100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1957

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 92,700
2 James 0 84,229
3 David +1 82,355
4 Robert -1 81,682
5 John 0 78,960
6 William 0 56,803
7 Mark +1 52,808
8 Richard -1 52,398
9 Thomas 0 44,589
10 Steven 0 36,822
11 Charles 0 34,243
12 Joseph 0 31,799
13 Gary 0 29,499
14 Kenneth +2 28,028
15 Donald -1 27,848
16 Daniel +2 27,304
17 Ronald -2 27,180
18 Paul -1 26,981
19 Timothy 0 24,733
20 Kevin +2 24,281
21 Jeffrey -1 23,944
22 Larry -1 21,894
23 Gregory +1 21,447
24 Stephen -1 19,706
25 Edward 0 18,700
26 Brian +6 17,494
27 Anthony +3 17,029
28 Dennis -2 16,896
29 George -2 16,857
30 Douglas -1 16,715
31 Randy -3 16,454
32 Scott +2 15,745
33 Terry -2 15,622
34 Bruce -1 13,872
35 Jerry 0 13,263
36 Keith 0 12,427
37 Peter 0 11,586
38 Frank 0 11,267
39 Raymond 0 10,807
40 Ricky +3 10,564
41 Patrick -1 10,346
42 Roger -1 9,861
43 Christopher +4 8,972
44 Steve +15 8,915
45 Danny +1 8,812
46 Lawrence -4 8,746
47 Wayne -3 8,653
48 Alan -3 8,214
49 Carl -1 8,186
50 Dale 0 7,877
51 Gerald -2 7,598
52 Jeffery +5 7,506
53 Mike +43 7,238
54 Russell -2 7,214
55 Craig -4 7,066
56 Andrew 0 6,997
57 Joe +6 6,765
58 Walter -5 6,695
59 Randall -5 6,676
60 Eric +19 6,623
61 Johnny -6 6,491
62 Glenn -1 6,248
63 Willie -5 6,211
64 Billy +4 6,141
65 Roy -3 6,062
66 Arthur -6 6,055
67 Jack -1 6,027
68 Philip -4 6,006
69 Martin +4 5,960
70 Rodney -5 5,860
71 Tony +14 5,858
72 Barry -3 5,787
73 Ronnie +2 5,767
74 Harold -2 5,751
75 Henry -4 5,748
76 Ralph -9 5,711
77 Jimmy +1 5,665
78 Bobby -1 5,613
79 Phillip -3 5,546
80 Curtis 0 5,338
81 Stanley -11 5,269
82 Samuel -8 5,230
83 Matthew +7 5,220
84 Albert -3 5,035
85 Micheal -2 4,835
86 Louis -4 4,688
87 Rick +13 4,659
88 Jay +4 4,629
89 Howard -5 4,618
90 Darrell -2 4,578
91 Allen -4 4,423
92 Eugene -6 4,406
93 Dean +6 4,368
94 Leonard -5 4,322
95 Eddie -2 4,106
96 Jeff +49 4,088
97 Victor 0 4,085
98 Vincent 0 4,062
99 Frederick -8 3,998
100 Harry -5 3,792
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 61,090
2 Susan +3 45,946
3 Linda 0 44,497
4 Debra -2 42,715
5 Karen +2 40,585
6 Deborah -2 40,055
7 Cynthia +1 39,305
8 Patricia -2 39,274
9 Barbara 0 29,701
10 Donna 0 28,050
11 Nancy 0 27,511
12 Pamela 0 25,010
13 Brenda +6 24,320
14 Sharon -1 24,292
15 Sandra -1 22,757
16 Cheryl +2 22,643
17 Diane -2 22,082
18 Carol -2 21,897
19 Cindy +18 20,248
20 Kathy 0 20,231
21 Kathleen -4 19,744
22 Elizabeth 0 17,489
23 Janet -2 15,743
24 Teresa 0 15,672
25 Denise -2 15,142
26 Lisa +5 15,125
27 Debbie +12 14,376
28 Julie +20 13,635
29 Margaret -4 13,010
30 Robin -1 12,568
31 Laura +3 12,174
32 Janice -6 11,963
33 Carolyn 0 11,571
34 Rebecca -7 11,486
35 Kim +3 11,425
36 Theresa -4 11,183
37 Catherine -9 11,145
38 Judy -3 10,547
39 Cathy -3 10,308
40 Joyce -10 10,148
41 Christine +1 9,579
42 Kimberly +31 9,449
43 Diana +13 9,421
44 Ann +2 9,045
45 Lori +21 8,965
46 Shirley -5 8,843
47 Connie -4 8,764
48 Beverly -8 8,552
49 Paula -2 8,537
50 Betty -6 8,467
51 Vicki +6 8,098
52 Rhonda +10 8,039
53 Judith -8 8,017
54 Gail -5 7,931
55 Sherry -1 7,810
56 Jane -6 7,785
57 Darlene +14 7,779
58 Sheila -3 7,757
59 Wanda +2 7,696
60 Joan -8 7,582
61 Lynn -3 7,437
62 Peggy +1 7,377
63 Martha -4 7,366
64 Bonnie -13 7,241
65 Kathryn -5 7,205
66 Gloria -13 7,115
67 Jean -2 7,046
68 Terri +13 6,971
69 Rose -5 6,900
70 Vickie -2 6,839
71 Maria +3 6,762
72 Katherine -5 6,637
73 Laurie +3 6,547
74 Dorothy -2 6,404
75 Virginia 0 6,248
76 Valerie +4 6,226
77 Leslie +26 6,105
78 Rita +1 6,015
79 Michelle +9 5,984
80 Tina +7 5,859
81 Anita +2 5,808
82 Marilyn -12 5,736
83 Jo -14 5,723
84 Ruth -6 5,668
85 Ellen -1 5,581
86 Jennifer +11 5,482
87 Anne -1 5,477
88 Angela +5 5,323
89 Victoria -4 5,323
90 Phyllis -8 5,307
91 Jacqueline -14 5,286
92 Terry -1 5,260
93 Dawn -1 5,160
94 Joanne +5 5,108
95 Helen -5 5,015
96 Elaine -7 5,010
97 Annette +21 4,901
98 Marie -2 4,861
99 Michele +1 4,738
100 Jill +1 4,733