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The most popular baby names of 1958

SSA recorded 4,134,028 births in 1958 across all reported names — 2,011,619 girls and 2,122,409 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1958

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1957.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +63
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 +13
96 Marilyn 4,948 -14
97 Amy 4,823 +17
98 Jill 4,809 +2
99 Jacqueline 4,786 -8
100 Helen 4,772 -5

Top 100 boys' names in 1958

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1957.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +45
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 +19
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 +27
94 Louis 4,445 -8
95 Howard 4,364 -6
96 Tom 4,356 +20
97 Dean 4,302 -4
98 Vincent 4,271 -1
99 Bill 4,221 +24
100 Eddie 4,129 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1958

Ranked by places gained against 1957, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1958Rank 1957Change
Kellie girls 439 699 +260
Tamra girls 378 625 +247
Kelley girls 362 563 +201
Liz girls 397 580 +183
Bart boys 291 473 +182
Kelli girls 399 569 +170
Tamera girls 449 611 +162
Allison girls 284 434 +150
Judi girls 538 684 +146
Brett boys 155 293 +138
Alisa girls 462 599 +137
Tammie girls 233 364 +131
Tami girls 190 315 +125
Barb girls 454 565 +111
Lorri girls 478 588 +110

Names that fell fastest in 1958

NameRank 1958Rank 1957Change
Unknown girls 684 533 -151
Mariann girls 639 522 -117
Lesley girls 587 474 -113
Rhoda girls 612 504 -108
Caren girls 592 485 -107
Bettie girls 690 586 -104
Eloise girls 647 544 -103
Cherry girls 650 555 -95
Unknown boys 479 386 -93
Elvis boys 403 311 -92
Melba girls 575 484 -91
Felecia girls 634 546 -88
Althea girls 595 509 -86
Sheree girls 386 303 -83
Lila girls 577 496 -81

Names that first appear in 1958

1958 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1958

For these names, 1958 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.