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 19,613,744 male births and 18,901,349 female births
Popular names of the period 1960s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 833,149 Lisa 496,978
2 David 734,000 Mary 355,230
3 John 713,442 Susan 287,651
4 James 684,802 Karen 286,051
5 Robert 650,801 Kimberly 259,085
6 Mark 441,421 Patricia 231,158
7 William 421,455 Linda 225,430
8 Richard 373,930 Donna 213,458
9 Thomas 327,090 Michelle 208,289
10 Jeffrey 302,021 Cynthia 196,608
11 Steven 290,624 Sandra 183,839
12 Joseph 283,083 Deborah 183,430
13 Timothy 276,836 Tammy 182,214
14 Kevin 271,420 Pamela 181,935
15 Scott 266,855 Lori 176,554
16 Brian 258,167 Laura 174,178
17 Charles 249,414 Elizabeth 168,908
18 Paul 242,518 Julie 166,144
19 Daniel 242,056 Brenda 164,494
20 Christopher 237,180 Jennifer 164,407
21 Kenneth 227,514 Barbara 159,758
22 Anthony 203,153 Angela 159,272
23 Gregory 187,515 Sharon 154,896
24 Ronald 182,177 Debra 153,767
25 Donald 172,632 Teresa 151,781
26 Gary 166,027 Nancy 142,721
27 Stephen 152,234 Christine 139,330
28 Eric 152,219 Cheryl 135,643
29 Edward 143,984 Denise 128,820
30 Douglas 135,001 Kelly 128,059
31 Todd 128,746 Tina 126,395
32 Patrick 122,737 Kathleen 120,950
33 George 113,028 Melissa 119,204
34 Keith 112,586 Robin 118,321
35 Larry 108,587 Amy 116,783
36 Matthew 105,981 Diane 114,446
37 Terry 101,472 Dawn 114,293
38 Andrew 97,137 Carol 112,331
39 Dennis 94,983 Tracy 103,782
40 Randy 93,882 Kathy 101,121
41 Jerry 93,551 Rebecca 99,461
42 Peter 92,426 Theresa 97,115
43 Frank 87,169 Kim 94,387
44 Craig 84,714 Rhonda 93,605
45 Raymond 81,799 Stephanie 92,820
46 Jeffery 79,523 Cindy 91,590
47 Bruce 74,639 Janet 89,315
48 Rodney 72,192 Wendy 88,963
49 Mike 71,462 Maria 88,807
50 Roger 71,442 Michele 86,992
51 Tony 70,580 Jacqueline 84,388
52 Ricky 66,386 Debbie 84,206
53 Steve 65,637 Margaret 81,865
54 Jeff 62,081 Paula 80,511
55 Troy 61,409 Sherry 77,521
56 Alan 61,393 Catherine 76,785
57 Carl 60,788 Carolyn 75,259
58 Danny 60,721 Laurie 74,449
59 Russell 60,450 Sheila 74,074
60 Chris 56,358 Ann 72,077
61 Bryan 55,304 Jill 69,144
62 Gerald 55,298 Connie 65,286
63 Wayne 54,759 Diana 65,037
64 Joe 53,390 Terri 63,737
65 Randall 52,047 Suzanne 59,759
66 Lawrence 51,347 Andrea 58,406
67 Dale 50,424 Beth 58,384
68 Phillip 50,391 Janice 57,967
69 Johnny 49,837 Valerie 56,586
70 Vincent 49,483 Renee 55,813
71 Martin 49,106 Leslie 54,458
72 Bradley 48,734 Christina 52,784
73 Billy 48,461 Gina 52,369
74 Glenn 48,093 Lynn 51,929
75 Shawn 47,797 Annette 51,914
76 Jonathan 47,402 Cathy 51,624
77 Jimmy 47,393 Katherine 50,620
78 Sean 47,298 Judy 50,327
79 Curtis 47,246 Carla 47,900
80 Barry 47,220 Wanda 47,772
81 Bobby 46,389 Anne 47,765
82 Walter 45,932 Dana 47,699
83 Jon 44,885 Joyce 46,122
84 Philip 44,778 Regina 45,825
85 Samuel 44,256 Beverly 45,241
86 Jay 42,721 Monica 45,187
87 Jason 42,554 Bonnie 45,085
88 Dean 42,534 Kathryn 44,866
89 Jose 42,037 Anita 44,406
90 Tim 41,584 Sarah 43,912
91 Roy 40,034 Darlene 43,529
92 Willie 39,819 Jane 43,333
93 Arthur 39,616 Sherri 41,630
94 Darryl 39,194 Martha 41,035
95 Henry 39,136 Anna 40,917
96 Darrell 38,018 Colleen 40,672
97 Allen 37,706 Vicki 40,510
98 Victor 36,832 Tracey 40,287
99 Harold 36,740 Judith 39,777
100 Greg 36,452 Tamara 39,007
101 Albert 36,377 Gloria 38,588
102 Jack 35,599 Betty 38,394
103 Darren 35,042 Stacey 38,264
104 Ronnie 34,714 Penny 38,218
105 Ralph 34,181 Shirley 38,072
106 Joel 33,830 Victoria 37,733
107 Louis 33,386 Jean 37,282
108 Jim 33,201 Peggy 37,035
109 Micheal 31,968 Melanie 36,752
110 Marc 31,375 Joan 36,673
111 Frederick 30,771 Melinda 36,296
112 Eddie 30,577 Shelly 35,658
113 Lee 30,201 Stacy 35,527
114 Stanley 29,996 Virginia 35,343
115 Tommy 29,359 Marie 34,808
116 Eugene 29,309 Maureen 34,445
117 Tom 29,197 Ruth 34,185
118 Tracy 29,178 Julia 34,183
119 Howard 28,698 Ellen 34,142
120 Leonard 28,436 Tonya 34,072
121 Kurt 28,211 Shannon 33,851
122 Marvin 28,128 Heidi 33,744
123 Kelly 28,013 Joanne 33,359
124 Brent 27,165 Dorothy 33,007
125 Ernest 26,891 Rita 32,878
126 Dwayne 26,785 Gail 32,871
127 Aaron 26,079 Heather 32,706
128 Brett 25,838 Deanna 32,268
129 Rick 25,728 Holly 32,143
130 Benjamin 25,615 Rose 31,859
131 Bill 25,144 Vickie 31,762
132 Reginald 24,923 Carrie 31,170
133 Duane 23,762 Veronica 30,034
134 Juan 23,453 Yvonne 29,959
135 Fred 23,192 Becky 29,599
136 Melvin 23,088 Helen 29,098
137 Adam 22,938 Sylvia 28,614
138 Norman 22,750 Yolanda 28,440
139 Dan 22,714 April 28,304
140 Mitchell 22,677 Terry 27,634
141 Harry 22,667 Elaine 27,464
142 Jesse 22,614 Sheri 27,328
143 Carlos 22,393 Marilyn 27,002
144 Nicholas 22,373 Alice 26,954
145 Jerome 22,295 Jodi 26,875
146 Kirk 22,215 Rachel 26,796
147 Ray 22,187 Sheryl 26,059
148 Don 22,124 Jackie 25,894
149 Calvin 21,891 Phyllis 25,698
150 Glen 21,880 Jamie 25,697
151 Brad 21,357 Frances 25,001
152 Theodore 21,293 Crystal 24,973
153 Derrick 21,195 Joann 24,876
154 Karl 21,183 Eileen 24,869
155 Edwin 20,636 Shelley 24,856
156 Earl 20,370 Toni 24,839
157 Lance 20,039 Charlene 24,622
158 Francis 19,338 Kristin 24,353
159 Clifford 19,263 Sally 24,345
160 Kent 19,257 Charlotte 24,234
161 Derek 19,025 Kristine 24,125
162 Wesley 18,808 Jeanne 23,544
163 Alfred 18,649 Sara 23,043
164 Antonio 18,599 Tanya 23,028
165 Warren 18,560 Belinda 22,945
166 Andre 18,116 Carmen 22,878
167 Clarence 17,503 Sandy 22,712
168 Bernard 17,474 Evelyn 22,579
169 Kyle 16,588 Alicia 22,422
170 Tyrone 16,425 Sonya 22,292
171 Manuel 16,038 Lorraine 22,249
172 Chad 15,910 Jeanette 22,086
173 Luis 15,910 Yvette 22,085
174 Gordon 15,830 Loretta 22,070
175 Dave 15,772 Joy 21,757
176 Nathan 15,532 Sue 21,603
177 Guy 15,361 Norma 21,514
178 Kerry 15,286 Roberta 21,099
179 Daryl 15,267 Vanessa 20,984
180 Leroy 15,220 Shari 20,517
181 Lonnie 15,122 Jo 20,197
182 Perry 15,119 Natalie 19,567
183 Erik 14,771 Tammie 19,345
184 Maurice 14,644 Traci 18,703
185 Marcus 14,551 Gwendolyn 18,636
186 Alvin 14,506 Nicole 18,567
187 Gilbert 14,426 Felicia 18,551
188 Vernon 14,408 Melody 18,471
189 Alexander 14,183 Tami 18,444
190 Stuart 13,963 Shelia 18,443
191 Rickey 13,942 Marcia 18,425
192 Shane 13,932 Doris 18,191
193 Franklin 13,889 Kristen 18,042
194 Leon 13,821 Audrey 17,868
195 Gregg 13,790 Karla 17,716
196 Bob 13,787 Jody 17,670
197 Darin 13,743 Glenda 17,589
198 Leslie 13,723 Patty 17,520
199 Herbert 13,701 Amanda 17,174
200 Gene 13,698 Pam 17,109
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.