Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1957

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1957 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1956						Change from 1956
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	61,094	2.913	0	-662	1	Michael	92,704	4.238	0	2,048
2	Susan	45,948	2.191	3	-623	2	James	84,275	3.853	0	-588
3	Linda	44,500	2.121	0	-3,575	3	David	82,349	3.765	1	725
4	Debra	42,737	2.037	-2	-5,565	4	Robert	81,717	3.736	-1	-2,200
5	Karen	40,586	1.935	2	539	5	John	78,984	3.611	0	-1,806
6	Deborah	40,071	1.910	-2	-7,766	6	William	56,829	2.598	0	-2,128
7	Cynthia	39,326	1.875	1	6,982	7	Mark	52,794	2.414	1	3,962
8	Patricia	39,270	1.872	-2	-4,072	8	Richard	52,401	2.396	-1	-505
9	Barbara	29,687	1.415	0	-2,611	9	Thomas	44,572	2.038	0	-246
10	Donna	28,039	1.337	0	-1,817	10	Steven	36,819	1.683	0	-1,578
11	Nancy	27,507	1.311	0	-1,277	11	Charles	34,246	1.566	0	-973
12	Pamela	25,010	1.192	0	-1,917	12	Joseph	31,794	1.454	0	-938
13	Brenda	24,323	1.160	6	4,980	13	Gary	29,503	1.349	0	-2,306
14	Sharon	24,288	1.158	-1	-2,598	14	Kenneth	28,029	1.281	2	604
15	Sandra	22,768	1.085	-1	-1,526	15	Donald	27,864	1.274	-1	-349
16	Cheryl	22,645	1.080	2	1,369	16	Daniel	27,307	1.248	2	678
17	Diane	22,087	1.053	-2	-423	17	Ronald	27,185	1.243	-2	-556
18	Carol	21,899	1.044	-2	494	18	Paul	26,985	1.234	-1	100
19	Cindy	20,265	0.966	18	10,281	19	Timothy	24,726	1.130	1	1,454
20	Kathy	20,231	0.964	0	3,056	20	Kevin	24,264	1.109	2	2,497
21	Kathleen	19,741	0.941	-4	-1,629	21	Jeffrey	23,957	1.095	-2	685
22	Elizabeth	17,496	0.834	0	1,151	22	Larry	21,919	1.002	-1	-384
23	Janet	15,749	0.751	-2	-1,015	23	Gregory	21,447	0.980	1	360
24	Teresa	15,684	0.748	0	1,221	24	Stephen	19,708	0.901	-1	-1,486
25	Denise	15,140	0.722	-2	633	25	Edward	18,708	0.855	0	-707
26	Lisa	15,132	0.721	5	4,118	26	Brian	17,513	0.801	7	2,856
27	Debbie	14,385	0.686	12	4,522	27	Anthony	17,040	0.779	3	1,481
28	Julie	13,633	0.650	20	5,060	28	Dennis	16,890	0.772	-2	-1,471
29	Margaret	13,009	0.620	-4	-909	29	George	16,877	0.772	-2	-350
30	Robin	12,581	0.600	-1	965	30	Douglas	16,728	0.765	-1	369
31	Laura	12,176	0.580	3	1,605	31	Randy	16,454	0.752	-3	-97
32	Janice	11,964	0.570	-6	-1,052	32	Scott	15,741	0.720	2	2,527
33	Carolyn	11,572	0.552	0	931	33	Terry	15,599	0.713	-2	544
34	Rebecca	11,484	0.547	-7	-688	34	Bruce	13,871	0.634	-2	-794
35	Kim	11,430	0.545	3	1,537	35	Jerry	13,262	0.606	0	631
36	Theresa	11,178	0.533	-4	333	36	Keith	12,425	0.568	0	941
37	Catherine	11,149	0.532	-9	-913	37	Peter	11,592	0.530	0	266
38	Judy	10,543	0.503	-3	344	38	Frank	11,265	0.515	0	115
39	Cathy	10,317	0.492	-3	180	39	Raymond	10,805	0.494	0	-294
40	Joyce	10,150	0.484	-10	-942	40	Ricky	10,569	0.483	3	1,790
41	Christine	9,575	0.456	1	198	41	Patrick	10,346	0.473	-1	19
42	Kimberly	9,448	0.450	32	2,717	42	Roger	9,861	0.451	-1	-280
43	Diana	9,426	0.449	13	1,574	43	Christopher	8,963	0.410	4	587
44	Ann	9,040	0.431	2	53	44	Steve	8,913	0.407	15	2,435
45	Lori	8,966	0.427	21	1,820	45	Danny	8,817	0.403	1	261
46	Shirley	8,847	0.422	-5	-582	46	Lawrence	8,739	0.400	-4	-148
47	Connie	8,763	0.418	-4	-601	47	Wayne	8,667	0.396	-3	-56
48	Beverly	8,551	0.408	-8	-902	48	Alan	8,210	0.375	-3	-509
49	Paula	8,545	0.407	-2	-379	49	Carl	8,190	0.374	-1	-121
50	Betty	8,478	0.404	-6	-742	50	Dale	7,873	0.360	0	162

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.