Names by decade · United States

The names of the 1960s

Lisa for girls and Michael for boys: the 30 most-given names of the decade, and the share of babies who got each.

Girls

  1. Lisa1 in 37
  2. Mary1 in 51
  3. Susan1 in 63
  4. Karen1 in 64
  5. Kimberly1 in 71
  6. Patricia1 in 79
  7. Linda1 in 81
  8. Donna1 in 86
  9. Michelle1 in 88
  10. Cynthia1 in 93
  11. Sandra1 in 99
  12. Deborah1 in 100
  13. Tammy1 in 100
  14. Pamela1 in 100
  15. Lori1 in 103
  16. Laura1 in 105
  17. Elizabeth1 in 108
  18. Julie1 in 110
  19. Brenda1 in 111
  20. Jennifer1 in 111
  21. Barbara1 in 114
  22. Angela1 in 115
  23. Sharon1 in 118
  24. Debra1 in 119
  25. Teresa1 in 120
  26. Nancy1 in 128
  27. Christine1 in 131
  28. Cheryl1 in 135
  29. Denise1 in 142
  30. Kelly1 in 143

Boys

  1. Michael1 in 23
  2. David1 in 26
  3. John1 in 27
  4. James1 in 28
  5. Robert1 in 30
  6. Mark1 in 44
  7. William1 in 46
  8. Richard1 in 52
  9. Thomas1 in 59
  10. Jeffrey1 in 64
  11. Steven1 in 66
  12. Joseph1 in 68
  13. Timothy1 in 70
  14. Kevin1 in 71
  15. Scott1 in 72
  16. Brian1 in 75
  17. Charles1 in 77
  18. Paul1 in 79
  19. Daniel1 in 80
  20. Christopher1 in 81
  21. Kenneth1 in 85
  22. Anthony1 in 95
  23. Gregory1 in 103
  24. Ronald1 in 106
  25. Donald1 in 112
  26. Gary1 in 116
  27. Stephen1 in 127
  28. Eric1 in 127
  29. Edward1 in 134
  30. Douglas1 in 143

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