Most popular baby names of 1957
Michael and Mary topped the list in 1957. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 20% of girls, from 4,551 boy names and 7,013 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1957
- Michael 92,781
- James 84,337
- David 82,403
- Robert 81,765
- John 79,033
- William 56,852
- Mark 52,841
- Richard 52,446
- Thomas 44,625
- Steven 36,842
- Charles 34,283
- Joseph 31,851
- Gary 29,530
- Kenneth 28,064
- Donald 27,910
- Daniel 27,337
- Ronald 27,209
- Paul 27,012
- Timothy 24,733
- Kevin 24,285
- Jeffrey 23,982
- Larry 21,941
- Gregory 21,472
- Stephen 19,726
- Edward 18,711
- Brian 17,519
- Anthony 17,057
- Dennis 16,917
- George 16,887
- Douglas 16,730
- Randy 16,464
- Scott 15,750
- Terry 15,624
- Bruce 13,882
- Jerry 13,283
- Keith 12,437
- Peter 11,603
- Frank 11,268
- Raymond 10,810
- Ricky 10,574
- Patrick 10,353
- Roger 9,866
- Christopher 8,997
- Steve 8,910
- Danny 8,820
- Lawrence 8,741
- Wayne 8,687
- Alan 8,208
- Carl 8,192
- Dale 7,866
- Gerald 7,595
- Jeffery 7,508
- Mike 7,247
- Russell 7,223
- Craig 7,069
- Andrew 6,997
- Joe 6,767
- Walter 6,707
- Randall 6,675
- Eric 6,621
- Johnny 6,507
- Glenn 6,267
- Willie 6,211
- Billy 6,146
- Roy 6,063
- Arthur 6,052
- Jack 6,024
- Philip 6,012
- Martin 5,965
- Rodney 5,862
- Tony 5,857
- Barry 5,790
- Ronnie 5,778
- Harold 5,752
- Henry 5,733
- Ralph 5,709
- Jimmy 5,667
- Bobby 5,617
- Phillip 5,544
- Curtis 5,342
- Stanley 5,268
- Samuel 5,236
- Matthew 5,234
- Albert 5,049
- Micheal 4,831
- Louis 4,695
- Rick 4,663
- Jay 4,630
- Howard 4,614
- Darrell 4,570
- Allen 4,412
- Eugene 4,410
- Dean 4,387
- Leonard 4,340
- Eddie 4,112
- Jeff 4,092
- Vincent 4,083
- Victor 4,080
- Frederick 4,010
- Harry 3,806
Top girl names of 1957
- Mary 61,102
- Susan 45,954
- Linda 44,517
- Debra 42,728
- Karen 40,591
- Deborah 40,096
- Cynthia 39,340
- Patricia 39,283
- Barbara 29,692
- Donna 28,042
- Nancy 27,515
- Pamela 25,015
- Brenda 24,339
- Sharon 24,298
- Sandra 22,765
- Cheryl 22,643
- Diane 22,090
- Carol 21,898
- Cindy 20,272
- Kathy 20,237
- Kathleen 19,742
- Elizabeth 17,492
- Janet 15,753
- Teresa 15,687
- Denise 15,145
- Lisa 15,142
- Debbie 14,382
- Julie 13,631
- Margaret 13,013
- Robin 12,579
- Laura 12,181
- Janice 11,968
- Carolyn 11,575
- Rebecca 11,482
- Kim 11,426
- Theresa 11,188
- Catherine 11,151
- Judy 10,542
- Cathy 10,325
- Joyce 10,155
- Christine 9,575
- Kimberly 9,454
- Diana 9,433
- Ann 9,040
- Lori 8,964
- Shirley 8,855
- Connie 8,765
- Beverly 8,560
- Paula 8,544
- Betty 8,479
- Vicki 8,105
- Rhonda 8,051
- Judith 8,024
- Gail 7,952
- Sherry 7,804
- Jane 7,788
- Darlene 7,784
- Sheila 7,763
- Wanda 7,713
- Joan 7,584
- Lynn 7,442
- Peggy 7,383
- Martha 7,361
- Bonnie 7,242
- Kathryn 7,211
- Gloria 7,123
- Jean 7,048
- Terri 6,972
- Rose 6,896
- Vickie 6,845
- Maria 6,778
- Katherine 6,637
- Laurie 6,543
- Dorothy 6,405
- Virginia 6,238
- Valerie 6,231
- Leslie 6,103
- Rita 6,018
- Michelle 5,982
- Tina 5,857
- Anita 5,811
- Marilyn 5,743
- Jo 5,718
- Ruth 5,667
- Ellen 5,589
- Anne 5,486
- Jennifer 5,483
- Victoria 5,328
- Angela 5,326
- Phyllis 5,306
- Jacqueline 5,288
- Terry 5,266
- Dawn 5,159
- Joanne 5,110
- Helen 5,019
- Elaine 5,013
- Annette 4,888
- Marie 4,862
- Michele 4,746
- Jill 4,729
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1957?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1957 (92,781 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (61,102 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1957?
- Social Security records list 4,202,087 babies born in 1957 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,157,236 boys and 2,044,851 girls.