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The top names of 1960

Mary led the girls and David the boys, out of 4,154,261 babies in the public record for that year.

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Girls, 1960

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	51,472	2.55%
2	Susan	39,208	1.94%
3	Linda	37,316	1.85%
4	Karen	36,378	1.80%
5	Donna	34,138	1.69%
6	Lisa	33,693	1.67%
7	Patricia	32,113	1.59%
8	Debra	26,732	1.32%
9	Cynthia	26,706	1.32%
10	Deborah	25,266	1.25%
11	Sandra	24,572	1.22%
12	Barbara	24,454	1.21%
13	Brenda	23,963	1.19%
14	Pamela	22,092	1.09%
15	Nancy	21,891	1.08%
16	Sharon	20,414	1.01%
17	Cheryl	19,120	0.95%
18	Elizabeth	18,859	0.93%
19	Teresa	18,839	0.93%
20	Lori	18,690	0.92%
21	Kathy	18,478	0.91%
22	Diane	17,909	0.89%
23	Carol	17,463	0.86%
24	Debbie	17,067	0.84%
25	Laura	17,060	0.84%
26	Kimberly	16,854	0.83%
27	Kathleen	16,085	0.80%
28	Julie	16,079	0.80%
29	Denise	15,066	0.75%
30	Cindy	14,953	0.74%
31	Tammy	14,317	0.71%
32	Janet	14,250	0.70%
33	Robin	13,971	0.69%
34	Kim	12,477	0.62%
35	Theresa	11,847	0.59%
36	Margaret	11,362	0.56%
37	Laurie	10,143	0.50%
38	Rebecca	9,970	0.49%
39	Michelle	9,893	0.49%
40	Christine	9,874	0.49%
41	Janice	9,620	0.48%
42	Catherine	9,536	0.47%
43	Carolyn	9,403	0.47%
44	Rhonda	9,255	0.46%
45	Tina	9,133	0.45%
46	Cathy	9,130	0.45%
47	Connie	8,881	0.44%
48	Judy	8,855	0.44%
49	Terri	8,743	0.43%
50	Angela	8,683	0.43%

Boys, 1960

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	David	85,929	4.03%
2	Michael	84,153	3.95%
3	James	76,815	3.60%
4	John	76,096	3.57%
5	Robert	72,357	3.39%
6	Mark	58,727	2.75%
7	William	49,361	2.31%
8	Richard	43,553	2.04%
9	Thomas	39,278	1.84%
10	Steven	33,878	1.59%
11	Timothy	30,498	1.43%
12	Joseph	29,749	1.40%
13	Charles	29,677	1.39%
14	Jeffrey	28,841	1.35%
15	Kevin	28,400	1.33%
16	Kenneth	27,701	1.30%
17	Daniel	25,945	1.22%
18	Paul	25,642	1.20%
19	Donald	22,744	1.07%
20	Brian	22,000	1.03%
21	Ronald	21,714	1.02%
22	Gary	21,693	1.02%
23	Scott	21,606	1.01%
24	Gregory	20,304	0.95%
25	Anthony	19,499	0.91%
26	Edward	16,595	0.78%
27	Stephen	16,267	0.76%
28	Larry	15,988	0.75%
29	Christopher	15,361	0.72%
30	Douglas	15,133	0.71%
31	Dennis	14,303	0.67%
32	Randy	14,206	0.67%
33	George	14,063	0.66%
34	Terry	13,932	0.65%
35	Keith	12,180	0.57%
36	Mike	12,045	0.56%
37	Jerry	11,835	0.56%
38	Ricky	11,000	0.52%
39	Bruce	10,972	0.51%
40	Frank	10,755	0.50%
41	Craig	10,724	0.50%
42	Peter	10,715	0.50%
43	Steve	10,645	0.50%
44	Eric	10,539	0.49%
45	Patrick	10,356	0.49%
46	Raymond	9,720	0.46%
47	Roger	9,041	0.42%
48	Danny	8,611	0.40%
49	Jeff	8,511	0.40%
50	Alan	8,356	0.39%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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