Top Names of 1958
The most popular names recorded in 1958 were Mary for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 55,846 |
| 2 | Susan | 45,172 |
| 3 | Linda | 41,905 |
| 4 | Karen | 38,488 |
| 5 | Patricia | 37,966 |
| 6 | Debra | 35,524 |
| 7 | Deborah | 32,942 |
| 8 | Cynthia | 31,013 |
| 9 | Barbara | 27,877 |
| 10 | Donna | 26,955 |
| 11 | Pamela | 25,280 |
| 12 | Nancy | 24,819 |
| 13 | Cheryl | 24,118 |
| 14 | Kathy | 23,940 |
| 15 | Sandra | 21,833 |
| 16 | Brenda | 21,337 |
| 17 | Sharon | 21,114 |
| 18 | Diane | 20,815 |
| 19 | Lisa | 20,200 |
| 20 | Carol | 19,684 |
| 21 | Kathleen | 19,203 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 18,536 |
| 23 | Julie | 18,213 |
| 24 | Debbie | 17,860 |
| 25 | Cindy | 16,585 |
| 26 | Teresa | 15,603 |
| 27 | Denise | 14,958 |
| 28 | Janet | 14,817 |
| 29 | Laura | 13,513 |
| 30 | Lori | 13,033 |
| 31 | Margaret | 12,314 |
| 32 | Robin | 11,548 |
| 33 | Theresa | 11,451 |
| 34 | Cathy | 10,942 |
| 35 | Janice | 10,888 |
| 36 | Judy | 10,837 |
| 37 | Carolyn | 10,816 |
| 38 | Catherine | 10,770 |
| 39 | Kimberly | 10,710 |
| 40 | Kim | 10,663 |
| 41 | Rebecca | 10,416 |
| 42 | Peggy | 10,070 |
| 43 | Christine | 10,062 |
| 44 | Tammy | 9,988 |
| 45 | Diana | 9,169 |
| 46 | Joyce | 9,032 |
| 47 | Ann | 8,856 |
| 48 | Rhonda | 8,341 |
| 49 | Darlene | 8,279 |
| 50 | Connie | 8,209 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 90,598 |
| 2 | David | 82,679 |
| 3 | James | 78,773 |
| 4 | Robert | 77,334 |
| 5 | John | 76,049 |
| 6 | William | 54,254 |
| 7 | Mark | 52,697 |
| 8 | Richard | 49,999 |
| 9 | Thomas | 42,087 |
| 10 | Steven | 32,963 |
| 11 | Charles | 32,243 |
| 12 | Joseph | 30,110 |
| 13 | Timothy | 28,794 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 26,686 |
| 15 | Paul | 26,257 |
| 16 | Daniel | 25,615 |
| 17 | Gary | 25,290 |
| 18 | Donald | 25,015 |
| 19 | Ronald | 24,822 |
| 20 | Kevin | 24,661 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 24,223 |
| 22 | Larry | 20,079 |
| 23 | Gregory | 19,809 |
| 24 | Brian | 19,276 |
| 25 | Scott | 19,178 |
| 26 | Stephen | 17,961 |
| 27 | Anthony | 17,426 |
| 28 | Edward | 17,375 |
| 29 | Dennis | 16,422 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,797 |
| 31 | George | 15,639 |
| 32 | Randy | 15,186 |
| 33 | Terry | 15,008 |
| 34 | Ricky | 13,373 |
| 35 | Jerry | 12,917 |
| 36 | Bruce | 12,475 |
| 37 | Keith | 11,903 |
| 38 | Frank | 11,326 |
| 39 | Christopher | 11,079 |
| 40 | Mike | 10,779 |
| 41 | Peter | 10,755 |
| 42 | Patrick | 10,244 |
| 43 | Raymond | 10,221 |
| 44 | Steve | 10,082 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,933 |
| 46 | Dale | 8,503 |
| 47 | Roger | 8,368 |
| 48 | Wayne | 8,329 |
| 49 | Alan | 8,226 |
| 50 | Eric | 8,189 |