Birth year roster

Top names in 1960

Name: Top baby names in 1960
Creator: Social Security Administration

The 100 most common names on 1960 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and David led the 1960 baby-name charts, the top names among baby boom births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); 1960 was David’s only year as the #1 boys’ name. Of the 200 names below, 163 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1960s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered51,472
#2Susan Endangered39,208
#3Linda Endangered37,316
#4Karen Endangered36,378
#5Donna Endangered34,138
#6Lisa Endangered33,693
#7Patricia Endangered32,113
#8Debra Endangered26,732
#9Cynthia Endangered26,706
#10Deborah Endangered25,266
#11Sandra Endangered24,572
#12Barbara Endangered24,454
#13Brenda Endangered23,963
#14Pamela Endangered22,092
#15Nancy Endangered21,891
#16Sharon Endangered20,414
#17Cheryl Endangered19,120
#18Elizabeth Stable18,859
#19Teresa Endangered18,839
#20Lori Endangered18,690
#21Kathy Endangered18,478
#22Diane Endangered17,909
#23Carol Endangered17,463
#24Debbie Endangered17,067
#25Laura Endangered17,060
#26Kimberly Endangered16,854
#27Kathleen Endangered16,085
#28Julie Endangered16,079
#29Denise Endangered15,066
#30Cindy Endangered14,953
#31Tammy Endangered14,317
#32Janet Endangered14,250
#33Robin Endangered13,971
#34Kim Endangered12,477
#35Theresa Endangered11,847
#36Margaret Endangered11,362
#37Laurie Endangered10,143
#38Rebecca Endangered9,970
#39Michelle Endangered9,893
#40Christine Endangered9,874
#41Janice Endangered9,620
#42Catherine Endangered9,536
#43Carolyn Endangered9,403
#44Rhonda Endangered9,255
#45Tina Endangered9,133
#46Cathy Endangered9,130
#47Connie Endangered8,881
#48Judy Endangered8,855
#49Terri Endangered8,743
#50Angela Endangered8,683
#51Ann Endangered8,677
#52Kelly Endangered8,673
#53Diana Stable8,327
#54Sherry Endangered8,314
#55Paula Endangered8,066
#56Sheila Endangered7,905
#57Dawn Endangered7,813
#58Joyce Endangered7,757
#59Maria Stable7,535
#60Beverly Endangered7,392
#61Jennifer Endangered7,243
#62Annette Endangered7,136
#63Wendy Endangered6,870
#64Lynn Endangered6,850
#65Valerie Stable6,717
#66Wanda Endangered6,674
#67Jane Stable6,586
#68Betty Endangered6,501
#69Peggy Endangered6,428
#70Shirley Endangered6,411
#71Bonnie Endangered6,389
#72Beth Endangered6,257
#73Vicki Declining6,159
#74Judith Endangered6,149
#75Darlene Endangered6,093
#76Jill Endangered6,019
#77Amy Endangered5,973
#78Suzanne Endangered5,966
#79Gloria Endangered5,961
#80Joan Endangered5,881
#81Katherine Declining5,876
#82Kathryn Endangered5,868
#83Martha Endangered5,831
#84Tracy Endangered5,768
#85Jacqueline Endangered5,654
#86Jean Endangered5,639
#87Anita Endangered5,637
#88Anne Endangered5,636
#89Michele Endangered5,609
#90Gail Endangered5,428
#91Stephanie Endangered5,265
#92Leslie Endangered5,242
#93Renee Endangered5,208
#94Ellen Endangered5,136
#95Dorothy Endangered5,076
#96Rita Endangered5,027
#97Ruth Endangered4,943
#98Rose Stable4,882
#99Joanne Endangered4,875
#100Vickie Declining4,857

Boys

#1David Past peak85,929
#2Michael Past peak84,153
#3James Stable76,815
#4John Past peak76,096
#5Robert Endangered72,357
#6Mark Endangered58,727
#7William Declining49,361
#8Richard Endangered43,553
#9Thomas Stable39,278
#10Steven Endangered33,878
#11Timothy Endangered30,498
#12Joseph Declining29,749
#13Charles Stable29,677
#14Jeffrey Endangered28,841
#15Kevin Endangered28,400
#16Kenneth Endangered27,701
#17Daniel Declining25,945
#18Paul Endangered25,642
#19Donald Endangered22,744
#20Brian Endangered22,000
#21Ronald Endangered21,714
#22Gary Endangered21,693
#23Scott Endangered21,606
#24Gregory Endangered20,304
#25Anthony Declining19,499
#26Edward Endangered16,595
#27Stephen Endangered16,267
#28Larry Endangered15,988
#29Christopher Endangered15,361
#30Douglas Endangered15,133
#31Dennis Endangered14,303
#32Randy Endangered14,206
#33George Stable14,063
#34Terry Endangered13,932
#35Keith Endangered12,180
#36Mike Endangered12,045
#37Jerry Endangered11,835
#38Ricky Endangered11,000
#39Bruce Endangered10,972
#40Frank Endangered10,755
#41Craig Endangered10,724
#42Peter Stable10,715
#43Steve Endangered10,645
#44Eric Endangered10,539
#45Patrick Declining10,356
#46Raymond Endangered9,720
#47Roger Endangered9,041
#48Danny Endangered8,611
#49Jeff Endangered8,511
#50Alan Stable8,356
#51Andrew Declining8,201
#52Tony Endangered7,999
#53Carl Endangered7,808
#54Dale Endangered7,677
#55Jeffery Endangered7,658
#56Russell Stable7,487
#57Joe Endangered7,314
#58Wayne Endangered7,193
#59Randall Endangered7,174
#60Tim Endangered6,931
#61Matthew Declining6,925
#62Gerald Endangered6,571
#63Chris Endangered6,494
#64Lawrence Endangered6,380
#65Johnny Endangered6,184
#66Phillip Endangered6,047
#67Billy Endangered6,023
#68Rodney Endangered5,865
#69Jimmy Endangered5,817
#70Walter Stable5,763
#71Todd Endangered5,752
#72Barry Endangered5,733
#73Bobby Endangered5,656
#74Glenn Endangered5,563
#75Jim Endangered5,549
#76Philip Endangered5,509
#77Martin Stable5,495
#78Jay Stable5,385
#79Curtis Endangered5,363
#80Roy Endangered5,255
#81Willie Endangered5,238
#82Arthur Rising5,194
#83Greg Endangered5,084
#84Henry Stable4,968
#85Jack Stable4,918
#86Tom Endangered4,894
#87Ronnie Endangered4,872
#88Bryan Declining4,780
#89Ralph Endangered4,770
#90Bradley Declining4,746
#91Samuel Stable4,711
#92Harold Endangered4,679
#93Albert Endangered4,602
#94Dean Stable4,518
#95Bill Endangered4,501
#96Darryl Endangered4,436
#97Jon Endangered4,403
#98Vincent Stable4,373
#99Allen Endangered4,371
#100Stanley Endangered4,221