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Baby names of the 1960s

1960–1969 · United States

Lisa was the most common girls’ name of the 1960s with 496,987 births, and Michael the most common boys’ name with 833,092.

Top 50 girls’ names of the 1960s

#NameBirths
1Lisa496,987
2Mary355,240
3Susan287,666
4Karen286,053
5Kimberly259,072
6Patricia231,178
7Linda225,454
8Donna213,468
9Michelle208,293
10Cynthia196,597
11Sandra183,846
12Deborah183,439
13Tammy182,231
14Pamela181,939
15Lori176,560
16Laura174,185
17Elizabeth168,920
18Julie166,150
19Brenda164,502
20Jennifer164,413
21Barbara159,773
22Angela159,294
23Sharon154,905
24Debra153,771
25Teresa151,793
26Nancy142,724
27Christine139,343
28Cheryl135,650
29Denise128,824
30Kelly128,053
31Tina126,401
32Kathleen120,952
33Melissa119,202
34Robin118,327
35Amy116,775
36Diane114,453
37Dawn114,293
38Carol112,333
39Tracy103,780
40Kathy101,127
41Rebecca99,462
42Theresa97,118
43Kim94,388
44Rhonda93,607
45Stephanie92,821
46Cindy91,595
47Janet89,315
48Wendy88,963
49Maria88,850
50Michele86,993

Top 50 boys’ names of the 1960s

#NameBirths
1Michael833,092
2David733,953
3John713,394
4James684,722
5Robert650,786
6Mark441,390
7William421,433
8Richard373,907
9Thomas327,055
10Jeffrey302,029
11Steven290,607
12Joseph283,048
13Timothy276,837
14Kevin271,412
15Scott266,828
16Brian258,129
17Charles249,398
18Paul242,503
19Daniel242,020
20Christopher237,144
21Kenneth227,531
22Anthony203,159
23Gregory187,495
24Ronald182,190
25Donald172,628
26Gary166,031
27Stephen152,240
28Eric152,222
29Edward143,984
30Douglas134,989
31Todd128,741
32Patrick122,717
33George113,023
34Keith112,575
35Larry108,582
36Matthew105,938
37Terry101,489
38Andrew97,109
39Dennis94,984
40Randy93,878
41Jerry93,544
42Peter92,418
43Frank87,155
44Craig84,712
45Raymond81,793
46Jeffery79,534
47Bruce74,642
48Rodney72,194
49Mike71,456
50Roger71,440

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880-2025. Names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org