Most popular baby names of 1957

In 1957, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (92,786 babies, 4.3% of boys) and Mary for girls (61,103 babies, 3.0% of girls). The rest of the top five were James, David, Robert and John for boys and Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen for girls. SSA recorded 4,554 different boy names and 7,015 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1957
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	92,786	–
2	James	84,343	–
3	David	82,404	▲ 1
4	Robert	81,776	▼ 1
5	John	79,032	–
6	William	56,850	–
7	Mark	52,843	▲ 1
8	Richard	52,446	▼ 1
9	Thomas	44,624	–
10	Steven	36,844	–
11	Charles	34,282	–
12	Joseph	31,853	–
13	Gary	29,531	–
14	Kenneth	28,060	▲ 2
15	Donald	27,909	▼ 1
16	Daniel	27,339	▲ 2
17	Ronald	27,211	▼ 2
18	Paul	27,012	▼ 1
19	Timothy	24,733	–
20	Kevin	24,286	▲ 2
21	Jeffrey	23,980	▼ 1
22	Larry	21,938	▼ 1
23	Gregory	21,475	▲ 1
24	Stephen	19,727	▼ 1
25	Edward	18,711	–
26	Brian	17,524	▲ 6
27	Anthony	17,059	▲ 3
28	Dennis	16,913	▼ 2
29	George	16,883	▼ 2
30	Douglas	16,731	▼ 1
31	Randy	16,466	▼ 3
32	Scott	15,749	▲ 2
33	Terry	15,618	▼ 2
34	Bruce	13,882	▼ 1
35	Jerry	13,284	–
36	Keith	12,437	–
37	Peter	11,604	–
38	Frank	11,268	–
39	Raymond	10,814	–
40	Ricky	10,575	▲ 3
41	Patrick	10,354	▼ 1
42	Roger	9,865	▼ 1
43	Christopher	8,998	▲ 4
44	Steve	8,908	▲ 15
45	Danny	8,822	▲ 1
46	Lawrence	8,742	▼ 4
47	Wayne	8,687	▼ 2
48	Alan	8,209	▼ 4
49	Carl	8,192	▼ 1
50	Dale	7,865	–
51	Gerald	7,596	▼ 2
52	Jeffery	7,507	▲ 5
53	Mike	7,247	▲ 44
54	Russell	7,224	▼ 2
55	Craig	7,069	▼ 4
56	Andrew	6,996	–
57	Joe	6,766	▲ 6
58	Walter	6,706	▼ 5
59	Randall	6,676	▼ 5
60	Eric	6,620	▲ 19
61	Johnny	6,507	▼ 6
62	Glenn	6,267	▼ 1
63	Willie	6,212	▼ 5
64	Billy	6,147	▲ 4
65	Roy	6,064	▼ 3
66	Arthur	6,053	▼ 6
67	Jack	6,024	▼ 1
68	Philip	6,012	▼ 4
69	Martin	5,966	▲ 4
70	Rodney	5,863	▼ 5
71	Tony	5,858	▲ 14
72	Barry	5,790	▼ 3
73	Ronnie	5,777	▲ 2
74	Harold	5,751	▼ 2
75	Henry	5,734	▼ 4
76	Ralph	5,708	▼ 9
77	Jimmy	5,669	▲ 1
78	Bobby	5,617	▼ 1
79	Phillip	5,543	▼ 3
80	Curtis	5,342	–
81	Stanley	5,267	▼ 11
82	Samuel	5,237	▼ 8
83	Matthew	5,236	▲ 7
84	Albert	5,045	▼ 3
85	Micheal	4,830	▼ 2
86	Louis	4,695	▼ 4
87	Rick	4,663	▲ 13
88	Jay	4,630	▲ 4
89	Howard	4,615	▼ 5
90	Darrell	4,571	▼ 2
91	Allen	4,413	▼ 4
92	Eugene	4,410	▼ 6
93	Dean	4,387	▲ 6
94	Leonard	4,341	▼ 5
95	Eddie	4,113	▼ 2
96	Jeff	4,092	▲ 49
97	Vincent	4,083	▲ 1
98	Victor	4,081	▼ 2
99	Frederick	4,011	▼ 8
100	Harry	3,806	▼ 5

Top 100 girl names, 1957
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Mary	61,103	–
2	Susan	45,952	▲ 3
3	Linda	44,515	–
4	Debra	42,727	▼ 2
5	Karen	40,590	▲ 2
6	Deborah	40,095	▼ 2
7	Cynthia	39,340	▲ 1
8	Patricia	39,282	▼ 2
9	Barbara	29,691	–
10	Donna	28,042	–
11	Nancy	27,516	–
12	Pamela	25,014	–
13	Brenda	24,338	▲ 6
14	Sharon	24,299	▼ 1
15	Sandra	22,766	▼ 1
16	Cheryl	22,644	▲ 2
17	Diane	22,089	▼ 2
18	Carol	21,898	▼ 2
19	Cindy	20,272	▲ 18
20	Kathy	20,235	–
21	Kathleen	19,742	▼ 4
22	Elizabeth	17,491	–
23	Janet	15,753	▼ 2
24	Teresa	15,686	–
25	Denise	15,144	▼ 2
26	Lisa	15,140	▲ 5
27	Debbie	14,383	▲ 12
28	Julie	13,633	▲ 20
29	Margaret	13,013	▼ 4
30	Robin	12,579	▼ 1
31	Laura	12,179	▲ 3
32	Janice	11,968	▼ 6
33	Carolyn	11,575	–
34	Rebecca	11,482	▼ 7
35	Kim	11,427	▲ 3
36	Theresa	11,188	▼ 4
37	Catherine	11,150	▼ 9
38	Judy	10,544	▼ 3
39	Cathy	10,325	▼ 3
40	Joyce	10,157	▼ 10
41	Christine	9,575	▲ 1
42	Kimberly	9,453	▲ 32
43	Diana	9,433	▲ 13
44	Ann	9,040	▲ 2
45	Lori	8,964	▲ 21
46	Shirley	8,855	▼ 5
47	Connie	8,765	▼ 4
48	Beverly	8,560	▼ 8
49	Paula	8,544	▼ 2
50	Betty	8,479	▼ 6
51	Vicki	8,105	▲ 6
52	Rhonda	8,051	▲ 10
53	Judith	8,022	▼ 8
54	Gail	7,952	▼ 5
55	Sherry	7,805	▼ 1
56	Jane	7,788	▼ 6
57	Darlene	7,784	▲ 14
58	Sheila	7,764	▼ 3
59	Wanda	7,712	▲ 2
60	Joan	7,584	▼ 8
61	Lynn	7,442	▼ 3
62	Peggy	7,384	▲ 1
63	Martha	7,362	▼ 4
64	Bonnie	7,241	▼ 13
65	Kathryn	7,211	▼ 5
66	Gloria	7,120	▼ 13
67	Jean	7,049	▼ 2
68	Terri	6,972	▲ 13
69	Rose	6,896	▼ 5
70	Vickie	6,846	▼ 2
71	Maria	6,779	▲ 2
72	Katherine	6,637	▼ 5
73	Laurie	6,543	▲ 3
74	Dorothy	6,405	▼ 2
75	Virginia	6,238	–
76	Valerie	6,231	▲ 4
77	Leslie	6,103	▲ 27
78	Rita	6,018	▲ 1
79	Michelle	5,982	▲ 9
80	Tina	5,857	▲ 7
81	Anita	5,811	▲ 2
82	Marilyn	5,743	▼ 12
83	Jo	5,717	▼ 14
84	Ruth	5,667	▼ 7
85	Ellen	5,588	▼ 1
86	Anne	5,486	–
87	Jennifer	5,485	▲ 10
88	Victoria	5,328	▼ 3
89	Angela	5,326	▲ 4
90	Phyllis	5,305	▼ 8
91	Jacqueline	5,288	▼ 13
92	Terry	5,266	▼ 1
93	Dawn	5,159	▼ 1
94	Joanne	5,111	▲ 5
95	Helen	5,020	▼ 5
96	Elaine	5,013	▼ 7
97	Annette	4,887	▲ 22
98	Marie	4,863	▼ 2
99	Michele	4,746	▲ 1
100	Jill	4,729	▲ 1

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1957. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.