1960s Baby Names
18,229 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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#1,778Lorelei Lorelei is a girl's name from a rock on the Rhine River near Koblenz, Germany.1,020 in the 1960s
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#1,784Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.1,017 in the 1960s
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#1,801Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.992 in the 1960s
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#1,813Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".984 in the 1960s
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#1,815Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."983 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.