1960s Baby Names

1,658 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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Rankings for

#9,769
Rossi
41 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#9,771
Gaylin
41 in the 1960s 7 of 10 years
#9,784
Sandeep
41 in the 1960s 4 of 10 years
#9,806
Mikie
40 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#9,839
Skylar Skylar is a name of Dutch origin meaning "scholar."
40 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,864
Marchel
40 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,870
Othello
40 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#9,880
Jaleen
39 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,887
Samie
39 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,903
Ottie
39 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,959
Shirrell
39 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#9,990
Danon
38 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#9,993
July
38 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,006
Vondell
38 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,009
Ki
38 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,021
Vali
38 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,032
Lake
38 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,034
Merrit
38 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,068
Reni
38 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,079
Lawan
37 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,080
Alyn
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,082
Luciann
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,090
Pasha
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,095
Pal
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,099
Rooney
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,100
Merril
37 in the 1960s 4 of 10 years
#10,108
Jalyn
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,113
Lafrance
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,121
Olanda
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,139
Lorell
37 in the 1960s 4 of 10 years
#10,151
Moana
37 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,153
Wallie
37 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,164
Kalin
37 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,184
Kelcey
36 in the 1960s 3 of 10 years
#10,217
Staley
36 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,238
Aubery
36 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,258
Conna
36 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,299
Dorean
35 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,303
Chong
35 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,311
Vernel
35 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,333
Abie
35 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,357
Windsor
35 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,365
Afton
34 in the 1960s 6 of 10 years
#10,367
Raney
34 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,383
Tay
34 in the 1960s 4 of 10 years
#10,439
Alexi
34 in the 1960s 4 of 10 years
#10,458
Levie
33 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years
#10,460
Osie
33 in the 1960s 5 of 10 years

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.