Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1957
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1956.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 92,781 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 84,337 | 0 |
| 3 | David | 82,403 | +1 |
| 4 | Robert | 81,765 | -1 |
| 5 | John | 79,033 | 0 |
| 6 | William | 56,852 | 0 |
| 7 | Mark | 52,841 | +1 |
| 8 | Richard | 52,446 | -1 |
| 9 | Thomas | 44,625 | 0 |
| 10 | Steven | 36,842 | 0 |
| 11 | Charles | 34,283 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 31,851 | 0 |
| 13 | Gary | 29,530 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 36 | Keith | 12,437 | 0 |
| 37 | Peter | 11,603 | 0 |
| 38 | Frank | 11,268 | 0 |
| 39 | Raymond | 10,810 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.