Most Popular Baby Names of the 1960s

Across the 1960s, Lisa was the most popular girls' name, given to 496,987 babies, and Michael led the boys with 833,092.

That's out of 18,265,172 girls and 19,262,626 boys counted between 1960 and 1969, under 14,242 different girls' names and 7,931 boys' names.

Number one, year by year

Most popular names each year, 1960 to 1969
Year	Girls	Boys
1960	Mary	David
1961	Mary	Michael
1962	Lisa	Michael
1963	Lisa	Michael
1964	Lisa	Michael
1965	Lisa	Michael
1966	Lisa	Michael
1967	Lisa	Michael
1968	Lisa	Michael
1969	Lisa	Michael

Top 100 names of the 1960s

Top girls' names, 1960–1969
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950s
1	Lisa	496,987	up 36
2	Mary	355,240	down 1
3	Susan	287,666	up 1
4	Karen	286,053	up 4
5	Kimberly	259,072	up 85
6	Patricia	231,178	down 3
7	Linda	225,454	down 5
8	Donna	213,468	up 2
9	Michelle	208,293	up 84
10	Cynthia	196,597	up 1
11	Sandra	183,846	up 1
12	Deborah	183,439	down 7
13	Tammy	182,231	not top 100 in 1950s
14	Pamela	181,939	down 1
15	Lori	176,560	up 64
16	Laura	174,185	up 22
17	Elizabeth	168,920	up 4
18	Julie	166,150	up 25
19	Brenda	164,502	down 1
20	Jennifer	164,413	up 78
21	Barbara	159,773	down 15
22	Angela	159,294	not top 100 in 1950s
23	Sharon	154,905	down 9
24	Debra	153,771	down 17
25	Teresa	151,793	up 5
26	Nancy	142,724	down 17
27	Christine	139,343	up 4
28	Cheryl	135,650	down 9
29	Denise	128,824	down 3
30	Kelly	128,053	not top 100 in 1950s
31	Tina	126,401	not top 100 in 1950s
32	Kathleen	120,952	down 17
33	Melissa	119,202	not top 100 in 1950s
34	Robin	118,327	up 19
35	Amy	116,775	not top 100 in 1950s
36	Diane	114,453	down 19
37	Dawn	114,293	not top 100 in 1950s
38	Carol	112,333	down 22
39	Tracy	103,780	not top 100 in 1950s
40	Kathy	101,127	down 18
41	Rebecca	99,462	down 13
42	Theresa	97,118	down 3
43	Kim	94,388	up 35
44	Rhonda	93,607	up 30
45	Stephanie	92,821	not top 100 in 1950s
46	Cindy	91,595	up 2
47	Janet	89,315	down 27
48	Wendy	88,963	not top 100 in 1950s
49	Maria	88,850	up 21
50	Michele	86,993	not top 100 in 1950s
51	Jacqueline	84,398	up 21
52	Debbie	84,213	up 2
53	Margaret	81,870	down 30
54	Paula	80,512	down 8
55	Sherry	77,527	up 9
56	Catherine	76,788	down 24
57	Carolyn	75,266	down 32
58	Laurie	74,451	up 34
59	Sheila	74,078	up 3
60	Ann	72,083	down 19
61	Jill	69,144	not top 100 in 1950s
62	Connie	65,289	down 22
63	Diana	65,037	down 8
64	Terri	63,741	up 31
65	Suzanne	59,761	up 22
66	Andrea	58,406	not top 100 in 1950s
67	Beth	58,384	not top 100 in 1950s
68	Janice	57,966	down 44
69	Valerie	56,588	up 15
70	Renee	55,815	not top 100 in 1950s
71	Leslie	54,453	up 28
72	Christina	52,790	not top 100 in 1950s
73	Gina	52,371	not top 100 in 1950s
74	Lynn	51,931	down 7
75	Annette	51,925	not top 100 in 1950s
76	Cathy	51,624	down 24
77	Katherine	50,619	down 12
78	Judy	50,325	down 51
79	Carla	47,905	not top 100 in 1950s
80	Anne	47,774	up 3
81	Wanda	47,771	down 22
82	Dana	47,701	not top 100 in 1950s
83	Joyce	46,125	down 54
84	Regina	45,827	not top 100 in 1950s
85	Beverly	45,238	down 49
86	Monica	45,192	not top 100 in 1950s
87	Bonnie	45,088	down 37
88	Kathryn	44,864	down 31
89	Anita	44,416	up 2
90	Sarah	43,913	not top 100 in 1950s
91	Darlene	43,527	down 20
92	Jane	43,340	down 41
93	Sherri	41,633	not top 100 in 1950s
94	Martha	41,040	down 45
95	Anna	40,935	not top 100 in 1950s
96	Colleen	40,673	not top 100 in 1950s
97	Vicki	40,508	down 36
98	Tracey	40,287	not top 100 in 1950s
99	Judith	39,780	down 65
100	Tamara	39,006	not top 100 in 1950s

Top boys' names, 1960–1969
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950s
1	Michael	833,092	up 1
2	David	733,953	up 3
3	John	713,394	up 1
4	James	684,722	down 3
5	Robert	650,786	down 2
6	Mark	441,390	up 3
7	William	421,433	down 1
8	Richard	373,907	down 1
9	Thomas	327,055	down 1
10	Jeffrey	302,029	up 14
11	Steven	290,607	same
12	Joseph	283,048	up 1
13	Timothy	276,837	up 9
14	Kevin	271,412	up 13
15	Scott	266,828	up 21
16	Brian	258,129	up 18
17	Charles	249,398	down 7
18	Paul	242,503	down 1
19	Daniel	242,020	same
20	Christopher	237,144	up 29
21	Kenneth	227,531	down 5
22	Anthony	203,159	up 8
23	Gregory	187,495	up 3
24	Ronald	182,190	down 9
25	Donald	172,628	down 11
26	Gary	166,031	down 14
27	Stephen	152,240	down 7
28	Eric	152,222	up 46
29	Edward	143,984	down 6
30	Douglas	134,989	down 2
31	Todd	128,741	not top 100 in 1950s
32	Patrick	122,717	up 8
33	George	113,023	down 8
34	Keith	112,575	up 7
35	Larry	108,582	down 17
36	Matthew	105,938	up 63
37	Terry	101,489	down 8
38	Andrew	97,109	up 26
39	Dennis	94,984	down 18
40	Randy	93,878	down 7
41	Jerry	93,544	down 10
42	Peter	92,418	down 3
43	Frank	87,155	down 8
44	Craig	84,712	up 8
45	Raymond	81,793	down 7
46	Jeffery	79,534	up 40
47	Bruce	74,642	down 15
48	Rodney	72,194	up 23
49	Mike	71,456	up 31
50	Roger	71,440	down 13
51	Tony	70,577	up 40
52	Ricky	66,402	down 5
53	Steve	65,619	up 3
54	Jeff	62,072	not top 100 in 1950s
55	Troy	61,410	not top 100 in 1950s
56	Alan	61,392	down 11
57	Carl	60,787	down 9
58	Danny	60,731	down 14
59	Russell	60,447	same
60	Chris	56,338	not top 100 in 1950s
61	Gerald	55,305	down 15
62	Bryan	55,304	not top 100 in 1950s
63	Wayne	54,762	down 20
64	Joe	53,386	down 7
65	Randall	52,055	down 7
66	Lawrence	51,342	down 24
67	Dale	50,423	down 17
68	Phillip	50,396	up 9
69	Johnny	49,843	down 15
70	Vincent	49,478	up 30
71	Martin	49,116	up 8
72	Bradley	48,730	not top 100 in 1950s
73	Billy	48,472	down 6
74	Glenn	48,095	down 6
75	Shawn	47,795	not top 100 in 1950s
76	Jimmy	47,399	down 6
77	Jonathan	47,389	not top 100 in 1950s
78	Sean	47,282	not top 100 in 1950s
79	Curtis	47,244	up 6
80	Barry	47,221	down 8
81	Bobby	46,390	down 6
82	Walter	45,929	down 31
83	Jon	44,879	not top 100 in 1950s
84	Philip	44,780	down 19
85	Samuel	44,247	down 12
86	Jay	42,712	up 10
87	Dean	42,527	not top 100 in 1950s
88	Jason	42,527	not top 100 in 1950s
89	Jose	42,043	not top 100 in 1950s
90	Tim	41,572	not top 100 in 1950s
91	Roy	40,047	down 28
92	Willie	39,812	down 39
93	Arthur	39,622	down 38
94	Darryl	39,200	not top 100 in 1950s
95	Henry	39,134	down 34
96	Darrell	38,025	down 1
97	Allen	37,694	down 13
98	Victor	36,821	not top 100 in 1950s
99	Harold	36,744	down 37
100	Greg	36,438	not top 100 in 1950s

Names that peaked in the 1960s

These were among the decade's top 1,000 and reached their highest share of babies in a year between 1960 and 1969. The year each one peaked is in brackets.

Girls

Lisa (1965)
Kimberly (1967)
Michelle (1969)
Tammy (1968)
Lori (1963)
Laura (1968)
Julie (1969)
Teresa (1962)
Christine (1968)
Denise (1964)

Boys

Michael (1969)
Mark (1960)
Jeffrey (1966)
Timothy (1967)
Kevin (1965)
Paul (1964)
Gregory (1962)
Todd (1968)
Patrick (1968)
Keith (1966)

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.