Top names of the 1960s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1960 - 1969. 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 19,618,056 male births and 18,899,996 female births.

**Popular names of the 1960s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	833,402	Lisa	496,980
2	David	734,169	Mary	355,223
3	John	713,653	Susan	287,661
4	James	684,986	Karen	286,044
5	Robert	650,975	Kimberly	259,092
6	Mark	441,513	Patricia	231,137
7	William	421,610	Linda	225,412
8	Richard	374,010	Donna	213,457
9	Thomas	327,231	Michelle	208,285
10	Jeffrey	302,105	Cynthia	196,606
11	Steven	290,739	Sandra	183,812
12	Joseph	283,162	Deborah	183,434
13	Timothy	276,888	Tammy	182,218
14	Kevin	271,514	Pamela	181,948
15	Scott	266,936	Lori	176,561
16	Brian	258,277	Laura	174,184
17	Charles	249,488	Elizabeth	168,897
18	Paul	242,587	Julie	166,151
19	Daniel	242,161	Brenda	164,483
20	Christopher	237,285	Jennifer	164,429
21	Kenneth	227,552	Barbara	159,750
22	Anthony	203,192	Angela	159,251
23	Gregory	187,574	Sharon	154,887
24	Ronald	182,192	Debra	153,776
25	Donald	172,669	Teresa	151,770
26	Gary	166,046	Nancy	142,707
27	Stephen	152,285	Christine	139,333
28	Eric	152,262	Cheryl	135,650
29	Edward	144,022	Denise	128,834
30	Douglas	135,047	Kelly	128,078
31	Todd	128,770	Tina	126,385
32	Patrick	122,772	Kathleen	120,967
33	George	113,063	Melissa	119,219
34	Keith	112,619	Robin	118,322
35	Larry	108,599	Amy	116,794
36	Matthew	106,041	Diane	114,441
37	Terry	101,458	Dawn	114,291
38	Andrew	97,199	Carol	112,341
39	Dennis	94,992	Tracy	103,778
40	Randy	93,889	Kathy	101,122
41	Jerry	93,574	Rebecca	99,468
42	Peter	92,457	Theresa	97,120
43	Frank	87,181	Kim	94,381
44	Craig	84,739	Rhonda	93,607
45	Raymond	81,816	Stephanie	92,825
46	Jeffery	79,524	Cindy	91,589
47	Bruce	74,679	Janet	89,311
48	Rodney	72,177	Wendy	88,970
49	Mike	71,458	Maria	88,666
50	Roger	71,455	Michele	86,992
51	Tony	70,582	Jacqueline	84,374
52	Ricky	66,375	Debbie	84,206
53	Steve	65,657	Margaret	81,869
54	Jeff	62,087	Paula	80,506
55	Troy	61,423	Sherry	77,521
56	Alan	61,422	Catherine	76,793
57	Carl	60,804	Carolyn	75,264
58	Danny	60,723	Laurie	74,452
59	Russell	60,465	Sheila	74,071
60	Chris	56,376	Ann	72,093
61	Bryan	55,326	Jill	69,147
62	Gerald	55,312	Connie	65,281
63	Wayne	54,770	Diana	65,038
64	Joe	53,383	Terri	63,737
65	Randall	52,066	Suzanne	59,767
66	Lawrence	51,369	Andrea	58,398
67	Dale	50,427	Beth	58,390
68	Phillip	50,408	Janice	57,963
69	Johnny	49,829	Valerie	56,585
70	Vincent	49,501	Renee	55,811
71	Martin	49,137	Leslie	54,458
72	Bradley	48,750	Christina	52,785
73	Billy	48,458	Gina	52,366
74	Glenn	48,097	Lynn	51,939
75	Shawn	47,813	Annette	51,909
76	Jonathan	47,437	Cathy	51,626
77	Jimmy	47,391	Katherine	50,647
78	Sean	47,364	Judy	50,331
79	Curtis	47,250	Carla	47,891
80	Barry	47,227	Anne	47,771
81	Bobby	46,393	Wanda	47,766
82	Walter	45,934	Dana	47,708
83	Jon	44,889	Joyce	46,124
84	Philip	44,802	Regina	45,825
85	Samuel	44,292	Beverly	45,245
86	Jay	42,740	Monica	45,176
87	Jason	42,601	Bonnie	45,091
88	Dean	42,552	Kathryn	44,866
89	Jose	42,034	Anita	44,398
90	Tim	41,588	Sarah	43,914
91	Roy	40,037	Darlene	43,530
92	Willie	39,804	Jane	43,342
93	Arthur	39,622	Sherri	41,628
94	Darryl	39,198	Martha	41,025
95	Henry	39,158	Anna	40,869
96	Darrell	38,024	Colleen	40,677
97	Allen	37,717	Vicki	40,506
98	Victor	36,836	Tracey	40,293
99	Harold	36,752	Judith	39,784
100	Greg	36,465	Tamara	39,004
101	Albert	36,381	Gloria	38,583
102	Jack	35,622	Betty	38,392
103	Darren	35,043	Stacey	38,265
104	Ronnie	34,713	Penny	38,224
105	Ralph	34,183	Shirley	38,072
106	Joel	33,834	Victoria	37,748
107	Louis	33,390	Jean	37,284
108	Jim	33,202	Peggy	37,037
109	Micheal	31,971	Melanie	36,753
110	Marc	31,387	Joan	36,682
111	Frederick	30,786	Melinda	36,299
112	Eddie	30,581	Shelly	35,661
113	Lee	30,218	Stacy	35,529
114	Stanley	29,996	Virginia	35,338
115	Tommy	29,363	Marie	34,806
116	Eugene	29,315	Maureen	34,445
117	Tom	29,199	Julia	34,182
118	Tracy	29,173	Ruth	34,179
119	Howard	28,695	Ellen	34,143
120	Leonard	28,436	Tonya	34,072
121	Kurt	28,220	Shannon	33,856
122	Marvin	28,129	Heidi	33,745
123	Kelly	28,014	Joanne	33,349
124	Brent	27,175	Dorothy	33,009
125	Ernest	26,894	Gail	32,867
126	Dwayne	26,793	Rita	32,863
127	Aaron	26,091	Heather	32,709
128	Brett	25,854	Deanna	32,270
129	Rick	25,735	Holly	32,145
130	Benjamin	25,648	Rose	31,856
131	Bill	25,148	Vickie	31,764
132	Reginald	24,924	Carrie	31,169
133	Duane	23,764	Veronica	30,022
134	Juan	23,464	Yvonne	29,949
135	Fred	23,201	Becky	29,598
136	Melvin	23,083	Helen	29,090
137	Adam	22,967	Sylvia	28,593
138	Norman	22,752	Yolanda	28,430
139	Dan	22,719	April	28,302
140	Mitchell	22,695	Terry	27,639
141	Harry	22,669	Elaine	27,467
142	Jesse	22,618	Sheri	27,326
143	Nicholas	22,410	Marilyn	26,999
144	Carlos	22,397	Alice	26,953
145	Jerome	22,303	Jodi	26,875
146	Kirk	22,229	Rachel	26,802
147	Ray	22,189	Sheryl	26,057
148	Don	22,128	Jackie	25,893
149	Calvin	21,899	Jamie	25,703
150	Glen	21,892	Phyllis	25,697
151	Brad	21,371	Frances	24,991
152	Theodore	21,308	Crystal	24,973
153	Karl	21,196	Joann	24,872
154	Derrick	21,194	Eileen	24,868
155	Edwin	20,637	Shelley	24,854
156	Earl	20,373	Toni	24,840
157	Lance	20,050	Charlene	24,622
158	Francis	19,348	Kristin	24,351
159	Clifford	19,274	Sally	24,348
160	Kent	19,262	Charlotte	24,234
161	Derek	19,035	Kristine	24,124
162	Wesley	18,810	Jeanne	23,547
163	Alfred	18,653	Sara	23,046
164	Antonio	18,573	Tanya	23,031
165	Warren	18,564	Belinda	22,948
166	Andre	18,116	Carmen	22,873
167	Clarence	17,505	Sandy	22,711
168	Bernard	17,470	Evelyn	22,579
169	Kyle	16,607	Alicia	22,429
170	Tyrone	16,424	Sonya	22,292
171	Manuel	16,041	Lorraine	22,242
172	Chad	15,922	Yvette	22,090
173	Luis	15,908	Jeanette	22,087
174	Gordon	15,833	Loretta	22,070
175	Dave	15,773	Joy	21,755
176	Nathan	15,536	Sue	21,606
177	Guy	15,361	Norma	21,511
178	Kerry	15,291	Roberta	21,096
179	Daryl	15,260	Vanessa	20,991
180	Leroy	15,221	Shari	20,517
181	Perry	15,127	Jo	20,199
182	Lonnie	15,123	Natalie	19,566
183	Erik	14,765	Tammie	19,345
184	Maurice	14,643	Traci	18,703
185	Marcus	14,571	Gwendolyn	18,635
186	Alvin	14,500	Nicole	18,567
187	Gilbert	14,428	Felicia	18,555
188	Vernon	14,411	Melody	18,471
189	Alexander	14,219	Tami	18,444
190	Stuart	13,968	Shelia	18,443
191	Rickey	13,940	Marcia	18,424
192	Shane	13,938	Doris	18,188
193	Franklin	13,893	Kristen	18,046
194	Leon	13,823	Audrey	17,872
195	Gregg	13,794	Karla	17,716
196	Bob	13,786	Jody	17,669
197	Darin	13,742	Glenda	17,590
198	Leslie	13,721	Patty	17,521
199	Herbert	13,700	Amanda	17,181
200	Gene	13,699	Pam	17,109
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2016. See the limitations of this data source.