United States · 4,202,087 recorded births
Top baby names of 1957
Mary and Michael led the year. Climbing fast: Kimberly (up 32), Leslie (up 27), Tim (up 55), Greg (up 55).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 61,102 | · |
| 2 | Susan | 45,954 | ▲ 3 |
| 3 | Linda | 44,517 | · |
| 4 | Debra | 42,728 | ▼ 2 |
| 5 | Karen | 40,591 | ▲ 2 |
| 6 | Deborah | 40,096 | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Cynthia | 39,340 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Patricia | 39,283 | ▼ 2 |
| 9 | Barbara | 29,692 | · |
| 10 | Donna | 28,042 | · |
| 11 | Nancy | 27,515 | · |
| 12 | Pamela | 25,015 | · |
| 13 | Brenda | 24,339 | ▲ 6 |
| 14 | Sharon | 24,298 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Sandra | 22,765 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Cheryl | 22,643 | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | Diane | 22,090 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Carol | 21,898 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Cindy | 20,272 | ▲ 18 |
| 20 | Kathy | 20,237 | · |
| 21 | Kathleen | 19,742 | ▼ 4 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 17,492 | · |
| 23 | Janet | 15,753 | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | Teresa | 15,687 | · |
| 25 | Denise | 15,145 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Lisa | 15,142 | ▲ 5 |
| 27 | Debbie | 14,382 | ▲ 12 |
| 28 | Julie | 13,631 | ▲ 20 |
| 29 | Margaret | 13,013 | ▼ 4 |
| 30 | Robin | 12,579 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Laura | 12,181 | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Janice | 11,968 | ▼ 6 |
| 33 | Carolyn | 11,575 | · |
| 34 | Rebecca | 11,482 | ▼ 7 |
| 35 | Kim | 11,426 | ▲ 3 |
| 36 | Theresa | 11,188 | ▼ 4 |
| 37 | Catherine | 11,151 | ▼ 9 |
| 38 | Judy | 10,542 | ▼ 3 |
| 39 | Cathy | 10,325 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Joyce | 10,155 | ▼ 10 |
| 41 | Christine | 9,575 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Kimberly | 9,454 | ▲ 32 |
| 43 | Diana | 9,433 | ▲ 13 |
| 44 | Ann | 9,040 | ▲ 2 |
| 45 | Lori | 8,964 | ▲ 21 |
| 46 | Shirley | 8,855 | ▼ 5 |
| 47 | Connie | 8,765 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Beverly | 8,560 | ▼ 8 |
| 49 | Paula | 8,544 | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Betty | 8,479 | ▼ 6 |
| 51 | Vicki | 8,105 | ▲ 6 |
| 52 | Rhonda | 8,051 | ▲ 10 |
| 53 | Judith | 8,024 | ▼ 8 |
| 54 | Gail | 7,952 | ▼ 5 |
| 55 | Sherry | 7,804 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Jane | 7,788 | ▼ 6 |
| 57 | Darlene | 7,784 | ▲ 14 |
| 58 | Sheila | 7,763 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Wanda | 7,713 | ▲ 2 |
| 60 | Joan | 7,584 | ▼ 8 |
| 61 | Lynn | 7,442 | ▼ 3 |
| 62 | Peggy | 7,383 | ▲ 1 |
| 63 | Martha | 7,361 | ▼ 4 |
| 64 | Bonnie | 7,242 | ▼ 13 |
| 65 | Kathryn | 7,211 | ▼ 5 |
| 66 | Gloria | 7,123 | ▼ 13 |
| 67 | Jean | 7,048 | ▼ 2 |
| 68 | Terri | 6,972 | ▲ 13 |
| 69 | Rose | 6,896 | ▼ 5 |
| 70 | Vickie | 6,845 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Maria | 6,778 | ▲ 2 |
| 72 | Katherine | 6,637 | ▼ 5 |
| 73 | Laurie | 6,543 | ▲ 3 |
| 74 | Dorothy | 6,405 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Virginia | 6,238 | · |
| 76 | Valerie | 6,231 | ▲ 4 |
| 77 | Leslie | 6,103 | ▲ 27 |
| 78 | Rita | 6,018 | ▲ 1 |
| 79 | Michelle | 5,982 | ▲ 9 |
| 80 | Tina | 5,857 | ▲ 7 |
| 81 | Anita | 5,811 | ▲ 2 |
| 82 | Marilyn | 5,743 | ▼ 12 |
| 83 | Jo | 5,718 | ▼ 14 |
| 84 | Ruth | 5,667 | ▼ 7 |
| 85 | Ellen | 5,589 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Anne | 5,486 | · |
| 87 | Jennifer | 5,483 | ▲ 10 |
| 88 | Victoria | 5,328 | ▼ 3 |
| 89 | Angela | 5,326 | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | Phyllis | 5,306 | ▼ 8 |
| 91 | Jacqueline | 5,288 | ▼ 13 |
| 92 | Terry | 5,266 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Dawn | 5,159 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Joanne | 5,110 | ▲ 5 |
| 95 | Helen | 5,019 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Elaine | 5,013 | ▼ 7 |
| 97 | Annette | 4,888 | ▲ 22 |
| 98 | Marie | 4,862 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Michele | 4,746 | ▲ 1 |
| 100 | Jill | 4,729 | ▲ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 92,781 | · |
| 2 | James | 84,337 | · |
| 3 | David | 82,403 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Robert | 81,765 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | John | 79,033 | · |
| 6 | William | 56,852 | · |
| 7 | Mark | 52,841 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Richard | 52,446 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Thomas | 44,625 | · |
| 10 | Steven | 36,842 | · |
| 11 | Charles | 34,283 | · |
| 12 | Joseph | 31,851 | · |
| 13 | Gary | 29,530 | · |
| 14 | Kenneth | 28,064 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Donald | 27,910 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Daniel | 27,337 | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | Ronald | 27,209 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Paul | 27,012 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Timothy | 24,733 | · |
| 20 | Kevin | 24,285 | ▲ 2 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 23,982 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Larry | 21,941 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Gregory | 21,472 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Stephen | 19,726 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Edward | 18,711 | · |
| 26 | Brian | 17,519 | ▲ 6 |
| 27 | Anthony | 17,057 | ▲ 3 |
| 28 | Dennis | 16,917 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | George | 16,887 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Douglas | 16,730 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Randy | 16,464 | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | Scott | 15,750 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Terry | 15,624 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Bruce | 13,882 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Jerry | 13,283 | · |
| 36 | Keith | 12,437 | · |
| 37 | Peter | 11,603 | · |
| 38 | Frank | 11,268 | · |
| 39 | Raymond | 10,810 | · |
| 40 | Ricky | 10,574 | ▲ 3 |
| 41 | Patrick | 10,353 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Roger | 9,866 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Christopher | 8,997 | ▲ 4 |
| 44 | Steve | 8,910 | ▲ 15 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,820 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Lawrence | 8,741 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | Wayne | 8,687 | ▼ 2 |
| 48 | Alan | 8,208 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Carl | 8,192 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Dale | 7,866 | · |
| 51 | Gerald | 7,595 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Jeffery | 7,508 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Mike | 7,247 | ▲ 44 |
| 54 | Russell | 7,223 | ▼ 2 |
| 55 | Craig | 7,069 | ▼ 4 |
| 56 | Andrew | 6,997 | · |
| 57 | Joe | 6,767 | ▲ 6 |
| 58 | Walter | 6,707 | ▼ 5 |
| 59 | Randall | 6,675 | ▼ 5 |
| 60 | Eric | 6,621 | ▲ 19 |
| 61 | Johnny | 6,507 | ▼ 6 |
| 62 | Glenn | 6,267 | ▼ 1 |
| 63 | Willie | 6,211 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Billy | 6,146 | ▲ 4 |
| 65 | Roy | 6,063 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Arthur | 6,052 | ▼ 6 |
| 67 | Jack | 6,024 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Philip | 6,012 | ▼ 4 |
| 69 | Martin | 5,965 | ▲ 4 |
| 70 | Rodney | 5,862 | ▼ 5 |
| 71 | Tony | 5,857 | ▲ 14 |
| 72 | Barry | 5,790 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Ronnie | 5,778 | ▲ 2 |
| 74 | Harold | 5,752 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Henry | 5,733 | ▼ 4 |
| 76 | Ralph | 5,709 | ▼ 9 |
| 77 | Jimmy | 5,667 | ▲ 1 |
| 78 | Bobby | 5,617 | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Phillip | 5,544 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Curtis | 5,342 | · |
| 81 | Stanley | 5,268 | ▼ 11 |
| 82 | Samuel | 5,236 | ▼ 8 |
| 83 | Matthew | 5,234 | ▲ 7 |
| 84 | Albert | 5,049 | ▼ 3 |
| 85 | Micheal | 4,831 | ▼ 2 |
| 86 | Louis | 4,695 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Rick | 4,663 | ▲ 13 |
| 88 | Jay | 4,630 | ▲ 4 |
| 89 | Howard | 4,614 | ▼ 5 |
| 90 | Darrell | 4,570 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Allen | 4,412 | ▼ 4 |
| 92 | Eugene | 4,410 | ▼ 6 |
| 93 | Dean | 4,387 | ▲ 6 |
| 94 | Leonard | 4,340 | ▼ 5 |
| 95 | Eddie | 4,112 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Jeff | 4,092 | ▲ 49 |
| 97 | Vincent | 4,083 | ▲ 1 |
| 98 | Victor | 4,080 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Frederick | 4,010 | ▼ 8 |
| 100 | Harry | 3,806 | ▼ 5 |