Popular Baby Names Of The 1960s

Baby Names

Obie Editorial Team

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 19,613,646 male births and 18,896,953 female births.

Popular names of the 1960s
  MalesFemales
RankNameNumberNameNumber
1 Michael 833,268 Lisa 496,935
2 David 734,057 Mary 355,192
3 John 713,523 Susan 287,636
4 James 684,895 Karen 286,022
5 Robert 650,880 Kimberly 259,066
6 Mark 441,484 Patricia 231,102
7 William 421,554 Linda 225,407
8 Richard 373,982 Donna 213,437
9 Thomas 327,167 Michelle 208,242
10 Jeffrey 302,054 Cynthia 196,588
11 Steven 290,702 Sandra 183,787
12 Joseph 283,103 Deborah 183,425
13 Timothy 276,843 Tammy 182,201
14 Kevin 271,479 Pamela 181,934
15 Scott 266,888 Lori 176,552
16 Brian 258,243 Laura 174,172
17 Charles 249,450 Elizabeth 168,862
18 Paul 242,552 Julie 166,134
19 Daniel 242,123 Brenda 164,463
20 Christopher 237,264 Jennifer 164,399
21 Kenneth 227,530 Barbara 159,737
22 Anthony 203,142 Angela 159,234
23 Gregory 187,545 Sharon 154,864
24 Ronald 182,183 Debra 153,765
25 Donald 172,651 Teresa 151,762
26 Gary 166,031 Nancy 142,680
27 Stephen 152,259 Christine 139,314
28 Eric 152,232 Cheryl 135,637
29 Edward 143,997 Denise 128,821
30 Douglas 135,036 Kelly 128,060
31 Todd 128,755 Tina 126,372
32 Patrick 122,732 Kathleen 120,956
33 George 113,028 Melissa 119,207
34 Keith 112,607 Robin 118,304
35 Larry 108,586 Amy 116,771
36 Matthew 106,006 Diane 114,435
37 Terry 101,448 Dawn 114,282
38 Andrew 97,164 Carol 112,334
39 Dennis 94,987 Tracy 103,768
40 Randy 93,883 Kathy 101,119
41 Jerry 93,544 Rebecca 99,460
42 Peter 92,432 Theresa 97,110
43 Frank 87,160 Kim 94,374
44 Craig 84,729 Rhonda 93,600
45 Raymond 81,791 Stephanie 92,809
46 Jeffery 79,523 Cindy 91,580
47 Bruce 74,668 Janet 89,299
48 Rodney 72,169 Wendy 88,957
49 Mike 71,452 Maria 88,611
50 Roger 71,438 Michele 86,977
51 Tony 70,568 Jacqueline 84,354
52 Ricky 66,376 Debbie 84,192
53 Steve 65,642 Margaret 81,859
54 Jeff 62,074 Paula 80,503
55 Troy 61,416 Sherry 77,519
56 Alan 61,405 Catherine 76,769
57 Carl 60,788 Carolyn 75,269
58 Danny 60,711 Laurie 74,446
59 Russell 60,459 Sheila 74,067
60 Chris 56,361 Ann 72,088
61 Bryan 55,316 Jill 69,143
62 Gerald 55,307 Connie 65,276
63 Wayne 54,766 Diana 65,030
64 Joe 53,379 Terri 63,736
65 Randall 52,060 Suzanne 59,767
66 Lawrence 51,366 Beth 58,380
67 Dale 50,415 Andrea 58,373
68 Phillip 50,397 Janice 57,960
69 Johnny 49,821 Valerie 56,582
70 Vincent 49,488 Renee 55,805
71 Martin 49,123 Leslie 54,454
72 Bradley 48,735 Christina 52,778
73 Billy 48,449 Gina 52,363
74 Glenn 48,096 Lynn 51,932
75 Shawn 47,802 Annette 51,901
76 Jonathan 47,420 Cathy 51,624
77 Jimmy 47,385 Katherine 50,635
78 Sean 47,358 Judy 50,335
79 Curtis 47,236 Carla 47,884
80 Barry 47,220 Anne 47,762
81 Bobby 46,385 Wanda 47,761
82 Walter 45,923 Dana 47,702
83 Jon 44,886 Joyce 46,126
84 Philip 44,796 Regina 45,827
85 Samuel 44,270 Beverly 45,245
86 Jay 42,737 Monica 45,154
87 Jason 42,593 Bonnie 45,086
88 Dean 42,534 Kathryn 44,857
89 Jose 42,028 Anita 44,386
90 Tim 41,580 Sarah 43,910
91 Roy 40,034 Darlene 43,523
92 Willie 39,800 Jane 43,342
93 Arthur 39,618 Sherri 41,628
94 Darryl 39,189 Martha 41,017
95 Henry 39,144 Anna 40,858
96 Darrell 38,008 Colleen 40,671
97 Allen 37,709 Vicki 40,507
98 Victor 36,816 Tracey 40,289
99 Harold 36,743 Judith 39,789
100 Greg 36,454 Tamara 38,994
101 Albert 36,375 Gloria 38,578
102 Jack 35,607 Betty 38,396
103 Darren 35,039 Stacey 38,261
104 Ronnie 34,711 Penny 38,222
105 Ralph 34,187 Shirley 38,072
106 Joel 33,822 Victoria 37,740
107 Louis 33,373 Jean 37,281
108 Jim 33,200 Peggy 37,041
109 Micheal 31,970 Melanie 36,747
110 Marc 31,379 Joan 36,677
111 Frederick 30,779 Melinda 36,297
112 Eddie 30,574 Shelly 35,658
113 Lee 30,214 Stacy 35,531
114 Stanley 29,990 Virginia 35,332
115 Tommy 29,364 Marie 34,804
116 Eugene 29,306 Maureen 34,437
117 Tom 29,194 Ruth 34,178
118 Tracy 29,168 Julia 34,175
119 Howard 28,698 Ellen 34,144
120 Leonard 28,436 Tonya 34,068
121 Kurt 28,213 Shannon 33,853
122 Marvin 28,125 Heidi 33,744
123 Kelly 28,012 Joanne 33,339
124 Brent 27,169 Dorothy 33,014
125 Ernest 26,893 Gail 32,867
126 Dwayne 26,789 Rita 32,861
127 Aaron 26,078 Heather 32,698
128 Brett 25,850 Deanna 32,266
129 Rick 25,734 Holly 32,142
130 Benjamin 25,626 Rose 31,848
131 Bill 25,146 Vickie 31,761
132 Reginald 24,923 Carrie 31,168
133 Duane 23,760 Veronica 30,017
134 Juan 23,466 Yvonne 29,935
135 Fred 23,187 Becky 29,597
136 Melvin 23,080 Helen 29,088
137 Adam 22,946 Sylvia 28,596
138 Norman 22,744 Yolanda 28,425
139 Dan 22,718 April 28,298
140 Mitchell 22,685 Terry 27,639
141 Harry 22,666 Elaine 27,464
142 Jesse 22,609 Sheri 27,325
143 Nicholas 22,411 Marilyn 26,998
144 Carlos 22,378 Alice 26,948
145 Jerome 22,298 Jodi 26,874
146 Kirk 22,224 Rachel 26,795
147 Ray 22,181 Sheryl 26,055
148 Don 22,122 Jackie 25,894
149 Calvin 21,897 Phyllis 25,702
150 Glen 21,890 Jamie 25,701
151 Brad 21,366 Frances 24,987
152 Theodore 21,302 Crystal 24,973
153 Karl 21,196 Eileen 24,870
154 Derrick 21,191 Joann 24,869
155 Edwin 20,633 Shelley 24,849
156 Earl 20,371 Toni 24,838
157 Lance 20,042 Charlene 24,617
158 Francis 19,347 Sally 24,349
159 Clifford 19,278 Kristin 24,345
160 Kent 19,261 Charlotte 24,234
161 Derek 19,027 Kristine 24,123
162 Wesley 18,805 Jeanne 23,546
163 Alfred 18,647 Sara 23,041
164 Antonio 18,555 Tanya 23,027
165 Warren 18,555 Belinda 22,944
166 Andre 18,108 Carmen 22,866
167 Clarence 17,500 Sandy 22,714
168 Bernard 17,463 Evelyn 22,576
169 Kyle 16,600 Alicia 22,423
170 Tyrone 16,416 Sonya 22,292
171 Manuel 16,037 Lorraine 22,236
172 Chad 15,914 Jeanette 22,085
173 Luis 15,896 Yvette 22,080
174 Gordon 15,826 Loretta 22,064
175 Dave 15,771 Joy 21,755
176 Nathan 15,524 Sue 21,612
177 Guy 15,352 Norma 21,507
178 Kerry 15,287 Roberta 21,094
179 Daryl 15,260 Vanessa 20,986
180 Leroy 15,215 Shari 20,516
181 Lonnie 15,123 Jo 20,201
182 Perry 15,118 Natalie 19,559
183 Erik 14,759 Tammie 19,344
184 Maurice 14,641 Traci 18,703
185 Marcus 14,568 Gwendolyn 18,636
186 Alvin 14,500 Nicole 18,558
187 Gilbert 14,427 Felicia 18,546
188 Vernon 14,409 Melody 18,468
189 Alexander 14,223 Shelia 18,444
190 Stuart 13,963 Tami 18,442
191 Rickey 13,938 Marcia 18,420
192 Shane 13,937 Doris 18,182
193 Franklin 13,892 Kristen 18,044
194 Leon 13,818 Audrey 17,867
195 Gregg 13,794 Karla 17,713
196 Bob 13,784 Jody 17,668
197 Darin 13,738 Glenda 17,591
198 Leslie 13,720 Patty 17,523
199 Gene 13,701 Amanda 17,169
200 Herbert 13,696 Pam 17,110

 

Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2011. 
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