Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1960

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1960 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1959						Change from 1959
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	51,475	2.475	0	-2,999	1	David	85,929	3.968	1	1,998
2	Susan	39,203	1.885	0	-2,396	2	Michael	84,180	3.887	-1	-1,071
3	Linda	37,311	1.794	0	-3,092	3	James	76,832	3.548	0	-1,774
4	Karen	36,380	1.749	0	-396	4	John	76,093	3.514	0	-314
5	Donna	34,132	1.641	0	-2,333	5	Robert	72,360	3.342	0	-2,142
6	Lisa	33,702	1.620	4	8,011	6	Mark	58,728	2.712	0	1,819
7	Patricia	32,104	1.544	-1	-3,116	7	William	49,350	2.279	0	-2,016
8	Debra	26,739	1.286	-1	-4,634	8	Richard	43,546	2.011	0	-3,623
9	Cynthia	26,723	1.285	-1	-3,444	9	Thomas	39,273	1.814	0	-1,003
10	Deborah	25,265	1.215	-1	-4,287	10	Steven	33,889	1.565	0	317
11	Sandra	24,572	1.181	2	1,219	11	Timothy	30,475	1.407	1	-272
12	Barbara	24,445	1.175	-1	-911	12	Joseph	29,746	1.374	1	227
13	Brenda	23,961	1.152	3	2,546	13	Charles	29,664	1.370	-2	-1,106
14	Pamela	22,092	1.062	-2	-2,621	14	Jeffrey	28,830	1.331	2	2,569
15	Nancy	21,898	1.053	-1	-1,182	15	Kevin	28,388	1.311	-1	1,628
16	Sharon	20,423	0.982	1	-866	16	Kenneth	27,683	1.278	-1	1,059
17	Cheryl	19,122	0.919	1	-1,822	17	Daniel	25,952	1.198	1	818
18	Elizabeth	18,858	0.907	3	433	18	Paul	25,634	1.184	-1	-60
19	Teresa	18,834	0.906	5	1,444	19	Donald	22,730	1.050	0	-1,138
20	Lori	18,684	0.898	7	3,659	20	Brian	21,994	1.016	2	1,259
21	Kathy	18,480	0.889	-6	-3,338	21	Ronald	21,701	1.002	0	-1,403
22	Diane	17,903	0.861	-3	-2,071	22	Gary	21,685	1.001	-2	-1,612
23	Carol	17,461	0.840	-1	-666	23	Scott	21,594	0.997	1	1,837
24	Laura	17,061	0.820	6	2,532	24	Gregory	20,309	0.938	-1	433
25	Debbie	17,056	0.820	-5	-2,480	25	Anthony	19,501	0.901	1	1,545
26	Kimberly	16,852	0.810	7	4,070	26	Edward	16,584	0.766	1	-318
27	Kathleen	16,084	0.773	-4	-1,542	27	Stephen	16,258	0.751	1	-237
28	Julie	16,077	0.773	-2	-142	28	Larry	15,989	0.738	-3	-2,425
29	Denise	15,064	0.724	0	403	29	Christopher	15,352	0.709	6	2,455
30	Cindy	14,949	0.719	-5	-2,018	30	Douglas	15,146	0.699	0	-133
31	Tammy	14,310	0.688	0	604	31	Dennis	14,311	0.661	-2	-1,722
32	Janet	14,251	0.685	-4	-706	32	Randy	14,214	0.656	-1	-811
33	Robin	13,978	0.672	-1	1,121	33	George	14,060	0.649	-1	-939
34	Kim	12,474	0.600	1	879	34	Terry	13,908	0.642	-1	-637
35	Theresa	11,846	0.570	-1	201	35	Keith	12,187	0.563	4	444
36	Margaret	11,366	0.546	0	-206	36	Mike	12,045	0.556	1	49
37	Laurie	10,145	0.488	19	2,613	37	Jerry	11,837	0.547	-1	-475
38	Rebecca	9,968	0.479	0	-506	38	Ricky	10,995	0.508	-4	-2,213
39	Michelle	9,895	0.476	8	1,117	39	Bruce	10,953	0.506	-1	-954
40	Christine	9,880	0.475	3	411	40	Frank	10,758	0.497	2	-179
41	Janice	9,624	0.463	-4	-865	41	Craig	10,719	0.495	3	797
42	Catherine	9,537	0.459	-2	-486	42	Peter	10,717	0.495	-2	-566
43	Carolyn	9,406	0.452	-1	-325	43	Steve	10,653	0.492	-2	-415
44	Rhonda	9,260	0.445	1	406	44	Eric	10,528	0.486	2	803
45	Cathy	9,135	0.439	-6	-1,279	45	Patrick	10,364	0.479	-2	-186
46	Tina	9,127	0.439	7	1,210	46	Raymond	9,724	0.449	-1	-70
47	Connie	8,878	0.427	1	219	47	Roger	9,036	0.417	0	248
48	Judy	8,863	0.426	-7	-1,019	48	Danny	8,606	0.397	0	-121
49	Terri	8,743	0.420	-3	-41	49	Jeff	8,509	0.393	3	782
50	Angela	8,683	0.417	18	1,912	50	Alan	8,353	0.386	0	206

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.