1960s Baby Names
5,710 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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#1,380Ethan Ethan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "firm," "enduring," or "strong."1,601 in the 1960s
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#1,398Gavin Gavin is a boy's name from the Arthurian Gawain, whose meaning has never been established.1,571 in the 1960s
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#1,405Hank Hank is a boy's name of Germanic origin, a short form of Henry meaning "home ruler".1,562 in the 1960s
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#1,420Elijah Elijah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my God is Yahweh," from Eliyahu.1,524 in the 1960s
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#1,421Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.1,524 in the 1960s
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#1,433Levi Levi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "joined" or "attached."1,501 in the 1960s
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#1,453Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."1,464 in the 1960s
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#1,476Sonny Sonny is a boy's name of English origin meaning exactly what it looks like — son.1,430 in the 1960s
What made a 1960s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1960 and 1969, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1960s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.