Top Names of 1957
The most popular names recorded in 1957 were Mary for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 61,103 |
| 2 | Susan | 45,952 |
| 3 | Linda | 44,515 |
| 4 | Debra | 42,727 |
| 5 | Karen | 40,590 |
| 6 | Deborah | 40,095 |
| 7 | Cynthia | 39,340 |
| 8 | Patricia | 39,282 |
| 9 | Barbara | 29,691 |
| 10 | Donna | 28,042 |
| 11 | Nancy | 27,516 |
| 12 | Pamela | 25,014 |
| 13 | Brenda | 24,338 |
| 14 | Sharon | 24,299 |
| 15 | Sandra | 22,766 |
| 16 | Cheryl | 22,644 |
| 17 | Diane | 22,089 |
| 18 | Carol | 21,898 |
| 19 | Cindy | 20,272 |
| 20 | Kathy | 20,235 |
| 21 | Kathleen | 19,742 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 17,491 |
| 23 | Janet | 15,753 |
| 24 | Teresa | 15,686 |
| 25 | Denise | 15,144 |
| 26 | Lisa | 15,140 |
| 27 | Debbie | 14,383 |
| 28 | Julie | 13,633 |
| 29 | Margaret | 13,013 |
| 30 | Robin | 12,579 |
| 31 | Laura | 12,179 |
| 32 | Janice | 11,968 |
| 33 | Carolyn | 11,575 |
| 34 | Rebecca | 11,482 |
| 35 | Kim | 11,427 |
| 36 | Theresa | 11,188 |
| 37 | Catherine | 11,150 |
| 38 | Judy | 10,544 |
| 39 | Cathy | 10,325 |
| 40 | Joyce | 10,157 |
| 41 | Christine | 9,575 |
| 42 | Kimberly | 9,453 |
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 92,786 |
| 2 | James | 84,343 |
| 3 | David | 82,404 |
| 4 | Robert | 81,776 |
| 5 | John | 79,032 |
| 6 | William | 56,850 |
| 7 | Mark | 52,843 |
| 8 | Richard | 52,446 |
| 9 | Thomas | 44,624 |
| 10 | Steven | 36,844 |
| 11 | Charles | 34,282 |
| 12 | Joseph | 31,853 |
| 13 | Gary | 29,531 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 28,060 |
| 15 | Donald | 27,909 |
| 16 | Daniel | 27,339 |
| 17 | Ronald | 27,211 |
| 18 | Paul | 27,012 |
| 19 | Timothy | 24,733 |
| 20 | Kevin | 24,286 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 23,980 |
| 22 | Larry | 21,938 |
| 23 | Gregory | 21,475 |
| 24 | Stephen | 19,727 |
| 25 | Edward | 18,711 |
| 26 | Brian | 17,524 |
| 27 | Anthony | 17,059 |
| 28 | Dennis | 16,913 |
| 29 | George | 16,883 |
| 30 | Douglas | 16,731 |
| 31 | Randy | 16,466 |
| 32 | Scott | 15,749 |
| 33 | Terry | 15,618 |
| 34 | Bruce | 13,882 |
| 35 | Jerry | 13,284 |
| 36 | Keith | 12,437 |
| 37 | Peter | 11,604 |
| 38 | Frank | 11,268 |
| 39 | Raymond | 10,814 |
| 40 | Ricky | 10,575 |
| 41 | Patrick | 10,354 |
| 42 | Roger | 9,865 |
| 43 | Christopher | 8,998 |
| 44 | Steve | 8,908 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,822 |
| 46 | Lawrence | 8,742 |
| 47 | Wayne | 8,687 |
| 48 | Alan | 8,209 |
| 49 | Carl | 8,192 |
| 50 | Dale | 7,865 |