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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Rankings for

#145
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
51,601 in the 1960s
#146
Katherine Katherine is a girl's name whose meaning is not settled.
50,775 in the 1960s
#147
Phillip Phillip is a boy's name meaning lover of horses, the doubled-l spelling of Philip.
50,632 in the 1960s
#148
Judy Judy is a girl's name, the pet form of Judith, from a Hebrew word meaning a woman of Judea.
50,490 in the 1960s
#149
Johnny Johnny is a boy's name, the pet form of John, meaning God is gracious.
50,393 in the 1960s
#150
Vincent Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conquering," from vincere, to conquer.
49,741 in the 1960s
#151
Martin Martin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars," borne by Saint Martin of Tours, whose cloak gave Europe the word chapel.
49,338 in the 1960s
#152
Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
48,960 in the 1960s
#153
Bradley Bradley is a boy's name from an English place name meaning broad meadow.
48,875 in the 1960s
#154
Glenn Glenn is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for a narrow valley, and like Craig and Dale it is a plain landscape noun.
48,317 in the 1960s
#155
Carla Carla is a girl's name meaning free man, the Italian and Spanish feminine of Carlo.
48,024 in the 1960s
#156
Wanda Wanda is a girl's name from Polish, borne by a legendary queen who drowned herself in the Vistula rather than marry a German prince.
48,001 in the 1960s
#157
Anne Anne is a girl's name from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning favor or grace.
47,904 in the 1960s
#158
Sean Sean is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "God is gracious," the Irish form of John by way of Norman French.
47,745 in the 1960s
#159
Jimmy Jimmy is a boy's name, the pet form of James, meaning supplanter.
47,721 in the 1960s
#160
Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.
47,578 in the 1960s
#161
Curtis Curtis is a boy's name from a Norman French nickname meaning courteous, and it is one of very few names that describes manners rather than birth, appearance or trade.
47,555 in the 1960s
#162
Barry Barry is a boy's name from an Irish surname generally traced to a word for a spear, though a Welsh island gives a competing route.
47,426 in the 1960s
#163
Bobby Bobby is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
47,411 in the 1960s
#164
Joyce Joyce is a girl's name that was a man's name for most of its history, from a Breton saint called Iodoc. Our data marks it stable, and its highest current rank is France at 334th — not any English-speaking market.
46,303 in the 1960s
#165
Walter Walter is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning ruler of the army.
46,195 in the 1960s
#166
Regina Regina is the Latin word for a queen, taken unchanged, and it is still the legal abbreviation in British courts — every criminal case against a defendant is formally Regina versus the accused.
46,002 in the 1960s
#167
Beverly Beverly is a name from an English town meaning beaver stream, and it began as a boys' name before crossing decisively to girls.
45,488 in the 1960s
#168
Bonnie Bonnie is a girl's name of Scots origin meaning "pretty" or "fine."
45,368 in the 1960s
#169
Monica Monica is a girl's name whose meaning is genuinely unknown, and whose saint — the mother of Augustine — came from Roman North Africa, so the name may be Berber rather than Latin or Greek at all.
45,316 in the 1960s
#170
Jon Jon is a boy's name meaning God is gracious, and it is both an English shortening of Jonathan and the standard Scandinavian and Catalan form of John — two routes to the same three letters.
45,167 in the 1960s
#171
Kathryn Kathryn is a girl's name, the y-spelling of Katherine, and it inherits that name's genuinely unknown meaning.
44,988 in the 1960s
#172
Philip Philip is a boy's name from Greek elements meaning lover of horses.
44,920 in the 1960s
#173
Anita Anita is a girl's name, the Spanish diminutive of Ana, meaning grace.
44,556 in the 1960s
#174
Samuel Samuel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin usually translated as "God has heard," from Shemu'el.
44,512 in the 1960s
#175
Sarah Sarah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess" or "noblewoman."
44,062 in the 1960s
#176
Stacey Stacey is the e-spelling of Stacy, from Eustace or Anastasia.
44,012 in the 1960s
#177
Tracey Tracey is a Norman place name, not an Irish one — it comes from Tracy in Normandy, and the warrior reading widely given for it has no basis in the French original at all.
43,896 in the 1960s
#178
Stacy Stacy comes from Eustace or Anastasia, two unrelated names, and its meanings are correspondingly different — fruitful or resurrection.
43,736 in the 1960s
#179
Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female in our records.
43,701 in the 1960s
#180
Darlene Darlene is a girl's name built from the English word darling, and it is one of a small group of American twentieth-century coinages that used the -ene ending.
43,677 in the 1960s
#181
Jane Jane is a girl's name from the Hebrew for God is gracious, the English feminine of John.
43,455 in the 1960s
#182
Willie Willie is a pet form of William meaning resolute protector, and one of the more genuinely mixed names in our records — a quarter of the births we hold are female, which is unusual for a name read today as male.
43,443 in the 1960s
#183
Lee Lee is a name from the Old English word for a woodland clearing, and it is one of the most productive elements in English place names — the ending of Ashley, Bradley, Shirley and Beverly.
43,300 in the 1960s
#184
Jay Jay is a name serving as an initial-letter shortening for any J name, as a bird name, and as an Indian name meaning victory.
43,092 in the 1960s
#185
Dean Dean is a boy's name with two English origins.
42,811 in the 1960s
#186
Jason Jason is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "healer."
42,704 in the 1960s
#187
Jose Jose is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will add," the Spanish and Portuguese form of Joseph.
42,441 in the 1960s
#188
Sherri Sherri looks French and is not — it respells Cherie, meaning darling, but Cherie is not a traditional French given name at all, so the name is an English invention wearing French clothes.
41,735 in the 1960s
#189
Tim Tim means honoring God, and France ranks it 277th — far above the United States at 3221st, which is the reverse of what an English short form would normally do.
41,670 in the 1960s
#190
Martha Martha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress of the house."
41,189 in the 1960s
#191
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
41,084 in the 1960s
#192
Colleen Colleen means girl in Irish, and it is barely used in Ireland — it is an Irish-American name rather than an Irish one.
40,762 in the 1960s

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.