Popular names of 1958, and how old they are now

People born in 1958 turn 68 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4.1 million births in 1958 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 77% 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 1958: Cheryl, Kathy, Julie, Ricky, Cathy, Peggy, Dale, Darlene, Rick, Darrell, Rickey and Dan.

Top girl names of 1958

Most popular girl names of 1958
#	Name	Born 1958	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	55,848	46,000	66
2	Susan	45,175	37,000	66
3	Linda	41,904	34,000	70
4	Karen	38,487	32,000	63
5	Patricia	37,961	31,000	68
6	Debra	35,521	29,000	66
7	Deborah	32,943	27,000	66
8	Cynthia	31,014	25,000	60
9	Barbara	27,874	23,000	72
10	Donna	26,959	22,000	68
11	Pamela	25,279	21,000	64
12	Nancy	24,819	20,000	68
13	Cheryl	24,119	20,000	65
14	Kathy	23,938	20,000	65
15	Sandra	21,834	18,000	66
16	Brenda	21,337	18,000	63
17	Sharon	21,114	17,000	68
18	Diane	20,811	17,000	68
19	Lisa	20,202	17,000	56
20	Carol	19,683	16,000	72
21	Kathleen	19,205	16,000	64
22	Elizabeth	18,535	15,000	44
23	Julie	18,215	15,000	55
24	Debbie	17,860	15,000	64
25	Cindy	16,585	14,000	57
26	Teresa	15,602	13,000	59
27	Denise	14,959	12,000	59
28	Janet	14,816	12,000	68
29	Laura	13,513	11,000	51
30	Lori	13,032	11,000	58
31	Margaret	12,314	10,000	61
32	Robin	11,548	9,500	58
33	Theresa	11,452	9,400	61
34	Cathy	10,942	9,000	65
35	Janice	10,888	8,900	70
36	Judy	10,838	8,900	72
37	Carolyn	10,814	8,900	67
38	Catherine	10,769	8,800	54
39	Kimberly	10,710	8,800	48
40	Kim	10,664	8,800	63
41	Rebecca	10,416	8,600	48
42	Peggy	10,071	8,300	71
43	Christine	10,062	8,300	57
44	Tammy	9,987	8,200	58
45	Diana	9,169	7,500	52
46	Joyce	9,034	7,400	72
47	Ann	8,856	7,300	65
48	Rhonda	8,341	6,900	61
49	Darlene	8,278	6,800	66
50	Connie	8,209	6,700	67

Top boy names of 1958

Most popular boy names of 1958
#	Name	Born 1958	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	90,604	65,000	49
2	David	82,681	59,000	52
3	James	78,774	57,000	54
4	Robert	77,338	56,000	58
5	John	76,057	55,000	55
6	William	54,254	39,000	51
7	Mark	52,698	38,000	56
8	Richard	50,007	36,000	60
9	Thomas	42,088	30,000	53
10	Steven	32,968	24,000	52
11	Charles	32,242	23,000	54
12	Joseph	30,115	22,000	45
13	Timothy	28,797	21,000	50
14	Kenneth	26,684	19,000	57
15	Paul	26,264	19,000	57
16	Daniel	25,619	18,000	42
17	Gary	25,287	18,000	65
18	Donald	25,015	18,000	64
19	Ronald	24,824	18,000	64
20	Kevin	24,666	18,000	45
21	Jeffrey	24,223	17,000	53
22	Larry	20,083	14,000	65
23	Gregory	19,810	14,000	54
24	Brian	19,279	14,000	48
25	Scott	19,175	14,000	53
26	Stephen	17,962	13,000	54
27	Anthony	17,430	13,000	40
28	Edward	17,377	12,000	56
29	Dennis	16,418	12,000	63
30	Douglas	15,798	11,000	59
31	George	15,637	11,000	57
32	Randy	15,188	11,000	57
33	Terry	15,006	11,000	62
34	Ricky	13,375	9,600	56
35	Jerry	12,917	9,300	63
36	Bruce	12,472	9,000	63
37	Keith	11,905	8,600	54
38	Frank	11,325	8,100	59
39	Christopher	11,079	8,000	41
40	Mike	10,779	7,700	63
41	Peter	10,757	7,700	51
42	Patrick	10,247	7,400	47
43	Raymond	10,226	7,300	56
44	Steve	10,079	7,200	61
45	Danny	8,934	6,400	57
46	Dale	8,502	6,100	64
47	Roger	8,368	6,000	63
48	Wayne	8,329	6,000	63
49	Alan	8,226	5,900	49
50	Eric	8,190	5,900	44

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1958, 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 1958. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1958 babies. How we calculate this