US baby names · 1957

Most popular baby names of 1957

In 1957, Social Security card applications recorded 2,044,851 girls and 2,157,236 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 7,015 distinct girls’ names and 4,552 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (61,102 girls) and Michael (92,781 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 20% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 31% of boys. Compared with 1956, 79,082 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1956, 3 girls’ names and 1 boys’ names in 1957 are newcomers (girls: Leslie, Annette, Jill; boys: Jeff). Of these names, 3 of the 100 girls’ names and 18 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1957 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1957

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	61,102
#2	Susan	45,954
#3	Linda	44,517
#4	Debra	42,728
#5	Karen	40,591
#6	Deborah	40,096
#7	Cynthia	39,340
#8	Patricia	39,283
#9	Barbara	29,692
#10	Donna	28,042
#11	Nancy	27,515
#12	Pamela	25,015
#13	Brenda	24,339
#14	Sharon	24,298
#15	Sandra	22,765
#16	Cheryl	22,643
#17	Diane	22,090
#18	Carol	21,898
#19	Cindy	20,272
#20	Kathy	20,237
#21	Kathleen	19,742
#22	Elizabeth	17,492
#23	Janet	15,753
#24	Teresa	15,687
#25	Denise	15,145
#26	Lisa	15,142
#27	Debbie	14,382
#28	Julie	13,631
#29	Margaret	13,013
#30	Robin	12,579
#31	Laura	12,181
#32	Janice	11,968
#33	Carolyn	11,575
#34	Rebecca	11,482
#35	Kim	11,426
#36	Theresa	11,188
#37	Catherine	11,151
#38	Judy	10,542
#39	Cathy	10,325
#40	Joyce	10,155
#41	Christine	9,575
#42	Kimberly	9,454
#43	Diana	9,433
#44	Ann	9,040
#45	Lori	8,964
#46	Shirley	8,855
#47	Connie	8,765
#48	Beverly	8,560
#49	Paula	8,544
#50	Betty	8,479
#51	Vicki	8,105
#52	Rhonda	8,051
#53	Judith	8,024
#54	Gail	7,952
#55	Sherry	7,804
#56	Jane	7,788
#57	Darlene	7,784
#58	Sheila	7,763
#59	Wanda	7,713
#60	Joan	7,584
#61	Lynn	7,442
#62	Peggy	7,383
#63	Martha	7,361
#64	Bonnie	7,242
#65	Kathryn	7,211
#66	Gloria	7,123
#67	Jean	7,048
#68	Terri	6,972
#69	Rose	6,896
#70	Vickie	6,845
#71	Maria	6,778
#72	Katherine	6,637
#73	Laurie	6,543
#74	Dorothy	6,405
#75	Virginia	6,238
#76	Valerie	6,231
#77	Leslie	6,103
#78	Rita	6,018
#79	Michelle	5,982
#80	Tina	5,857
#81	Anita	5,811
#82	Marilyn	5,743
#83	Jo	5,718
#84	Ruth	5,667
#85	Ellen	5,589
#86	Anne	5,486
#87	Jennifer	5,483
#88	Victoria	5,328
#89	Angela	5,326
#90	Phyllis	5,306
#91	Jacqueline	5,288
#92	Terry	5,266
#93	Dawn	5,159
#94	Joanne	5,110
#95	Helen	5,019
#96	Elaine	5,013
#97	Annette	4,888
#98	Marie	4,862
#99	Michele	4,746
#100	Jill	4,729

Top 100 boys’ names, 1957

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	Michael	92,781
#2	James	84,337
#3	David	82,403
#4	Robert	81,765
#5	John	79,033
#6	William	56,852
#7	Mark	52,841
#8	Richard	52,446
#9	Thomas	44,625
#10	Steven	36,842
#11	Charles	34,283
#12	Joseph	31,851
#13	Gary	29,530
#14	Kenneth	28,064
#15	Donald	27,910
#16	Daniel	27,337
#17	Ronald	27,209
#18	Paul	27,012
#19	Timothy	24,733
#20	Kevin	24,285
#21	Jeffrey	23,982
#22	Larry	21,941
#23	Gregory	21,472
#24	Stephen	19,726
#25	Edward	18,711
#26	Brian	17,519
#27	Anthony	17,057
#28	Dennis	16,917
#29	George	16,887
#30	Douglas	16,730
#31	Randy	16,464
#32	Scott	15,750
#33	Terry	15,624
#34	Bruce	13,882
#35	Jerry	13,283
#36	Keith	12,437
#37	Peter	11,603
#38	Frank	11,268
#39	Raymond	10,810
#40	Ricky	10,574
#41	Patrick	10,353
#42	Roger	9,866
#43	Christopher	8,997
#44	Steve	8,910
#45	Danny	8,820
#46	Lawrence	8,741
#47	Wayne	8,687
#48	Alan	8,208
#49	Carl	8,192
#50	Dale	7,866
#51	Gerald	7,595
#52	Jeffery	7,508
#53	Mike	7,247
#54	Russell	7,223
#55	Craig	7,069
#56	Andrew	6,997
#57	Joe	6,767
#58	Walter	6,707
#59	Randall	6,675
#60	Eric	6,621
#61	Johnny	6,507
#62	Glenn	6,267
#63	Willie	6,211
#64	Billy	6,146
#65	Roy	6,063
#66	Arthur	6,052
#67	Jack	6,024
#68	Philip	6,012
#69	Martin	5,965
#70	Rodney	5,862
#71	Tony	5,857
#72	Barry	5,790
#73	Ronnie	5,778
#74	Harold	5,752
#75	Henry	5,733
#76	Ralph	5,709
#77	Jimmy	5,667
#78	Bobby	5,617
#79	Phillip	5,544
#80	Curtis	5,342
#81	Stanley	5,268
#82	Samuel	5,236
#83	Matthew	5,234
#84	Albert	5,049
#85	Micheal	4,831
#86	Louis	4,695
#87	Rick	4,663
#88	Jay	4,630
#89	Howard	4,614
#90	Darrell	4,570
#91	Allen	4,412
#92	Eugene	4,410
#93	Dean	4,387
#94	Leonard	4,340
#95	Eddie	4,112
#96	Jeff	4,092
#97	Vincent	4,083
#98	Victor	4,080
#99	Frederick	4,010
#100	Harry	3,806