1959
Top Baby Names of 1959
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1959
1
Mary 54,504 2
Susan 41,616 3
Linda 40,412 4
Karen 36,783 5
Donna 36,469 6
Patricia 35,224 7
Debra 31,387 8
Cynthia 30,185 9
Deborah 29,549 10
Lisa 25,702 11
Barbara 25,357 12
Pamela 24,712 13
Sandra 23,361 14
Nancy 23,078 15
Kathy 21,814 16
Brenda 21,423 17
Sharon 21,291 18
Cheryl 20,949 19
Diane 19,972 20
Debbie 19,542 21
Elizabeth 18,422 22
Carol 18,137 23
Kathleen 17,629 24
Teresa 17,401 25
Cindy 16,972 26
Julie 16,211 27
Lori 15,031 28
Janet 14,962 29
Denise 14,663 30
Laura 14,529 31
Tammy 13,707 32
Robin 12,854 33
Kimberly 12,791 34
Theresa 11,655 35
Kim 11,596 36
Margaret 11,577 37
Janice 10,489 38
Rebecca 10,474 39
Cathy 10,408 40
Catherine 10,022 41
Judy 9,884 42
Carolyn 9,726 43
Christine 9,470 44
Ann 8,919 45
Rhonda 8,862 46
Terri 8,783 47
Michelle 8,777 48
Connie 8,656 49
Diana 8,637 50
Joyce 8,520 51
Paula 8,059 52
Sheila 7,985 53
Tina 7,919 54
Dawn 7,899 55
Beverly 7,795 56
Laurie 7,534 57
Peggy 7,416 58
Sherry 7,341 59
Betty 7,313 60
Valerie 7,304 61
Shirley 7,284 62
Maria 7,247 63
Lynn 7,058 64
Annette 6,919 65
Wanda 6,907 66
Darlene 6,875 67
Jane 6,863 68
Angela 6,773 69
Kathryn 6,745 70
Judith 6,566 71
Bonnie 6,458 72
Martha 6,439 73
Vicki 6,430 74
Kelly 6,379 75
Gail 6,345 76
Joan 6,337 77
Jean 6,234 78
Jennifer 6,232 79
Katherine 6,138 80
Beth 6,068 81
Gloria 5,921 82
Anne 5,745 83
Wendy 5,713 84
Leslie 5,651 85
Amy 5,580 86
Jill 5,554 87
Anita 5,475 88
Rose 5,446 89
Michele 5,445 90
Vickie 5,420 91
Ellen 5,397 92
Joanne 5,347 93
Virginia 5,256 94
Dorothy 5,231 95
Terry 5,214 96
Suzanne 5,162 97
Ruth 5,056 98
Rita 4,951 99
Anna 4,878 100
Renee 4,845 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1959
1
Michael 85,291 2
David 83,967 3
James 78,644 4
John 76,445 5
Robert 74,542 6
Mark 56,946 7
William 51,385 8
Richard 47,204 9
Thomas 40,291 10
Steven 33,595 11
Charles 30,796 12
Timothy 30,784 13
Joseph 29,537 14
Kevin 26,794 15
Kenneth 26,641 16
Jeffrey 26,280 17
Paul 25,709 18
Daniel 25,156 19
Donald 23,877 20
Gary 23,301 21
Ronald 23,122 22
Brian 20,735 23
Gregory 19,885 24
Scott 19,765 25
Larry 18,432 26
Anthony 17,975 27
Edward 16,916 28
Stephen 16,505 29
Dennis 16,042 30
Douglas 15,287 31
Randy 15,041 32
George 15,010 33
Terry 14,546 34
Ricky 13,227 35
Christopher 12,916 36
Jerry 12,326 37
Mike 11,997 38
Bruce 11,912 39
Keith 11,759 40
Peter 11,290 41
Steve 11,067 42
Frank 10,941 43
Patrick 10,557 44
Craig 9,932 45
Raymond 9,798 46
Eric 9,729 47
Roger 8,794 48
Danny 8,728 49
Dale 8,343 50
Alan 8,152 51
Wayne 7,878 52
Jeff 7,730 53
Tony 7,565 54
Carl 7,504 55
Jeffery 7,489 56
Russell 7,480 57
Joe 7,388 58
Andrew 7,089 59
Randall 7,060 60
Tim 6,828 61
Gerald 6,635 62
Lawrence 6,600 63
Matthew 6,544 64
Johnny 6,308 65
Billy 6,307 66
Walter 6,129 67
Rodney 5,915 68
Philip 5,862 69
Jimmy 5,829 70
Jim 5,687 71
Chris 5,678 72
Bobby 5,676 73
Barry 5,602 74
Phillip 5,597 75
Curtis 5,534 76
Arthur 5,474 76
Ronnie 5,474 78
Willie 5,375 79
Martin 5,351 79
Glenn 5,351 81
Roy 5,183 82
Tom 5,068 83
Henry 5,063 84
Ralph 5,051 85
Jack 5,016 86
Samuel 4,953 87
Harold 4,944 88
Jay 4,940 89
Rick 4,936 90
Darrell 4,647 91
Greg 4,637 92
Albert 4,607 93
Bill 4,597 94
Bryan 4,489 95
Dean 4,426 96
Micheal 4,371 97
Allen 4,367 98
Stanley 4,343 99
Todd 4,332 100
Louis 4,313 About 1959 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1959, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.