1960s Baby Names
10,954 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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#10Mary Mary is a girl's name of Hebrew origin whose meaning has never been settled.356,586 in the 1960s
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#26Patricia Patricia is a girl's name from the Latin for noble or patrician, the feminine of Patrick.231,904 in the 1960s
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#29Donna Donna is a girl's name from the Italian word for a lady, a title used as a name.214,042 in the 1960s
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#48Angela Angela is a girl's name from the Greek for messenger, the word that also gives us angel.159,698 in the 1960s
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#51Debra Debra is a girl's name, the phonetic respelling of Deborah, from the Hebrew for bee.154,181 in the 1960s
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#54Teresa Teresa is a girl's name whose meaning is uncertain, though harvester is the usual reading.152,204 in the 1960s
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#89Janet Janet is a girl's name, a Scottish diminutive of Jane meaning God is gracious.89,549 in the 1960s
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#90Maria Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, the Latin and Greek form of Miryam.89,321 in the 1960s
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#98Margaret Margaret is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl," from margarites.82,130 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.