Top Baby Names of 1960
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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
Laura 17,060 24
Debbie 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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1960 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1960, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.