The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1957
4,552 different boys’ names were recorded in 1957, covering 2,157,236 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 92,781 |
| 2 | James | 84,337 |
| 3 | David | 82,403 |
| 4 | Robert | 81,765 |
| 5 | John | 79,033 |
| 6 | William | 56,852 |
| 7 | Mark | 52,841 |
| 8 | Richard | 52,446 |
| 9 | Thomas | 44,625 |
| 10 | Steven | 36,842 |
| 11 | Charles | 34,283 |
| 12 | Joseph | 31,851 |
| 13 | Gary | 29,530 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 28,064 |
| 15 | Donald | 27,910 |
| 16 | Daniel | 27,337 |
| 17 | Ronald | 27,209 |
| 18 | Paul | 27,012 |
| 19 | Timothy | 24,733 |
| 20 | Kevin | 24,285 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 23,982 |
| 22 | Larry | 21,941 |
| 23 | Gregory | 21,472 |
| 24 | Stephen | 19,726 |
| 25 | Edward | 18,711 |
| 26 | Brian | 17,519 |
| 27 | Anthony | 17,057 |
| 28 | Dennis | 16,917 |
| 29 | George | 16,887 |
| 30 | Douglas | 16,730 |
| 31 | Randy | 16,464 |
| 32 | Scott | 15,750 |
| 33 | Terry | 15,624 |
| 34 | Bruce | 13,882 |
| 35 | Jerry | 13,283 |
| 36 | Keith | 12,437 |
| 37 | Peter | 11,603 |
| 38 | Frank | 11,268 |
| 39 | Raymond | 10,810 |
| 40 | Ricky | 10,574 |
| 41 | Patrick | 10,353 |
| 42 | Roger | 9,866 |
| 43 | Christopher | 8,997 |
| 44 | Steve | 8,910 |
| 45 | Danny | 8,820 |
| 46 | Lawrence | 8,741 |
| 47 | Wayne | 8,687 |
| 48 | Alan | 8,208 |
| 49 | Carl | 8,192 |
| 50 | Dale | 7,866 |
| 51 | Gerald | 7,595 |
| 52 | Jeffery | 7,508 |
| 53 | Mike | 7,247 |
| 54 | Russell | 7,223 |
| 55 | Craig | 7,069 |
| 56 | Andrew | 6,997 |
| 57 | Joe | 6,767 |
| 58 | Walter | 6,707 |
| 59 | Randall | 6,675 |
| 60 | Eric | 6,621 |
| 61 | Johnny | 6,507 |
| 62 | Glenn | 6,267 |
| 63 | Willie | 6,211 |
| 64 | Billy | 6,146 |
| 65 | Roy | 6,063 |
| 66 | Arthur | 6,052 |
| 67 | Jack | 6,024 |
| 68 | Philip | 6,012 |
| 69 | Martin | 5,965 |
| 70 | Rodney | 5,862 |
| 71 | Tony | 5,857 |
| 72 | Barry | 5,790 |
| 73 | Ronnie | 5,778 |
| 74 | Harold | 5,752 |
| 75 | Henry | 5,733 |
| 76 | Ralph | 5,709 |
| 77 | Jimmy | 5,667 |
| 78 | Bobby | 5,617 |
| 79 | Phillip | 5,544 |
| 80 | Curtis | 5,342 |
| 81 | Stanley | 5,268 |
| 82 | Samuel | 5,236 |
| 83 | Matthew | 5,234 |
| 84 | Albert | 5,049 |
| 85 | Micheal | 4,831 |
| 86 | Louis | 4,695 |
| 87 | Rick | 4,663 |
| 88 | Jay | 4,630 |
| 89 | Howard | 4,614 |
| 90 | Darrell | 4,570 |
| 91 | Allen | 4,412 |
| 92 | Eugene | 4,410 |
| 93 | Dean | 4,387 |
| 94 | Leonard | 4,340 |
| 95 | Eddie | 4,112 |
| 96 | Jeff | 4,092 |
| 97 | Vincent | 4,083 |
| 98 | Victor | 4,080 |
| 99 | Frederick | 4,010 |
| 100 | Harry | 3,806 |
| 101 | Ernest | 3,786 |
| 102 | Tommy | 3,679 |
| 103 | Fred | 3,637 |
| 104 | Joel | 3,604 |
| 105 | Lee | 3,588 |
| 106 | Jim | 3,543 |
| 107 | Bradley | 3,528 |
| 108 | Rickey | 3,522 |
| 109 | Jose | 3,472 |
| 110 | Jon | 3,467 |
| 111 | Ray | 3,410 |
| 112 | Marvin | 3,408 |
| 113 | Melvin | 3,397 |
| 114 | Calvin | 3,395 |
| 115 | Bryan | 3,374 |
| 116 | Tom | 3,354 |
| 117 | Don | 3,347 |
| 118 | Norman | 3,340 |
| 119 | Tim | 3,251 |
| 120 | Chris | 3,249 |
| 121 | Dan | 3,194 |
| 122 | Earl | 3,139 |
| 123 | Bill | 3,118 |
| 124 | Jonathan | 3,048 |
| 125 | Mitchell | 3,025 |
| 126 | Jerome | 3,002 |
| 127 | Greg | 2,972 |
| 128 | Francis | 2,936 |
| 129 | Glen | 2,924 |
| 130 | Clifford | 2,893 |
| 131 | Alfred | 2,823 |
| 132 | Theodore | 2,760 |
| 133 | Jesse | 2,737 |
| 134 | Edwin | 2,714 |
| 135 | Clarence | 2,627 |
| 136 | Duane | 2,621 |
| 137 | Bernard | 2,532 |
| 138 | Benjamin | 2,489 |
| 139 | Marc | 2,481 |
| 140 | Gordon | 2,464 |
| 141 | Kurt | 2,428 |
| 142 | Reginald | 2,418 |
| 143 | Todd | 2,405 |
| 144 | Alvin | 2,388 |
| 145 | Perry | 2,369 |
| 146 | Karl | 2,338 |
| 147 | Warren | 2,333 |
| 148 | Leroy | 2,316 |
| 149 | Guy | 2,302 |
| 150 | Kent | 2,296 |
| 151 | Herbert | 2,278 |
| 152 | Nicholas | 2,197 |
| 153 | Brad | 2,191 |
| 154 | Kirk | 2,182 |
| 155 | Dave | 2,179 |
| 156 | Leslie | 2,096 |
| 157 | Lonnie | 2,048 |
| 158 | Garry | 2,042 |
| 159 | Dwight | 2,029 |
| 160 | Wesley | 1,993 |
| 161 | Vernon | 1,976 |
| 162 | Kim | 1,974 |
| 163 | Gilbert | 1,959 |
| 164 | Lloyd | 1,921 |
| 165 | Juan | 1,902 |
| 166 | Leon | 1,888 |
| 167 | Kelly | 1,875 |
| 168 | Robin | 1,867 |
| 169 | Gene | 1,839 |
| 170 | Floyd | 1,825 |
| 171 | Bob | 1,814 |
| 172 | Darryl | 1,798 |
| 173 | Carlos | 1,787 |
| 174 | Brent | 1,779 |
| 175 | Kerry | 1,747 |
| 176 | Clyde | 1,744 |
| 177 | Donnie | 1,717 |
| 178 | Jackie | 1,707 |
| 179 | Daryl | 1,693 |
| 180 | Franklin | 1,688 |
| 181 | Neil | 1,676 |
| 182 | Lewis | 1,672 |
| 183 | Lester | 1,636 |
| 183 | Ted | 1,636 |
| 185 | Manuel | 1,633 |
| 186 | Dana | 1,619 |
| 187 | Allan | 1,571 |
| 188 | Gregg | 1,545 |
| 189 | Gerard | 1,517 |
| 190 | Leo | 1,511 |
| 191 | Jimmie | 1,469 |
| 192 | Randal | 1,458 |
| 193 | Charlie | 1,453 |
| 194 | Stuart | 1,427 |
| 195 | Tyrone | 1,408 |
| 196 | Maurice | 1,392 |
| 197 | Ruben | 1,380 |
| 198 | Milton | 1,362 |
| 199 | Randolph | 1,357 |
| 200 | Aaron | 1,349 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1957 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.