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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#1,668Lily Lily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily flower," from lilium.1,148 in the 1960s
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#1,681Lilly Lilly is a girl's name of Latin origin taken from the flower, from lilium.1,134 in the 1960s
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#1,726Darcie Darcie is a girl's name of Norman French origin meaning "from Arcy."1,085 in the 1960s
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#1,728Rhea Rhea is a girl's name of Greek origin borne by the Titan who was mother of Zeus.1,080 in the 1960s
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#1,741Phoebe Phoebe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "bright" or "radiant."1,064 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.