Popular baby names of 1958

In 1958, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (55,848 babies) and Michael for boys (90,604). Social Security records show 4,134,028 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,030 girls' names and 4,502 boys' names.

1958 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 18.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Tammy, Beth, Amy.
New in the boys' top 100: Tim, Jim, Chris, Tom, Bill.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957
1	Mary	55,848	–
2	Susan	45,175	–
3	Linda	41,904	–
4	Karen	38,487	↑1
5	Patricia	37,961	↑3
6	Debra	35,521	↓2
7	Deborah	32,943	↓1
8	Cynthia	31,014	↓1
9	Barbara	27,874	–
10	Donna	26,959	–
11	Pamela	25,279	↑1
12	Nancy	24,819	↓1
13	Cheryl	24,119	↑3
14	Kathy	23,938	↑6
15	Sandra	21,834	–
16	Brenda	21,337	↓3
17	Sharon	21,114	↓3
18	Diane	20,811	↓1
19	Lisa	20,202	↑7
20	Carol	19,683	↓2
21	Kathleen	19,205	–
22	Elizabeth	18,535	–
23	Julie	18,215	↑5
24	Debbie	17,860	↑3
25	Cindy	16,585	↓6
26	Teresa	15,602	↓2
27	Denise	14,959	↓2
28	Janet	14,816	↓5
29	Laura	13,513	↑2
30	Lori	13,032	↑15
31	Margaret	12,314	↓2
32	Robin	11,548	↓2
33	Theresa	11,452	↑3
34	Cathy	10,942	↑5
35	Janice	10,888	↓3
36	Judy	10,838	↑2
37	Carolyn	10,814	↓4
38	Catherine	10,769	↓1
39	Kimberly	10,710	↑3
40	Kim	10,664	↓5
41	Rebecca	10,416	↓7
42	Peggy	10,071	↑20
43	Christine	10,062	↓2
44	Tammy	9,987	new
45	Diana	9,169	↓2
46	Joyce	9,034	↓6
47	Ann	8,856	↓3
48	Rhonda	8,341	↑4
49	Darlene	8,278	↑8
50	Connie	8,209	↓3
51	Terri	8,184	↑17
52	Shirley	8,088	↓6
53	Paula	8,025	↓4
54	Betty	7,715	↓4
55	Beverly	7,679	↓7
56	Michelle	7,458	↑23
57	Vicki	7,433	↓6
58	Kathryn	7,324	↑7
59	Sheila	7,291	↓1
60	Lynn	7,214	↑1
61	Jane	7,199	↓5
62	Judith	7,102	↓9
63	Bonnie	6,996	↑1
64	Valerie	6,920	↑12
65	Maria	6,899	↑6
66	Wanda	6,891	↓7
67	Sherry	6,802	↓12
68	Joan	6,785	↓8
69	Martha	6,750	↓6
70	Laurie	6,734	↑3
71	Tina	6,618	↑9
72	Gail	6,608	↓18
73	Jean	6,521	↓6
74	Katherine	6,433	↓2
75	Vickie	6,250	↓5
76	Annette	6,134	↑21
77	Gloria	6,131	↓11
78	Rose	6,043	↓9
79	Leslie	6,014	↓2
80	Joanne	5,928	↑14
81	Jennifer	5,882	↑6
82	Anita	5,774	↓1
83	Angela	5,768	↑6
84	Dawn	5,674	↑9
85	Virginia	5,667	↓10
86	Dorothy	5,539	↓12
87	Anne	5,456	↓1
88	Rita	5,340	↓10
89	Terry	5,327	↑3
90	Ruth	5,247	↓6
91	Jo	5,226	↓8
92	Michele	5,212	↑7
93	Ellen	5,156	↓8
94	Phyllis	5,081	↓4
95	Beth	4,978	new
96	Marilyn	4,948	↓14
97	Amy	4,823	new
98	Jill	4,809	↑2
99	Jacqueline	4,786	↓8
100	Helen	4,772	↓5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957
1	Michael	90,604	–
2	David	82,681	↑1
3	James	78,774	↓1
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	↑6
14	Kenneth	26,684	–
15	Paul	26,264	↑3
16	Daniel	25,619	–
17	Gary	25,287	↓4
18	Donald	25,015	↓3
19	Ronald	24,824	↓2
20	Kevin	24,666	–
21	Jeffrey	24,223	–
22	Larry	20,083	–
23	Gregory	19,810	–
24	Brian	19,279	↑2
25	Scott	19,175	↑7
26	Stephen	17,962	↓2
27	Anthony	17,430	–
28	Edward	17,377	↓3
29	Dennis	16,418	↓1
30	Douglas	15,798	–
31	George	15,637	↓2
32	Randy	15,188	↓1
33	Terry	15,006	–
34	Ricky	13,375	↑6
35	Jerry	12,917	–
36	Bruce	12,472	↓2
37	Keith	11,905	↓1
38	Frank	11,325	–
39	Christopher	11,079	↑4
40	Mike	10,779	↑13
41	Peter	10,757	↓4
42	Patrick	10,247	↓1
43	Raymond	10,226	↓4
44	Steve	10,079	–
45	Danny	8,934	–
46	Dale	8,502	↑4
47	Roger	8,368	↓5
48	Wayne	8,329	↓1
49	Alan	8,226	↓1
50	Eric	8,190	↑10
51	Carl	7,734	↓2
52	Lawrence	7,539	↓6
53	Craig	7,272	↑2
54	Russell	7,158	–
55	Andrew	7,115	↑1
56	Joe	7,065	↑1
57	Tony	6,946	↑14
58	Gerald	6,865	↓7
59	Jeffery	6,842	↓7
60	Matthew	6,377	↑23
61	Johnny	6,330	–
62	Randall	6,326	↓3
63	Walter	6,316	↓5
64	Billy	6,160	–
65	Rodney	5,865	↑5
66	Ronnie	5,860	↑7
67	Philip	5,832	↑1
68	Jeff	5,808	↑28
69	Bobby	5,735	↑9
70	Willie	5,693	↓7
71	Martin	5,669	↓2
72	Arthur	5,663	↓6
73	Jimmy	5,618	↑4
74	Tim	5,540	new
75	Roy	5,525	↓10
76	Glenn	5,462	↓14
77	Rick	5,461	↑10
78	Ralph	5,453	↓2
79	Barry	5,326	↓7
80	Jack	5,301	↓13
81	Phillip	5,273	↓2
82	Curtis	5,261	↓2
83	Henry	5,157	↓8
84	Harold	5,149	↓10
85	Samuel	5,051	↓3
86	Jay	5,027	↑2
87	Jim	4,921	new
88	Stanley	4,911	↓7
89	Albert	4,807	↓5
90	Darrell	4,771	–
91	Micheal	4,569	↓6
92	Allen	4,527	↓1
93	Chris	4,457	new
94	Louis	4,445	↓8
95	Howard	4,364	↓6
96	Tom	4,356	new
97	Dean	4,302	↓4
98	Vincent	4,271	↓1
99	Bill	4,221	new
100	Eddie	4,129	↓5

Every name given in 1958

All 11,532 names Social Security recorded for 1958, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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