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The most popular baby names of 1957

SSA recorded 4,202,087 births in 1957 across all reported names — 2,044,851 girls and 2,157,236 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1957

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1956.
#NameBirthsvs 1956
1 Mary 61,102 —
2 Susan 45,954 +3
3 Linda 44,517 —
4 Debra 42,728 -2
5 Karen 40,591 +2
6 Deborah 40,096 -2
7 Cynthia 39,340 +1
8 Patricia 39,283 -2
9 Barbara 29,692 —
10 Donna 28,042 —
11 Nancy 27,515 —
12 Pamela 25,015 —
13 Brenda 24,339 +6
14 Sharon 24,298 -1
15 Sandra 22,765 -1
16 Cheryl 22,643 +2
17 Diane 22,090 -2
18 Carol 21,898 -2
19 Cindy 20,272 +18
20 Kathy 20,237 —
21 Kathleen 19,742 -4
22 Elizabeth 17,492 —
23 Janet 15,753 -2
24 Teresa 15,687 —
25 Denise 15,145 -2
26 Lisa 15,142 +5
27 Debbie 14,382 +12
28 Julie 13,631 +20
29 Margaret 13,013 -4
30 Robin 12,579 -1
31 Laura 12,181 +3
32 Janice 11,968 -6
33 Carolyn 11,575 —
34 Rebecca 11,482 -7
35 Kim 11,426 +3
36 Theresa 11,188 -4
37 Catherine 11,151 -9
38 Judy 10,542 -3
39 Cathy 10,325 -3
40 Joyce 10,155 -10
41 Christine 9,575 +1
42 Kimberly 9,454 +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 8,024 -8
54 Gail 7,952 -5
55 Sherry 7,804 -1
56 Jane 7,788 -6
57 Darlene 7,784 +14
58 Sheila 7,763 -3
59 Wanda 7,713 +2
60 Joan 7,584 -8
61 Lynn 7,442 -3
62 Peggy 7,383 +1
63 Martha 7,361 -4
64 Bonnie 7,242 -13
65 Kathryn 7,211 -5
66 Gloria 7,123 -13
67 Jean 7,048 -2
68 Terri 6,972 +13
69 Rose 6,896 -5
70 Vickie 6,845 -2
71 Maria 6,778 +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 5,718 -14
84 Ruth 5,667 -7
85 Ellen 5,589 -1
86 Anne 5,486 —
87 Jennifer 5,483 +10
88 Victoria 5,328 -3
89 Angela 5,326 +4
90 Phyllis 5,306 -8
91 Jacqueline 5,288 -13
92 Terry 5,266 -1
93 Dawn 5,159 -1
94 Joanne 5,110 +5
95 Helen 5,019 -5
96 Elaine 5,013 -7
97 Annette 4,888 +22
98 Marie 4,862 -2
99 Michele 4,746 +1
100 Jill 4,729 +1

Top 100 boys' names in 1957

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1956.
#NameBirthsvs 1956
1 Michael 92,781 —
2 James 84,337 —
3 David 82,403 +1
4 Robert 81,765 -1
5 John 79,033 —
6 William 56,852 —
7 Mark 52,841 +1
8 Richard 52,446 -1
9 Thomas 44,625 —
10 Steven 36,842 —
11 Charles 34,283 —
12 Joseph 31,851 —
13 Gary 29,530 —
14 Kenneth 28,064 +2
15 Donald 27,910 -1
16 Daniel 27,337 +2
17 Ronald 27,209 -2
18 Paul 27,012 -1
19 Timothy 24,733 —
20 Kevin 24,285 +2
21 Jeffrey 23,982 -1
22 Larry 21,941 -1
23 Gregory 21,472 +1
24 Stephen 19,726 -1
25 Edward 18,711 —
26 Brian 17,519 +6
27 Anthony 17,057 +3
28 Dennis 16,917 -2
29 George 16,887 -2
30 Douglas 16,730 -1
31 Randy 16,464 -3
32 Scott 15,750 +2
33 Terry 15,624 -2
34 Bruce 13,882 -1
35 Jerry 13,283 —
36 Keith 12,437 —
37 Peter 11,603 —
38 Frank 11,268 —
39 Raymond 10,810 —
40 Ricky 10,574 +3
41 Patrick 10,353 -1
42 Roger 9,866 -1
43 Christopher 8,997 +4
44 Steve 8,910 +15
45 Danny 8,820 +1
46 Lawrence 8,741 -4
47 Wayne 8,687 -2
48 Alan 8,208 -4
49 Carl 8,192 -1
50 Dale 7,866 —
51 Gerald 7,595 -2
52 Jeffery 7,508 +5
53 Mike 7,247 +44
54 Russell 7,223 -2
55 Craig 7,069 -4
56 Andrew 6,997 —
57 Joe 6,767 +6
58 Walter 6,707 -5
59 Randall 6,675 -5
60 Eric 6,621 +19
61 Johnny 6,507 -6
62 Glenn 6,267 -1
63 Willie 6,211 -5
64 Billy 6,146 +4
65 Roy 6,063 -3
66 Arthur 6,052 -6
67 Jack 6,024 -1
68 Philip 6,012 -4
69 Martin 5,965 +4
70 Rodney 5,862 -5
71 Tony 5,857 +14
72 Barry 5,790 -3
73 Ronnie 5,778 +2
74 Harold 5,752 -2
75 Henry 5,733 -4
76 Ralph 5,709 -9
77 Jimmy 5,667 +1
78 Bobby 5,617 -1
79 Phillip 5,544 -3
80 Curtis 5,342 —
81 Stanley 5,268 -11
82 Samuel 5,236 -8
83 Matthew 5,234 +7
84 Albert 5,049 -3
85 Micheal 4,831 -2
86 Louis 4,695 -4
87 Rick 4,663 +13
88 Jay 4,630 +4
89 Howard 4,614 -5
90 Darrell 4,570 -2
91 Allen 4,412 -4
92 Eugene 4,410 -6
93 Dean 4,387 +6
94 Leonard 4,340 -5
95 Eddie 4,112 -2
96 Jeff 4,092 +49
97 Vincent 4,083 +1
98 Victor 4,080 -2
99 Frederick 4,010 -8
100 Harry 3,806 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1957

Ranked by places gained against 1956, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1957Rank 1956Change
Tammy girls 107 592 +485
Erin girls 274 534 +260
Cindi girls 437 619 +182
Tamara girls 191 323 +132
Kelly girls 187 309 +122
Pat girls 319 439 +120
Pam girls 184 302 +118
Danette girls 499 617 +118
Doug boys 254 367 +113
Tracey girls 284 396 +112
Rhoda girls 504 615 +111
Chuck boys 304 413 +109
Kyle boys 241 344 +103
Jodie girls 426 528 +102
Kathi girls 363 462 +99

Names that fell fastest in 1957

NameRank 1957Rank 1956Change
Unknown girls 533 384 -149
Lu girls 651 537 -114
Rachelle girls 672 563 -109
Rosalinda girls 676 572 -104
Meredith girls 638 550 -88
Marisa girls 618 531 -87
Sheree girls 303 220 -83
Deena girls 643 560 -83
Teena girls 602 522 -80
Fay girls 596 517 -79
Antonia girls 596 518 -78
Mamie girls 571 494 -77
Estella girls 572 497 -75
Glenna girls 532 458 -74
Debrah girls 645 572 -73

Names that first appear in 1957

1957 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1957

For these names, 1957 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.