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

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1959 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1958						Change from 1958
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	54,474	2.621	0	-1,383	1	Michael	85,251	3.935	0	-5,266
2	Susan	41,599	2.001	0	-3,574	2	David	83,931	3.875	0	1,353
3	Linda	40,403	1.944	0	-1,496	3	James	78,606	3.629	0	-107
4	Karen	36,776	1.769	0	-1,687	4	John	76,407	3.527	1	416
5	Donna	36,465	1.754	5	9,516	5	Robert	74,502	3.439	-1	-2,770
6	Patricia	35,220	1.695	-1	-2,720	6	Mark	56,909	2.627	1	4,244
7	Debra	31,373	1.509	-1	-4,144	7	William	51,366	2.371	-1	-2,829
8	Cynthia	30,167	1.451	0	-836	8	Richard	47,169	2.177	0	-2,773
9	Deborah	29,552	1.422	-2	-3,385	9	Thomas	40,276	1.859	0	-1,788
10	Lisa	25,691	1.236	9	5,486	10	Steven	33,572	1.550	0	626
11	Barbara	25,356	1.220	-2	-2,519	11	Charles	30,770	1.420	0	-1,463
12	Pamela	24,713	1.189	-1	-549	12	Timothy	30,747	1.419	1	1,983
13	Sandra	23,353	1.124	2	1,528	13	Joseph	29,519	1.363	-1	-582
14	Nancy	23,080	1.110	-2	-1,734	14	Kevin	26,760	1.235	6	2,109
15	Kathy	21,818	1.050	-1	-2,123	15	Kenneth	26,624	1.229	-1	-37
16	Brenda	21,415	1.030	0	74	16	Jeffrey	26,261	1.212	5	2,049
17	Sharon	21,289	1.024	0	183	17	Paul	25,694	1.186	-2	-549
18	Cheryl	20,944	1.008	-5	-3,167	18	Daniel	25,134	1.160	-2	-476
19	Diane	19,974	0.961	-1	-839	19	Donald	23,868	1.102	-1	-1,127
20	Debbie	19,536	0.940	4	1,677	20	Gary	23,297	1.075	-3	-1,969
21	Elizabeth	18,425	0.886	1	-105	21	Ronald	23,104	1.067	-2	-1,698
22	Carol	18,127	0.872	-2	-1,559	22	Brian	20,735	0.957	2	1,481
23	Kathleen	17,626	0.848	-2	-1,574	23	Gregory	19,876	0.918	0	91
24	Teresa	17,390	0.837	2	1,786	24	Scott	19,757	0.912	1	600
25	Cindy	16,967	0.816	0	385	25	Larry	18,414	0.850	-3	-1,659
26	Julie	16,219	0.780	-3	-1,985	26	Anthony	17,956	0.829	1	538
27	Lori	15,025	0.723	3	1,992	27	Edward	16,902	0.780	1	-458
28	Janet	14,957	0.720	0	139	28	Stephen	16,495	0.761	-2	-1,452
29	Denise	14,661	0.705	-2	-290	29	Dennis	16,033	0.740	0	-380
30	Laura	14,529	0.699	-1	1,023	30	Douglas	15,279	0.705	0	-496
31	Tammy	13,706	0.659	13	3,723	31	Randy	15,025	0.694	1	-155
32	Robin	12,857	0.619	0	1,318	32	George	14,999	0.692	-1	-630
33	Kimberly	12,782	0.615	6	2,070	33	Terry	14,545	0.671	0	-452
34	Theresa	11,645	0.560	-1	190	34	Ricky	13,208	0.610	0	-163
35	Kim	11,595	0.558	5	944	35	Christopher	12,897	0.595	4	1,822
36	Margaret	11,572	0.557	-5	-739	36	Jerry	12,312	0.568	-1	-608
37	Janice	10,489	0.505	-2	-392	37	Mike	11,996	0.554	3	1,220
38	Rebecca	10,474	0.504	3	68	38	Bruce	11,907	0.550	-2	-550
39	Cathy	10,414	0.501	-5	-520	39	Keith	11,743	0.542	-2	-149
40	Catherine	10,023	0.482	-2	-741	40	Peter	11,283	0.521	1	544
41	Judy	9,882	0.475	-5	-947	41	Steve	11,068	0.511	3	980
42	Carolyn	9,731	0.468	-5	-1,072	42	Frank	10,937	0.505	-4	-379
43	Christine	9,469	0.456	0	-585	43	Patrick	10,550	0.487	-1	324
44	Ann	8,920	0.429	3	71	44	Craig	9,922	0.458	9	2,642
45	Rhonda	8,854	0.426	3	508	45	Raymond	9,794	0.452	-2	-423
46	Terri	8,784	0.423	5	602	46	Eric	9,725	0.449	4	1,540
47	Michelle	8,778	0.422	9	1,324	47	Roger	8,788	0.406	0	420
48	Connie	8,659	0.417	2	451	48	Danny	8,727	0.403	-3	-210
49	Diana	8,638	0.416	-4	-525	49	Dale	8,344	0.385	-3	-139
50	Joyce	8,513	0.410	-4	-518	50	Alan	8,147	0.376	-1	-77

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.