Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1960. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1960, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | 76847 | Mary | 42593 |
| 2 | Michael | 73322 | Susan | 33684 |
| 3 | James | 65857 | Linda | 32099 |
| 4 | John | 63135 | Karen | 31560 |
| 5 | Robert | 60689 | Lisa | 29707 |
| 6 | Mark | 54197 | Donna | 26155 |
| 7 | William | 40729 | Patricia | 25712 |
| 8 | Richard | 37395 | Debra | 24716 |
| 9 | Thomas | 31220 | Cynthia | 24374 |
| 10 | Steven | 30575 | Brenda | 22148 |
| 11 | Timothy | 28422 | Sandra | 21902 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 26291 | Deborah | 21229 |
| 13 | Kevin | 25227 | Pamela | 20843 |
| 14 | Charles | 24997 | Barbara | 20231 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 24227 | Lori | 18845 |
| 16 | Daniel | 23942 | Nancy | 18187 |
| 17 | Joseph | 21774 | Teresa | 17909 |
| 18 | Scott | 20952 | Cheryl | 17459 |
| 19 | Donald | 20452 | Sharon | 17181 |
| 20 | Paul | 20358 | Kathy | 17128 |
| 21 | Ronald | 20264 | Julie | 17073 |
| 22 | Brian | 19988 | Kimberly | 16177 |
| 23 | Gary | 19582 | Debbie | 15993 |
| 24 | Gregory | 19170 | Diane | 15588 |
| 25 | Anthony | 15708 | Laura | 15189 |
| 26 | Larry | 14938 | Carol | 15000 |
| 27 | Douglas | 14316 | Elizabeth | 14830 |
| 28 | Randy | 14127 | Cindy | 14812 |
| 29 | Dennis | 13418 | Tammy | 13826 |
| 30 | Terry | 13344 | Denise | 13585 |
| 31 | Edward | 12992 | Janet | 12771 |
| 32 | Mike | 12882 | Kathleen | 12345 |
| 33 | Christopher | 12602 | Kim | 11412 |
| 34 | Stephen | 12529 | Robin | 11372 |
| 35 | Jerry | 11402 | Theresa | 9900 |
| 36 | George | 11078 | Rebecca | 9581 |
| 37 | Steve | 10809 | Rhonda | 9063 |
| 38 | Keith | 10682 | Terri | 9001 |
| 39 | Craig | 10106 | Margaret | 8995 |
| 40 | Bruce | 9936 | Michelle | 8981 |
| 41 | Eric | 9882 | Laurie | 8833 |
| 42 | Ricky | 9759 | Janice | 8816 |
| 43 | Patrick | 9433 | Cathy | 8679 |
| 44 | Jeff | 9258 | Tina | 8582 |
| 45 | Roger | 8554 | Kelly | 8571 |
| 46 | Frank | 8493 | Connie | 8313 |
| 47 | Raymond | 8163 | Christine | 8174 |
| 48 | Jeffery | 7949 | Judy | 8066 |
| 49 | Danny | 7814 | Sherry | 7812 |
| 50 | Tony | 7659 | Carolyn | 7778 |
| 51 | Alan | 7522 | Catherine | 7728 |
| 52 | Randall | 7462 | Angela | 7648 |
| 53 | Dale | 7225 | Paula | 6942 |
| 54 | Russell | 7146 | Diana | 6895 |
| 55 | Tim | 7070 | Jennifer | 6824 |
| 56 | Peter | 7052 | Ann | 6736 |
| 57 | Carl | 6805 | Joyce | 6491 |
| 58 | Chris | 6587 | Sheila | 6451 |
| 59 | Gerald | 6279 | Annette | 6357 |
| 60 | Andrew | 6276 | Vicki | 6144 |
| 61 | Joe | 6234 | Peggy | 6035 |
| 62 | Wayne | 5950 | Dawn | 6034 |
| 63 | Rodney | 5767 | Beverly | 5968 |
| 64 | Phillip | 5685 | Valerie | 5809 |
| 65 | Matthew | 5650 | Lynn | 5546 |
| 66 | Jim | 5469 | Bonnie | 5229 |
| 67 | Todd | 5217 | Tracy | 5200 |
| 68 | Greg | 4842 | Katherine | 5150 |
| 69 | Bradley | 4819 | Jill | 5134 |
| 70 | Curtis | 4739 | Wendy | 5049 |
| 71 | Tom | 4731 | Kathryn | 4951 |
| 72 | Johnny | 4591 | Anita | 4538 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 4520 | Darlene | 4499 |
| 74 | Martin | 4454 | Suzanne | 4471 |
| 75 | Jay | 4380 | Shirley | 4460 |
| 76 | Rick | 4258 | Beth | 4195 |
| 77 | Willie | 4208 | Betty | 4156 |
| 78 | Bill | 4089 | Martha | 4106 |
| 79 | Jack | 4031 | Stephanie | 4091 |
| 80 | Bryan | 3945 | Jane | 3975 |
| 81 | Glenn | 3916 | Renee | 3858 |
| 82 | Arthur | 3863 | Gloria | 3829 |
| 83 | Dean | 3788 | Amy | 3511 |
| 84 | Barry | 3765 | Maria | 3468 |
| 85 | Roy | 3750 | Wanda | 3444 |
| 86 | Jon | 3723 | Ruth | 3427 |
| 87 | Philip | 3711 | Jacqueline | 3346 |
| 88 | Walter | 3545 | Michele | 3275 |
| 89 | Ralph | 3544 | Leslie | 3234 |
| 90 | Bobby | 3529 | Judith | 3234 |
| 91 | Billy | 3411 | Colleen | 3204 |
| 92 | Dan | 3388 | Joan | 3197 |
| 93 | Jimmy | 3377 | Anne | 3083 |
| 94 | Darryl | 3296 | Tamara | 2940 |
| 95 | Harold | 3186 | Jean | 2926 |
| 96 | Allen | 3178 | Rita | 2886 |
| 97 | Henry | 3042 | Vickie | 2790 |
| 98 | Ronnie | 2788 | Gail | 2706 |
| 99 | Micheal | 2662 | Becky | 2696 |
| 100 | Albert | 2503 | Penny | 2657 |
| 101 | Samuel | 2398 | Rose | 2618 |
| 102 | Don | 2355 | Terry | 2597 |
| 103 | Stanley | 2302 | Regina | 2468 |
| 104 | Dave | 2274 | Carla | 2380 |
| 105 | Tommy | 2081 | Victoria | 2377 |
| 106 | Bob | 2079 | Dorothy | 2326 |
| 107 | Eddie | 2044 | Sue | 2290 |
| 108 | Victor | 2031 | Sandy | 2239 |
| 109 | Jose | 1812 | Anna | 2153 |
| 110 | Darrell | 1736 | Andrea | 2117 |
| 111 | Duane | 1682 | Melissa | 2028 |
| 112 | Marvin | 1567 | Virginia | 1985 |
| 113 | Vincent | 1554 | Sally | 1826 |
| 114 | Rickey | 1425 | Melanie | 1758 |
| 115 | Reginald | 1424 | Sylvia | 1736 |
| 116 | Kurt | 1379 | Phyllis | 1711 |
| 117 | Eugene | 1362 | Pam | 1670 |
| 118 | Brad | 1324 | Carrie | 1623 |
| 119 | Kelly | 1324 | Marilyn | 1448 |
| 120 | Joel | 1294 | Sarah | 1444 |
| 121 | Kent | 1275 | Marie | 1441 |
| 122 | Lee | 1235 | Joanne | 1386 |
| 123 | Calvin | 1196 | Glenda | 1302 |
| 124 | Melvin | 1171 | Shelia | 1301 |
| 125 | Ron | 1133 | Teri | 1286 |
| 126 | Howard | 1018 | Dana | 1270 |
| 127 | Ernest | 977 | Shelly | 1250 |
| 128 | Manuel | 958 | Maureen | 1231 |
| 129 | Brent | 942 | Sherri | 1212 |
| 130 | Leonard | 920 | Ellen | 1179 |
| 131 | Frederick | 889 | Elaine | 1164 |
| 132 | Kirk | 812 | Yvonne | 1113 |
| 133 | Carlos | 807 | Yolanda | 1110 |
| 134 | Gilbert | 798 | Gwendolyn | 1110 |
| 135 | Louis | 791 | Vanessa | 1103 |
| 136 | Tracy | 776 | Helen | 1055 |
| 137 | Darren | 772 | Monica | 1050 |
| 138 | Donnie | 761 | Charlotte | 981 |
| 139 | Dwayne | 731 | Christina | 977 |
| 140 | Clarence | 724 | Julia | 948 |
| 141 | Alvin | 705 | Annie | 892 |
| 142 | Jerome | 705 | Doris | 869 |
| 143 | Harry | 683 | Frances | 827 |
| 144 | Fred | 622 | Alice | 823 |
| 145 | Francis | 554 | Tami | 810 |
| 146 | Glen | 548 | Belinda | 771 |
| 147 | Ray | 526 | Sheryl | 748 |
| 148 | Jonathan | 511 | Loretta | 694 |
| 149 | Gordon | 459 | Marcia | 668 |
| 150 | Dana | 414 | Melinda | 611 |
| 151 | Bernard | 408 | Jeanne | 604 |
| 152 | Charlie | 391 | Lorraine | 589 |
| 153 | Perry | 383 | Patty | 556 |
| 154 | Marc | 371 | Eileen | 476 |
| 155 | Jackie | 335 | Jo | 461 |
| 156 | Shawn | 323 | Kay | 446 |
| 157 | Norman | 313 | Heidi | 388 |
| 158 | Karl | 312 | Evelyn | 352 |
| 159 | Brett | 307 | Jackie | 351 |
| 160 | Earl | 286 | Deanna | 342 |
| 161 | Doug | 278 | Dianne | 342 |
| 162 | Roderick | 267 | Shelley | 330 |
| 163 | Theodore | 262 | Kristi | 328 |
| 164 | Timmy | 258 | Holly | 320 |
| 165 | Dwight | 249 | Gina | 309 |
| 166 | Rex | 248 | Toni | 308 |
| 167 | Nicholas | 247 | Willie | 243 |
| 168 | Ken | 243 | Tammie | 242 |
| 169 | Kenny | 215 | Louise | 241 |
| 170 | Benjamin | 214 | Shannon | 241 |
| 171 | Roland | 195 | Vivian | 238 |
| 172 | Leroy | 192 | Ruby | 237 |
| 173 | Nathaniel | 178 | Sheri | 235 |
| 174 | Mitchell | 164 | Roberta | 211 |
| 175 | Guy | 158 | Vicky | 208 |
| 176 | Troy | 155 | Melody | 198 |
| 177 | Franklin | 152 | Lynne | 197 |
| 178 | Tyrone | 134 | Rachel | 186 |
| 179 | Gerard | 127 | Rosa | 181 |
| 180 | Freddie | 123 | Kristine | 164 |
| 181 | Maurice | 120 | Patti | 145 |
| 182 | Lloyd | 120 | Audrey | 145 |
| 183 | Alfred | 118 | Charlene | 141 |
| 184 | Kerry | 114 | Myra | 140 |
| 185 | Bret | 107 | Jodi | 139 |
| 186 | Lance | 104 | Jan | 136 |
| 187 | Wesley | 90 | Joy | 128 |
| 188 | Gene | 89 | Marsha | 110 |
| 189 | Bart | 84 | Jana | 109 |
| 190 | Wade | 74 | Jamie | 94 |
| 191 | Gregg | 73 | Darla | 93 |
| 192 | Randal | 73 | Irene | 87 |
| 193 | Ted | 62 | Carmen | 75 |
| 194 | Lynn | 57 | Joann | 68 |
| 195 | Alex | 50 | Ladonna | 66 |
| 196 | Ruben | 49 | Doreen | 62 |
| 197 | Kyle | 49 | Shauna | 60 |
| 198 | Jesse | 44 | Gayla | 53 |
| 199 | Juan | 43 | Robyn | 48 |
| 200 | Aaron | 39 | Karla | 46 |
| 201 | Cory | 38 | Molly | 44 |
| 202 | Stuart | 38 | Sherrie | 43 |
| 203 | Nathan | 34 | Veronica | 43 |
| 204 | Jason | 33 | Norma | 42 |
| 205 | Derek | 33 | Juanita | 40 |
| 206 | Clayton | 32 | Jody | 33 |
| 207 | Lyle | 28 | Lynette | 32 |
| 208 | Leslie | 25 | Roxanne | 32 |
| 209 | Clinton | 25 | Jolene | 30 |
| 210 | Ross | 24 | Lois | 30 |
| 211 | Neal | 22 | Iris | 26 |
| 212 | Nelson | 22 | Lorna | 25 |
| 213 | Allan | 20 | Faith | 24 |
| 214 | Lewis | 20 | Alison | 21 |
| 215 | Kim | 20 | Rosemary | 21 |
| 216 | Edwin | 20 | Kari | 21 |
| 217 | Randolph | 18 | Marianne | 20 |
| 218 | Leo | 18 | Candace | 20 |
| 219 | Hugh | 18 | Pauline | 19 |
| 220 | Shane | 18 | Lorrie | 19 |
| 221 | Arnold | 16 | Ramona | 19 |
| 222 | Rene | 15 | Jeannine | 19 |
| 223 | Clifford | 14 | Francine | 18 |
| 224 | Antonio | 12 | Grace | 18 |