Popular baby names of 1960

In 1960, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (51,472 babies) and David for boys (85,929). Social Security records show 4,154,261 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,332 girls' names and 4,598 boys' names.

1960 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 29.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Tracy, Jacqueline, Stephanie.
New in the boys' top 100: Bradley, Darryl, Jon, Vincent.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959
1	Mary	51,472	–
2	Susan	39,208	–
3	Linda	37,316	–
4	Karen	36,378	–
5	Donna	34,138	–
6	Lisa	33,693	↑4
7	Patricia	32,113	↓1
8	Debra	26,732	↓1
9	Cynthia	26,706	↓1
10	Deborah	25,266	↓1
11	Sandra	24,572	↑2
12	Barbara	24,454	↓1
13	Brenda	23,963	↑3
14	Pamela	22,092	↓2
15	Nancy	21,891	↓1
16	Sharon	20,414	↑1
17	Cheryl	19,120	↑1
18	Elizabeth	18,859	↑3
19	Teresa	18,839	↑5
20	Lori	18,690	↑7
21	Kathy	18,478	↓6
22	Diane	17,909	↓3
23	Carol	17,463	↓1
24	Debbie	17,067	↓4
25	Laura	17,060	↑5
26	Kimberly	16,854	↑7
27	Kathleen	16,085	↓4
28	Julie	16,079	↓2
29	Denise	15,066	–
30	Cindy	14,953	↓5
31	Tammy	14,317	–
32	Janet	14,250	↓4
33	Robin	13,971	↓1
34	Kim	12,477	↑1
35	Theresa	11,847	↓1
36	Margaret	11,362	–
37	Laurie	10,143	↑19
38	Rebecca	9,970	–
39	Michelle	9,893	↑8
40	Christine	9,874	↑3
41	Janice	9,620	↓4
42	Catherine	9,536	↓2
43	Carolyn	9,403	↓1
44	Rhonda	9,255	↑1
45	Tina	9,133	↑8
46	Cathy	9,130	↓7
47	Connie	8,881	↑1
48	Judy	8,855	↓7
49	Terri	8,743	↓3
50	Angela	8,683	↑18
51	Ann	8,677	↓7
52	Kelly	8,673	↑22
53	Diana	8,327	↓4
54	Sherry	8,314	↑4
55	Paula	8,066	↓4
56	Sheila	7,905	↓4
57	Dawn	7,813	↓3
58	Joyce	7,757	↓8
59	Maria	7,535	↑3
60	Beverly	7,392	↓5
61	Jennifer	7,243	↑17
62	Annette	7,136	↑2
63	Wendy	6,870	↑20
64	Lynn	6,850	↓1
65	Valerie	6,717	↓5
66	Wanda	6,674	↓1
67	Jane	6,586	–
68	Betty	6,501	↓9
69	Peggy	6,428	↓12
70	Shirley	6,411	↓9
71	Bonnie	6,389	–
72	Beth	6,257	↑8
73	Vicki	6,159	–
74	Judith	6,149	↓4
75	Darlene	6,093	↓9
76	Jill	6,019	↑10
77	Amy	5,973	↑8
78	Suzanne	5,966	↑18
79	Gloria	5,961	↑2
80	Joan	5,881	↓4
81	Katherine	5,876	↓2
82	Kathryn	5,868	↓13
83	Martha	5,831	↓11
84	Tracy	5,768	new
85	Jacqueline	5,654	new
86	Jean	5,639	↓9
87	Anita	5,637	–
88	Anne	5,636	↓6
89	Michele	5,609	–
90	Gail	5,428	↓15
91	Stephanie	5,265	new
92	Leslie	5,242	↓8
93	Renee	5,208	↑7
94	Ellen	5,136	↓3
95	Dorothy	5,076	↓1
96	Rita	5,027	↑2
97	Ruth	4,943	–
98	Rose	4,882	↓10
99	Joanne	4,875	↓7
100	Vickie	4,857	↓10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959
1	David	85,929	↑1
2	Michael	84,153	↓1
3	James	76,815	–
4	John	76,096	–
5	Robert	72,357	–
6	Mark	58,727	–
7	William	49,361	–
8	Richard	43,553	–
9	Thomas	39,278	–
10	Steven	33,878	–
11	Timothy	30,498	↑1
12	Joseph	29,749	↑1
13	Charles	29,677	↓2
14	Jeffrey	28,841	↑2
15	Kevin	28,400	↓1
16	Kenneth	27,701	↓1
17	Daniel	25,945	↑1
18	Paul	25,642	↓1
19	Donald	22,744	–
20	Brian	22,000	↑2
21	Ronald	21,714	–
22	Gary	21,693	↓2
23	Scott	21,606	↑1
24	Gregory	20,304	↓1
25	Anthony	19,499	↑1
26	Edward	16,595	↑1
27	Stephen	16,267	↑1
28	Larry	15,988	↓3
29	Christopher	15,361	↑6
30	Douglas	15,133	–
31	Dennis	14,303	↓2
32	Randy	14,206	↓1
33	George	14,063	↓1
34	Terry	13,932	↓1
35	Keith	12,180	↑4
36	Mike	12,045	↑1
37	Jerry	11,835	↓1
38	Ricky	11,000	↓4
39	Bruce	10,972	↓1
40	Frank	10,755	↑2
41	Craig	10,724	↑3
42	Peter	10,715	↓2
43	Steve	10,645	↓2
44	Eric	10,539	↑2
45	Patrick	10,356	↓2
46	Raymond	9,720	↓1
47	Roger	9,041	–
48	Danny	8,611	–
49	Jeff	8,511	↑3
50	Alan	8,356	–
51	Andrew	8,201	↑7
52	Tony	7,999	↑1
53	Carl	7,808	↑1
54	Dale	7,677	↓5
55	Jeffery	7,658	–
56	Russell	7,487	–
57	Joe	7,314	–
58	Wayne	7,193	↓7
59	Randall	7,174	–
60	Tim	6,931	–
61	Matthew	6,925	↑2
62	Gerald	6,571	↓1
63	Chris	6,494	↑9
64	Lawrence	6,380	↓2
65	Johnny	6,184	↓1
66	Phillip	6,047	↑8
67	Billy	6,023	↓2
68	Rodney	5,865	↓1
69	Jimmy	5,817	–
70	Walter	5,763	↓4
71	Todd	5,752	↑28
72	Barry	5,733	↑1
73	Bobby	5,656	↓2
74	Glenn	5,563	↑6
75	Jim	5,549	↓5
76	Philip	5,509	↓8
77	Martin	5,495	↑2
78	Jay	5,385	↑10
79	Curtis	5,363	↓4
80	Roy	5,255	↑1
81	Willie	5,238	↓3
82	Arthur	5,194	↓6
83	Greg	5,084	↑8
84	Henry	4,968	↓1
85	Jack	4,918	–
86	Tom	4,894	↓4
87	Ronnie	4,872	↓10
88	Bryan	4,780	↑6
89	Ralph	4,770	↓5
90	Bradley	4,746	new
91	Samuel	4,711	↓5
92	Harold	4,679	↓5
93	Albert	4,602	↓1
94	Dean	4,518	↑1
95	Bill	4,501	↓2
96	Darryl	4,436	new
97	Jon	4,403	new
98	Vincent	4,373	new
99	Allen	4,371	↓2
100	Stanley	4,221	↓2

Every name given in 1960

All 11,930 names Social Security recorded for 1960, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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