Most Popular Baby Names of 1960
Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records
Mary and David were the most popular baby names of 1960 in the US: 51,472 girls were named Mary and 85,929 boys were named David, about 1 in 39 girls and 1 in 25 boys born that year. It was Mary's 8th year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1953), and David took #1 for boys from Michael.
Social Security records list 2,021,941 girls and 2,132,320 boys born in 1960, with 7,331 different girl names and 4,597 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
What Changed From 1959
- The girls' top 10 had the same names as in 1959; the boys' top 10 had the same names as in 1959.
- Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Tracy (#131 to #84), Jacqueline (#111 to #85) and Kelly (#74 to #52).
- Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Darryl (#130 to #96), Todd (#99 to #71) and Bradley (#103 to #90).
- 3 girl names and 4 boy names left the top 100, among them Terry (#95 to #101) and Rick (#89 to #101).
- 459 names appeared in the records for the first time.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1960
Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1959, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1960
| # | Name | Babies | In 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 51,472 | #1 |
| 2 | Susan | 39,208 | #2 |
| 3 | Linda | 37,316 | #3 |
| 4 | Karen | 36,378 | #4 |
| 5 | Donna | 34,138 | #5 |
| 6 | Lisa | 33,693 | #10 |
| 7 | Patricia | 32,113 | #6 |
| 8 | Debra | 26,732 | #7 |
| 9 | Cynthia | 26,706 | #8 |
| 10 | Deborah | 25,266 | #9 |
| 11 | Sandra | 24,572 | #13 |
| 12 | Barbara | 24,454 | #11 |
| 13 | Brenda | 23,963 | #16 |
| 14 | Pamela | 22,092 | #12 |
| 15 | Nancy | 21,891 | #14 |
| 16 | Sharon | 20,414 | #17 |
| 17 | Cheryl | 19,120 | #18 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 18,859 | #21 |
| 19 | Teresa | 18,839 | #24 |
| 20 | Lori | 18,690 | #27 |
| 21 | Kathy | 18,478 | #15 |
| 22 | Diane | 17,909 | #19 |
| 23 | Carol | 17,463 | #22 |
| 24 | Debbie | 17,067 | #20 |
| 25 | Laura | 17,060 | #30 |
| 26 | Kimberly | 16,854 | #33 |
| 27 | Kathleen | 16,085 | #23 |
| 28 | Julie | 16,079 | #26 |
| 29 | Denise | 15,066 | #29 |
| 30 | Cindy | 14,953 | #25 |
| 31 | Tammy | 14,317 | #31 |
| 32 | Janet | 14,250 | #28 |
| 33 | Robin | 13,971 | #32 |
| 34 | Kim | 12,477 | #35 |
| 35 | Theresa | 11,847 | #34 |
| 36 | Margaret | 11,362 | #36 |
| 37 | Laurie | 10,143 | #56 |
| 38 | Rebecca | 9,970 | #38 |
| 39 | Michelle | 9,893 | #47 |
| 40 | Christine | 9,874 | #43 |
| 41 | Janice | 9,620 | #37 |
| 42 | Catherine | 9,536 | #40 |
| 43 | Carolyn | 9,403 | #42 |
| 44 | Rhonda | 9,255 | #45 |
| 45 | Tina | 9,133 | #53 |
| 46 | Cathy | 9,130 | #39 |
| 47 | Connie | 8,881 | #48 |
| 48 | Judy | 8,855 | #41 |
| 49 | Terri | 8,743 | #46 |
| 50 | Angela | 8,683 | #68 |
| 51 | Ann | 8,677 | #44 |
| 52 | Kelly | 8,673 | #74 |
| 53 | Diana | 8,327 | #49 |
| 54 | Sherry | 8,314 | #58 |
| 55 | Paula | 8,066 | #51 |
| 56 | Sheila | 7,905 | #52 |
| 57 | Dawn | 7,813 | #54 |
| 58 | Joyce | 7,757 | #50 |
| 59 | Maria | 7,535 | #62 |
| 60 | Beverly | 7,392 | #55 |
| 61 | Jennifer | 7,243 | #77 |
| 62 | Annette | 7,136 | #64 |
| 63 | Wendy | 6,870 | #83 |
| 64 | Lynn | 6,850 | #63 |
| 65 | Valerie | 6,717 | #60 |
| 66 | Wanda | 6,674 | #65 |
| 67 | Jane | 6,586 | #67 |
| 68 | Betty | 6,501 | #59 |
| 69 | Peggy | 6,428 | #57 |
| 70 | Shirley | 6,411 | #61 |
| 71 | Bonnie | 6,389 | #71 |
| 72 | Beth | 6,257 | #80 |
| 73 | Vicki | 6,159 | #73 |
| 74 | Judith | 6,149 | #70 |
| 75 | Darlene | 6,093 | #66 |
| 76 | Jill | 6,019 | #86 |
| 77 | Amy | 5,973 | #85 |
| 78 | Suzanne | 5,966 | #96 |
| 79 | Gloria | 5,961 | #81 |
| 80 | Joan | 5,881 | #76 |
| 81 | Katherine | 5,876 | #79 |
| 82 | Kathryn | 5,868 | #69 |
| 83 | Martha | 5,831 | #72 |
| 84 | Tracy | 5,768 | #131 |
| 85 | Jacqueline | 5,654 | #111 |
| 86 | Jean | 5,639 | #77 |
| 87 | Anita | 5,637 | #87 |
| 88 | Anne | 5,636 | #82 |
| 89 | Michele | 5,609 | #89 |
| 90 | Gail | 5,428 | #75 |
| 91 | Stephanie | 5,265 | #101 |
| 92 | Leslie | 5,242 | #84 |
| 93 | Renee | 5,208 | #100 |
| 94 | Ellen | 5,136 | #91 |
| 95 | Dorothy | 5,076 | #94 |
| 96 | Rita | 5,027 | #98 |
| 97 | Ruth | 4,943 | #97 |
| 98 | Rose | 4,882 | #88 |
| 99 | Joanne | 4,875 | #92 |
| 100 | Vickie | 4,857 | #90 |
Top 100 Boy Names of 1960
| # | Name | Babies | In 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | 85,929 | #2 |
| 2 | Michael | 84,153 | #1 |
| 3 | James | 76,815 | #3 |
| 4 | John | 76,096 | #4 |
| 5 | Robert | 72,357 | #5 |
| 6 | Mark | 58,727 | #6 |
| 7 | William | 49,361 | #7 |
| 8 | Richard | 43,553 | #8 |
| 9 | Thomas | 39,278 | #9 |
| 10 | Steven | 33,878 | #10 |
| 11 | Timothy | 30,498 | #12 |
| 12 | Joseph | 29,749 | #13 |
| 13 | Charles | 29,677 | #11 |
| 14 | Jeffrey | 28,841 | #16 |
| 15 | Kevin | 28,400 | #14 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 27,701 | #15 |
| 17 | Daniel | 25,945 | #18 |
| 18 | Paul | 25,642 | #17 |
| 19 | Donald | 22,744 | #19 |
| 20 | Brian | 22,000 | #22 |
| 21 | Ronald | 21,714 | #21 |
| 22 | Gary | 21,693 | #20 |
| 23 | Scott | 21,606 | #24 |
| 24 | Gregory | 20,304 | #23 |
| 25 | Anthony | 19,499 | #26 |
| 26 | Edward | 16,595 | #27 |
| 27 | Stephen | 16,267 | #28 |
| 28 | Larry | 15,988 | #25 |
| 29 | Christopher | 15,361 | #35 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,133 | #30 |
| 31 | Dennis | 14,303 | #29 |
| 32 | Randy | 14,206 | #31 |
| 33 | George | 14,063 | #32 |
| 34 | Terry | 13,932 | #33 |
| 35 | Keith | 12,180 | #39 |
| 36 | Mike | 12,045 | #37 |
| 37 | Jerry | 11,835 | #36 |
| 38 | Ricky | 11,000 | #34 |
| 39 | Bruce | 10,972 | #38 |
| 40 | Frank | 10,755 | #42 |
| 41 | Craig | 10,724 | #44 |
| 42 | Peter | 10,715 | #40 |
| 43 | Steve | 10,645 | #41 |
| 44 | Eric | 10,539 | #46 |
| 45 | Patrick | 10,356 | #43 |
| 46 | Raymond | 9,720 | #45 |
| 47 | Roger | 9,041 | #47 |
| 48 | Danny | 8,611 | #48 |
| 49 | Jeff | 8,511 | #52 |
| 50 | Alan | 8,356 | #50 |
| 51 | Andrew | 8,201 | #58 |
| 52 | Tony | 7,999 | #53 |
| 53 | Carl | 7,808 | #54 |
| 54 | Dale | 7,677 | #49 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 7,658 | #55 |
| 56 | Russell | 7,487 | #56 |
| 57 | Joe | 7,314 | #57 |
| 58 | Wayne | 7,193 | #51 |
| 59 | Randall | 7,174 | #59 |
| 60 | Tim | 6,931 | #60 |
| 61 | Matthew | 6,925 | #63 |
| 62 | Gerald | 6,571 | #61 |
| 63 | Chris | 6,494 | #72 |
| 64 | Lawrence | 6,380 | #62 |
| 65 | Johnny | 6,184 | #64 |
| 66 | Phillip | 6,047 | #74 |
| 67 | Billy | 6,023 | #65 |
| 68 | Rodney | 5,865 | #67 |
| 69 | Jimmy | 5,817 | #69 |
| 70 | Walter | 5,763 | #66 |
| 71 | Todd | 5,752 | #99 |
| 72 | Barry | 5,733 | #73 |
| 73 | Bobby | 5,656 | #71 |
| 74 | Glenn | 5,563 | #80 |
| 75 | Jim | 5,549 | #70 |
| 76 | Philip | 5,509 | #68 |
| 77 | Martin | 5,495 | #79 |
| 78 | Jay | 5,385 | #88 |
| 79 | Curtis | 5,363 | #75 |
| 80 | Roy | 5,255 | #81 |
| 81 | Willie | 5,238 | #78 |
| 82 | Arthur | 5,194 | #76 |
| 83 | Greg | 5,084 | #91 |
| 84 | Henry | 4,968 | #83 |
| 85 | Jack | 4,918 | #85 |
| 86 | Tom | 4,894 | #82 |
| 87 | Ronnie | 4,872 | #76 |
| 88 | Bryan | 4,780 | #94 |
| 89 | Ralph | 4,770 | #84 |
| 90 | Bradley | 4,746 | #103 |
| 91 | Samuel | 4,711 | #86 |
| 92 | Harold | 4,679 | #87 |
| 93 | Albert | 4,602 | #92 |
| 94 | Dean | 4,518 | #95 |
| 95 | Bill | 4,501 | #93 |
| 96 | Darryl | 4,436 | #130 |
| 97 | Jon | 4,403 | #105 |
| 98 | Vincent | 4,373 | #102 |
| 99 | Allen | 4,371 | #97 |
| 100 | Stanley | 4,221 | #98 |
Open a name to see how many people with it are alive today and how its popularity changed. See the year before, 1959, or the year after, 1961, the top 100 of the whole 1960s, or let the random name generator pick names from the 1960s. For more on how the top names changed, read Most Popular Names by Decade.