Popular names of 1957, and how old they are now

People born in 1957 turn 69 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4.2 million births in 1957 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 76% of them are still alive: about 3.2 million people.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Baby Boomers (see Boomer names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1957: Michael, Karen, Cynthia, Kenneth, Paul, Brenda, Cindy, Douglas, Keith, Peter, Diana and Ann.

Top girl names of 1957

Most popular girl names of 1957
#	Name	Born 1957	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	61,102	50,000	66
2	Susan	45,954	37,000	66
3	Linda	44,517	36,000	70
4	Debra	42,728	35,000	66
5	Karen	40,591	33,000	63
6	Deborah	40,096	33,000	66
7	Cynthia	39,340	32,000	60
8	Patricia	39,283	32,000	68
9	Barbara	29,692	24,000	72
10	Donna	28,042	23,000	68
11	Nancy	27,515	22,000	68
12	Pamela	25,015	20,000	64
13	Brenda	24,339	20,000	63
14	Sharon	24,298	20,000	68
15	Sandra	22,765	18,000	66
16	Cheryl	22,643	18,000	65
17	Diane	22,090	18,000	68
18	Carol	21,898	18,000	72
19	Cindy	20,272	16,000	57
20	Kathy	20,237	16,000	65
21	Kathleen	19,742	16,000	64
22	Elizabeth	17,492	14,000	44
23	Janet	15,753	13,000	68
24	Teresa	15,687	13,000	59
25	Denise	15,145	12,000	59
26	Lisa	15,142	12,000	56
27	Debbie	14,382	12,000	64
28	Julie	13,631	11,000	55
29	Margaret	13,013	11,000	61
30	Robin	12,579	10,000	58
31	Laura	12,181	9,900	51
32	Janice	11,968	9,700	70
33	Carolyn	11,575	9,400	67
34	Rebecca	11,482	9,300	48
35	Kim	11,426	9,300	63
36	Theresa	11,188	9,100	61
37	Catherine	11,151	9,100	54
38	Judy	10,542	8,600	72
39	Cathy	10,325	8,400	65
40	Joyce	10,155	8,200	72
41	Christine	9,575	7,800	57
42	Kimberly	9,454	7,700	48
43	Diana	9,433	7,700	52
44	Ann	9,040	7,300	65
45	Lori	8,964	7,300	58
46	Shirley	8,855	7,200	75
47	Connie	8,765	7,100	67
48	Beverly	8,560	6,900	70
49	Paula	8,544	6,900	62
50	Betty	8,479	6,900	76

Top boy names of 1957

Most popular boy names of 1957
#	Name	Born 1957	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	92,781	65,000	49
2	James	84,337	59,000	54
3	David	82,403	58,000	52
4	Robert	81,765	57,000	58
5	John	79,033	56,000	55
6	William	56,852	40,000	51
7	Mark	52,841	37,000	56
8	Richard	52,446	37,000	60
9	Thomas	44,625	31,000	53
10	Steven	36,842	26,000	52
11	Charles	34,283	24,000	54
12	Joseph	31,851	22,000	45
13	Gary	29,530	21,000	65
14	Kenneth	28,064	20,000	57
15	Donald	27,910	20,000	64
16	Daniel	27,337	19,000	42
17	Ronald	27,209	19,000	64
18	Paul	27,012	19,000	57
19	Timothy	24,733	17,000	50
20	Kevin	24,285	17,000	45
21	Jeffrey	23,982	17,000	53
22	Larry	21,941	15,000	65
23	Gregory	21,472	15,000	54
24	Stephen	19,726	14,000	54
25	Edward	18,711	13,000	56
26	Brian	17,519	12,000	48
27	Anthony	17,057	12,000	40
28	Dennis	16,917	12,000	63
29	George	16,887	12,000	57
30	Douglas	16,730	12,000	59
31	Randy	16,464	12,000	57
32	Scott	15,750	11,000	53
33	Terry	15,624	11,000	62
34	Bruce	13,882	9,800	63
35	Jerry	13,283	9,300	63
36	Keith	12,437	8,700	54
37	Peter	11,603	8,200	51
38	Frank	11,268	7,900	59
39	Raymond	10,810	7,600	56
40	Ricky	10,574	7,400	56
41	Patrick	10,353	7,300	47
42	Roger	9,866	6,900	63
43	Christopher	8,997	6,300	41
44	Steve	8,910	6,300	61
45	Danny	8,820	6,200	57
46	Lawrence	8,741	6,100	60
47	Wayne	8,687	6,100	63
48	Alan	8,208	5,800	49
49	Carl	8,192	5,800	60
50	Dale	7,866	5,500	64

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1957, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1957. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1957 babies. How we calculate this