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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 1960s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 1960s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Lisa496,987
  2. 2Mary355,240
  3. 3Susan287,666
  4. 4Karen286,053
  5. 5Kimberly259,072
  6. 6Patricia231,178
  7. 7Linda225,454
  8. 8Donna213,468
  9. 9Michelle208,293
  10. 10Cynthia196,597
  11. 11Sandra183,846
  12. 12Deborah183,439
  13. 13Tammy182,231
  14. 14Pamela181,939
  15. 15Lori176,560
  16. 16Laura174,185
  17. 17Elizabeth168,920
  18. 18Julie166,150
  19. 19Brenda164,502
  20. 20Jennifer164,413
  21. 21Barbara159,773
  22. 22Angela159,294
  23. 23Sharon154,905
  24. 24Debra153,771
  25. 25Teresa151,793
  26. 26Nancy142,724
  27. 27Christine139,343
  28. 28Cheryl135,650
  29. 29Denise128,824
  30. 30Kelly128,053
  31. 31Tina126,401
  32. 32Kathleen120,952
  33. 33Melissa119,202
  34. 34Robin118,327
  35. 35Amy116,775
  36. 36Diane114,453
  37. 37Dawn114,293
  38. 38Carol112,333
  39. 39Tracy103,780
  40. 40Kathy101,127
  41. 41Rebecca99,462
  42. 42Theresa97,118
  43. 43Kim94,388
  44. 44Rhonda93,607
  45. 45Stephanie92,821
  46. 46Cindy91,595
  47. 47Janet89,315
  48. 48Wendy88,963
  49. 49Maria88,850
  50. 50Michele86,993
  51. 51Jacqueline84,398
  52. 52Debbie84,213
  53. 53Margaret81,870
  54. 54Paula80,512
  55. 55Sherry77,527
  56. 56Catherine76,788
  57. 57Carolyn75,266
  58. 58Laurie74,451
  59. 59Sheila74,078
  60. 60Ann72,083
  61. 61Jill69,144
  62. 62Connie65,289
  63. 63Diana65,037
  64. 64Terri63,741
  65. 65Suzanne59,761
  66. 66Andrea58,406
  67. 67Beth58,384
  68. 68Janice57,966
  69. 69Valerie56,588
  70. 70Renee55,815
  71. 71Leslie54,453
  72. 72Christina52,790
  73. 73Gina52,371
  74. 74Lynn51,931
  75. 75Annette51,925
  76. 76Cathy51,624
  77. 77Katherine50,619
  78. 78Judy50,325
  79. 79Carla47,905
  80. 80Anne47,774
  81. 81Wanda47,771
  82. 82Dana47,701
  83. 83Joyce46,125
  84. 84Regina45,827
  85. 85Beverly45,238
  86. 86Monica45,192
  87. 87Bonnie45,088
  88. 88Kathryn44,864
  89. 89Anita44,416
  90. 90Sarah43,913
  91. 91Darlene43,527
  92. 92Jane43,340
  93. 93Sherri41,633
  94. 94Martha41,040
  95. 95Anna40,935
  96. 96Colleen40,673
  97. 97Vicki40,508
  98. 98Tracey40,287
  99. 99Judith39,780
  100. 100Tamara39,006

US babies given each name in the 1960s.

Boys100

  1. 1Michael833,092
  2. 2David733,953
  3. 3John713,394
  4. 4James684,722
  5. 5Robert650,786
  6. 6Mark441,390
  7. 7William421,433
  8. 8Richard373,907
  9. 9Thomas327,055
  10. 10Jeffrey302,029
  11. 11Steven290,607
  12. 12Joseph283,048
  13. 13Timothy276,837
  14. 14Kevin271,412
  15. 15Scott266,828
  16. 16Brian258,129
  17. 17Charles249,398
  18. 18Paul242,503
  19. 19Daniel242,020
  20. 20Christopher237,144
  21. 21Kenneth227,531
  22. 22Anthony203,159
  23. 23Gregory187,495
  24. 24Ronald182,190
  25. 25Donald172,628
  26. 26Gary166,031
  27. 27Stephen152,240
  28. 28Eric152,222
  29. 29Edward143,984
  30. 30Douglas134,989
  31. 31Todd128,741
  32. 32Patrick122,717
  33. 33George113,023
  34. 34Keith112,575
  35. 35Larry108,582
  36. 36Matthew105,938
  37. 37Terry101,489
  38. 38Andrew97,109
  39. 39Dennis94,984
  40. 40Randy93,878
  41. 41Jerry93,544
  42. 42Peter92,418
  43. 43Frank87,155
  44. 44Craig84,712
  45. 45Raymond81,793
  46. 46Jeffery79,534
  47. 47Bruce74,642
  48. 48Rodney72,194
  49. 49Mike71,456
  50. 50Roger71,440
  51. 51Tony70,577
  52. 52Ricky66,402
  53. 53Steve65,619
  54. 54Jeff62,072
  55. 55Troy61,410
  56. 56Alan61,392
  57. 57Carl60,787
  58. 58Danny60,731
  59. 59Russell60,447
  60. 60Chris56,338
  61. 61Gerald55,305
  62. 62Bryan55,304
  63. 63Wayne54,762
  64. 64Joe53,386
  65. 65Randall52,055
  66. 66Lawrence51,342
  67. 67Dale50,423
  68. 68Phillip50,396
  69. 69Johnny49,843
  70. 70Vincent49,478
  71. 71Martin49,116
  72. 72Bradley48,730
  73. 73Billy48,472
  74. 74Glenn48,095
  75. 75Shawn47,795
  76. 76Jimmy47,399
  77. 77Jonathan47,389
  78. 78Sean47,282
  79. 79Curtis47,244
  80. 80Barry47,221
  81. 81Bobby46,390
  82. 82Walter45,929
  83. 83Jon44,879
  84. 84Philip44,780
  85. 85Samuel44,247
  86. 86Jay42,712
  87. 87Dean42,527
  88. 88Jason42,527
  89. 89Jose42,043
  90. 90Tim41,572
  91. 91Roy40,047
  92. 92Willie39,812
  93. 93Arthur39,622
  94. 94Darryl39,200
  95. 95Henry39,134
  96. 96Darrell38,025
  97. 97Allen37,694
  98. 98Victor36,821
  99. 99Harold36,744
  100. 100Greg36,438

US babies given each name in the 1960s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 1960s?
Lisa was the #1 girl name in the US in the 1960s, given to 496,987 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 1960s?
Michael was the #1 boy name in the US in the 1960s, given to 833,092 babies.

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