1960s Baby Names
1,518 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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#2,374Ariel Ariel means lion of God, and The Little Mermaid moved it hard and briefly.584 in the 1960s
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#2,616Martine Martine is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Martin.492 in the 1960s
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#2,692Sunny Sunny is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Old English sunne.467 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.