Top 200 Boy Names of 1959

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1959 with 85,291 births. The list ends at 1,442 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1959
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	85,291
2	David	83,967
3	James	78,644
4	John	76,445
5	Robert	74,542
6	Mark	56,946
7	William	51,385
8	Richard	47,204
9	Thomas	40,291
10	Steven	33,595
11	Charles	30,796
12	Timothy	30,784
13	Joseph	29,537
14	Kevin	26,794
15	Kenneth	26,641
16	Jeffrey	26,280
17	Paul	25,709
18	Daniel	25,156
19	Donald	23,877
20	Gary	23,301
21	Ronald	23,122
22	Brian	20,735
23	Gregory	19,885
24	Scott	19,765
25	Larry	18,432
26	Anthony	17,975
27	Edward	16,916
28	Stephen	16,505
29	Dennis	16,042
30	Douglas	15,287
31	Randy	15,041
32	George	15,010
33	Terry	14,546
34	Ricky	13,227
35	Christopher	12,916
36	Jerry	12,326
37	Mike	11,997
38	Bruce	11,912
39	Keith	11,759
40	Peter	11,290
41	Steve	11,067
42	Frank	10,941
43	Patrick	10,557
44	Craig	9,932
45	Raymond	9,798
46	Eric	9,729
47	Roger	8,794
48	Danny	8,728
49	Dale	8,343
50	Alan	8,152
51	Wayne	7,878
52	Jeff	7,730
53	Tony	7,565
54	Carl	7,504
55	Jeffery	7,489
56	Russell	7,480
57	Joe	7,388
58	Andrew	7,089
59	Randall	7,060
60	Tim	6,828
61	Gerald	6,635
62	Lawrence	6,600
63	Matthew	6,544
64	Johnny	6,308
65	Billy	6,307
66	Walter	6,129
67	Rodney	5,915
68	Philip	5,862
69	Jimmy	5,829
70	Jim	5,687
71	Chris	5,678
72	Bobby	5,676
73	Barry	5,602
74	Phillip	5,597
75	Curtis	5,534
76	Arthur	5,474
76	Ronnie	5,474
78	Willie	5,375
79	Glenn	5,351
79	Martin	5,351
81	Roy	5,183
82	Tom	5,068
83	Henry	5,063
84	Ralph	5,051
85	Jack	5,016
86	Samuel	4,953
87	Harold	4,944
88	Jay	4,940
89	Rick	4,936
90	Darrell	4,647
91	Greg	4,637
92	Albert	4,607
93	Bill	4,597
94	Bryan	4,489
95	Dean	4,426
96	Micheal	4,371
97	Allen	4,367
98	Stanley	4,343
99	Todd	4,332
100	Louis	4,313
101	Eddie	4,242
102	Vincent	4,213
103	Bradley	4,050
104	Howard	3,988
105	Jon	3,975
106	Eugene	3,889
107	Victor	3,817
108	Tommy	3,771
109	Leonard	3,728
110	Dan	3,675
111	Don	3,617
112	Fred	3,581
113	Jose	3,580
114	Frederick	3,549
115	Lee	3,508
116	Rickey	3,459
117	Joel	3,458
118	Ernest	3,340
119	Dave	3,308
120	Harry	3,271
121	Ray	3,221
122	Melvin	3,170
123	Marvin	3,168
124	Jonathan	3,083
125	Calvin	3,033
126	Duane	2,966
127	Mitchell	2,964
128	Bob	2,826
129	Kurt	2,816
130	Darryl	2,778
131	Norman	2,777
132	Perry	2,750
133	Jerome	2,697
134	Glen	2,694
135	Earl	2,685
136	Francis	2,648
137	Edwin	2,579
138	Alfred	2,543
139	Clifford	2,536
140	Marc	2,504
141	Kent	2,467
142	Jesse	2,440
143	Kelly	2,437
144	Reginald	2,421
145	Kirk	2,407
146	Theodore	2,399
147	Clarence	2,379
148	Karl	2,355
149	Brad	2,348
150	Benjamin	2,333
151	Brent	2,280
152	Bernard	2,275
153	Alvin	2,260
154	Brett	2,226
155	Gordon	2,210
156	Nicholas	2,196
157	Warren	2,179
158	Guy	2,031
159	Leroy	2,018
160	Wesley	1,999
161	Shawn	1,977
162	Carlos	1,950
163	Gene	1,934
164	Juan	1,920
165	Dwayne	1,907
166	Ron	1,875
167	Lloyd	1,871
168	Stuart	1,848
169	Herbert	1,843
170	Bret	1,839
171	Tyrone	1,820
172	Vernon	1,791
173	Lonnie	1,776
174	Kenny	1,763
175	Leslie	1,757
176	Leon	1,748
177	Gilbert	1,745
178	Kerry	1,703
179	Doug	1,702
180	Dana	1,693
181	Ted	1,672
182	Ken	1,653
183	Manuel	1,648
184	Donnie	1,640
185	Neil	1,633
186	Dwight	1,593
187	Gregg	1,585
188	Timmy	1,570
189	Daryl	1,559
190	Franklin	1,555
191	Aaron	1,541
192	Lewis	1,534
193	Floyd	1,533
194	Robin	1,527
195	Garry	1,475
196	Clyde	1,467
197	Jackie	1,459
198	Marty	1,454
199	Tracy	1,451
200	Allan	1,442