1960s Baby Names
5,757 names were given to children in the United States between 1960 and 1969, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,255Wilfred Wilfred is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "desiring peace."1,954 in the 1960s
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#1,259Omar Omar is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "flourishing" or "long-lived."1,943 in the 1960s
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#1,260Bryce Bryce means speckled or freckled, from a Gaulish saint's name whose meaning is not certain.1,942 in the 1960s
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#1,276Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.1,890 in the 1960s
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#1,279Damian Damian is a boy's name of Greek origin, from damao, meaning to tame or subdue.1,879 in the 1960s
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#1,300Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.1,828 in the 1960s
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#1,315Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.1,797 in the 1960s
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#1,323Rocco Rocco is a boy's name of Germanic origin, generally read from a root meaning rest or repose.1,785 in the 1960s
What Made a 1960s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1960 and 1969. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.