Name.Baby Names by year 1950s 1958 Most Popular Baby Names of 1958 Social Security has card records for 4,219,149 people born in the U.S. in 1958. Mary was the top girl name (55,848 babies) and Michael the top boy name (90,604).
Top 100 names of 1958 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1958, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 55,848 #125 2 Susan 45,175 #1,085 3 Linda 41,904 #902 4 Karen 38,487 #1,279 5 Patricia 37,961 #1,334 6 Debra 35,521 #4,460 7 Deborah 32,943 #862 8 Cynthia 31,014 #1,013 9 Barbara 27,874 #968 10 Donna 26,959 #1,962 11 Pamela 25,279 #2,239 12 Nancy 24,819 #965 13 Cheryl 24,119 #4,352 14 Kathy 23,938 #3,249 15 Sandra 21,834 #1,207 16 Brenda 21,337 #1,525 17 Sharon 21,114 #1,250 18 Diane 20,811 #2,607 19 Lisa 20,202 #987 20 Carol 19,683 #2,239 21 Kathleen 19,205 #1,150 22 Elizabeth 18,535 #17 23 Julie 18,215 #872 24 Debbie 17,860 #5,238 25 Cindy 16,585 #1,927 26 Teresa 15,602 #908 27 Denise 14,959 #1,673 28 Janet 14,816 #2,778 29 Laura 13,513 #379 30 Lori 13,032 #1,721 31 Margaret 12,314 #112 32 Robin 11,548 #704 33 Theresa 11,452 #1,548 34 Cathy 10,942 #8,362 35 Janice 10,888 #2,514 36 Judy 10,838 #1,872 37 Carolyn 10,814 #1,222 38 Catherine 10,769 #313 39 Kimberly 10,710 #302 40 Kim 10,664 #4,172 41 Rebecca 10,416 #349 42 Peggy 10,071 #8,362 43 Christine 10,062 #1,272 44 Tammy 9,987 #3,645 45 Diana 9,169 #244 46 Joyce 9,034 #1,071 47 Ann 8,856 #1,076 48 Rhonda 8,341 #6,116 49 Darlene 8,278 #1,844 50 Connie 8,209 #3,067
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1958, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Terri 8,184 #6,116 52 Shirley 8,088 #1,581 53 Paula 8,025 #853 54 Betty 7,715 #1,113 55 Beverly 7,679 #1,016 56 Michelle 7,458 #465 57 Vicki 7,433 – 58 Kathryn 7,324 #729 59 Sheila 7,291 #2,645 60 Lynn 7,214 #2,542 61 Jane 7,199 #221 62 Judith 7,102 #788 63 Bonnie 6,996 #396 64 Valerie 6,920 #127 65 Maria 6,899 #87 66 Wanda 6,891 #5,917 67 Sherry 6,802 #5,410 68 Joan 6,785 #1,085 69 Martha 6,750 #712 70 Laurie 6,734 #2,822 71 Tina 6,618 #2,778 72 Gail 6,608 #8,362 73 Jean 6,521 #2,117 74 Katherine 6,433 #186 75 Vickie 6,250 – 76 Annette 6,134 #1,443 77 Gloria 6,131 #654 78 Rose 6,043 #114 79 Leslie 6,014 #712 80 Joanne 5,928 #2,607 81 Jennifer 5,882 #586 82 Anita 5,774 #1,341 83 Angela 5,768 #408 84 Dawn 5,674 #2,173 85 Virginia 5,667 #525 86 Dorothy 5,539 #421 87 Anne 5,456 #619 88 Rita 5,340 #1,285 89 Terry 5,327 #9,457 90 Ruth 5,247 #173 91 Jo 5,226 #3,975 92 Michele 5,212 #4,758 93 Ellen 5,156 #1,062 94 Phyllis 5,081 #11,932 95 Beth 4,978 #3,389 96 Marilyn 4,948 #760 97 Amy 4,823 #257 98 Jill 4,809 #5,722 99 Jacqueline 4,786 #558 100 Helen 4,772 #461
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1958, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 90,604 #21 2 David 82,681 #35 3 James 78,774 #6 4 Robert 77,338 #92 5 John 76,057 #23 6 William 54,254 #9 7 Mark 52,698 #244 8 Richard 50,007 #234 9 Thomas 42,088 #34 10 Steven 32,968 #271 11 Charles 32,242 #48 12 Joseph 30,115 #29 13 Timothy 28,797 #203 14 Kenneth 26,684 #294 15 Paul 26,264 #262 16 Daniel 25,619 #22 17 Gary 25,287 #1,073 18 Donald 25,015 #690 19 Ronald 24,824 #637 20 Kevin 24,666 #221 21 Jeffrey 24,223 #552 22 Larry 20,083 #1,084 23 Gregory 19,810 #593 24 Brian 19,279 #339 25 Scott 19,175 #534 26 Stephen 17,962 #383 27 Anthony 17,430 #46 28 Edward 17,377 #224 29 Dennis 16,418 #707 30 Douglas 15,798 #807 31 George 15,637 #126 32 Randy 15,188 #1,084 33 Terry 15,006 #1,115 34 Ricky 13,375 #948 35 Jerry 12,917 #906 36 Bruce 12,472 #536 37 Keith 11,905 #800 38 Frank 11,325 #513 39 Christopher 11,079 #68 40 Mike 10,779 #1,231 41 Peter 10,757 #187 42 Patrick 10,247 #235 43 Raymond 10,226 #394 44 Steve 10,079 #1,609 45 Danny 8,934 #628 46 Dale 8,502 #1,409 47 Roger 8,368 #832 48 Wayne 8,329 #652 49 Alan 8,226 #191 50 Eric 8,190 #273
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1958, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Carl 7,734 #1,132 52 Lawrence 7,539 #518 53 Craig 7,272 #1,644 54 Russell 7,158 #345 55 Andrew 7,115 #73 56 Joe 7,065 #991 57 Tony 6,946 #783 58 Gerald 6,865 #1,204 59 Jeffery 6,842 #1,554 60 Matthew 6,377 #32 61 Johnny 6,330 #457 62 Randall 6,326 #1,499 63 Walter 6,316 #251 64 Billy 6,160 #1,068 65 Rodney 5,865 #1,091 66 Ronnie 5,860 #1,064 67 Philip 5,832 #527 68 Jeff 5,808 #3,314 69 Bobby 5,735 #1,097 70 Willie 5,693 #1,315 71 Martin 5,669 #335 72 Arthur 5,663 #87 73 Jimmy 5,618 #846 74 Tim 5,540 #3,181 75 Roy 5,525 #525 76 Glenn 5,462 #1,443 77 Rick 5,461 #3,036 78 Ralph 5,453 #1,046 79 Barry 5,326 #1,520 80 Jack 5,301 #15 81 Phillip 5,273 #651 82 Curtis 5,261 #984 83 Henry 5,157 #5 84 Harold 5,149 #991 85 Samuel 5,051 #18 86 Jay 5,027 #392 87 Jim 4,921 #3,128 88 Stanley 4,911 #863 89 Albert 4,807 #614 90 Darrell 4,771 #1,688 91 Micheal 4,569 #1,401 92 Allen 4,527 #578 93 Chris 4,457 #646 94 Louis 4,445 #249 95 Howard 4,364 #1,002 96 Tom 4,356 #2,183 97 Dean 4,302 #125 98 Vincent 4,271 #107 99 Bill 4,221 #5,208 100 Eddie 4,129 #860
Entered the top 100 in 1958
