Most popular baby names of 1960

In 1960, the most popular names for US babies were David for boys (85,908 babies, 4.0% of boys) and Mary for girls (51,468 babies, 2.5% of girls). The rest of the top five were Michael, James, John and Robert for boys and Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna for girls. SSA recorded 4,598 different boy names and 7,329 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1960
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	David	85,908	▲ 1
2	Michael	84,139	▼ 1
3	James	76,804	–
4	John	76,086	–
5	Robert	72,344	–
6	Mark	58,719	–
7	William	49,344	–
8	Richard	43,538	–
9	Thomas	39,273	–
10	Steven	33,875	–
11	Timothy	30,485	▲ 1
12	Joseph	29,744	▲ 1
13	Charles	29,665	▼ 2
14	Jeffrey	28,829	▲ 2
15	Kevin	28,388	▼ 1
16	Kenneth	27,691	▼ 1
17	Daniel	25,938	▲ 1
18	Paul	25,633	▼ 1
19	Donald	22,734	–
20	Brian	21,990	▲ 2
21	Ronald	21,701	–
22	Gary	21,684	▼ 2
23	Scott	21,593	▲ 1
24	Gregory	20,302	▼ 1
25	Anthony	19,492	▲ 1
26	Edward	16,592	▲ 1
27	Stephen	16,263	▲ 1
28	Larry	15,986	▼ 3
29	Christopher	15,360	▲ 6
30	Douglas	15,137	–
31	Dennis	14,302	▼ 2
32	Randy	14,208	▼ 1
33	George	14,059	▼ 1
34	Terry	13,930	▼ 1
35	Keith	12,174	▲ 4
36	Mike	12,041	▲ 1
37	Jerry	11,837	▼ 1
38	Ricky	10,995	▼ 4
39	Bruce	10,966	▼ 1
40	Frank	10,751	▲ 2
41	Craig	10,720	▲ 3
42	Peter	10,714	▼ 2
43	Steve	10,646	▼ 2
44	Eric	10,534	▲ 2
45	Patrick	10,348	▼ 2
46	Raymond	9,722	▼ 1
47	Roger	9,043	–
48	Danny	8,613	–
49	Jeff	8,511	▲ 3
50	Alan	8,357	–
51	Andrew	8,202	▲ 7
52	Tony	7,999	▲ 1
53	Carl	7,806	▲ 1
54	Dale	7,675	▼ 5
55	Jeffery	7,656	–
56	Russell	7,482	–
57	Joe	7,313	–
58	Wayne	7,189	▼ 7
59	Randall	7,168	–
60	Tim	6,931	–
61	Matthew	6,924	▲ 2
62	Gerald	6,566	▼ 1
63	Chris	6,496	▲ 8
64	Lawrence	6,378	▼ 2
65	Johnny	6,184	▼ 1
66	Phillip	6,043	▲ 8
67	Billy	6,020	▼ 2
68	Rodney	5,864	▼ 1
69	Jimmy	5,818	–
70	Walter	5,766	▼ 4
71	Todd	5,750	▲ 28
72	Barry	5,734	▲ 1
73	Bobby	5,652	▼ 1
74	Glenn	5,565	▲ 5
75	Jim	5,549	▼ 5
76	Philip	5,508	▼ 8
77	Martin	5,496	▲ 3
78	Jay	5,383	▲ 10
79	Curtis	5,363	▼ 4
80	Roy	5,253	▲ 1
81	Willie	5,240	▼ 3
82	Arthur	5,194	▼ 6
83	Greg	5,085	▲ 8
84	Henry	4,968	▼ 1
85	Jack	4,915	–
86	Tom	4,896	▼ 4
87	Ronnie	4,871	▼ 10
88	Bryan	4,777	▲ 6
89	Ralph	4,769	▼ 5
90	Bradley	4,745	▲ 13
91	Samuel	4,711	▼ 5
92	Harold	4,679	▼ 5
93	Albert	4,602	▼ 1
94	Dean	4,516	▲ 1
95	Bill	4,500	▼ 2
96	Darryl	4,434	▲ 34
97	Jon	4,403	▲ 8
98	Allen	4,372	▼ 1
99	Vincent	4,369	▲ 3
100	Stanley	4,218	▼ 2

Top 100 girl names, 1960
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Mary	51,468	–
2	Susan	39,208	–
3	Linda	37,315	–
4	Karen	36,380	–
5	Donna	34,138	–
6	Lisa	33,695	▲ 4
7	Patricia	32,105	▼ 1
8	Debra	26,728	▼ 1
9	Cynthia	26,712	▼ 1
10	Deborah	25,261	▼ 1
11	Sandra	24,568	▲ 2
12	Barbara	24,455	▼ 1
13	Brenda	23,965	▲ 3
14	Pamela	22,091	▼ 2
15	Nancy	21,892	▼ 1
16	Sharon	20,412	▲ 1
17	Cheryl	19,117	▲ 1
18	Elizabeth	18,859	▲ 3
19	Teresa	18,835	▲ 5
20	Lori	18,688	▲ 7
21	Kathy	18,479	▼ 6
22	Diane	17,909	▼ 3
23	Carol	17,463	▼ 1
24	Debbie	17,060	▼ 4
25	Laura	17,060	▲ 5
26	Kimberly	16,851	▲ 7
27	Kathleen	16,085	▼ 4
28	Julie	16,078	▼ 2
29	Denise	15,064	–
30	Cindy	14,952	▼ 5
31	Tammy	14,317	–
32	Janet	14,249	▼ 4
33	Robin	13,972	▼ 1
34	Kim	12,474	▲ 1
35	Theresa	11,848	▼ 1
36	Margaret	11,362	–
37	Laurie	10,144	▲ 19
38	Rebecca	9,970	–
39	Michelle	9,892	▲ 8
40	Christine	9,875	▲ 3
41	Janice	9,621	▼ 4
42	Catherine	9,537	▼ 2
43	Carolyn	9,402	▼ 1
44	Rhonda	9,256	▲ 1
45	Cathy	9,134	▼ 6
46	Tina	9,132	▲ 7
47	Connie	8,881	▲ 1
48	Judy	8,859	▼ 7
49	Terri	8,742	▼ 3
50	Angela	8,682	▲ 18
51	Ann	8,677	▼ 7
52	Kelly	8,673	▲ 22
53	Diana	8,327	▼ 4
54	Sherry	8,316	▲ 4
55	Paula	8,065	▼ 4
56	Sheila	7,908	▼ 4
57	Dawn	7,812	▼ 3
58	Joyce	7,757	▼ 8
59	Maria	7,536	▲ 3
60	Beverly	7,393	▼ 5
61	Jennifer	7,242	▲ 17
62	Annette	7,136	▲ 2
63	Wendy	6,871	▲ 20
64	Lynn	6,851	▼ 1
65	Valerie	6,717	▼ 5
66	Wanda	6,676	▼ 1
67	Jane	6,588	–
68	Betty	6,501	▼ 9
69	Peggy	6,428	▼ 12
70	Shirley	6,410	▼ 9
71	Bonnie	6,391	–
72	Beth	6,257	▲ 8
73	Vicki	6,161	–
74	Judith	6,150	▼ 4
75	Darlene	6,092	▼ 9
76	Jill	6,018	▲ 10
77	Amy	5,973	▲ 8
78	Suzanne	5,966	▲ 18
79	Gloria	5,958	▲ 2
80	Joan	5,880	▼ 4
81	Katherine	5,876	▼ 2
82	Kathryn	5,867	▼ 13
83	Martha	5,831	▼ 11
84	Tracy	5,767	▲ 47
85	Jacqueline	5,655	▲ 26
86	Jean	5,639	▼ 9
87	Anita	5,638	–
88	Anne	5,636	▼ 6
89	Michele	5,610	–
90	Gail	5,424	▼ 15
91	Stephanie	5,266	▲ 10
92	Leslie	5,241	▼ 8
93	Renee	5,207	▲ 7
94	Ellen	5,135	▼ 3
95	Dorothy	5,076	▼ 1
96	Rita	5,027	▲ 2
97	Ruth	4,942	–
98	Rose	4,884	▼ 10
99	Joanne	4,875	▼ 7
100	Vickie	4,859	▼ 10

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1960. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.