold	5,752	#991
75	Henry	5,733	#5
76	Ralph	5,709	#1,046
77	Jimmy	5,667	#846
78	Bobby	5,617	#1,097
79	Phillip	5,544	#651
80	Curtis	5,342	#984
81	Stanley	5,268	#863
82	Samuel	5,236	#18
83	Matthew	5,234	#32
84	Albert	5,049	#614
85	Micheal	4,831	#1,401
86	Louis	4,695	#249
87	Rick	4,663	#3,036
88	Jay	4,630	#392
89	Howard	4,614	#1,002
90	Darrell	4,570	#1,688
91	Allen	4,412	#578
92	Eugene	4,410	#943
93	Dean	4,387	#125
94	Leonard	4,340	#637
95	Eddie	4,112	#860
96	Jeff	4,092	#3,314
97	Vincent	4,083	#107
98	Victor	4,080	#209
99	Frederick	4,010	#435
100	Harry	3,806	#775

Entered the top 100 in 1957

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