US baby names · the 1960s

Most popular baby names of the 1960s

These are the most given US names of the 1960s, adding up Social Security counts for each year from 1960 to 1969. Across those years SSA recorded 18,265,172 girls and 19,262,626 boys under names given to five or more babies.

Lisa led the girls with 496,987 babies, followed by Mary, Susan and Karen. For boys, Michael came first with 833,092, ahead of David, John and James.

Against the top 100 of the 1950s, 28 girls’ names and 17 boys’ names in the 1960s are newcomers (girls: Tammy, Angela, Kelly; boys: Todd, Jeff, Troy). Of these names, 3 of the 100 girls’ names and 19 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

A decade total favours names that were steady for ten years over a single-year spike, so a list here can differ from any one year’s top 100. The sparklines show each name before and after the 1960s.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1960s

Rank	Name	Girls in decade
#1	Lisa	496,987
#2	Mary	355,240
#3	Susan	287,666
#4	Karen	286,053
#5	Kimberly	259,072
#6	Patricia	231,178
#7	Linda	225,454
#8	Donna	213,468
#9	Michelle	208,293
#10	Cynthia	196,597
#11	Sandra	183,846
#12	Deborah	183,439
#13	Tammy	182,231
#14	Pamela	181,939
#15	Lori	176,560
#16	Laura	174,185
#17	Elizabeth	168,920
#18	Julie	166,150
#19	Brenda	164,502
#20	Jennifer	164,413
#21	Barbara	159,773
#22	Angela	159,294
#23	Sharon	154,905
#24	Debra	153,771
#25	Teresa	151,793
#26	Nancy	142,724
#27	Christine	139,343
#28	Cheryl	135,650
#29	Denise	128,824
#30	Kelly	128,053
#31	Tina	126,401
#32	Kathleen	120,952
#33	Melissa	119,202
#34	Robin	118,327
#35	Amy	116,775
#36	Diane	114,453
#37	Dawn	114,293
#38	Carol	112,333
#39	Tracy	103,780
#40	Kathy	101,127
#41	Rebecca	99,462
#42	Theresa	97,118
#43	Kim	94,388
#44	Rhonda	93,607
#45	Stephanie	92,821
#46	Cindy	91,595
#47	Janet	89,315
#48	Wendy	88,963
#49	Maria	88,850
#50	Michele	86,993
#51	Jacqueline	84,398
#52	Debbie	84,213
#53	Margaret	81,870
#54	Paula	80,512
#55	Sherry	77,527
#56	Catherine	76,788
#57	Carolyn	75,266
#58	Laurie	74,451
#59	Sheila	74,078
#60	Ann	72,083
#61	Jill	69,144
#62	Connie	65,289
#63	Diana	65,037
#64	Terri	63,741
#65	Suzanne	59,761
#66	Andrea	58,406
#67	Beth	58,384
#68	Janice	57,966
#69	Valerie	56,588
#70	Renee	55,815
#71	Leslie	54,453
#72	Christina	52,790
#73	Gina	52,371
#74	Lynn	51,931
#75	Annette	51,925
#76	Cathy	51,624
#77	Katherine	50,619
#78	Judy	50,325
#79	Carla	47,905
#80	Anne	47,774
#81	Wanda	47,771
#82	Dana	47,701
#83	Joyce	46,125
#84	Regina	45,827
#85	Beverly	45,238
#86	Monica	45,192
#87	Bonnie	45,088
#88	Kathryn	44,864
#89	Anita	44,416
#90	Sarah	43,913
#91	Darlene	43,527
#92	Jane	43,340
#93	Sherri	41,633
#94	Martha	41,040
#95	Anna	40,935
#96	Colleen	40,673
#97	Vicki	40,508
#98	Tracey	40,287
#99	Judith	39,780
#100	Tamara	39,006

Top 100 boys’ names, 1960s

Rank	Name	Boys in decade
#1	Michael	833,092
#2	David	733,953
#3	John	713,394
#4	James	684,722
#5	Robert	650,786
#6	Mark	441,390
#7	William	421,433
#8	Richard	373,907
#9	Thomas	327,055
#10	Jeffrey	302,029
#11	Steven	290,607
#12	Joseph	283,048
#13	Timothy	276,837
#14	Kevin	271,412
#15	Scott	266,828
#16	Brian	258,129
#17	Charles	249,398
#18	Paul	242,503
#19	Daniel	242,020
#20	Christopher	237,144
#21	Kenneth	227,531
#22	Anthony	203,159
#23	Gregory	187,495
#24	Ronald	182,190
#25	Donald	172,628
#26	Gary	166,031
#27	Stephen	152,240
#28	Eric	152,222
#29	Edward	143,984
#30	Douglas	134,989
#31	Todd	128,741
#32	Patrick	122,717
#33	George	113,023
#34	Keith	112,575
#35	Larry	108,582
#36	Matthew	105,938
#37	Terry	101,489
#38	Andrew	97,109
#39	Dennis	94,984
#40	Randy	93,878
#41	Jerry	93,544
#42	Peter	92,418
#43	Frank	87,155
#44	Craig	84,712
#45	Raymond	81,793
#46	Jeffery	79,534
#47	Bruce	74,642
#48	Rodney	72,194
#49	Mike	71,456
#50	Roger	71,440
#51	Tony	70,577
#52	Ricky	66,402
#53	Steve	65,619
#54	Jeff	62,072
#55	Troy	61,410
#56	Alan	61,392
#57	Carl	60,787
#58	Danny	60,731
#59	Russell	60,447
#60	Chris	56,338
#61	Gerald	55,305
#62	Bryan	55,304
#63	Wayne	54,762
#64	Joe	53,386
#65	Randall	52,055
#66	Lawrence	51,342
#67	Dale	50,423
#68	Phillip	50,396
#69	Johnny	49,843
#70	Vincent	49,478
#71	Martin	49,116
#72	Bradley	48,730
#73	Billy	48,472
#74	Glenn	48,095
#75	Shawn	47,795
#76	Jimmy	47,399
#77	Jonathan	47,389
#78	Sean	47,282
#79	Curtis	47,244
#80	Barry	47,221
#81	Bobby	46,390
#82	Walter	45,929
#83	Jon	44,879
#84	Philip	44,780
#85	Samuel	44,247
#86	Jay	42,712
#87	Dean	42,527
#88	Jason	42,527
#89	Jose	42,043
#90	Tim	41,572
#91	Roy	40,047
#92	Willie	39,812
#93	Arthur	39,622
#94	Darryl	39,200
#95	Henry	39,134
#96	Darrell	38,025
#97	Allen	37,694
#98	Victor	36,821
#99	Harold	36,744
#100	Greg	36,438