1960s spelling families

Counted together, the Steven family spellings would rank #6 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Steven, ranked #11 on its own.

Yearly data for the Steven family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Steven	Stephen	Combined
1960	33,878	16,267	50,145
1961	32,275	16,069	48,344
1962	30,688	15,616	46,304
1963	29,328	14,992	44,320
1964	29,707	14,968	44,675
1965	27,977	14,648	42,625
1966	27,698	14,742	42,440
1967	27,031	15,087	42,118
1968	25,493	14,761	40,254
1969	26,532	15,090	41,622

Steven family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Steven	290,607	#11	65.6%
Stephen	152,240	#27	34.4%

Why these are grouped: Steven and Stephen are established U.S. spelling forms with a shared conventional pronunciation in most use; the family view keeps both underlying records visible.

Counted together, the Jeffrey family spellings would rank #8 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Jeffrey, ranked #10 on its own.

Yearly data for the Jeffrey family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Jeffrey	Jeffery	Combined
1960	28,841	7,658	36,499
1961	32,029	8,923	40,952
1962	33,537	9,282	42,819
1963	31,701	8,486	40,187
1964	30,728	8,360	39,088
1965	29,574	7,734	37,308
1966	30,200	7,904	38,104
1967	28,083	7,226	35,309
1968	28,369	7,223	35,592
1969	28,967	6,738	35,705

Jeffrey family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Jeffrey	302,029	#10	79.2%
Jeffery	79,534	#46	20.8%

Why these are grouped: Jeffrey and Jeffery are direct transposition spellings recorded separately by SSA; Geoffrey is deliberately excluded as a less certain semantic match.

Counted together, the Brian family spellings would rank #10 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Brian, ranked #16 on its own.

Yearly data for the Brian family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Brian	Bryan	Combined
1960	22,000	4,780	26,780
1961	22,566	5,028	27,594
1962	23,221	4,992	28,213
1963	24,133	5,257	29,390
1964	24,167	5,272	29,439
1965	24,552	5,345	29,897
1966	27,253	5,890	33,143
1967	28,646	6,017	34,663
1968	29,922	6,254	36,176
1969	31,669	6,469	38,138

Brian family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Brian	258,129	#16	82.4%
Bryan	55,304	#62	17.6%

Why these are grouped: Brian and Bryan are established spelling forms recorded separately; this family combines their counts while retaining each variant as its own entry.

Counted together, the Michelle family spellings would rank #3 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Michelle, ranked #9 on its own.

Yearly data for the Michelle family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Michelle	Michele	Combined
1960	9,893	5,609	15,502
1961	12,741	6,995	19,736
1962	13,353	7,428	20,781
1963	14,383	7,512	21,895
1964	16,180	7,908	24,088
1965	16,215	8,661	24,876
1966	27,159	10,689	37,848
1967	30,827	10,416	41,243
1968	33,223	11,219	44,442
1969	34,319	10,556	44,875

Michelle family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Michelle	208,293	#9	70.5%
Michele	86,993	#50	29.5%

Why these are grouped: Michelle and Michele are established spellings that chart separately; the family view combines only their same-sex decade records.

Counted together, the Theresa family spellings would rank #6 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Teresa, ranked #25 on its own.

Yearly data for the Theresa family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Theresa	Teresa	Combined
1960	11,847	18,839	30,686
1961	11,960	18,909	30,869
1962	11,061	18,517	29,578
1963	11,039	17,965	29,004
1964	10,557	16,420	26,977
1965	9,685	14,578	24,263
1966	8,699	13,024	21,723
1967	8,105	12,272	20,377
1968	7,307	10,912	18,219
1969	6,858	10,357	17,215

Theresa family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Theresa	97,118	#42	39.0%
Teresa	151,793	#25	61.0%

Why these are grouped: Theresa and Teresa are established spelling forms whose separate conventional ranks divide their shared demographic footprint.

Counted together, the Eric family spellings would rank #26 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Eric, ranked #28 on its own.

Yearly data for the Eric family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1960–1969

Year	Eric	Erik	Combined
1960	10,539	472	11,011
1961	11,111	520	11,631
1962	12,348	516	12,864
1963	13,278	674	13,952
1964	14,567	1,167	15,734
1965	16,826	2,117	18,943
1966	16,475	1,965	18,440
1967	17,830	2,250	20,080
1968	18,501	2,368	20,869
1969	20,747	2,721	23,468

Eric family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1960s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Eric	152,222	#28	91.2%
Erik	14,770	#183	8.8%

Why these are grouped: Eric and Erik are established English and Scandinavian spelling forms; this reviewed grouping exposes their combined U.S. footprint without erasing the distinction.