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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1958

4,502 different boys’ names were recorded in 1958, covering 2,122,409 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Michael90,604
2David82,681
3James78,774
4Robert77,338
5John76,057
6William54,254
7Mark52,698
8Richard50,007
9Thomas42,088
10Steven32,968
11Charles32,242
12Joseph30,115
13Timothy28,797
14Kenneth26,684
15Paul26,264
16Daniel25,619
17Gary25,287
18Donald25,015
19Ronald24,824
20Kevin24,666
21Jeffrey24,223
22Larry20,083
23Gregory19,810
24Brian19,279
25Scott19,175
26Stephen17,962
27Anthony17,430
28Edward17,377
29Dennis16,418
30Douglas15,798
31George15,637
32Randy15,188
33Terry15,006
34Ricky13,375
35Jerry12,917
36Bruce12,472
37Keith11,905
38Frank11,325
39Christopher11,079
40Mike10,779
41Peter10,757
42Patrick10,247
43Raymond10,226
44Steve10,079
45Danny8,934
46Dale8,502
47Roger8,368
48Wayne8,329
49Alan8,226
50Eric8,190
51Carl7,734
52Lawrence7,539
53Craig7,272
54Russell7,158
55Andrew7,115
56Joe7,065
57Tony6,946
58Gerald6,865
59Jeffery6,842
60Matthew6,377
61Johnny6,330
62Randall6,326
63Walter6,316
64Billy6,160
65Rodney5,865
66Ronnie5,860
67Philip5,832
68Jeff5,808
69Bobby5,735
70Willie5,693
71Martin5,669
72Arthur5,663
73Jimmy5,618
74Tim5,540
75Roy5,525
76Glenn5,462
77Rick5,461
78Ralph5,453
79Barry5,326
80Jack5,301
81Phillip5,273
82Curtis5,261
83Henry5,157
84Harold5,149
85Samuel5,051
86Jay5,027
87Jim4,921
88Stanley4,911
89Albert4,807
90Darrell4,771
91Micheal4,569
92Allen4,527
93Chris4,457
94Louis4,445
95Howard4,364
96Tom4,356
97Dean4,302
98Vincent4,271
99Bill4,221
100Eddie4,129
101Bryan4,091
102Leonard4,021
103Eugene4,015
104Tommy3,833
105Greg3,790
106Rickey3,782
107Victor3,739
108Bradley3,734
109Dan3,692
110Frederick3,640
111Harry3,589
112Don3,580
113Ernest3,516
114Lee3,514
115Fred3,513
116Todd3,468
117Jon3,441
118Jose3,425
119Marvin3,302
120Joel3,224
121Ray3,188
122Melvin3,149
123Calvin3,119
124Jonathan3,084
125Norman3,074
126Dave2,957
127Mitchell2,846
128Clifford2,812
129Jerome2,804
130Earl2,800
131Glen2,798
132Perry2,734
133Alfred2,711
134Kurt2,672
135Francis2,620
136Duane2,614
137Edwin2,601
138Clarence2,525
139Bob2,518
140Theodore2,503
141Jesse2,490
141Reginald2,490
143Bernard2,407
144Kent2,405
145Marc2,404
146Karl2,348
147Kirk2,340
148Warren2,299
148Kelly2,299
150Benjamin2,257
151Brad2,255
152Gordon2,225
153Nicholas2,189
154Alvin2,180
155Brett2,135
156Guy2,104
157Herbert2,087
158Leroy2,074
159Brent2,072
160Wesley1,954
161Leslie1,943
162Juan1,939
163Leon1,932
164Vernon1,927
165Carlos1,904
166Lloyd1,838
167Darryl1,818
168Gene1,815
169Gilbert1,814
170Daryl1,787
171Lonnie1,775
172Garry1,762
173Ted1,743
174Neil1,711
175Dwight1,697
175Ron1,697
177Lewis1,669
178Manuel1,660
179Floyd1,627
180Allan1,604
181Donnie1,598
182Franklin1,587
183Clyde1,552
184Dana1,536
185Ken1,533
186Tyrone1,530
187Bret1,514
188Jackie1,505
189Gregg1,477
189Randal1,477
191Gerard1,475
192Lester1,466
193Robin1,446
194Kerry1,439
195Leo1,428
195Charlie1,428
197Kenny1,422
198Marty1,416
199Aaron1,402
200Dwayne1,399

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1958 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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