Most Popular Baby Names in 1959

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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