Most Popular Baby Names of the 1960s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1960s (1960–1969), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#NameBabies
1Lisa496,983
2Mary355,238
3Susan287,661
4Karen286,054
5Kimberly259,072
6Patricia231,169
7Linda225,445
8Donna213,467
9Michelle208,296
10Cynthia196,596
11Sandra183,844
12Deborah183,432
13Tammy182,224
14Pamela181,938
15Lori176,561
16Laura174,181
17Elizabeth168,915
18Julie166,149
19Brenda164,496
20Jennifer164,414
21Barbara159,774
22Angela159,292
23Sharon154,897
24Debra153,771
25Teresa151,790
26Nancy142,723
27Christine139,339
28Cheryl135,646
29Denise128,823
30Kelly128,052
31Tina126,400
32Kathleen120,950
33Melissa119,202
34Robin118,326
35Amy116,776
36Diane114,452
37Dawn114,292
38Carol112,332
39Tracy103,777
40Kathy101,128
41Rebecca99,462
42Theresa97,115
43Kim94,386
44Rhonda93,604
45Stephanie92,818
46Cindy91,594
47Janet89,315
48Wendy88,964
49Maria88,843
50Michele86,992

Boys — Top 50

#NameBabies
1Michael833,070
2David733,939
3John713,374
4James684,721
5Robert650,769
6Mark441,381
7William421,411
8Richard373,894
9Thomas327,059
10Jeffrey302,013
11Steven290,599
12Joseph283,046
13Timothy276,819
14Kevin271,401
15Scott266,823
16Brian258,119
17Charles249,388
18Paul242,503
19Daniel242,014
20Christopher237,144
21Kenneth227,514
22Anthony203,145
23Gregory187,490
24Ronald182,176
25Donald172,620
26Gary166,016
27Stephen152,231
28Eric152,216
29Edward143,980
30Douglas134,993
31Todd128,744
32Patrick122,713
33George113,018
34Keith112,573
35Larry108,580
36Matthew105,943
37Terry101,484
38Andrew97,112
39Dennis94,983
40Randy93,878
41Jerry93,540
42Peter92,411
43Frank87,150
44Craig84,711
45Raymond81,788
46Jeffery79,529
47Bruce74,637
48Rodney72,192
49Mike71,459
50Roger71,441