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The most popular baby names of 1960

SSA recorded 4,154,261 births in 1960 across all reported names — 2,021,941 girls and 2,132,320 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1960

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1959.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +16
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 +47
85 Jacqueline 5,654 +26
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 +10
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

Top 100 boys' names in 1960

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1959.
#NameBirthsvs 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 -11
88 Bryan 4,780 +6
89 Ralph 4,770 -5
90 Bradley 4,746 +13
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 +34
97 Jon 4,403 +8
98 Vincent 4,373 +4
99 Allen 4,371 -2
100 Stanley 4,221 -2

Names that climbed fastest in 1960

Ranked by places gained against 1959, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1960Rank 1959Change
Danielle girls 553 692 +139
Dina girls 410 542 +132
Traci girls 371 496 +125
Deidre girls 526 650 +124
Marisa girls 528 641 +113
Janine girls 231 340 +109
Marina girls 525 633 +108
Amber girls 589 694 +105
Deirdre girls 402 501 +99
Felicia girls 228 324 +96
Troy boys 162 257 +95
Sonya girls 245 339 +94
Tricia girls 523 610 +87
Leeann girls 573 660 +87
Lorie girls 287 372 +85

Names that fell fastest in 1960

NameRank 1960Rank 1959Change
Sheree girls 656 453 -203
Candice girls 610 498 -112
Geralyn girls 639 544 -95
Susanna girls 679 585 -94
Robbin girls 464 374 -90
Bernadine girls 624 535 -89
Lesley girls 646 558 -88
Tamra girls 403 327 -76
Charmaine girls 622 547 -75
Gale girls 393 319 -74
Emmett boys 544 470 -74
Kitty girls 620 552 -68
Pat girls 349 283 -66
Tamie girls 641 575 -66
Deb girls 718 652 -66

Names that first appear in 1960

1960 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1960

For these names, 1960 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.