Top names of the 1960s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1960s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 19,612,851 male births and 18,901,540 female births
Popular names of the period 1960s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 833,102 Lisa 496,975
2 David 733,964 Mary 355,235
3 John 713,407 Susan 287,654
4 James 684,765 Karen 286,051
5 Robert 650,776 Kimberly 259,077
6 Mark 441,400 Patricia 231,158
7 William 421,421 Linda 225,432
8 Richard 373,902 Donna 213,465
9 Thomas 327,078 Michelle 208,294
10 Jeffrey 302,019 Cynthia 196,600
11 Steven 290,601 Sandra 183,844
12 Joseph 283,062 Deborah 183,429
13 Timothy 276,823 Tammy 182,218
14 Kevin 271,408 Pamela 181,935
15 Scott 266,839 Lori 176,557
16 Brian 258,131 Laura 174,182
17 Charles 249,399 Elizabeth 168,907
18 Paul 242,515 Julie 166,143
19 Daniel 242,028 Brenda 164,495
20 Christopher 237,171 Jennifer 164,407
21 Kenneth 227,514 Barbara 159,762
22 Anthony 203,144 Angela 159,280
23 Gregory 187,498 Sharon 154,894
24 Ronald 182,169 Debra 153,768
25 Donald 172,624 Teresa 151,785
26 Gary 166,027 Nancy 142,723
27 Stephen 152,225 Christine 139,331
28 Eric 152,215 Cheryl 135,643
29 Edward 143,979 Denise 128,819
30 Douglas 134,996 Kelly 128,054
31 Todd 128,743 Tina 126,395
32 Patrick 122,719 Kathleen 120,947
33 George 113,020 Melissa 119,203
34 Keith 112,584 Robin 118,322
35 Larry 108,582 Amy 116,783
36 Matthew 105,962 Diane 114,445
37 Terry 101,469 Dawn 114,293
38 Andrew 97,121 Carol 112,335
39 Dennis 94,984 Tracy 103,776
40 Randy 93,882 Kathy 101,125
41 Jerry 93,549 Rebecca 99,463
42 Peter 92,418 Theresa 97,117
43 Frank 87,163 Kim 94,387
44 Craig 84,710 Rhonda 93,605
45 Raymond 81,790 Stephanie 92,817
46 Jeffery 79,522 Cindy 91,592
47 Bruce 74,640 Janet 89,313
48 Rodney 72,192 Wendy 88,963
49 Mike 71,461 Maria 88,817
50 Roger 71,442 Michele 86,990
51 Tony 70,574 Jacqueline 84,388
52 Ricky 66,391 Debbie 84,208
53 Steve 65,629 Margaret 81,864
54 Jeff 62,078 Paula 80,510
55 Troy 61,411 Sherry 77,523
56 Alan 61,391 Catherine 76,784
57 Carl 60,785 Carolyn 75,262
58 Danny 60,718 Laurie 74,446
59 Russell 60,448 Sheila 74,073
60 Chris 56,353 Ann 72,081
61 Bryan 55,300 Jill 69,145
62 Gerald 55,297 Connie 65,287
63 Wayne 54,755 Diana 65,037
64 Joe 53,387 Terri 63,739
65 Randall 52,045 Suzanne 59,759
66 Lawrence 51,346 Andrea 58,405
67 Dale 50,420 Beth 58,383
68 Phillip 50,389 Janice 57,965
69 Johnny 49,840 Valerie 56,585
70 Vincent 49,475 Renee 55,814
71 Martin 49,108 Leslie 54,455
72 Bradley 48,728 Christina 52,786
73 Billy 48,464 Gina 52,368
74 Glenn 48,093 Lynn 51,929
75 Shawn 47,792 Annette 51,915
76 Jonathan 47,396 Cathy 51,626
77 Jimmy 47,394 Katherine 50,619
78 Sean 47,293 Judy 50,324
79 Curtis 47,244 Carla 47,902
80 Barry 47,220 Wanda 47,769
81 Bobby 46,389 Anne 47,764
82 Walter 45,931 Dana 47,699
83 Jon 44,881 Joyce 46,123
84 Philip 44,780 Regina 45,825
85 Samuel 44,254 Beverly 45,240
86 Jay 42,716 Monica 45,189
87 Jason 42,546 Bonnie 45,086
88 Dean 42,527 Kathryn 44,863
89 Jose 42,033 Anita 44,408
90 Tim 41,584 Sarah 43,917
91 Roy 40,035 Darlene 43,529
92 Willie 39,820 Jane 43,334
93 Arthur 39,617 Sherri 41,630
94 Darryl 39,194 Martha 41,037
95 Henry 39,132 Anna 40,922
96 Darrell 38,022 Colleen 40,670
97 Allen 37,699 Vicki 40,509
98 Victor 36,830 Tracey 40,285
99 Harold 36,740 Judith 39,778
100 Greg 36,448 Tamara 39,007
101 Albert 36,378 Gloria 38,589
102 Jack 35,595 Betty 38,393
103 Darren 35,041 Stacey 38,263
104 Ronnie 34,716 Penny 38,219
105 Ralph 34,182 Shirley 38,073
106 Joel 33,828 Victoria 37,732
107 Louis 33,383 Jean 37,282
108 Jim 33,201 Peggy 37,035
109 Micheal 31,971 Melanie 36,751
110 Marc 31,377 Joan 36,673
111 Frederick 30,766 Melinda 36,294
112 Eddie 30,576 Shelly 35,658
113 Lee 30,201 Stacy 35,527
114 Stanley 29,997 Virginia 35,343
115 Tommy 29,360 Marie 34,810
116 Eugene 29,307 Maureen 34,447
117 Tom 29,197 Ruth 34,189
118 Tracy 29,179 Julia 34,179
119 Howard 28,699 Ellen 34,140
120 Leonard 28,434 Tonya 34,072
121 Kurt 28,212 Shannon 33,852
122 Marvin 28,127 Heidi 33,744
123 Kelly 28,013 Joanne 33,362
124 Brent 27,166 Dorothy 33,010
125 Ernest 26,890 Rita 32,879
126 Dwayne 26,783 Gail 32,872
127 Aaron 26,079 Heather 32,704
128 Brett 25,833 Deanna 32,268
129 Rick 25,727 Holly 32,144
130 Benjamin 25,612 Rose 31,861
131 Bill 25,141 Vickie 31,762
132 Reginald 24,924 Carrie 31,171
133 Duane 23,755 Veronica 30,034
134 Juan 23,454 Yvonne 29,959
135 Fred 23,189 Becky 29,599
136 Melvin 23,089 Helen 29,099
137 Adam 22,933 Sylvia 28,616
138 Norman 22,753 Yolanda 28,438
139 Dan 22,713 April 28,304
140 Mitchell 22,677 Terry 27,636
141 Harry 22,666 Elaine 27,463
142 Jesse 22,614 Sheri 27,328
143 Carlos 22,393 Marilyn 27,002
144 Nicholas 22,363 Alice 26,952
145 Jerome 22,295 Jodi 26,875
146 Kirk 22,207 Rachel 26,795
147 Ray 22,186 Sheryl 26,059
148 Don 22,122 Jackie 25,895
149 Calvin 21,889 Phyllis 25,698
150 Glen 21,879 Jamie 25,697
151 Brad 21,357 Frances 24,999
152 Theodore 21,289 Crystal 24,974
153 Derrick 21,193 Joann 24,875
154 Karl 21,183 Eileen 24,868
155 Edwin 20,635 Shelley 24,856
156 Earl 20,369 Toni 24,839
157 Lance 20,040 Charlene 24,623
158 Francis 19,335 Kristin 24,352
159 Clifford 19,264 Sally 24,344
160 Kent 19,257 Charlotte 24,234
161 Derek 19,024 Kristine 24,126
162 Wesley 18,809 Jeanne 23,544
163 Alfred 18,649 Sara 23,045
164 Antonio 18,598 Tanya 23,028
165 Warren 18,560 Belinda 22,945
166 Andre 18,116 Carmen 22,878
167 Clarence 17,502 Sandy 22,711
168 Bernard 17,472 Evelyn 22,580
169 Kyle 16,582 Alicia 22,422
170 Tyrone 16,426 Sonya 22,291
171 Manuel 16,037 Lorraine 22,248
172 Chad 15,907 Jeanette 22,086
173 Luis 15,906 Yvette 22,085
174 Gordon 15,830 Loretta 22,071
175 Dave 15,772 Joy 21,757
176 Nathan 15,530 Sue 21,601
177 Guy 15,359 Norma 21,515
178 Kerry 15,284 Roberta 21,100
179 Daryl 15,269 Vanessa 20,983
180 Leroy 15,221 Shari 20,517
181 Lonnie 15,122 Jo 20,196
182 Perry 15,120 Natalie 19,563
183 Erik 14,768 Tammie 19,345
184 Maurice 14,642 Traci 18,704
185 Marcus 14,547 Gwendolyn 18,637
186 Alvin 14,506 Nicole 18,565
187 Gilbert 14,427 Felicia 18,551
188 Vernon 14,407 Melody 18,471
189 Alexander 14,181 Tami 18,444
190 Stuart 13,963 Shelia 18,443
191 Rickey 13,940 Marcia 18,426
192 Shane 13,928 Doris 18,190
193 Franklin 13,889 Kristen 18,041
194 Leon 13,823 Audrey 17,868
195 Gregg 13,789 Karla 17,716
196 Bob 13,787 Jody 17,669
197 Darin 13,743 Glenda 17,589
198 Leslie 13,723 Patty 17,520
199 Herbert 13,700 Amanda 17,173
200 Gene 13,698 Pam 17,109
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.