Popular Names of 1960

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1960, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1960
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	51,472	125
2	Susan	39,208	1,091
3	Linda	37,316	902
4	Karen	36,378	1,281
5	Donna	34,138	1,965
6	Lisa	33,693	991
7	Patricia	32,113	1,336
8	Debra	26,732	4,478
9	Cynthia	26,706	1,014
10	Deborah	25,266	864
11	Sandra	24,572	1,210
12	Barbara	24,454	968
13	Brenda	23,963	1,527
14	Pamela	22,092	2,251
15	Nancy	21,891	967
16	Sharon	20,414	1,256
17	Cheryl	19,120	4,376
18	Elizabeth	18,859	17
19	Teresa	18,839	911
20	Lori	18,690	1,726

Table 2. Male names, 1960
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	David	85,929	35
2	Michael	84,153	21
3	James	76,815	6
4	John	76,096	23
5	Robert	72,357	92
6	Mark	58,727	245
7	William	49,361	9
8	Richard	43,553	234
9	Thomas	39,278	34
10	Steven	33,878	271
11	Timothy	30,498	203
12	Joseph	29,749	29
13	Charles	29,677	48
14	Jeffrey	28,841	552
15	Kevin	28,400	221
16	Kenneth	27,701	294
17	Daniel	25,945	22
18	Paul	25,642	262
19	Donald	22,744	690
20	Brian	22,000	339

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.