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.

All Girls Boys Unisex

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. It is 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 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 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 on record.
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 mixed names on record — 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 3,221st, 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

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.