Popular Names of 1958

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1958, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1958
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	55,848	125
2	Susan	45,175	1,091
3	Linda	41,904	902
4	Karen	38,487	1,281
5	Patricia	37,961	1,336
6	Debra	35,521	4,478
7	Deborah	32,943	864
8	Cynthia	31,014	1,014
9	Barbara	27,874	968
10	Donna	26,959	1,965
11	Pamela	25,279	2,251
12	Nancy	24,819	967
13	Cheryl	24,119	4,376
14	Kathy	23,938	3,274
15	Sandra	21,834	1,210
16	Brenda	21,337	1,527
17	Sharon	21,114	1,256
18	Diane	20,811	2,620
19	Lisa	20,202	991
20	Carol	19,683	2,242

Table 2. Male names, 1958
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Michael	90,604	21
2	David	82,681	35
3	James	78,774	6
4	Robert	77,338	92
5	John	76,057	23
6	William	54,254	9
7	Mark	52,698	245
8	Richard	50,007	234
9	Thomas	42,088	34
10	Steven	32,968	271
11	Charles	32,242	48
12	Joseph	30,115	29
13	Timothy	28,797	203
14	Kenneth	26,684	294
15	Paul	26,264	262
16	Daniel	25,619	22
17	Gary	25,287	1,073
18	Donald	25,015	690
19	Ronald	24,824	638
20	Kevin	24,666	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.