Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1959

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1959 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,474	2.621	-125	-52,147	1	Michael	85,251	3.935	-13	-73,631
2	Susan	41,599	2.001	-1,077	-41,365	2	David	83,931	3.875	-20	-74,234
3	Linda	40,403	1.944	-723	-40,014	3	James	78,606	3.629	-1	-65,081
4	Karen	36,776	1.769	-631	-36,308	4	John	76,407	3.527	-23	-67,288
5	Donna	36,465	1.754	-1,562	-36,328	5	Robert	74,502	3.439	-66	-69,362
6	Patricia	35,220	1.695	-907	-34,927	6	Mark	56,909	2.627	-204	-55,050
7	Debra	31,373	1.509	-3,190	-31,323	7	William	51,366	2.371	4	-36,850
8	Cynthia	30,167	1.451	-685	-29,751	8	Richard	47,169	2.177	-180	-45,050
9	Deborah	29,552	1.422	-770	-29,205	9	Thomas	40,276	1.859	-40	-33,497
10	Lisa	25,691	1.236	-881	-25,389	10	Steven	33,572	1.550	-188	-31,550
11	Barbara	25,356	1.220	-919	-25,071	11	Charles	30,770	1.420	-41	-24,166
12	Pamela	24,713	1.189	-1,572	-24,578	12	Timothy	30,747	1.419	-153	-28,417
13	Sandra	23,353	1.124	-962	-23,084	13	Joseph	29,519	1.363	-10	-19,964
14	Nancy	23,080	1.110	-825	-22,758	14	Kevin	26,760	1.235	-111	-23,636
15	Kathy	21,818	1.050	-2,095	-21,728	15	Kenneth	26,624	1.229	-211	-24,969
16	Brenda	21,415	1.030	-996	-21,160	16	Jeffrey	26,261	1.212	-315	-25,258
17	Sharon	21,289	1.024	-1,110	-21,073	17	Paul	25,694	1.186	-217	-24,069
18	Cheryl	20,944	1.008	-2,880	-20,887	18	Daniel	25,134	1.160	3	-13,961
19	Diane	19,974	0.961	-2,454	-19,903	19	Donald	23,868	1.102	-507	-23,335
20	Debbie	19,536	0.940	-5,780	-19,515	20	Gary	23,297	1.075	-654	-22,930
21	Elizabeth	18,425	0.886	8	-9,912	21	Ronald	23,104	1.067	-472	-22,526
22	Carol	18,127	0.872	-1,766	-18,014	22	Brian	20,735	0.957	-213	-19,117
23	Kathleen	17,626	0.848	-871	-17,325	23	Gregory	19,876	0.918	-385	-19,098
24	Teresa	17,390	0.837	-774	-17,049	24	Scott	19,757	0.912	-496	-19,216
25	Cindy	16,967	0.816	-1,304	-16,798	25	Larry	18,414	0.850	-681	-18,075
26	Julie	16,219	0.780	-562	-15,703	26	Anthony	17,956	0.829	-12	-9,953
27	Lori	15,025	0.723	-1,548	-14,889	27	Edward	16,902	0.780	-142	-14,634
28	Janet	14,957	0.720	-1,384	-14,800	28	Stephen	16,495	0.761	-256	-15,259
29	Denise	14,661	0.705	-1,040	-14,425	29	Dennis	16,033	0.740	-527	-15,540
30	Laura	14,529	0.699	-310	-13,594	30	Douglas	15,279	0.705	-642	-14,908
31	Tammy	13,706	0.659	-4,071	-13,671	31	Randy	15,025	0.694	-642	-14,655
32	Robin	12,857	0.619	-942	-12,588	32	George	14,999	0.692	-95	-11,940
33	Kimberly	12,782	0.615	-137	-11,086	33	Terry	14,545	0.671	-724	-14,236
34	Theresa	11,645	0.560	-1,072	-11,424	34	Ricky	13,208	0.610	-647	-12,844
35	Kim	11,595	0.558	-4,045	-11,560	35	Christopher	12,897	0.595	-7	-5,636
36	Margaret	11,572	0.557	-91	-9,260	36	Jerry	12,312	0.568	-565	-11,861
37	Janice	10,489	0.505	-1,396	-10,336	37	Mike	11,996	0.554	-1,088	-11,825
38	Rebecca	10,474	0.504	-176	-9,032	38	Bruce	11,907	0.550	-440	-11,300
39	Cathy	10,414	0.501	-3,460	-10,370	39	Keith	11,743	0.542	-465	-11,178
40	Catherine	10,023	0.482	-164	-8,525	40	Peter	11,283	0.521	-171	-9,471
41	Judy	9,882	0.475	-1,492	-9,741	41	Steve	11,068	0.511	-1,121	-10,904
42	Carolyn	9,731	0.468	-818	-9,419	42	Frank	10,937	0.505	-350	-10,134
43	Christine	9,469	0.456	-883	-9,182	43	Patrick	10,550	0.487	-146	-8,439
44	Ann	8,920	0.429	-939	-8,653	44	Craig	9,922	0.458	-1,144	-9,763
45	Rhonda	8,854	0.426	-5,881	-8,833	45	Raymond	9,794	0.452	-254	-8,645
46	Terri	8,784	0.423	-4,377	-8,752	46	Eric	9,725	0.449	-114	-7,336
47	Michelle	8,778	0.422	-216	-7,539	47	Roger	8,788	0.406	-589	-8,377
48	Connie	8,659	0.417	-2,382	-8,586	48	Danny	8,727	0.403	-492	-8,211
49	Diana	8,638	0.416	-135	-7,033	49	Dale	8,344	0.385	-1,339	-8,218
50	Joyce	8,513	0.410	-897	-8,235	50	Alan	8,147	0.376	-122	-5,903

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.