Top Baby Names of the 1960s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1960s

Lisa and Michael led the decade, out of 37,527,798 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1960s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Lisa	496,987	2.72%
2	Mary	355,240	1.94%
3	Susan	287,666	1.57%
4	Karen	286,053	1.57%
5	Kimberly	259,072	1.42%
6	Patricia	231,178	1.27%
7	Linda	225,454	1.23%
8	Donna	213,468	1.17%
9	Michelle	208,293	1.14%
10	Cynthia	196,597	1.08%
11	Sandra	183,846	1.01%
12	Deborah	183,439	1.00%
13	Tammy	182,231	1.00%
14	Pamela	181,939	1.00%
15	Lori	176,560	0.97%
16	Laura	174,185	0.95%
17	Elizabeth	168,920	0.92%
18	Julie	166,150	0.91%
19	Brenda	164,502	0.90%
20	Jennifer	164,413	0.90%
21	Barbara	159,773	0.87%
22	Angela	159,294	0.87%
23	Sharon	154,905	0.85%
24	Debra	153,771	0.84%
25	Teresa	151,793	0.83%
26	Nancy	142,724	0.78%
27	Christine	139,343	0.76%
28	Cheryl	135,650	0.74%
29	Denise	128,824	0.71%
30	Kelly	128,053	0.70%
31	Tina	126,401	0.69%
32	Kathleen	120,952	0.66%
33	Melissa	119,202	0.65%
34	Robin	118,327	0.65%
35	Amy	116,775	0.64%
36	Diane	114,453	0.63%
37	Dawn	114,293	0.63%
38	Carol	112,333	0.62%
39	Tracy	103,780	0.57%
40	Kathy	101,127	0.55%
41	Rebecca	99,462	0.54%
42	Theresa	97,118	0.53%
43	Kim	94,388	0.52%
44	Rhonda	93,607	0.51%
45	Stephanie	92,821	0.51%
46	Cindy	91,595	0.50%
47	Janet	89,315	0.49%
48	Wendy	88,963	0.49%
49	Maria	88,850	0.49%
50	Michele	86,993	0.48%
51	Jacqueline	84,398	0.46%
52	Debbie	84,213	0.46%
53	Margaret	81,870	0.45%
54	Paula	80,512	0.44%
55	Sherry	77,527	0.42%
56	Catherine	76,788	0.42%
57	Carolyn	75,266	0.41%
58	Laurie	74,451	0.41%
59	Sheila	74,078	0.41%
60	Ann	72,083	0.39%
61	Jill	69,144	0.38%
62	Connie	65,289	0.36%
63	Diana	65,037	0.36%
64	Terri	63,741	0.35%
65	Suzanne	59,761	0.33%
66	Andrea	58,406	0.32%
67	Beth	58,384	0.32%
68	Janice	57,966	0.32%
69	Valerie	56,588	0.31%
70	Renee	55,815	0.31%
71	Leslie	54,453	0.30%
72	Christina	52,790	0.29%
73	Gina	52,371	0.29%
74	Lynn	51,931	0.28%
75	Annette	51,925	0.28%
76	Cathy	51,624	0.28%
77	Katherine	50,619	0.28%
78	Judy	50,325	0.28%
79	Carla	47,905	0.26%
80	Anne	47,774	0.26%
81	Wanda	47,771	0.26%
82	Dana	47,701	0.26%
83	Joyce	46,125	0.25%
84	Regina	45,827	0.25%
85	Beverly	45,238	0.25%
86	Monica	45,192	0.25%
87	Bonnie	45,088	0.25%
88	Kathryn	44,864	0.25%
89	Anita	44,416	0.24%
90	Sarah	43,913	0.24%
91	Darlene	43,527	0.24%
92	Jane	43,340	0.24%
93	Sherri	41,633	0.23%
94	Martha	41,040	0.22%
95	Anna	40,935	0.22%
96	Colleen	40,673	0.22%
97	Vicki	40,508	0.22%
98	Tracey	40,287	0.22%
99	Judith	39,780	0.22%
100	Tamara	39,006	0.21%

Boys, the 1960s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Michael	833,092	4.32%
2	David	733,953	3.81%
3	John	713,394	3.70%
4	James	684,722	3.55%
5	Robert	650,786	3.38%
6	Mark	441,390	2.29%
7	William	421,433	2.19%
8	Richard	373,907	1.94%
9	Thomas	327,055	1.70%
10	Jeffrey	302,029	1.57%
11	Steven	290,607	1.51%
12	Joseph	283,048	1.47%
13	Timothy	276,837	1.44%
14	Kevin	271,412	1.41%
15	Scott	266,828	1.39%
16	Brian	258,129	1.34%
17	Charles	249,398	1.29%
18	Paul	242,503	1.26%
19	Daniel	242,020	1.26%
20	Christopher	237,144	1.23%
21	Kenneth	227,531	1.18%
22	Anthony	203,159	1.05%
23	Gregory	187,495	0.97%
24	Ronald	182,190	0.95%
25	Donald	172,628	0.90%
26	Gary	166,031	0.86%
27	Stephen	152,240	0.79%
28	Eric	152,222	0.79%
29	Edward	143,984	0.75%
30	Douglas	134,989	0.70%
31	Todd	128,741	0.67%
32	Patrick	122,717	0.64%
33	George	113,023	0.59%
34	Keith	112,575	0.58%
35	Larry	108,582	0.56%
36	Matthew	105,938	0.55%
37	Terry	101,489	0.53%
38	Andrew	97,109	0.50%
39	Dennis	94,984	0.49%
40	Randy	93,878	0.49%
41	Jerry	93,544	0.49%
42	Peter	92,418	0.48%
43	Frank	87,155	0.45%
44	Craig	84,712	0.44%
45	Raymond	81,793	0.42%
46	Jeffery	79,534	0.41%
47	Bruce	74,642	0.39%
48	Rodney	72,194	0.37%
49	Mike	71,456	0.37%
50	Roger	71,440	0.37%
51	Tony	70,577	0.37%
52	Ricky	66,402	0.34%
53	Steve	65,619	0.34%
54	Jeff	62,072	0.32%
55	Troy	61,410	0.32%
56	Alan	61,392	0.32%
57	Carl	60,787	0.32%
58	Danny	60,731	0.32%
59	Russell	60,447	0.31%
60	Chris	56,338	0.29%
61	Gerald	55,305	0.29%
62	Bryan	55,304	0.29%
63	Wayne	54,762	0.28%
64	Joe	53,386	0.28%
65	Randall	52,055	0.27%
66	Lawrence	51,342	0.27%
67	Dale	50,423	0.26%
68	Phillip	50,396	0.26%
69	Johnny	49,843	0.26%
70	Vincent	49,478	0.26%
71	Martin	49,116	0.25%
72	Bradley	48,730	0.25%
73	Billy	48,472	0.25%
74	Glenn	48,095	0.25%
75	Shawn	47,795	0.25%
76	Jimmy	47,399	0.25%
77	Jonathan	47,389	0.25%
78	Sean	47,282	0.25%
79	Curtis	47,244	0.25%
80	Barry	47,221	0.25%
81	Bobby	46,390	0.24%
82	Walter	45,929	0.24%
83	Jon	44,879	0.23%
84	Philip	44,780	0.23%
85	Samuel	44,247	0.23%
86	Jay	42,712	0.22%
87	Dean	42,527	0.22%
88	Jason	42,527	0.22%
89	Jose	42,043	0.22%
90	Tim	41,572	0.22%
91	Roy	40,047	0.21%
92	Willie	39,812	0.21%
93	Arthur	39,622	0.21%
94	Darryl	39,200	0.20%
95	Henry	39,134	0.20%
96	Darrell	38,025	0.20%
97	Allen	37,694	0.20%
98	Victor	36,821	0.19%
99	Harold	36,744	0.19%
100	Greg	36,438	0.19%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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