US baby names · 1958

Most popular baby names of 1958

In 1958, Social Security card applications recorded 2,011,619 girls and 2,122,409 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 7,030 distinct girls’ names and 4,502 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (55,848 girls) and Michael (90,604 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 19% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 30% of boys. Compared with 1957, 68,059 fewer babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1957, 3 girls’ names and 5 boys’ names in 1958 are newcomers (girls: Tammy, Beth, Amy; boys: Tim, Jim, Chris). Of these names, 2 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 1958 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, 1958

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Mary	55,848
#2	Susan	45,175
#3	Linda	41,904
#4	Karen	38,487
#5	Patricia	37,961
#6	Debra	35,521
#7	Deborah	32,943
#8	Cynthia	31,014
#9	Barbara	27,874
#10	Donna	26,959
#11	Pamela	25,279
#12	Nancy	24,819
#13	Cheryl	24,119
#14	Kathy	23,938
#15	Sandra	21,834
#16	Brenda	21,337
#17	Sharon	21,114
#18	Diane	20,811
#19	Lisa	20,202
#20	Carol	19,683
#21	Kathleen	19,205
#22	Elizabeth	18,535
#23	Julie	18,215
#24	Debbie	17,860
#25	Cindy	16,585
#26	Teresa	15,602
#27	Denise	14,959
#28	Janet	14,816
#29	Laura	13,513
#30	Lori	13,032
#31	Margaret	12,314
#32	Robin	11,548
#33	Theresa	11,452
#34	Cathy	10,942
#35	Janice	10,888
#36	Judy	10,838
#37	Carolyn	10,814
#38	Catherine	10,769
#39	Kimberly	10,710
#40	Kim	10,664
#41	Rebecca	10,416
#42	Peggy	10,071
#43	Christine	10,062
#44	Tammy	9,987
#45	Diana	9,169
#46	Joyce	9,034
#47	Ann	8,856
#48	Rhonda	8,341
#49	Darlene	8,278
#50	Connie	8,209
#51	Terri	8,184
#52	Shirley	8,088
#53	Paula	8,025
#54	Betty	7,715
#55	Beverly	7,679
#56	Michelle	7,458
#57	Vicki	7,433
#58	Kathryn	7,324
#59	Sheila	7,291
#60	Lynn	7,214
#61	Jane	7,199
#62	Judith	7,102
#63	Bonnie	6,996
#64	Valerie	6,920
#65	Maria	6,899
#66	Wanda	6,891
#67	Sherry	6,802
#68	Joan	6,785
#69	Martha	6,750
#70	Laurie	6,734
#71	Tina	6,618
#72	Gail	6,608
#73	Jean	6,521
#74	Katherine	6,433
#75	Vickie	6,250
#76	Annette	6,134
#77	Gloria	6,131
#78	Rose	6,043
#79	Leslie	6,014
#80	Joanne	5,928
#81	Jennifer	5,882
#82	Anita	5,774
#83	Angela	5,768
#84	Dawn	5,674
#85	Virginia	5,667
#86	Dorothy	5,539
#87	Anne	5,456
#88	Rita	5,340
#89	Terry	5,327
#90	Ruth	5,247
#91	Jo	5,226
#92	Michele	5,212
#93	Ellen	5,156
#94	Phyllis	5,081
#95	Beth	4,978
#96	Marilyn	4,948
#97	Amy	4,823
#98	Jill	4,809
#99	Jacqueline	4,786
#100	Helen	4,772

Top 100 boys’ names, 1958

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	Michael	90,604
#2	David	82,681
#3	James	78,774
#4	Robert	77,338
#5	John	76,057
#6	William	54,254
#7	Mark	52,698
#8	Richard	50,007
#9	Thomas	42,088
#10	Steven	32,968
#11	Charles	32,242
#12	Joseph	30,115
#13	Timothy	28,797
#14	Kenneth	26,684
#15	Paul	26,264
#16	Daniel	25,619
#17	Gary	25,287
#18	Donald	25,015
#19	Ronald	24,824
#20	Kevin	24,666
#21	Jeffrey	24,223
#22	Larry	20,083
#23	Gregory	19,810
#24	Brian	19,279
#25	Scott	19,175
#26	Stephen	17,962
#27	Anthony	17,430
#28	Edward	17,377
#29	Dennis	16,418
#30	Douglas	15,798
#31	George	15,637
#32	Randy	15,188
#33	Terry	15,006
#34	Ricky	13,375
#35	Jerry	12,917
#36	Bruce	12,472
#37	Keith	11,905
#38	Frank	11,325
#39	Christopher	11,079
#40	Mike	10,779
#41	Peter	10,757
#42	Patrick	10,247
#43	Raymond	10,226
#44	Steve	10,079
#45	Danny	8,934
#46	Dale	8,502
#47	Roger	8,368
#48	Wayne	8,329
#49	Alan	8,226
#50	Eric	8,190
#51	Carl	7,734
#52	Lawrence	7,539
#53	Craig	7,272
#54	Russell	7,158
#55	Andrew	7,115
#56	Joe	7,065
#57	Tony	6,946
#58	Gerald	6,865
#59	Jeffery	6,842
#60	Matthew	6,377
#61	Johnny	6,330
#62	Randall	6,326
#63	Walter	6,316
#64	Billy	6,160
#65	Rodney	5,865
#66	Ronnie	5,860
#67	Philip	5,832
#68	Jeff	5,808
#69	Bobby	5,735
#70	Willie	5,693
#71	Martin	5,669
#72	Arthur	5,663
#73	Jimmy	5,618
#74	Tim	5,540
#75	Roy	5,525
#76	Glenn	5,462
#77	Rick	5,461
#78	Ralph	5,453
#79	Barry	5,326
#80	Jack	5,301
#81	Phillip	5,273
#82	Curtis	5,261
#83	Henry	5,157
#84	Harold	5,149
#85	Samuel	5,051
#86	Jay	5,027
#87	Jim	4,921
#88	Stanley	4,911
#89	Albert	4,807
#90	Darrell	4,771
#91	Micheal	4,569
#92	Allen	4,527
#93	Chris	4,457
#94	Louis	4,445
#95	Howard	4,364
#96	Tom	4,356
#97	Dean	4,302
#98	Vincent	4,271
#99	Bill	4,221
#100	Eddie	4,129