Top Names of 1960
The most popular names recorded in 1960 were Mary for girls
and David for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 51,468 |
| 2 | Susan | 39,208 |
| 3 | Linda | 37,315 |
| 4 | Karen | 36,380 |
| 5 | Donna | 34,138 |
| 6 | Lisa | 33,695 |
| 7 | Patricia | 32,105 |
| 8 | Debra | 26,728 |
| 9 | Cynthia | 26,712 |
| 10 | Deborah | 25,261 |
| 11 | Sandra | 24,568 |
| 12 | Barbara | 24,455 |
| 13 | Brenda | 23,965 |
| 14 | Pamela | 22,091 |
| 15 | Nancy | 21,892 |
| 16 | Sharon | 20,412 |
| 17 | Cheryl | 19,117 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 18,859 |
| 19 | Teresa | 18,835 |
| 20 | Lori | 18,688 |
| 21 | Kathy | 18,479 |
| 22 | Diane | 17,909 |
| 23 | Carol | 17,463 |
| 24 | Debbie | 17,060 |
| 25 | Laura | 17,060 |
| 26 | Kimberly | 16,851 |
| 27 | Kathleen | 16,085 |
| 28 | Julie | 16,078 |
| 29 | Denise | 15,064 |
| 30 | Cindy | 14,952 |
| 31 | Tammy | 14,317 |
| 32 | Janet | 14,249 |
| 33 | Robin | 13,972 |
| 34 | Kim | 12,474 |
| 35 | Theresa | 11,848 |
| 36 | Margaret | 11,362 |
| 37 | Laurie | 10,144 |
| 38 | Rebecca | 9,970 |
| 39 | Michelle | 9,892 |
| 40 | Christine | 9,875 |
| 41 | Janice | 9,621 |
| 42 | Catherine | 9,537 |
| 43 | Carolyn | 9,402 |
| 44 | Rhonda | 9,256 |
| 45 | Cathy | 9,134 |
| 46 | Tina | 9,132 |
| 47 | Connie | 8,881 |
| 48 | Judy | 8,859 |
| 49 | Terri | 8,742 |
| 50 | Angela | 8,682 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 85,908 |
| 2 | Michael | 84,139 |
| 3 | James | 76,804 |
| 4 | John | 76,086 |
| 5 | Robert | 72,344 |
| 6 | Mark | 58,719 |
| 7 | William | 49,344 |
| 8 | Richard | 43,538 |
| 9 | Thomas | 39,273 |
| 10 | Steven | 33,875 |
| 11 | Timothy | 30,485 |
| 12 | Joseph | 29,744 |
| 13 | Charles | 29,665 |
| 14 | Jeffrey | 28,829 |
| 15 | Kevin | 28,388 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 27,691 |
| 17 | Daniel | 25,938 |
| 18 | Paul | 25,633 |
| 19 | Donald | 22,734 |
| 20 | Brian | 21,990 |
| 21 | Ronald | 21,701 |
| 22 | Gary | 21,684 |
| 23 | Scott | 21,593 |
| 24 | Gregory | 20,302 |
| 25 | Anthony | 19,492 |
| 26 | Edward | 16,592 |
| 27 | Stephen | 16,263 |
| 28 | Larry | 15,986 |
| 29 | Christopher | 15,360 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,137 |
| 31 | Dennis | 14,302 |
| 32 | Randy | 14,208 |
| 33 | George | 14,059 |
| 34 | Terry | 13,930 |
| 35 | Keith | 12,174 |
| 36 | Mike | 12,041 |
| 37 | Jerry | 11,837 |
| 38 | Ricky | 10,995 |
| 39 | Bruce | 10,966 |
| 40 | Frank | 10,751 |
| 41 | Craig | 10,720 |
| 42 | Peter | 10,714 |
| 43 | Steve | 10,646 |
| 44 | Eric | 10,534 |
| 45 | Patrick | 10,348 |
| 46 | Raymond | 9,722 |
| 47 | Roger | 9,043 |
| 48 | Danny | 8,613 |
| 49 | Jeff | 8,511 |
| 50 | Alan | 8,357 |