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Top Baby Names 1959

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 2,023,472 · Total Boys: 2,134,520

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	54,504	2.694%
2	Susan	41,616	2.057%
3	Linda	40,412	1.997%
4	Karen	36,783	1.818%
5	Donna	36,469	1.802%
6	Patricia	35,224	1.741%
7	Debra	31,387	1.551%
8	Cynthia	30,185	1.492%
9	Deborah	29,549	1.460%
10	Lisa	25,702	1.270%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Barbara	25,357	1.253%
12	Pamela	24,712	1.221%
13	Sandra	23,361	1.155%
14	Nancy	23,078	1.141%
15	Kathy	21,814	1.078%
16	Brenda	21,423	1.059%
17	Sharon	21,291	1.052%
18	Cheryl	20,949	1.035%
19	Diane	19,972	0.987%
20	Debbie	19,542	0.966%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Elizabeth	18,422	0.910%
22	Carol	18,137	0.896%
23	Kathleen	17,629	0.871%
24	Teresa	17,401	0.860%
25	Cindy	16,972	0.839%
26	Julie	16,211	0.801%
27	Lori	15,031	0.743%
28	Janet	14,962	0.739%
29	Denise	14,663	0.725%
30	Laura	14,529	0.718%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Tammy	13,707	0.677%
32	Robin	12,854	0.635%
33	Kimberly	12,791	0.632%
34	Theresa	11,655	0.576%
35	Kim	11,596	0.573%
36	Margaret	11,577	0.572%
37	Janice	10,489	0.518%
38	Rebecca	10,474	0.518%
39	Cathy	10,408	0.514%
40	Catherine	10,022	0.495%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Judy	9,884	0.488%
42	Carolyn	9,726	0.481%
43	Christine	9,470	0.468%
44	Ann	8,919	0.441%
45	Rhonda	8,862	0.438%
46	Terri	8,783	0.434%
47	Michelle	8,777	0.434%
48	Connie	8,656	0.428%
49	Diana	8,637	0.427%
50	Joyce	8,520	0.421%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Paula	8,059	0.398%
52	Sheila	7,985	0.395%
53	Tina	7,919	0.391%
54	Dawn	7,899	0.390%
55	Beverly	7,795	0.385%
56	Laurie	7,534	0.372%
57	Peggy	7,416	0.367%
58	Sherry	7,341	0.363%
59	Betty	7,313	0.361%
60	Valerie	7,304	0.361%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Shirley	7,284	0.360%
62	Maria	7,247	0.358%
63	Lynn	7,058	0.349%
64	Annette	6,919	0.342%
65	Wanda	6,907	0.341%
66	Darlene	6,875	0.340%
67	Jane	6,863	0.339%
68	Angela	6,773	0.335%
69	Kathryn	6,745	0.333%
70	Judith	6,566	0.324%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Bonnie	6,458	0.319%
72	Martha	6,439	0.318%
73	Vicki	6,430	0.318%
74	Kelly	6,379	0.315%
75	Gail	6,345	0.314%
76	Joan	6,337	0.313%
77	Jean	6,234	0.308%
78	Jennifer	6,232	0.308%
79	Katherine	6,138	0.303%
80	Beth	6,068	0.300%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Gloria	5,921	0.293%
82	Anne	5,745	0.284%
83	Wendy	5,713	0.282%
84	Leslie	5,651	0.279%
85	Amy	5,580	0.276%
86	Jill	5,554	0.274%
87	Anita	5,475	0.271%
88	Rose	5,446	0.269%
89	Michele	5,445	0.269%
90	Vickie	5,420	0.268%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Ellen	5,397	0.267%
92	Joanne	5,347	0.264%
93	Virginia	5,256	0.260%
94	Dorothy	5,231	0.259%
95	Terry	5,214	0.258%
96	Suzanne	5,162	0.255%
97	Ruth	5,056	0.250%
98	Rita	4,951	0.245%
99	Anna	4,878	0.241%
100	Renee	4,845	0.239%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	85,291	3.996%
2	David	83,967	3.934%
3	James	78,644	3.684%
4	John	76,445	3.581%
5	Robert	74,542	3.492%
6	Mark	56,946	2.668%
7	William	51,385	2.407%
8	Richard	47,204	2.211%
9	Thomas	40,291	1.888%
10	Steven	33,595	1.574%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Charles	30,796	1.443%
12	Timothy	30,784	1.442%
13	Joseph	29,537	1.384%
14	Kevin	26,794	1.255%
15	Kenneth	26,641	1.248%
16	Jeffrey	26,280	1.231%
17	Paul	25,709	1.204%
18	Daniel	25,156	1.179%
19	Donald	23,877	1.119%
20	Gary	23,301	1.092%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Ronald	23,122	1.083%
22	Brian	20,735	0.971%
23	Gregory	19,885	0.932%
24	Scott	19,765	0.926%
25	Larry	18,432	0.864%
26	Anthony	17,975	0.842%
27	Edward	16,916	0.793%
28	Stephen	16,505	0.773%
29	Dennis	16,042	0.752%
30	Douglas	15,287	0.716%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Randy	15,041	0.705%
32	George	15,010	0.703%
33	Terry	14,546	0.681%
34	Ricky	13,227	0.620%
35	Christopher	12,916	0.605%
36	Jerry	12,326	0.577%
37	Mike	11,997	0.562%
38	Bruce	11,912	0.558%
39	Keith	11,759	0.551%
40	Peter	11,290	0.529%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Steve	11,067	0.518%
42	Frank	10,941	0.513%
43	Patrick	10,557	0.495%
44	Craig	9,932	0.465%
45	Raymond	9,798	0.459%
46	Eric	9,729	0.456%
47	Roger	8,794	0.412%
48	Danny	8,728	0.409%
49	Dale	8,343	0.391%
50	Alan	8,152	0.382%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Wayne	7,878	0.369%
52	Jeff	7,730	0.362%
53	Tony	7,565	0.354%
54	Carl	7,504	0.352%
55	Jeffery	7,489	0.351%
56	Russell	7,480	0.350%
57	Joe	7,388	0.346%
58	Andrew	7,089	0.332%
59	Randall	7,060	0.331%
60	Tim	6,828	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Gerald	6,635	0.311%
62	Lawrence	6,600	0.309%
63	Matthew	6,544	0.307%
64	Johnny	6,308	0.296%
65	Billy	6,307	0.295%
66	Walter	6,129	0.287%
67	Rodney	5,915	0.277%
68	Philip	5,862	0.275%
69	Jimmy	5,829	0.273%
70	Jim	5,687	0.266%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Chris	5,678	0.266%
72	Bobby	5,676	0.266%
73	Barry	5,602	0.262%
74	Phillip	5,597	0.262%
75	Curtis	5,534	0.259%
76	Arthur	5,474	0.256%
77	Ronnie	5,474	0.256%
78	Willie	5,375	0.252%
79	Glenn	5,351	0.251%
80	Martin	5,351	0.251%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Roy	5,183	0.243%
82	Tom	5,068	0.237%
83	Henry	5,063	0.237%
84	Ralph	5,051	0.237%
85	Jack	5,016	0.235%
86	Samuel	4,953	0.232%
87	Harold	4,944	0.232%
88	Jay	4,940	0.231%
89	Rick	4,936	0.231%
90	Darrell	4,647	0.218%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Greg	4,637	0.217%
92	Albert	4,607	0.216%
93	Bill	4,597	0.215%
94	Bryan	4,489	0.210%
95	Dean	4,426	0.207%
96	Micheal	4,371	0.205%
97	Allen	4,367	0.205%
98	Stanley	4,343	0.203%
99	Todd	4,332	0.203%
100	Louis	4,313	0.202%

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