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The most popular baby names of 1959

SSA recorded 4,157,980 births in 1959 across all reported names — 2,023,462 girls and 2,134,518 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1959

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1958.
#NameBirthsvs 1958
1 Mary 54,502 —
2 Susan 41,617 —
3 Linda 40,410 —
4 Karen 36,784 —
5 Donna 36,468 +5
6 Patricia 35,223 -1
7 Debra 31,388 -1
8 Cynthia 30,186 —
9 Deborah 29,546 -2
10 Lisa 25,699 +9
11 Barbara 25,359 -2
12 Pamela 24,714 -1
13 Sandra 23,359 +2
14 Nancy 23,079 -2
15 Kathy 21,814 -1
16 Brenda 21,424 —
17 Sharon 21,292 —
18 Cheryl 20,947 -5
19 Diane 19,972 -1
20 Debbie 19,540 +4
21 Elizabeth 18,421 +1
22 Carol 18,140 -2
23 Kathleen 17,629 -2
24 Teresa 17,400 +2
25 Cindy 16,973 —
26 Julie 16,211 -3
27 Lori 15,032 +3
28 Janet 14,964 —
29 Denise 14,662 -2
30 Laura 14,528 -1
31 Tammy 13,707 +13
32 Robin 12,854 —
33 Kimberly 12,790 +6
34 Theresa 11,656 -1
35 Kim 11,594 +5
36 Margaret 11,577 -5
37 Janice 10,489 -2
38 Rebecca 10,475 +3
39 Cathy 10,408 -5
40 Catherine 10,025 -2
41 Judy 9,884 -5
42 Carolyn 9,727 -5
43 Christine 9,471 —
44 Ann 8,918 +3
45 Rhonda 8,861 +3
46 Terri 8,783 +5
47 Michelle 8,776 +9
48 Connie 8,655 +2
49 Diana 8,637 -4
50 Joyce 8,520 -4
51 Paula 8,059 +2
52 Sheila 7,984 +7
53 Tina 7,919 +18
54 Dawn 7,898 +30
55 Beverly 7,796 —
56 Laurie 7,535 +14
57 Peggy 7,416 -15
58 Sherry 7,341 +9
59 Betty 7,313 -5
60 Valerie 7,302 +4
61 Shirley 7,284 -9
62 Maria 7,249 +3
63 Lynn 7,058 -3
64 Annette 6,919 +12
65 Wanda 6,907 +1
66 Darlene 6,876 -17
67 Jane 6,864 -6
68 Angela 6,772 +15
69 Kathryn 6,746 -11
70 Judith 6,566 -8
71 Bonnie 6,456 -8
72 Martha 6,439 -3
73 Vicki 6,430 -16
74 Kelly 6,380 +34
75 Gail 6,344 -3
76 Joan 6,337 -8
77 Jean 6,233 -4
77 Jennifer 6,233 +4
79 Katherine 6,139 -5
80 Beth 6,069 +15
81 Gloria 5,924 -4
82 Anne 5,745 +5
83 Wendy 5,712 +24
84 Leslie 5,652 -5
85 Amy 5,580 +12
86 Jill 5,554 +12
87 Anita 5,474 -5
88 Rose 5,446 -10
89 Michele 5,445 +3
90 Vickie 5,419 -15
91 Ellen 5,396 +2
92 Joanne 5,347 -12
93 Virginia 5,256 -8
94 Dorothy 5,231 -8
95 Terry 5,215 -6
96 Suzanne 5,161 +8
97 Ruth 5,057 -7
98 Rita 4,952 -10
99 Anna 4,878 +4
100 Renee 4,845 +5

Top 100 boys' names in 1959

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1958.
#NameBirthsvs 1958
1 Michael 85,294 —
2 David 83,977 —
3 James 78,648 —
4 John 76,446 +1
5 Robert 74,542 -1
6 Mark 56,945 +1
7 William 51,386 -1
8 Richard 47,202 —
9 Thomas 40,296 —
10 Steven 33,597 —
11 Charles 30,797 —
12 Timothy 30,783 +1
13 Joseph 29,539 -1
14 Kevin 26,790 +6
15 Kenneth 26,640 -1
16 Jeffrey 26,281 +5
17 Paul 25,712 -2
18 Daniel 25,155 -2
19 Donald 23,876 -1
20 Gary 23,303 -3
21 Ronald 23,114 -2
22 Brian 20,737 +2
23 Gregory 19,889 —
24 Scott 19,765 +1
25 Larry 18,434 -3
26 Anthony 17,972 +1
27 Edward 16,914 +1
28 Stephen 16,504 -2
29 Dennis 16,043 —
30 Douglas 15,290 —
31 Randy 15,042 +1
32 George 15,012 -1
33 Terry 14,545 —
34 Ricky 13,226 —
35 Christopher 12,915 +4
36 Jerry 12,324 -1
37 Mike 11,995 +3
38 Bruce 11,914 -2
39 Keith 11,758 -2
40 Peter 11,289 +1
41 Steve 11,068 +3
42 Frank 10,942 -4
43 Patrick 10,556 -1
44 Craig 9,933 +9
45 Raymond 9,796 -2
46 Eric 9,726 +4
47 Roger 8,794 —
48 Danny 8,727 -3
49 Dale 8,343 -3
50 Alan 8,151 -1
51 Wayne 7,878 -3
52 Jeff 7,730 +16
53 Tony 7,564 +4
54 Carl 7,501 -3
55 Jeffery 7,487 +4
56 Russell 7,480 -2
57 Joe 7,389 -1
58 Andrew 7,089 -3
59 Randall 7,059 +3
60 Tim 6,826 +14
61 Gerald 6,636 -3
62 Lawrence 6,601 -10
63 Matthew 6,542 -3
64 Johnny 6,311 -3
65 Billy 6,308 -1
66 Walter 6,128 -3
67 Rodney 5,917 -2
68 Philip 5,862 -1
69 Jimmy 5,830 +4
70 Jim 5,688 +17
71 Bobby 5,677 -2
72 Chris 5,676 +21
73 Barry 5,601 +6
74 Phillip 5,597 +7
75 Curtis 5,536 +7
76 Arthur 5,474 -4
76 Ronnie 5,474 -10
78 Willie 5,374 -8
79 Martin 5,353 -8
80 Glenn 5,352 -4
81 Roy 5,183 -6
82 Tom 5,068 +14
83 Henry 5,061 —
84 Ralph 5,048 -6
85 Jack 5,015 -5
86 Samuel 4,953 -1
87 Harold 4,943 -3
88 Jay 4,940 -2
89 Rick 4,936 -12
90 Darrell 4,647 —
91 Greg 4,635 +14
92 Albert 4,605 -3
93 Bill 4,596 +6
94 Bryan 4,488 +7
95 Dean 4,425 +2
96 Micheal 4,369 -5
97 Allen 4,366 -5
98 Stanley 4,343 -10
99 Todd 4,332 +17
100 Louis 4,311 -6

Names that climbed fastest in 1959

Ranked by places gained against 1958, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1959Rank 1958Change
Monique girls 457 643 +186
Darren boys 213 381 +168
Traci girls 496 611 +115
Janine girls 340 445 +105
Sonya girls 339 443 +104
Deirdre girls 501 603 +102
Marybeth girls 501 603 +102
Jeanine girls 357 454 +97
Tammi girls 416 505 +89
Dina girls 542 626 +84
Kendra girls 616 699 +83
Angelia girls 461 542 +81
Ladonna girls 412 492 +80
Kristen girls 404 482 +78
Fran girls 604 682 +78

Names that fell fastest in 1959

NameRank 1959Rank 1958Change
Sharlene girls 686 577 -109
Delphine girls 628 520 -108
Cathie girls 684 597 -87
Althea girls 681 595 -86
Kaye girls 613 529 -84
Jocelyn girls 641 559 -82
Leisa girls 604 523 -81
Genevieve girls 625 545 -80
Elvis boys 479 403 -76
Etta girls 698 623 -75
Debbi girls 638 569 -69
Dolly girls 696 628 -68
Lyn girls 706 638 -68
Sheree girls 453 386 -67
Daphne girls 545 478 -67

Names that first appear in 1959

1959 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1959

For these names, 1959 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.