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Most popular baby names of 1960

In 1960, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and David for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary51,472
  2. 2Susan39,208
  3. 3Linda37,316
  4. 4Karen36,378
  5. 5Donna34,138
  6. 6Lisa33,693
  7. 7Patricia32,113
  8. 8Debra26,732
  9. 9Cynthia26,706
  10. 10Deborah25,266
  11. 11Sandra24,572
  12. 12Barbara24,454
  13. 13Brenda23,963
  14. 14Pamela22,092
  15. 15Nancy21,891
  16. 16Sharon20,414
  17. 17Cheryl19,120
  18. 18Elizabeth18,859
  19. 19Teresa18,839
  20. 20Lori18,690
  21. 21Kathy18,478
  22. 22Diane17,909
  23. 23Carol17,463
  24. 24Debbie17,067
  25. 25Laura17,060
  26. 26Kimberly16,854
  27. 27Kathleen16,085
  28. 28Julie16,079
  29. 29Denise15,066
  30. 30Cindy14,953
  31. 31Tammy14,317
  32. 32Janet14,250
  33. 33Robin13,971
  34. 34Kim12,477
  35. 35Theresa11,847
  36. 36Margaret11,362
  37. 37Laurie10,143
  38. 38Rebecca9,970
  39. 39Michelle9,893
  40. 40Christine9,874
  41. 41Janice9,620
  42. 42Catherine9,536
  43. 43Carolyn9,403
  44. 44Rhonda9,255
  45. 45Tina9,133
  46. 46Cathy9,130
  47. 47Connie8,881
  48. 48Judy8,855
  49. 49Terri8,743
  50. 50Angela8,683
  51. 51Ann8,677
  52. 52Kelly8,673
  53. 53Diana8,327
  54. 54Sherry8,314
  55. 55Paula8,066
  56. 56Sheila7,905
  57. 57Dawn7,813
  58. 58Joyce7,757
  59. 59Maria7,535
  60. 60Beverly7,392
  61. 61Jennifer7,243
  62. 62Annette7,136
  63. 63Wendy6,870
  64. 64Lynn6,850
  65. 65Valerie6,717
  66. 66Wanda6,674
  67. 67Jane6,586
  68. 68Betty6,501
  69. 69Peggy6,428
  70. 70Shirley6,411
  71. 71Bonnie6,389
  72. 72Beth6,257
  73. 73Vicki6,159
  74. 74Judith6,149
  75. 75Darlene6,093
  76. 76Jill6,019
  77. 77Amy5,973
  78. 78Suzanne5,966
  79. 79Gloria5,961
  80. 80Joan5,881
  81. 81Katherine5,876
  82. 82Kathryn5,868
  83. 83Martha5,831
  84. 84Tracy5,768
  85. 85Jacqueline5,654
  86. 86Jean5,639
  87. 87Anita5,637
  88. 88Anne5,636
  89. 89Michele5,609
  90. 90Gail5,428
  91. 91Stephanie5,265
  92. 92Leslie5,242
  93. 93Renee5,208
  94. 94Ellen5,136
  95. 95Dorothy5,076
  96. 96Rita5,027
  97. 97Ruth4,943
  98. 98Rose4,882
  99. 99Joanne4,875
  100. 100Vickie4,857

Boys

  1. 1David85,929
  2. 2Michael84,153
  3. 3James76,815
  4. 4John76,096
  5. 5Robert72,357
  6. 6Mark58,727
  7. 7William49,361
  8. 8Richard43,553
  9. 9Thomas39,278
  10. 10Steven33,878
  11. 11Timothy30,498
  12. 12Joseph29,749
  13. 13Charles29,677
  14. 14Jeffrey28,841
  15. 15Kevin28,400
  16. 16Kenneth27,701
  17. 17Daniel25,945
  18. 18Paul25,642
  19. 19Donald22,744
  20. 20Brian22,000
  21. 21Ronald21,714
  22. 22Gary21,693
  23. 23Scott21,606
  24. 24Gregory20,304
  25. 25Anthony19,499
  26. 26Edward16,595
  27. 27Stephen16,267
  28. 28Larry15,988
  29. 29Christopher15,361
  30. 30Douglas15,133
  31. 31Dennis14,303
  32. 32Randy14,206
  33. 33George14,063
  34. 34Terry13,932
  35. 35Keith12,180
  36. 36Mike12,045
  37. 37Jerry11,835
  38. 38Ricky11,000
  39. 39Bruce10,972
  40. 40Frank10,755
  41. 41Craig10,724
  42. 42Peter10,715
  43. 43Steve10,645
  44. 44Eric10,539
  45. 45Patrick10,356
  46. 46Raymond9,720
  47. 47Roger9,041
  48. 48Danny8,611
  49. 49Jeff8,511
  50. 50Alan8,356
  51. 51Andrew8,201
  52. 52Tony7,999
  53. 53Carl7,808
  54. 54Dale7,677
  55. 55Jeffery7,658
  56. 56Russell7,487
  57. 57Joe7,314
  58. 58Wayne7,193
  59. 59Randall7,174
  60. 60Tim6,931
  61. 61Matthew6,925
  62. 62Gerald6,571
  63. 63Chris6,494
  64. 64Lawrence6,380
  65. 65Johnny6,184
  66. 66Phillip6,047
  67. 67Billy6,023
  68. 68Rodney5,865
  69. 69Jimmy5,817
  70. 70Walter5,763
  71. 71Todd5,752
  72. 72Barry5,733
  73. 73Bobby5,656
  74. 74Glenn5,563
  75. 75Jim5,549
  76. 76Philip5,509
  77. 77Martin5,495
  78. 78Jay5,385
  79. 79Curtis5,363
  80. 80Roy5,255
  81. 81Willie5,238
  82. 82Arthur5,194
  83. 83Greg5,084
  84. 84Henry4,968
  85. 85Jack4,918
  86. 86Tom4,894
  87. 87Ronnie4,872
  88. 88Bryan4,780
  89. 89Ralph4,770
  90. 90Bradley4,746
  91. 91Samuel4,711
  92. 92Harold4,679
  93. 93Albert4,602
  94. 94Dean4,518
  95. 95Bill4,501
  96. 96Darryl4,436
  97. 97Jon4,403
  98. 98Vincent4,373
  99. 99Allen4,371
  100. 100Stanley4,221

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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