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 19,611,965 male births and 18,901,700 female births
Popular names of the period 1960s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 833,061 Lisa 496,976
2 David 733,933 Mary 355,235
3 John 713,376 Susan 287,649
4 James 684,721 Karen 286,050
5 Robert 650,751 Kimberly 259,069
6 Mark 441,378 Patricia 231,163
7 William 421,407 Linda 225,439
8 Richard 373,890 Donna 213,466
9 Thomas 327,043 Michelle 208,292
10 Jeffrey 302,004 Cynthia 196,600
11 Steven 290,592 Sandra 183,843
12 Joseph 283,043 Deborah 183,430
13 Timothy 276,814 Tammy 182,222
14 Kevin 271,397 Pamela 181,935
15 Scott 266,824 Lori 176,560
16 Brian 258,116 Laura 174,181
17 Charles 249,393 Elizabeth 168,909
18 Paul 242,509 Julie 166,144
19 Daniel 242,013 Brenda 164,495
20 Christopher 237,147 Jennifer 164,410
21 Kenneth 227,515 Barbara 159,766
22 Anthony 203,145 Angela 159,284
23 Gregory 187,489 Sharon 154,895
24 Ronald 182,170 Debra 153,768
25 Donald 172,619 Teresa 151,789
26 Gary 166,019 Nancy 142,720
27 Stephen 152,227 Christine 139,334
28 Eric 152,207 Cheryl 135,644
29 Edward 143,976 Denise 128,820
30 Douglas 134,990 Kelly 128,053
31 Todd 128,739 Tina 126,399
32 Patrick 122,710 Kathleen 120,947
33 George 113,016 Melissa 119,204
34 Keith 112,572 Robin 118,323
35 Larry 108,578 Amy 116,778
36 Matthew 105,947 Diane 114,447
37 Terry 101,474 Dawn 114,291
38 Andrew 97,108 Carol 112,332
39 Dennis 94,986 Tracy 103,775
40 Randy 93,881 Kathy 101,126
41 Jerry 93,538 Rebecca 99,461
42 Peter 92,410 Theresa 97,117
43 Frank 87,154 Kim 94,384
44 Craig 84,705 Rhonda 93,605
45 Raymond 81,784 Stephanie 92,819
46 Jeffery 79,526 Cindy 91,594
47 Bruce 74,634 Janet 89,313
48 Rodney 72,189 Wendy 88,962
49 Mike 71,457 Maria 88,830
50 Roger 71,440 Michele 86,990
51 Tony 70,572 Jacqueline 84,393
52 Ricky 66,393 Debbie 84,209
53 Steve 65,625 Margaret 81,866
54 Jeff 62,075 Paula 80,512
55 Troy 61,409 Sherry 77,524
56 Alan 61,390 Catherine 76,784
57 Carl 60,780 Carolyn 75,263
58 Danny 60,723 Laurie 74,446
59 Russell 60,446 Sheila 74,075
60 Chris 56,349 Ann 72,082
61 Bryan 55,301 Jill 69,146
62 Gerald 55,297 Connie 65,289
63 Wayne 54,750 Diana 65,035
64 Joe 53,385 Terri 63,738
65 Randall 52,045 Suzanne 59,760
66 Lawrence 51,344 Andrea 58,405
67 Dale 50,417 Beth 58,382
68 Phillip 50,393 Janice 57,965
69 Johnny 49,841 Valerie 56,585
70 Vincent 49,474 Renee 55,814
71 Martin 49,108 Leslie 54,452
72 Bradley 48,722 Christina 52,784
73 Billy 48,464 Gina 52,368
74 Glenn 48,092 Lynn 51,930
75 Shawn 47,791 Annette 51,916
76 Jimmy 47,394 Cathy 51,623
77 Jonathan 47,386 Katherine 50,616
78 Sean 47,283 Judy 50,323
79 Curtis 47,244 Carla 47,903
80 Barry 47,221 Wanda 47,769
81 Bobby 46,387 Anne 47,766
82 Walter 45,927 Dana 47,700
83 Jon 44,880 Joyce 46,124
84 Philip 44,775 Regina 45,826
85 Samuel 44,247 Beverly 45,240
86 Jay 42,711 Monica 45,189
87 Jason 42,536 Bonnie 45,086
88 Dean 42,523 Kathryn 44,863
89 Jose 42,034 Anita 44,412
90 Tim 41,581 Sarah 43,913
91 Roy 40,038 Darlene 43,528
92 Willie 39,814 Jane 43,335
93 Arthur 39,618 Sherri 41,630
94 Darryl 39,194 Martha 41,039
95 Henry 39,133 Anna 40,923
96 Darrell 38,024 Colleen 40,671
97 Allen 37,695 Vicki 40,508
98 Victor 36,825 Tracey 40,285
99 Harold 36,739 Judith 39,779
100 Greg 36,444 Tamara 39,006
101 Albert 36,376 Gloria 38,588
102 Jack 35,589 Betty 38,395
103 Darren 35,039 Stacey 38,264
104 Ronnie 34,719 Penny 38,219
105 Ralph 34,186 Shirley 38,076
106 Joel 33,830 Victoria 37,733
107 Louis 33,377 Jean 37,280
108 Jim 33,196 Peggy 37,035
109 Micheal 31,973 Melanie 36,750
110 Marc 31,374 Joan 36,673
111 Frederick 30,766 Melinda 36,294
112 Eddie 30,575 Shelly 35,659
113 Lee 30,198 Stacy 35,526
114 Stanley 30,000 Virginia 35,344
115 Tommy 29,364 Marie 34,808
116 Eugene 29,308 Maureen 34,449
117 Tom 29,197 Ruth 34,186
118 Tracy 29,177 Julia 34,177
119 Howard 28,699 Ellen 34,140
120 Leonard 28,436 Tonya 34,071
121 Kurt 28,212 Shannon 33,852
122 Marvin 28,128 Heidi 33,749
123 Kelly 28,004 Joanne 33,363
124 Brent 27,164 Dorothy 33,008
125 Ernest 26,892 Rita 32,879
126 Dwayne 26,785 Gail 32,873
127 Aaron 26,072 Heather 32,704
128 Brett 25,834 Deanna 32,269
129 Rick 25,722 Holly 32,143
130 Benjamin 25,608 Rose 31,860
131 Bill 25,134 Vickie 31,764
132 Reginald 24,923 Carrie 31,170
133 Duane 23,753 Veronica 30,034
134 Juan 23,455 Yvonne 29,959
135 Fred 23,191 Becky 29,599
136 Melvin 23,089 Helen 29,097
137 Adam 22,932 Sylvia 28,617
138 Norman 22,753 Yolanda 28,437
139 Dan 22,708 April 28,305
140 Mitchell 22,676 Terry 27,636
141 Harry 22,667 Elaine 27,462
142 Jesse 22,607 Sheri 27,328
143 Carlos 22,390 Marilyn 27,000
144 Nicholas 22,345 Alice 26,950
145 Jerome 22,294 Jodi 26,875
146 Kirk 22,206 Rachel 26,795
147 Ray 22,187 Sheryl 26,059
148 Don 22,122 Jackie 25,894
149 Calvin 21,888 Phyllis 25,700
150 Glen 21,877 Jamie 25,694
151 Brad 21,355 Frances 24,998
152 Theodore 21,287 Crystal 24,973
153 Derrick 21,190 Joann 24,876
154 Karl 21,181 Eileen 24,867
155 Edwin 20,634 Shelley 24,856
156 Earl 20,369 Toni 24,839
157 Lance 20,037 Charlene 24,623
158 Francis 19,336 Kristin 24,352
159 Clifford 19,262 Sally 24,345
160 Kent 19,259 Charlotte 24,232
161 Derek 19,019 Kristine 24,124
162 Wesley 18,806 Jeanne 23,542
163 Alfred 18,650 Sara 23,045
164 Antonio 18,595 Tanya 23,027
165 Warren 18,560 Belinda 22,945
166 Andre 18,115 Carmen 22,881
167 Clarence 17,502 Sandy 22,711
168 Bernard 17,473 Evelyn 22,580
169 Kyle 16,579 Alicia 22,422
170 Tyrone 16,423 Sonya 22,289
171 Manuel 16,037 Lorraine 22,249
172 Chad 15,905 Jeanette 22,086
173 Luis 15,904 Yvette 22,085
174 Gordon 15,832 Loretta 22,071
175 Dave 15,773 Joy 21,757
176 Nathan 15,526 Sue 21,601
177 Guy 15,357 Norma 21,518
178 Kerry 15,283 Roberta 21,101
179 Daryl 15,269 Vanessa 20,983
180 Leroy 15,220 Shari 20,517
181 Lonnie 15,121 Jo 20,195
182 Perry 15,119 Natalie 19,563
183 Erik 14,767 Tammie 19,345
184 Maurice 14,643 Traci 18,704
185 Marcus 14,542 Gwendolyn 18,636
186 Alvin 14,507 Nicole 18,565
187 Gilbert 14,427 Felicia 18,550
188 Vernon 14,409 Melody 18,471
189 Alexander 14,180 Tami 18,444
190 Stuart 13,961 Shelia 18,443
191 Rickey 13,940 Marcia 18,427
192 Shane 13,925 Doris 18,191
193 Franklin 13,890 Kristen 18,041
194 Leon 13,823 Audrey 17,867
195 Gregg 13,789 Karla 17,716
196 Bob 13,788 Jody 17,669
197 Darin 13,744 Glenda 17,591
198 Leslie 13,723 Patty 17,521
199 Herbert 13,701 Amanda 17,174
200 Gene 13,699 Pam 17,109
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.