The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1959
4,572 different boys’ names were recorded in 1959, covering 2,134,518 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 85,294 |
| 2 | David | 83,977 |
| 3 | James | 78,648 |
| 4 | John | 76,446 |
| 5 | Robert | 74,542 |
| 6 | Mark | 56,945 |
| 7 | William | 51,386 |
| 8 | Richard | 47,202 |
| 9 | Thomas | 40,296 |
| 10 | Steven | 33,597 |
| 11 | Charles | 30,797 |
| 12 | Timothy | 30,783 |
| 13 | Joseph | 29,539 |
| 14 | Kevin | 26,790 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 26,640 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 26,281 |
| 17 | Paul | 25,712 |
| 18 | Daniel | 25,155 |
| 19 | Donald | 23,876 |
| 20 | Gary | 23,303 |
| 21 | Ronald | 23,114 |
| 22 | Brian | 20,737 |
| 23 | Gregory | 19,889 |
| 24 | Scott | 19,765 |
| 25 | Larry | 18,434 |
| 26 | Anthony | 17,972 |
| 27 | Edward | 16,914 |
| 28 | Stephen | 16,504 |
| 29 | Dennis | 16,043 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,290 |
| 31 | Randy | 15,042 |
| 32 | George | 15,012 |
| 33 | Terry | 14,545 |
| 34 | Ricky | 13,226 |
| 35 | Christopher | 12,915 |
| 36 | Jerry | 12,324 |
| 37 | Mike | 11,995 |
| 38 | Bruce | 11,914 |
| 39 | Keith | 11,758 |
| 40 | Peter | 11,289 |
| 41 | Steve | 11,068 |
| 42 | Frank | 10,942 |
| 43 | Patrick | 10,556 |
| 44 | Craig | 9,933 |
| 45 | Raymond | 9,796 |
| 46 | Eric | 9,726 |
| 47 | Roger | 8,794 |
| 48 | Danny | 8,727 |
| 49 | Dale | 8,343 |
| 50 | Alan | 8,151 |
| 51 | Wayne | 7,878 |
| 52 | Jeff | 7,730 |
| 53 | Tony | 7,564 |
| 54 | Carl | 7,501 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 7,487 |
| 56 | Russell | 7,480 |
| 57 | Joe | 7,389 |
| 58 | Andrew | 7,089 |
| 59 | Randall | 7,059 |
| 60 | Tim | 6,826 |
| 61 | Gerald | 6,636 |
| 62 | Lawrence | 6,601 |
| 63 | Matthew | 6,542 |
| 64 | Johnny | 6,311 |
| 65 | Billy | 6,308 |
| 66 | Walter | 6,128 |
| 67 | Rodney | 5,917 |
| 68 | Philip | 5,862 |
| 69 | Jimmy | 5,830 |
| 70 | Jim | 5,688 |
| 71 | Bobby | 5,677 |
| 72 | Chris | 5,676 |
| 73 | Barry | 5,601 |
| 74 | Phillip | 5,597 |
| 75 | Curtis | 5,536 |
| 76 | Arthur | 5,474 |
| 76 | Ronnie | 5,474 |
| 78 | Willie | 5,374 |
| 79 | Martin | 5,353 |
| 80 | Glenn | 5,352 |
| 81 | Roy | 5,183 |
| 82 | Tom | 5,068 |
| 83 | Henry | 5,061 |
| 84 | Ralph | 5,048 |
| 85 | Jack | 5,015 |
| 86 | Samuel | 4,953 |
| 87 | Harold | 4,943 |
| 88 | Jay | 4,940 |
| 89 | Rick | 4,936 |
| 90 | Darrell | 4,647 |
| 91 | Greg | 4,635 |
| 92 | Albert | 4,605 |
| 93 | Bill | 4,596 |
| 94 | Bryan | 4,488 |
| 95 | Dean | 4,425 |
| 96 | Micheal | 4,369 |
| 97 | Allen | 4,366 |
| 98 | Stanley | 4,343 |
| 99 | Todd | 4,332 |
| 100 | Louis | 4,311 |
| 101 | Eddie | 4,248 |
| 102 | Vincent | 4,212 |
| 103 | Bradley | 4,052 |
| 104 | Howard | 3,987 |
| 105 | Jon | 3,976 |
| 106 | Eugene | 3,890 |
| 107 | Victor | 3,815 |
| 108 | Tommy | 3,772 |
| 109 | Leonard | 3,727 |
| 110 | Dan | 3,675 |
| 111 | Don | 3,617 |
| 112 | Fred | 3,582 |
| 113 | Jose | 3,579 |
| 114 | Frederick | 3,550 |
| 115 | Lee | 3,509 |
| 116 | Joel | 3,458 |
| 116 | Rickey | 3,458 |
| 118 | Ernest | 3,341 |
| 119 | Dave | 3,308 |
| 120 | Harry | 3,271 |
| 121 | Ray | 3,219 |
| 122 | Melvin | 3,170 |
| 123 | Marvin | 3,167 |
| 124 | Jonathan | 3,082 |
| 125 | Calvin | 3,033 |
| 126 | Duane | 2,965 |
| 127 | Mitchell | 2,964 |
| 128 | Bob | 2,826 |
| 129 | Kurt | 2,816 |
| 130 | Darryl | 2,777 |
| 131 | Norman | 2,776 |
| 132 | Perry | 2,751 |
| 133 | Jerome | 2,696 |
| 134 | Glen | 2,693 |
| 135 | Earl | 2,687 |
| 136 | Francis | 2,649 |
| 137 | Edwin | 2,580 |
| 138 | Alfred | 2,545 |
| 139 | Clifford | 2,536 |
| 140 | Marc | 2,506 |
| 141 | Kent | 2,466 |
| 142 | Jesse | 2,440 |
| 143 | Kelly | 2,438 |
| 144 | Reginald | 2,422 |
| 145 | Kirk | 2,407 |
| 146 | Theodore | 2,399 |
| 147 | Clarence | 2,380 |
| 148 | Karl | 2,354 |
| 149 | Brad | 2,347 |
| 150 | Benjamin | 2,331 |
| 151 | Brent | 2,280 |
| 152 | Bernard | 2,274 |
| 153 | Alvin | 2,261 |
| 154 | Brett | 2,226 |
| 155 | Gordon | 2,212 |
| 156 | Nicholas | 2,196 |
| 157 | Warren | 2,178 |
| 158 | Guy | 2,031 |
| 159 | Leroy | 2,017 |
| 160 | Wesley | 2,000 |
| 161 | Shawn | 1,976 |
| 162 | Carlos | 1,947 |
| 163 | Gene | 1,934 |
| 164 | Juan | 1,920 |
| 165 | Dwayne | 1,905 |
| 166 | Ron | 1,875 |
| 167 | Lloyd | 1,872 |
| 168 | Stuart | 1,848 |
| 169 | Herbert | 1,844 |
| 170 | Bret | 1,839 |
| 171 | Tyrone | 1,821 |
| 172 | Vernon | 1,790 |
| 173 | Lonnie | 1,776 |
| 174 | Kenny | 1,763 |
| 175 | Leslie | 1,757 |
| 176 | Leon | 1,748 |
| 177 | Gilbert | 1,747 |
| 178 | Kerry | 1,703 |
| 179 | Doug | 1,701 |
| 180 | Dana | 1,694 |
| 181 | Ted | 1,672 |
| 182 | Ken | 1,653 |
| 183 | Manuel | 1,648 |
| 184 | Donnie | 1,640 |
| 185 | Neil | 1,632 |
| 186 | Dwight | 1,593 |
| 187 | Gregg | 1,585 |
| 188 | Timmy | 1,570 |
| 189 | Daryl | 1,560 |
| 190 | Franklin | 1,553 |
| 191 | Aaron | 1,540 |
| 192 | Lewis | 1,534 |
| 193 | Floyd | 1,533 |
| 194 | Robin | 1,527 |
| 195 | Garry | 1,475 |
| 196 | Clyde | 1,468 |
| 197 | Jackie | 1,459 |
| 198 | Marty | 1,454 |
| 199 | Tracy | 1,451 |
| 200 | Allan | 1,443 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1959 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.