Name Yearbook

Top Baby Names of the 1960s

In the 1960s, Lisa was the most popular name for babies recorded as girls (496,987 babies) and Michael for babies recorded as boys (833,092).

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1960s
1	Lisa	496,987
2	Mary	355,240
3	Susan	287,666
4	Karen	286,053
5	Kimberly	259,072
6	Patricia	231,178
7	Linda	225,454
8	Donna	213,468
9	Michelle	208,293
10	Cynthia	196,597
11	Sandra	183,846
12	Deborah	183,439
13	Tammy	182,231
14	Pamela	181,939
15	Lori	176,560
16	Laura	174,185
17	Elizabeth	168,920
18	Julie	166,150
19	Brenda	164,502
20	Jennifer	164,413
21	Barbara	159,773
22	Angela	159,294
23	Sharon	154,905
24	Debra	153,771
25	Teresa	151,793
26	Nancy	142,724
27	Christine	139,343
28	Cheryl	135,650
29	Denise	128,824
30	Kelly	128,053
31	Tina	126,401
32	Kathleen	120,952
33	Melissa	119,202
34	Robin	118,327
35	Amy	116,775
36	Diane	114,453
37	Dawn	114,293
38	Carol	112,333
39	Tracy	103,780
40	Kathy	101,127
41	Rebecca	99,462
42	Theresa	97,118
43	Kim	94,388
44	Rhonda	93,607
45	Stephanie	92,821
46	Cindy	91,595
47	Janet	89,315
48	Wendy	88,963
49	Maria	88,850
50	Michele	86,993
51	Jacqueline	84,398
52	Debbie	84,213
53	Margaret	81,870
54	Paula	80,512
55	Sherry	77,527
56	Catherine	76,788
57	Carolyn	75,266
58	Laurie	74,451
59	Sheila	74,078
60	Ann	72,083
61	Jill	69,144
62	Connie	65,289
63	Diana	65,037
64	Terri	63,741
65	Suzanne	59,761
66	Andrea	58,406
67	Beth	58,384
68	Janice	57,966
69	Valerie	56,588
70	Renee	55,815
71	Leslie	54,453
72	Christina	52,790
73	Gina	52,371
74	Lynn	51,931
75	Annette	51,925
76	Cathy	51,624
77	Katherine	50,619
78	Judy	50,325
79	Carla	47,905
80	Anne	47,774
81	Wanda	47,771
82	Dana	47,701
83	Joyce	46,125
84	Regina	45,827
85	Beverly	45,238
86	Monica	45,192
87	Bonnie	45,088
88	Kathryn	44,864
89	Anita	44,416
90	Sarah	43,913
91	Darlene	43,527
92	Jane	43,340
93	Sherri	41,633
94	Martha	41,040
95	Anna	40,935
96	Colleen	40,673
97	Vicki	40,508
98	Tracey	40,287
99	Judith	39,780
100	Tamara	39,006

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1960s
1	Michael	833,092
2	David	733,953
3	John	713,394
4	James	684,722
5	Robert	650,786
6	Mark	441,390
7	William	421,433
8	Richard	373,907
9	Thomas	327,055
10	Jeffrey	302,029
11	Steven	290,607
12	Joseph	283,048
13	Timothy	276,837
14	Kevin	271,412
15	Scott	266,828
16	Brian	258,129
17	Charles	249,398
18	Paul	242,503
19	Daniel	242,020
20	Christopher	237,144
21	Kenneth	227,531
22	Anthony	203,159
23	Gregory	187,495
24	Ronald	182,190
25	Donald	172,628
26	Gary	166,031
27	Stephen	152,240
28	Eric	152,222
29	Edward	143,984
30	Douglas	134,989
31	Todd	128,741
32	Patrick	122,717
33	George	113,023
34	Keith	112,575
35	Larry	108,582
36	Matthew	105,938
37	Terry	101,489
38	Andrew	97,109
39	Dennis	94,984
40	Randy	93,878
41	Jerry	93,544
42	Peter	92,418
43	Frank	87,155
44	Craig	84,712
45	Raymond	81,793
46	Jeffery	79,534
47	Bruce	74,642
48	Rodney	72,194
49	Mike	71,456
50	Roger	71,440
51	Tony	70,577
52	Ricky	66,402
53	Steve	65,619
54	Jeff	62,072
55	Troy	61,410
56	Alan	61,392
57	Carl	60,787
58	Danny	60,731
59	Russell	60,447
60	Chris	56,338
61	Gerald	55,305
62	Bryan	55,304
63	Wayne	54,762
64	Joe	53,386
65	Randall	52,055
66	Lawrence	51,342
67	Dale	50,423
68	Phillip	50,396
69	Johnny	49,843
70	Vincent	49,478
71	Martin	49,116
72	Bradley	48,730
73	Billy	48,472
74	Glenn	48,095
75	Shawn	47,795
76	Jimmy	47,399
77	Jonathan	47,389
78	Sean	47,282
79	Curtis	47,244
80	Barry	47,221
81	Bobby	46,390
82	Walter	45,929
83	Jon	44,879
84	Philip	44,780
85	Samuel	44,247
86	Jay	42,712
87	Dean	42,527
88	Jason	42,527
89	Jose	42,043
90	Tim	41,572
91	Roy	40,047
92	Willie	39,812
93	Arthur	39,622
94	Darryl	39,200
95	Henry	39,134
96	Darrell	38,025
97	Allen	37,694
98	Victor	36,821
99	Harold	36,744
100	Greg	36,438

More lists