Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1960 Most Popular Baby Names of 1960 Social Security has card records for 4,245,459 people born in the U.S. in 1960. Mary was the top girl name (51,472 babies) and David the top boy name (85,929).
Top 100 names of 1960 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1960, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 51,472 #125 2 Susan 39,208 #1,085 3 Linda 37,316 #902 4 Karen 36,378 #1,279 5 Donna 34,138 #1,962 6 Lisa 33,693 #987 7 Patricia 32,113 #1,334 8 Debra 26,732 #4,460 9 Cynthia 26,706 #1,013 10 Deborah 25,266 #862 11 Sandra 24,572 #1,207 12 Barbara 24,454 #968 13 Brenda 23,963 #1,525 14 Pamela 22,092 #2,239 15 Nancy 21,891 #965 16 Sharon 20,414 #1,250 17 Cheryl 19,120 #4,352 18 Elizabeth 18,859 #17 19 Teresa 18,839 #908 20 Lori 18,690 #1,721 21 Kathy 18,478 #3,249 22 Diane 17,909 #2,607 23 Carol 17,463 #2,239 24 Debbie 17,067 #5,238 25 Laura 17,060 #379 26 Kimberly 16,854 #302 27 Kathleen 16,085 #1,150 28 Julie 16,079 #872 29 Denise 15,066 #1,673 30 Cindy 14,953 #1,927 31 Tammy 14,317 #3,645 32 Janet 14,250 #2,778 33 Robin 13,971 #704 34 Kim 12,477 #4,172 35 Theresa 11,847 #1,548 36 Margaret 11,362 #112 37 Laurie 10,143 #2,822 38 Rebecca 9,970 #349 39 Michelle 9,893 #465 40 Christine 9,874 #1,272 41 Janice 9,620 #2,514 42 Catherine 9,536 #313 43 Carolyn 9,403 #1,222 44 Rhonda 9,255 #6,116 45 Tina 9,133 #2,778 46 Cathy 9,130 #8,362 47 Connie 8,881 #3,067 48 Judy 8,855 #1,872 49 Terri 8,743 #6,116 50 Angela 8,683 #408
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1960, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ann 8,677 #1,076 52 Kelly 8,673 #851 53 Diana 8,327 #244 54 Sherry 8,314 #5,410 55 Paula 8,066 #853 56 Sheila 7,905 #2,645 57 Dawn 7,813 #2,173 58 Joyce 7,757 #1,071 59 Maria 7,535 #87 60 Beverly 7,392 #1,016 61 Jennifer 7,243 #586 62 Annette 7,136 #1,443 63 Wendy 6,870 #1,341 64 Lynn 6,850 #2,542 65 Valerie 6,717 #127 66 Wanda 6,674 #5,917 67 Jane 6,586 #221 68 Betty 6,501 #1,113 69 Peggy 6,428 #8,362 70 Shirley 6,411 #1,581 71 Bonnie 6,389 #396 72 Beth 6,257 #3,389 73 Vicki 6,159 – 74 Judith 6,149 #788 75 Darlene 6,093 #1,844 76 Jill 6,019 #5,722 77 Amy 5,973 #257 78 Suzanne 5,966 #2,387 79 Gloria 5,961 #654 80 Joan 5,881 #1,085 81 Katherine 5,876 #186 82 Kathryn 5,868 #729 83 Martha 5,831 #712 84 Tracy 5,768 #2,153 85 Jacqueline 5,654 #558 86 Jean 5,639 #2,117 87 Anita 5,637 #1,341 88 Anne 5,636 #619 89 Michele 5,609 #4,758 90 Gail 5,428 #8,362 91 Stephanie 5,265 #557 92 Leslie 5,242 #712 93 Renee 5,208 #1,098 94 Ellen 5,136 #1,062 95 Dorothy 5,076 #421 96 Rita 5,027 #1,285 97 Ruth 4,943 #173 98 Rose 4,882 #114 99 Joanne 4,875 #2,607 100 Vickie 4,857 –
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1960, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 David 85,929 #35 2 Michael 84,153 #21 3 James 76,815 #6 4 John 76,096 #23 5 Robert 72,357 #92 6 Mark 58,727 #244 7 William 49,361 #9 8 Richard 43,553 #234 9 Thomas 39,278 #34 10 Steven 33,878 #271 11 Timothy 30,498 #203 12 Joseph 29,749 #29 13 Charles 29,677 #48 14 Jeffrey 28,841 #552 15 Kevin 28,400 #221 16 Kenneth 27,701 #294 17 Daniel 25,945 #22 18 Paul 25,642 #262 19 Donald 22,744 #690 20 Brian 22,000 #339 21 Ronald 21,714 #637 22 Gary 21,693 #1,073 23 Scott 21,606 #534 24 Gregory 20,304 #593 25 Anthony 19,499 #46 26 Edward 16,595 #224 27 Stephen 16,267 #383 28 Larry 15,988 #1,084 29 Christopher 15,361 #68 30 Douglas 15,133 #807 31 Dennis 14,303 #707 32 Randy 14,206 #1,084 33 George 14,063 #126 34 Terry 13,932 #1,115 35 Keith 12,180 #800 36 Mike 12,045 #1,231 37 Jerry 11,835 #906 38 Ricky 11,000 #948 39 Bruce 10,972 #536 40 Frank 10,755 #513 41 Craig 10,724 #1,644 42 Peter 10,715 #187 43 Steve 10,645 #1,609 44 Eric 10,539 #273 45 Patrick 10,356 #235 46 Raymond 9,720 #394 47 Roger 9,041 #832 48 Danny 8,611 #628 49 Jeff 8,511 #3,314 50 Alan 8,356 #191
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1960, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Andrew 8,201 #73 52 Tony 7,999 #783 53 Carl 7,808 #1,132 54 Dale 7,677 #1,409 55 Jeffery 7,658 #1,554 56 Russell 7,487 #345 57 Joe 7,314 #991 58 Wayne 7,193 #652 59 Randall 7,174 #1,499 60 Tim 6,931 #3,181 61 Matthew 6,925 #32 62 Gerald 6,571 #1,204 63 Chris 6,494 #646 64 Lawrence 6,380 #518 65 Johnny 6,184 #457 66 Phillip 6,047 #651 67 Billy 6,023 #1,068 68 Rodney 5,865 #1,091 69 Jimmy 5,817 #846 70 Walter 5,763 #251 71 Todd 5,752 #1,609 72 Barry 5,733 #1,520 73 Bobby 5,656 #1,097 74 Glenn 5,563 #1,443 75 Jim 5,549 #3,128 76 Philip 5,509 #527 77 Martin 5,495 #335 78 Jay 5,385 #392 79 Curtis 5,363 #984 80 Roy 5,255 #525 81 Willie 5,238 #1,315 82 Arthur 5,194 #87 83 Greg 5,084 #4,707 84 Henry 4,968 #5 85 Jack 4,918 #15 86 Tom 4,894 #2,183 87 Ronnie 4,872 #1,064 88 Bryan 4,780 #336 89 Ralph 4,770 #1,046 90 Bradley 4,746 #403 91 Samuel 4,711 #18 92 Harold 4,679 #991 93 Albert 4,602 #614 94 Dean 4,518 #125 95 Bill 4,501 #5,208 96 Darryl 4,436 #2,108 97 Jon 4,403 #951 98 Vincent 4,373 #107 99 Allen 4,371 #578 100 Stanley 4,221 #863
Entered the top 100 in 1960
