Popular Names of 1957

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1957, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1957
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	61,102	125
2	Susan	45,954	1,091
3	Linda	44,517	902
4	Debra	42,728	4,478
5	Karen	40,591	1,281
6	Deborah	40,096	864
7	Cynthia	39,340	1,014
8	Patricia	39,283	1,336
9	Barbara	29,692	968
10	Donna	28,042	1,965
11	Nancy	27,515	967
12	Pamela	25,015	2,251
13	Brenda	24,339	1,527
14	Sharon	24,298	1,256
15	Sandra	22,765	1,210
16	Cheryl	22,643	4,376
17	Diane	22,090	2,620
18	Carol	21,898	2,242
19	Cindy	20,272	1,929
20	Kathy	20,237	3,274

Table 2. Male names, 1957
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Michael	92,781	21
2	James	84,337	6
3	David	82,403	35
4	Robert	81,765	92
5	John	79,033	23
6	William	56,852	9
7	Mark	52,841	245
8	Richard	52,446	234
9	Thomas	44,625	34
10	Steven	36,842	271
11	Charles	34,283	48
12	Joseph	31,851	29
13	Gary	29,530	1,073
14	Kenneth	28,064	294
15	Donald	27,910	690
16	Daniel	27,337	22
17	Ronald	27,209	638
18	Paul	27,012	262
19	Timothy	24,733	203
20	Kevin	24,285	221

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.