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 19,612,327 male births and 18,902,191 female births
Popular names of the period 1960s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 833,070 Lisa 496,983
2 David 733,939 Mary 355,238
3 John 713,374 Susan 287,661
4 James 684,721 Karen 286,054
5 Robert 650,769 Kimberly 259,072
6 Mark 441,381 Patricia 231,169
7 William 421,411 Linda 225,445
8 Richard 373,894 Donna 213,467
9 Thomas 327,059 Michelle 208,296
10 Jeffrey 302,013 Cynthia 196,596
11 Steven 290,599 Sandra 183,844
12 Joseph 283,046 Deborah 183,432
13 Timothy 276,819 Tammy 182,224
14 Kevin 271,401 Pamela 181,938
15 Scott 266,823 Lori 176,561
16 Brian 258,119 Laura 174,181
17 Charles 249,388 Elizabeth 168,915
18 Paul 242,503 Julie 166,149
19 Daniel 242,014 Brenda 164,496
20 Christopher 237,144 Jennifer 164,414
21 Kenneth 227,514 Barbara 159,774
22 Anthony 203,145 Angela 159,292
23 Gregory 187,490 Sharon 154,897
24 Ronald 182,176 Debra 153,771
25 Donald 172,620 Teresa 151,790
26 Gary 166,016 Nancy 142,723
27 Stephen 152,231 Christine 139,339
28 Eric 152,216 Cheryl 135,646
29 Edward 143,980 Denise 128,823
30 Douglas 134,993 Kelly 128,052
31 Todd 128,744 Tina 126,400
32 Patrick 122,713 Kathleen 120,950
33 George 113,018 Melissa 119,202
34 Keith 112,573 Robin 118,326
35 Larry 108,580 Amy 116,776
36 Matthew 105,943 Diane 114,452
37 Terry 101,484 Dawn 114,292
38 Andrew 97,112 Carol 112,332
39 Dennis 94,983 Tracy 103,777
40 Randy 93,878 Kathy 101,128
41 Jerry 93,540 Rebecca 99,462
42 Peter 92,411 Theresa 97,115
43 Frank 87,150 Kim 94,386
44 Craig 84,711 Rhonda 93,604
45 Raymond 81,788 Stephanie 92,818
46 Jeffery 79,529 Cindy 91,594
47 Bruce 74,637 Janet 89,315
48 Rodney 72,192 Wendy 88,964
49 Mike 71,459 Maria 88,843
50 Roger 71,441 Michele 86,992
51 Tony 70,575 Jacqueline 84,396
52 Ricky 66,392 Debbie 84,208
53 Steve 65,620 Margaret 81,869
54 Jeff 62,077 Paula 80,511
55 Troy 61,410 Sherry 77,526
56 Alan 61,390 Catherine 76,787
57 Carl 60,785 Carolyn 75,267
58 Danny 60,728 Laurie 74,449
59 Russell 60,447 Sheila 74,075
60 Chris 56,347 Ann 72,082
61 Bryan 55,300 Jill 69,144
62 Gerald 55,300 Connie 65,288
63 Wayne 54,757 Diana 65,035
64 Joe 53,385 Terri 63,738
65 Randall 52,046 Suzanne 59,762
66 Lawrence 51,341 Andrea 58,408
67 Dale 50,420 Beth 58,383
68 Phillip 50,394 Janice 57,965
69 Johnny 49,839 Valerie 56,587
70 Vincent 49,476 Renee 55,814
71 Martin 49,116 Leslie 54,451
72 Bradley 48,726 Christina 52,788
73 Billy 48,466 Gina 52,369
74 Glenn 48,096 Lynn 51,930
75 Shawn 47,791 Annette 51,923
76 Jimmy 47,395 Cathy 51,625
77 Jonathan 47,388 Katherine 50,618
78 Sean 47,284 Judy 50,324
79 Curtis 47,243 Carla 47,905
80 Barry 47,220 Wanda 47,773
81 Bobby 46,388 Anne 47,772
82 Walter 45,932 Dana 47,701
83 Jon 44,879 Joyce 46,126
84 Philip 44,778 Regina 45,826
85 Samuel 44,250 Beverly 45,240
86 Jay 42,712 Monica 45,192
87 Jason 42,535 Bonnie 45,088
88 Dean 42,523 Kathryn 44,864
89 Jose 42,036 Anita 44,415
90 Tim 41,580 Sarah 43,916
91 Roy 40,044 Darlene 43,527
92 Willie 39,811 Jane 43,338
93 Arthur 39,620 Sherri 41,630
94 Darryl 39,197 Martha 41,039
95 Henry 39,135 Anna 40,929
96 Darrell 38,024 Colleen 40,673
97 Allen 37,695 Vicki 40,509
98 Victor 36,824 Tracey 40,286
99 Harold 36,741 Judith 39,779
100 Greg 36,441 Tamara 39,006
101 Albert 36,376 Gloria 38,589
102 Jack 35,590 Betty 38,396
103 Darren 35,038 Stacey 38,264
104 Ronnie 34,717 Penny 38,219
105 Ralph 34,185 Shirley 38,077
106 Joel 33,831 Victoria 37,732
107 Louis 33,378 Jean 37,281
108 Jim 33,198 Peggy 37,035
109 Micheal 31,978 Melanie 36,750
110 Marc 31,374 Joan 36,676
111 Frederick 30,768 Melinda 36,295
112 Eddie 30,575 Shelly 35,661
113 Lee 30,198 Stacy 35,527
114 Stanley 30,002 Virginia 35,344
115 Tommy 29,366 Marie 34,808
116 Eugene 29,310 Maureen 34,448
117 Tom 29,200 Ruth 34,187
118 Tracy 29,176 Julia 34,181
119 Howard 28,701 Ellen 34,146
120 Leonard 28,439 Tonya 34,071
121 Kurt 28,213 Shannon 33,852
122 Marvin 28,127 Heidi 33,749
123 Kelly 28,004 Joanne 33,364
124 Brent 27,165 Dorothy 33,010
125 Ernest 26,892 Rita 32,881
126 Dwayne 26,786 Gail 32,873
127 Aaron 26,071 Heather 32,703
128 Brett 25,834 Deanna 32,269
129 Rick 25,719 Holly 32,144
130 Benjamin 25,610 Rose 31,858
131 Bill 25,134 Vickie 31,765
132 Reginald 24,922 Carrie 31,171
133 Duane 23,752 Veronica 30,035
134 Juan 23,459 Yvonne 29,961
135 Fred 23,190 Becky 29,600
136 Melvin 23,090 Helen 29,098
137 Adam 22,931 Sylvia 28,619
138 Norman 22,753 Yolanda 28,437
139 Dan 22,709 April 28,305
140 Mitchell 22,676 Terry 27,636
141 Harry 22,669 Elaine 27,463
142 Jesse 22,605 Sheri 27,327
143 Carlos 22,391 Marilyn 27,001
144 Nicholas 22,343 Alice 26,952
145 Jerome 22,295 Jodi 26,874
146 Kirk 22,206 Rachel 26,794
147 Ray 22,185 Sheryl 26,058
148 Don 22,123 Jackie 25,895
149 Calvin 21,888 Phyllis 25,704
150 Glen 21,877 Jamie 25,694
151 Brad 21,354 Frances 25,000
152 Theodore 21,286 Crystal 24,973
153 Derrick 21,189 Joann 24,876
154 Karl 21,183 Eileen 24,867
155 Edwin 20,635 Shelley 24,856
156 Earl 20,369 Toni 24,840
157 Lance 20,036 Charlene 24,623
158 Francis 19,336 Kristin 24,352
159 Clifford 19,263 Sally 24,344
160 Kent 19,261 Charlotte 24,232
161 Derek 19,020 Kristine 24,125
162 Wesley 18,808 Jeanne 23,541
163 Alfred 18,653 Sara 23,045
164 Antonio 18,596 Tanya 23,026
165 Warren 18,560 Belinda 22,944
166 Andre 18,116 Carmen 22,885
167 Clarence 17,502 Sandy 22,711
168 Bernard 17,473 Evelyn 22,581
169 Kyle 16,579 Alicia 22,422
170 Tyrone 16,424 Sonya 22,289
171 Manuel 16,038 Lorraine 22,251
172 Chad 15,906 Yvette 22,087
173 Luis 15,904 Jeanette 22,086
174 Gordon 15,832 Loretta 22,070
175 Dave 15,774 Joy 21,757
176 Nathan 15,527 Sue 21,602
177 Guy 15,356 Norma 21,518
178 Kerry 15,283 Roberta 21,101
179 Daryl 15,268 Vanessa 20,983
180 Leroy 15,219 Shari 20,517
181 Perry 15,121 Jo 20,195
182 Lonnie 15,120 Natalie 19,565
183 Erik 14,770 Tammie 19,345
184 Maurice 14,644 Traci 18,704
185 Marcus 14,546 Gwendolyn 18,634
186 Alvin 14,509 Nicole 18,565
187 Gilbert 14,427 Felicia 18,549
188 Vernon 14,410 Melody 18,469
189 Alexander 14,178 Shelia 18,443
190 Stuart 13,962 Tami 18,443
191 Rickey 13,939 Marcia 18,428
192 Shane 13,923 Doris 18,192
193 Franklin 13,890 Kristen 18,041
194 Leon 13,824 Audrey 17,867
195 Gregg 13,790 Karla 17,716
196 Bob 13,789 Jody 17,669
197 Darin 13,745 Glenda 17,591
198 Leslie 13,723 Patty 17,521
199 Herbert 13,702 Amanda 17,173
200 Gene 13,700 Pam 17,109
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source.