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Top baby names of 1959

In 1959, Mary and Michael were the most popular names in the United States. 4,157,642 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1959
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Mary	54,502	1 in 80	= same rank
2	Susan	41,617	1 in 100	= same rank
3	Linda	40,410	1 in 103	= same rank
4	Karen	36,784	1 in 113	= same rank
5	Donna	36,468	1 in 114	5 places up
6	Patricia	35,223	1 in 118	1 places down
7	Debra	31,388	1 in 132	1 places down
8	Cynthia	30,186	1 in 138	= same rank
9	Deborah	29,546	1 in 141	2 places down
10	Lisa	25,699	1 in 162	9 places up
11	Barbara	25,359	1 in 164	2 places down
12	Pamela	24,714	1 in 168	1 places down
13	Sandra	23,359	1 in 178	2 places up
14	Nancy	23,079	1 in 180	2 places down
15	Kathy	21,814	1 in 191	1 places down
16	Brenda	21,424	1 in 194	= same rank
17	Sharon	21,292	1 in 195	= same rank
18	Cheryl	20,947	1 in 198	5 places down
19	Diane	19,972	1 in 208	1 places down
20	Debbie	19,540	1 in 213	4 places up
21	Elizabeth	18,421	1 in 226	1 places up
22	Carol	18,140	1 in 229	2 places down
23	Kathleen	17,629	1 in 236	2 places down
24	Teresa	17,400	1 in 239	2 places up
25	Cindy	16,973	1 in 245	= same rank
26	Julie	16,211	1 in 256	3 places down
27	Lori	15,032	1 in 277	3 places up
28	Janet	14,964	1 in 278	= same rank
29	Denise	14,662	1 in 284	2 places down
30	Laura	14,528	1 in 286	1 places down
31	Tammy	13,707	1 in 303	13 places up
32	Robin	12,854	1 in 323	= same rank
33	Kimberly	12,790	1 in 325	6 places up
34	Theresa	11,656	1 in 357	1 places down
35	Kim	11,594	1 in 359	5 places up
36	Margaret	11,577	1 in 359	5 places down
37	Janice	10,489	1 in 396	2 places down
38	Rebecca	10,475	1 in 397	3 places up
39	Cathy	10,408	1 in 399	5 places down
40	Catherine	10,025	1 in 415	2 places down
41	Judy	9,884	1 in 421	5 places down
42	Carolyn	9,727	1 in 427	5 places down
43	Christine	9,471	1 in 439	= same rank
44	Ann	8,918	1 in 466	3 places up
45	Rhonda	8,861	1 in 469	3 places up
46	Terri	8,783	1 in 473	5 places up
47	Michelle	8,776	1 in 474	9 places up
48	Connie	8,655	1 in 480	2 places up
49	Diana	8,637	1 in 481	4 places down
50	Joyce	8,520	1 in 488	4 places down

Most popular boy names in 1959
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Michael	85,294	1 in 50	= same rank
2	David	83,977	1 in 50	= same rank
3	James	78,648	1 in 50	= same rank
4	John	76,446	1 in 50	1 places up
5	Robert	74,542	1 in 60	1 places down
6	Mark	56,945	1 in 70	1 places up
7	William	51,386	1 in 80	1 places down
8	Richard	47,202	1 in 90	= same rank
9	Thomas	40,296	1 in 103	= same rank
10	Steven	33,597	1 in 124	= same rank
11	Charles	30,797	1 in 135	= same rank
12	Timothy	30,783	1 in 135	1 places up
13	Joseph	29,539	1 in 141	1 places down
14	Kevin	26,790	1 in 155	6 places up
15	Kenneth	26,640	1 in 156	1 places down
16	Jeffrey	26,281	1 in 158	5 places up
17	Paul	25,712	1 in 162	2 places down
18	Daniel	25,155	1 in 165	2 places down
19	Donald	23,876	1 in 174	1 places down
20	Gary	23,303	1 in 178	3 places down
21	Ronald	23,114	1 in 180	2 places down
22	Brian	20,737	1 in 200	2 places up
23	Gregory	19,889	1 in 209	= same rank
24	Scott	19,765	1 in 210	1 places up
25	Larry	18,434	1 in 226	3 places down
26	Anthony	17,972	1 in 231	1 places up
27	Edward	16,914	1 in 246	1 places up
28	Stephen	16,504	1 in 252	2 places down
29	Dennis	16,043	1 in 259	= same rank
30	Douglas	15,290	1 in 272	= same rank
31	Randy	15,042	1 in 276	1 places up
32	George	15,012	1 in 277	1 places down
33	Terry	14,545	1 in 286	= same rank
34	Ricky	13,226	1 in 314	= same rank
35	Christopher	12,915	1 in 322	4 places up
36	Jerry	12,324	1 in 337	1 places down
37	Mike	11,995	1 in 347	3 places up
38	Bruce	11,914	1 in 349	2 places down
39	Keith	11,758	1 in 354	2 places down
40	Peter	11,289	1 in 368	1 places up
41	Steve	11,068	1 in 376	3 places up
42	Frank	10,942	1 in 380	4 places down
43	Patrick	10,556	1 in 394	1 places down
44	Craig	9,933	1 in 419	9 places up
45	Raymond	9,796	1 in 424	2 places down
46	Eric	9,726	1 in 427	4 places up
47	Roger	8,794	1 in 473	= same rank
48	Danny	8,727	1 in 476	3 places down
49	Dale	8,343	1 in 498	3 places down
50	Alan	8,151	1 in 510	1 places down

Share: number of babies born in 1959, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1958. Tied names share the same rank.