100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1957

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 92,695
2 James 0 84,270
3 David +1 82,358
4 Robert -1 81,706
5 John 0 78,981
6 William 0 56,829
7 Mark +1 52,802
8 Richard -1 52,397
9 Thomas 0 44,578
10 Steven 0 36,823
11 Charles 0 34,252
12 Joseph 0 31,806
13 Gary 0 29,508
14 Kenneth +2 28,035
15 Donald -1 27,859
16 Daniel +2 27,305
17 Ronald -2 27,181
18 Paul -1 26,983
19 Timothy 0 24,726
20 Kevin +2 24,270
21 Jeffrey -1 23,957
22 Larry -1 21,912
23 Gregory +1 21,447
24 Stephen -1 19,710
25 Edward 0 18,699
26 Brian +7 17,518
27 Anthony +3 17,038
28 Dennis -2 16,896
29 George -2 16,868
30 Douglas -1 16,724
31 Randy -3 16,453
32 Scott +2 15,738
33 Terry -2 15,603
34 Bruce -2 13,876
35 Jerry 0 13,265
36 Keith 0 12,424
37 Peter 0 11,593
38 Frank 0 11,266
39 Raymond 0 10,804
40 Ricky +3 10,569
41 Patrick -1 10,341
42 Roger -1 9,860
43 Christopher +4 8,966
44 Steve +15 8,913
45 Danny +1 8,818
46 Lawrence -4 8,741
47 Wayne -2 8,665
48 Alan -4 8,208
49 Carl -1 8,188
50 Dale 0 7,877
51 Gerald -2 7,593
52 Jeffery +5 7,506
53 Mike +43 7,244
54 Russell -2 7,220
55 Craig -4 7,062
56 Andrew 0 6,990
57 Joe +6 6,761
58 Walter -5 6,710
59 Randall -5 6,675
60 Eric +19 6,615
61 Johnny -6 6,494
62 Glenn -1 6,260
63 Willie -5 6,207
64 Billy +4 6,147
65 Roy -3 6,061
66 Arthur -6 6,058
67 Jack -1 6,021
68 Philip -4 6,012
69 Martin +4 5,956
70 Rodney -5 5,864
71 Tony +14 5,862
72 Barry -3 5,786
73 Ronnie +2 5,765
74 Harold -2 5,749
75 Henry -4 5,743
76 Ralph -9 5,710
77 Jimmy +1 5,667
78 Bobby -1 5,616
79 Phillip -3 5,539
80 Curtis 0 5,339
81 Stanley -11 5,265
82 Samuel -8 5,233
83 Matthew +7 5,223
84 Albert -3 5,040
85 Micheal -2 4,841
86 Louis -4 4,690
87 Rick +13 4,668
88 Jay +4 4,629
89 Howard -5 4,617
90 Darrell -2 4,569
91 Allen -4 4,428
92 Eugene -6 4,404
93 Dean +6 4,371
94 Leonard -5 4,329
95 Eddie -2 4,109
96 Jeff +49 4,092
97 Victor 0 4,089
98 Vincent 0 4,068
99 Frederick -8 3,997
100 Harry -5 3,796
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 61,092
2 Susan +3 45,951
3 Linda 0 44,500
4 Debra -2 42,738
5 Karen +2 40,585
6 Deborah -2 40,070
7 Cynthia +1 39,321
8 Patricia -2 39,275
9 Barbara 0 29,683
10 Donna 0 28,042
11 Nancy 0 27,508
12 Pamela 0 25,016
13 Brenda +6 24,320
14 Sharon -1 24,284
15 Sandra -1 22,766
16 Cheryl +2 22,641
17 Diane -2 22,079
18 Carol -2 21,902
19 Cindy +18 20,262
20 Kathy 0 20,231
21 Kathleen -4 19,739
22 Elizabeth 0 17,497
23 Janet -2 15,748
24 Teresa 0 15,684
25 Denise -2 15,138
26 Lisa +5 15,134
27 Debbie +12 14,378
28 Julie +20 13,636
29 Margaret -4 13,009
30 Robin -1 12,577
31 Laura +3 12,175
32 Janice -6 11,963
33 Carolyn 0 11,569
34 Rebecca -7 11,487
35 Kim +3 11,427
36 Theresa -4 11,179
37 Catherine -9 11,147
38 Judy -3 10,544
39 Cathy -3 10,317
40 Joyce -10 10,149
41 Christine +1 9,577
42 Kimberly +31 9,447
43 Diana +13 9,426
44 Ann +2 9,042
45 Lori +21 8,965
46 Shirley -5 8,847
47 Connie -4 8,761
48 Beverly -8 8,552
49 Paula -2 8,544
50 Betty -6 8,477
51 Vicki +6 8,104
52 Rhonda +10 8,043
53 Judith -8 8,025
54 Gail -5 7,941
55 Sherry -1 7,810
56 Jane -6 7,782
57 Darlene +14 7,780
58 Sheila -3 7,759
59 Wanda +2 7,707
60 Joan -8 7,583
61 Lynn -3 7,436
62 Peggy +1 7,381
63 Martha -4 7,364
64 Bonnie -13 7,242
65 Kathryn -5 7,205
66 Gloria -13 7,115
67 Jean -2 7,045
68 Terri +13 6,967
69 Rose -5 6,900
70 Vickie -2 6,840
71 Maria +3 6,769
72 Katherine -5 6,635
73 Laurie +3 6,543
74 Dorothy -2 6,399
75 Virginia 0 6,240
76 Valerie +4 6,225
77 Leslie +27 6,101
78 Rita +1 6,016
79 Michelle +8 5,981
80 Tina +8 5,856
81 Anita +2 5,813
82 Marilyn -12 5,737
83 Jo -14 5,720
84 Ruth -7 5,667
85 Ellen -1 5,582
86 Jennifer +11 5,481
87 Anne -1 5,480
88 Angela +5 5,328
89 Victoria -4 5,328
90 Phyllis -8 5,308
91 Jacqueline -13 5,287
92 Terry -1 5,262
93 Dawn -1 5,158
94 Joanne +5 5,105
95 Helen -5 5,017
96 Elaine -7 5,010
97 Annette +21 4,890
98 Marie -2 4,862
99 Michele +1 4,743
100 Jill +1 4,731