Top names of the 1960s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for boy and girl 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 19,612,754 boy births and 18,902,554 girl births
Popular names of the period 1960s
Boys Girls
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 833,092 Lisa 496,987
2 David 733,953 Mary 355,240
3 John 713,394 Susan 287,666
4 James 684,722 Karen 286,053
5 Robert 650,786 Kimberly 259,072
6 Mark 441,390 Patricia 231,178
7 William 421,433 Linda 225,454
8 Richard 373,907 Donna 213,468
9 Thomas 327,055 Michelle 208,293
10 Jeffrey 302,029 Cynthia 196,597
11 Steven 290,607 Sandra 183,846
12 Joseph 283,048 Deborah 183,439
13 Timothy 276,837 Tammy 182,231
14 Kevin 271,412 Pamela 181,939
15 Scott 266,828 Lori 176,560
16 Brian 258,129 Laura 174,185
17 Charles 249,398 Elizabeth 168,920
18 Paul 242,503 Julie 166,150
19 Daniel 242,020 Brenda 164,502
20 Christopher 237,144 Jennifer 164,413
21 Kenneth 227,531 Barbara 159,773
22 Anthony 203,159 Angela 159,294
23 Gregory 187,495 Sharon 154,905
24 Ronald 182,190 Debra 153,771
25 Donald 172,628 Teresa 151,793
26 Gary 166,031 Nancy 142,724
27 Stephen 152,240 Christine 139,343
28 Eric 152,222 Cheryl 135,650
29 Edward 143,984 Denise 128,824
30 Douglas 134,989 Kelly 128,053
31 Todd 128,741 Tina 126,401
32 Patrick 122,717 Kathleen 120,952
33 George 113,023 Melissa 119,202
34 Keith 112,575 Robin 118,327
35 Larry 108,582 Amy 116,775
36 Matthew 105,938 Diane 114,453
37 Terry 101,489 Dawn 114,293
38 Andrew 97,109 Carol 112,333
39 Dennis 94,984 Tracy 103,780
40 Randy 93,878 Kathy 101,127
41 Jerry 93,544 Rebecca 99,462
42 Peter 92,418 Theresa 97,118
43 Frank 87,155 Kim 94,388
44 Craig 84,712 Rhonda 93,607
45 Raymond 81,793 Stephanie 92,821
46 Jeffery 79,534 Cindy 91,595
47 Bruce 74,642 Janet 89,315
48 Rodney 72,194 Wendy 88,963
49 Mike 71,456 Maria 88,850
50 Roger 71,440 Michele 86,993
51 Tony 70,577 Jacqueline 84,398
52 Ricky 66,402 Debbie 84,213
53 Steve 65,619 Margaret 81,870
54 Jeff 62,072 Paula 80,512
55 Troy 61,410 Sherry 77,527
56 Alan 61,392 Catherine 76,788
57 Carl 60,787 Carolyn 75,266
58 Danny 60,731 Laurie 74,451
59 Russell 60,447 Sheila 74,078
60 Chris 56,338 Ann 72,083
61 Gerald 55,305 Jill 69,144
62 Bryan 55,304 Connie 65,289
63 Wayne 54,762 Diana 65,037
64 Joe 53,386 Terri 63,741
65 Randall 52,055 Suzanne 59,761
66 Lawrence 51,342 Andrea 58,406
67 Dale 50,423 Beth 58,384
68 Phillip 50,396 Janice 57,966
69 Johnny 49,843 Valerie 56,588
70 Vincent 49,478 Renee 55,815
71 Martin 49,116 Leslie 54,453
72 Bradley 48,730 Christina 52,790
73 Billy 48,472 Gina 52,371
74 Glenn 48,095 Lynn 51,931
75 Shawn 47,795 Annette 51,925
76 Jimmy 47,399 Cathy 51,624
77 Jonathan 47,389 Katherine 50,619
78 Sean 47,282 Judy 50,325
79 Curtis 47,244 Carla 47,905
80 Barry 47,221 Anne 47,774
81 Bobby 46,390 Wanda 47,771
82 Walter 45,929 Dana 47,701
83 Jon 44,879 Joyce 46,125
84 Philip 44,780 Regina 45,827
85 Samuel 44,247 Beverly 45,238
86 Jay 42,712 Monica 45,192
87 Dean 42,527 Bonnie 45,088
88 Jason 42,527 Kathryn 44,864
89 Jose 42,043 Anita 44,416
90 Tim 41,572 Sarah 43,913
91 Roy 40,047 Darlene 43,527
92 Willie 39,812 Jane 43,340
93 Arthur 39,622 Sherri 41,633
94 Darryl 39,200 Martha 41,040
95 Henry 39,134 Anna 40,935
96 Darrell 38,025 Colleen 40,673
97 Allen 37,694 Vicki 40,508
98 Victor 36,821 Tracey 40,287
99 Harold 36,744 Judith 39,780
100 Greg 36,438 Tamara 39,006
101 Albert 36,379 Gloria 38,591
102 Jack 35,593 Betty 38,397
103 Darren 35,038 Stacey 38,263
104 Ronnie 34,720 Penny 38,220
105 Ralph 34,190 Shirley 38,078
106 Joel 33,832 Victoria 37,733
107 Louis 33,382 Jean 37,280
108 Jim 33,201 Peggy 37,036
109 Micheal 31,979 Melanie 36,751
110 Marc 31,375 Joan 36,676
111 Frederick 30,768 Melinda 36,297
112 Eddie 30,573 Shelly 35,661
113 Lee 30,200 Stacy 35,526
114 Stanley 30,005 Virginia 35,345
115 Tommy 29,365 Marie 34,812
116 Eugene 29,311 Maureen 34,449
117 Tom 29,201 Ruth 34,189
118 Tracy 29,177 Julia 34,179
119 Howard 28,703 Ellen 34,146
120 Leonard 28,441 Tonya 34,072
121 Kurt 28,215 Shannon 33,850
122 Marvin 28,130 Heidi 33,751
123 Kelly 28,006 Joanne 33,363
124 Brent 27,164 Dorothy 33,011
125 Ernest 26,892 Rita 32,883
126 Dwayne 26,788 Gail 32,877
127 Aaron 26,070 Heather 32,705
128 Brett 25,835 Deanna 32,269
129 Rick 25,717 Holly 32,144
130 Benjamin 25,609 Rose 31,859
131 Bill 25,132 Vickie 31,766
132 Reginald 24,921 Carrie 31,173
133 Duane 23,755 Veronica 30,035
134 Juan 23,457 Yvonne 29,962
135 Fred 23,189 Becky 29,601
136 Melvin 23,093 Helen 29,099
137 Adam 22,925 Sylvia 28,621
138 Norman 22,753 Yolanda 28,440
139 Dan 22,709 April 28,306
140 Mitchell 22,678 Terry 27,638
141 Harry 22,670 Elaine 27,466
142 Jesse 22,605 Sheri 27,327
143 Carlos 22,396 Marilyn 27,002
144 Nicholas 22,339 Alice 26,954
145 Jerome 22,295 Jodi 26,874
146 Kirk 22,204 Rachel 26,795
147 Ray 22,183 Sheryl 26,058
148 Don 22,123 Jackie 25,894
149 Calvin 21,889 Phyllis 25,704
150 Glen 21,877 Jamie 25,694
151 Brad 21,351 Frances 25,001
152 Theodore 21,288 Crystal 24,973
153 Derrick 21,192 Joann 24,875
154 Karl 21,179 Eileen 24,868
155 Edwin 20,635 Shelley 24,856
156 Earl 20,369 Toni 24,840
157 Lance 20,034 Charlene 24,624
158 Francis 19,334 Kristin 24,354
159 Clifford 19,264 Sally 24,344
160 Kent 19,258 Charlotte 24,232
161 Derek 19,021 Kristine 24,125
162 Wesley 18,807 Jeanne 23,540
163 Alfred 18,656 Sara 23,044
164 Antonio 18,594 Tanya 23,027
165 Warren 18,561 Belinda 22,944
166 Andre 18,117 Carmen 22,888
167 Clarence 17,500 Sandy 22,710
168 Bernard 17,475 Evelyn 22,582
169 Kyle 16,579 Alicia 22,422
170 Tyrone 16,425 Sonya 22,289
171 Manuel 16,036 Lorraine 22,251
172 Luis 15,907 Yvette 22,088
173 Chad 15,902 Jeanette 22,086
174 Gordon 15,832 Loretta 22,070
175 Dave 15,774 Joy 21,756
176 Nathan 15,524 Sue 21,601
177 Guy 15,356 Norma 21,519
178 Kerry 15,286 Roberta 21,101
179 Daryl 15,268 Vanessa 20,983
180 Leroy 15,220 Shari 20,516
181 Perry 15,121 Jo 20,197
182 Lonnie 15,120 Natalie 19,565
183 Erik 14,770 Tammie 19,345
184 Maurice 14,643 Traci 18,703
185 Marcus 14,545 Gwendolyn 18,635
186 Alvin 14,509 Nicole 18,564
187 Gilbert 14,426 Felicia 18,550
188 Vernon 14,409 Melody 18,469
189 Alexander 14,168 Shelia 18,444
190 Stuart 13,961 Tami 18,442
191 Rickey 13,942 Marcia 18,427
192 Shane 13,923 Doris 18,193
193 Franklin 13,892 Kristen 18,039
194 Leon 13,823 Audrey 17,868
195 Gregg 13,792 Karla 17,716
196 Bob 13,789 Jody 17,670
197 Darin 13,745 Glenda 17,592
198 Leslie 13,724 Patty 17,521
199 Gene 13,701 Amanda 17,176
200 Herbert 13,701 Pam 17,109
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source.