Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1958

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1958 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1957						Change from 1957
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	55,857	2.705	0	-5,237	1	Michael	90,517	4.204	0	-2,187
2	Susan	45,173	2.188	0	-775	2	David	82,578	3.836	1	229
3	Linda	41,899	2.029	0	-2,601	3	James	78,713	3.656	-1	-5,562
4	Karen	38,463	1.863	1	-2,123	4	Robert	77,272	3.589	0	-4,445
5	Patricia	37,940	1.837	3	-1,330	5	John	75,991	3.530	0	-2,993
6	Debra	35,517	1.720	-2	-7,220	6	William	54,195	2.517	0	-2,634
7	Deborah	32,937	1.595	-1	-7,134	7	Mark	52,665	2.446	0	-129
8	Cynthia	31,003	1.501	-1	-8,323	8	Richard	49,942	2.320	0	-2,459
9	Barbara	27,875	1.350	0	-1,812	9	Thomas	42,064	1.954	0	-2,508
10	Donna	26,949	1.305	0	-1,090	10	Steven	32,946	1.530	0	-3,873
11	Pamela	25,262	1.223	1	252	11	Charles	32,233	1.497	0	-2,013
12	Nancy	24,814	1.202	-1	-2,693	12	Joseph	30,101	1.398	0	-1,693
13	Cheryl	24,111	1.168	3	1,466	13	Timothy	28,764	1.336	6	4,038
14	Kathy	23,941	1.159	6	3,710	14	Kenneth	26,661	1.238	0	-1,368
15	Sandra	21,825	1.057	0	-943	15	Paul	26,243	1.219	3	-742
16	Brenda	21,341	1.033	-3	-2,982	16	Daniel	25,610	1.190	0	-1,697
17	Sharon	21,106	1.022	-3	-3,182	17	Gary	25,266	1.174	-4	-4,237
18	Diane	20,813	1.008	-1	-1,274	18	Donald	24,995	1.161	-3	-2,869
19	Lisa	20,205	0.978	7	5,073	19	Ronald	24,802	1.152	-2	-2,383
20	Carol	19,686	0.953	-2	-2,213	20	Kevin	24,651	1.145	0	387
21	Kathleen	19,200	0.930	0	-541	21	Jeffrey	24,212	1.125	0	255
22	Elizabeth	18,530	0.897	0	1,034	22	Larry	20,073	0.932	0	-1,846
23	Julie	18,204	0.882	5	4,571	23	Gregory	19,785	0.919	0	-1,662
24	Debbie	17,859	0.865	3	3,474	24	Brian	19,254	0.894	2	1,741
25	Cindy	16,582	0.803	-6	-3,683	25	Scott	19,157	0.890	7	3,416
26	Teresa	15,604	0.756	-2	-80	26	Stephen	17,947	0.834	-2	-1,761
27	Denise	14,951	0.724	-2	-189	27	Anthony	17,418	0.809	0	378
28	Janet	14,818	0.718	-5	-931	28	Edward	17,360	0.806	-3	-1,348
29	Laura	13,506	0.654	2	1,330	29	Dennis	16,413	0.762	-1	-477
30	Lori	13,033	0.631	15	4,067	30	Douglas	15,775	0.733	0	-953
31	Margaret	12,311	0.596	-2	-698	31	George	15,629	0.726	-2	-1,248
32	Robin	11,539	0.559	-2	-1,042	32	Randy	15,180	0.705	-1	-1,274
33	Theresa	11,455	0.555	3	277	33	Terry	14,997	0.697	0	-602
34	Cathy	10,934	0.529	5	617	34	Ricky	13,371	0.621	6	2,802
35	Janice	10,881	0.527	-3	-1,083	35	Jerry	12,920	0.600	0	-342
36	Judy	10,829	0.524	2	286	36	Bruce	12,457	0.579	-2	-1,414
37	Carolyn	10,803	0.523	-4	-769	37	Keith	11,892	0.552	-1	-533
38	Catherine	10,764	0.521	-1	-385	38	Frank	11,316	0.526	0	51
39	Kimberly	10,712	0.519	3	1,264	39	Christopher	11,075	0.514	4	2,112
40	Kim	10,651	0.516	-5	-779	40	Mike	10,776	0.501	13	3,534
41	Rebecca	10,406	0.504	-7	-1,078	41	Peter	10,739	0.499	-4	-853
42	Peggy	10,068	0.488	20	2,687	42	Patrick	10,226	0.475	-1	-120
43	Christine	10,054	0.487	-2	479	43	Raymond	10,217	0.475	-4	-588
44	Tammy	9,983	0.483	63	5,619	44	Steve	10,088	0.469	0	1,175
45	Diana	9,163	0.444	-2	-263	45	Danny	8,937	0.415	0	120
46	Joyce	9,031	0.437	-6	-1,119	46	Dale	8,483	0.394	4	610
47	Ann	8,849	0.429	-3	-191	47	Roger	8,368	0.389	-5	-1,493
48	Rhonda	8,346	0.404	4	301	48	Wayne	8,327	0.387	-1	-340
49	Darlene	8,275	0.401	8	495	49	Alan	8,224	0.382	-1	14
50	Connie	8,208	0.397	-3	-555	50	Eric	8,185	0.380	10	1,564

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.