Most popular baby names of 1959
Michael and Mary topped the list in 1959. The 10 most popular names went to 29% of boys and 18% of girls, from 4,571 boy names and 7,200 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1959
- Michael 85,294
- David 83,977
- James 78,648
- John 76,446
- Robert 74,542
- Mark 56,945
- William 51,386
- Richard 47,202
- Thomas 40,296
- Steven 33,597
- Charles 30,797
- Timothy 30,783
- Joseph 29,539
- Kevin 26,790
- Kenneth 26,640
- Jeffrey 26,281
- Paul 25,712
- Daniel 25,155
- Donald 23,876
- Gary 23,303
- Ronald 23,114
- Brian 20,737
- Gregory 19,889
- Scott 19,765
- Larry 18,434
- Anthony 17,972
- Edward 16,914
- Stephen 16,504
- Dennis 16,043
- Douglas 15,290
- Randy 15,042
- George 15,012
- Terry 14,545
- Ricky 13,226
- Christopher 12,915
- Jerry 12,324
- Mike 11,995
- Bruce 11,914
- Keith 11,758
- Peter 11,289
- Steve 11,068
- Frank 10,942
- Patrick 10,556
- Craig 9,933
- Raymond 9,796
- Eric 9,726
- Roger 8,794
- Danny 8,727
- Dale 8,343
- Alan 8,151
- Wayne 7,878
- Jeff 7,730
- Tony 7,564
- Carl 7,501
- Jeffery 7,487
- Russell 7,480
- Joe 7,389
- Andrew 7,089
- Randall 7,059
- Tim 6,826
- Gerald 6,636
- Lawrence 6,601
- Matthew 6,542
- Johnny 6,311
- Billy 6,308
- Walter 6,128
- Rodney 5,917
- Philip 5,862
- Jimmy 5,830
- Jim 5,688
- Bobby 5,677
- Chris 5,676
- Barry 5,601
- Phillip 5,597
- Curtis 5,536
- Arthur 5,474
- Ronnie 5,474
- Willie 5,374
- Martin 5,353
- Glenn 5,352
- Roy 5,183
- Tom 5,068
- Henry 5,061
- Ralph 5,048
- Jack 5,015
- Samuel 4,953
- Harold 4,943
- Jay 4,940
- Rick 4,936
- Darrell 4,647
- Greg 4,635
- Albert 4,605
- Bill 4,596
- Bryan 4,488
- Dean 4,425
- Micheal 4,369
- Allen 4,366
- Stanley 4,343
- Todd 4,332
- Louis 4,311
Top girl names of 1959
- Mary 54,502
- Susan 41,617
- Linda 40,410
- Karen 36,784
- Donna 36,468
- Patricia 35,223
- Debra 31,388
- Cynthia 30,186
- Deborah 29,546
- Lisa 25,699
- Barbara 25,359
- Pamela 24,714
- Sandra 23,359
- Nancy 23,079
- Kathy 21,814
- Brenda 21,424
- Sharon 21,292
- Cheryl 20,947
- Diane 19,972
- Debbie 19,540
- Elizabeth 18,421
- Carol 18,140
- Kathleen 17,629
- Teresa 17,400
- Cindy 16,973
- Julie 16,211
- Lori 15,032
- Janet 14,964
- Denise 14,662
- Laura 14,528
- Tammy 13,707
- Robin 12,854
- Kimberly 12,790
- Theresa 11,656
- Kim 11,594
- Margaret 11,577
- Janice 10,489
- Rebecca 10,475
- Cathy 10,408
- Catherine 10,025
- Judy 9,884
- Carolyn 9,727
- Christine 9,471
- Ann 8,918
- Rhonda 8,861
- Terri 8,783
- Michelle 8,776
- Connie 8,655
- Diana 8,637
- Joyce 8,520
- Paula 8,059
- Sheila 7,984
- Tina 7,919
- Dawn 7,898
- Beverly 7,796
- Laurie 7,535
- Peggy 7,416
- Sherry 7,341
- Betty 7,313
- Valerie 7,302
- Shirley 7,284
- Maria 7,249
- Lynn 7,058
- Annette 6,919
- Wanda 6,907
- Darlene 6,876
- Jane 6,864
- Angela 6,772
- Kathryn 6,746
- Judith 6,566
- Bonnie 6,456
- Martha 6,439
- Vicki 6,430
- Kelly 6,380
- Gail 6,344
- Joan 6,337
- Jean 6,233
- Jennifer 6,233
- Katherine 6,139
- Beth 6,069
- Gloria 5,924
- Anne 5,745
- Wendy 5,712
- Leslie 5,652
- Amy 5,580
- Jill 5,554
- Anita 5,474
- Rose 5,446
- Michele 5,445
- Vickie 5,419
- Ellen 5,396
- Joanne 5,347
- Virginia 5,256
- Dorothy 5,231
- Terry 5,215
- Suzanne 5,161
- Ruth 5,057
- Rita 4,952
- Anna 4,878
- Renee 4,845
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1959?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1959 (85,294 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (54,502 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1959?
- Social Security records list 4,157,980 babies born in 1959 with names given to at least 5 babies: 2,134,518 boys and 2,023,462 girls.