Top Names of 1959
The most popular names recorded in 1959 were Mary for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 54,504 |
| 2 | Susan | 41,616 |
| 3 | Linda | 40,412 |
| 4 | Karen | 36,783 |
| 5 | Donna | 36,469 |
| 6 | Patricia | 35,224 |
| 7 | Debra | 31,387 |
| 8 | Cynthia | 30,185 |
| 9 | Deborah | 29,549 |
| 10 | Lisa | 25,702 |
| 11 | Barbara | 25,357 |
| 12 | Pamela | 24,712 |
| 13 | Sandra | 23,361 |
| 14 | Nancy | 23,078 |
| 15 | Kathy | 21,814 |
| 16 | Brenda | 21,423 |
| 17 | Sharon | 21,291 |
| 18 | Cheryl | 20,949 |
| 19 | Diane | 19,972 |
| 20 | Debbie | 19,542 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 18,422 |
| 22 | Carol | 18,137 |
| 23 | Kathleen | 17,629 |
| 24 | Teresa | 17,401 |
| 25 | Cindy | 16,972 |
| 26 | Julie | 16,211 |
| 27 | Lori | 15,031 |
| 28 | Janet | 14,962 |
| 29 | Denise | 14,663 |
| 30 | Laura | 14,529 |
| 31 | Tammy | 13,707 |
| 32 | Robin | 12,854 |
| 33 | Kimberly | 12,791 |
| 34 | Theresa | 11,655 |
| 35 | Kim | 11,596 |
| 36 | Margaret | 11,577 |
| 37 | Janice | 10,489 |
| 38 | Rebecca | 10,474 |
| 39 | Cathy | 10,408 |
| 40 | Catherine | 10,022 |
| 41 | Judy | 9,884 |
| 42 | Carolyn | 9,726 |
| 43 | Christine | 9,470 |
| 44 | Ann | 8,919 |
| 45 | Rhonda | 8,862 |
| 46 | Terri | 8,783 |
| 47 | Michelle | 8,777 |
| 48 | Connie | 8,656 |
| 49 | Diana | 8,637 |
| 50 | Joyce | 8,520 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 85,291 |
| 2 | David | 83,967 |
| 3 | James | 78,644 |
| 4 | John | 76,445 |
| 5 | Robert | 74,542 |
| 6 | Mark | 56,946 |
| 7 | William | 51,385 |
| 8 | Richard | 47,204 |
| 9 | Thomas | 40,291 |
| 10 | Steven | 33,595 |
| 11 | Charles | 30,796 |
| 12 | Timothy | 30,784 |
| 13 | Joseph | 29,537 |
| 14 | Kevin | 26,794 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,641 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 26,280 |
| 17 | Paul | 25,709 |
| 18 | Daniel | 25,156 |
| 19 | Donald | 23,877 |
| 20 | Gary | 23,301 |
| 21 | Ronald | 23,122 |
| 22 | Brian | 20,735 |
| 23 | Gregory | 19,885 |
| 24 | Scott | 19,765 |
| 25 | Larry | 18,432 |
| 26 | Anthony | 17,975 |
| 27 | Edward | 16,916 |
| 28 | Stephen | 16,505 |
| 29 | Dennis | 16,042 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,287 |
| 31 | Randy | 15,041 |
| 32 | George | 15,010 |
| 33 | Terry | 14,546 |
| 34 | Ricky | 13,227 |
| 35 | Christopher | 12,916 |
| 36 | Jerry | 12,326 |
| 37 | Mike | 11,997 |
| 38 | Bruce | 11,912 |
| 39 | Keith | 11,759 |
| 40 | Peter | 11,290 |
| 41 | Steve | 11,067 |
| 42 | Frank | 10,941 |
| 43 | Patrick | 10,557 |
| 44 | Craig | 9,932 |
| 45 | Raymond | 9,798 |
| 46 | Eric | 9,729 |
| 47 | Roger | 8,794 |
| 48 | Danny | 8,728 |
| 49 | Dale | 8,343 |
| 50 | Alan | 8,152 |