The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1960
4,598 different boys’ names were recorded in 1960, covering 2,132,320 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | 85,929 |
| 2 | Michael | 84,153 |
| 3 | James | 76,815 |
| 4 | John | 76,096 |
| 5 | Robert | 72,357 |
| 6 | Mark | 58,727 |
| 7 | William | 49,361 |
| 8 | Richard | 43,553 |
| 9 | Thomas | 39,278 |
| 10 | Steven | 33,878 |
| 11 | Timothy | 30,498 |
| 12 | Joseph | 29,749 |
| 13 | Charles | 29,677 |
| 14 | Jeffrey | 28,841 |
| 15 | Kevin | 28,400 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 27,701 |
| 17 | Daniel | 25,945 |
| 18 | Paul | 25,642 |
| 19 | Donald | 22,744 |
| 20 | Brian | 22,000 |
| 21 | Ronald | 21,714 |
| 22 | Gary | 21,693 |
| 23 | Scott | 21,606 |
| 24 | Gregory | 20,304 |
| 25 | Anthony | 19,499 |
| 26 | Edward | 16,595 |
| 27 | Stephen | 16,267 |
| 28 | Larry | 15,988 |
| 29 | Christopher | 15,361 |
| 30 | Douglas | 15,133 |
| 31 | Dennis | 14,303 |
| 32 | Randy | 14,206 |
| 33 | George | 14,063 |
| 34 | Terry | 13,932 |
| 35 | Keith | 12,180 |
| 36 | Mike | 12,045 |
| 37 | Jerry | 11,835 |
| 38 | Ricky | 11,000 |
| 39 | Bruce | 10,972 |
| 40 | Frank | 10,755 |
| 41 | Craig | 10,724 |
| 42 | Peter | 10,715 |
| 43 | Steve | 10,645 |
| 44 | Eric | 10,539 |
| 45 | Patrick | 10,356 |
| 46 | Raymond | 9,720 |
| 47 | Roger | 9,041 |
| 48 | Danny | 8,611 |
| 49 | Jeff | 8,511 |
| 50 | Alan | 8,356 |
| 51 | Andrew | 8,201 |
| 52 | Tony | 7,999 |
| 53 | Carl | 7,808 |
| 54 | Dale | 7,677 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 7,658 |
| 56 | Russell | 7,487 |
| 57 | Joe | 7,314 |
| 58 | Wayne | 7,193 |
| 59 | Randall | 7,174 |
| 60 | Tim | 6,931 |
| 61 | Matthew | 6,925 |
| 62 | Gerald | 6,571 |
| 63 | Chris | 6,494 |
| 64 | Lawrence | 6,380 |
| 65 | Johnny | 6,184 |
| 66 | Phillip | 6,047 |
| 67 | Billy | 6,023 |
| 68 | Rodney | 5,865 |
| 69 | Jimmy | 5,817 |
| 70 | Walter | 5,763 |
| 71 | Todd | 5,752 |
| 72 | Barry | 5,733 |
| 73 | Bobby | 5,656 |
| 74 | Glenn | 5,563 |
| 75 | Jim | 5,549 |
| 76 | Philip | 5,509 |
| 77 | Martin | 5,495 |
| 78 | Jay | 5,385 |
| 79 | Curtis | 5,363 |
| 80 | Roy | 5,255 |
| 81 | Willie | 5,238 |
| 82 | Arthur | 5,194 |
| 83 | Greg | 5,084 |
| 84 | Henry | 4,968 |
| 85 | Jack | 4,918 |
| 86 | Tom | 4,894 |
| 87 | Ronnie | 4,872 |
| 88 | Bryan | 4,780 |
| 89 | Ralph | 4,770 |
| 90 | Bradley | 4,746 |
| 91 | Samuel | 4,711 |
| 92 | Harold | 4,679 |
| 93 | Albert | 4,602 |
| 94 | Dean | 4,518 |
| 95 | Bill | 4,501 |
| 96 | Darryl | 4,436 |
| 97 | Jon | 4,403 |
| 98 | Vincent | 4,373 |
| 99 | Allen | 4,371 |
| 100 | Stanley | 4,221 |
| 101 | Rick | 4,217 |
| 102 | Eddie | 4,191 |
| 103 | Victor | 4,188 |
| 104 | Darrell | 4,148 |
| 105 | Micheal | 4,133 |
| 106 | Louis | 4,128 |
| 107 | Jose | 3,915 |
| 108 | Howard | 3,827 |
| 109 | Eugene | 3,761 |
| 110 | Joel | 3,712 |
| 111 | Dan | 3,696 |
| 112 | Tommy | 3,683 |
| 113 | Leonard | 3,639 |
| 114 | Frederick | 3,477 |
| 115 | Don | 3,454 |
| 116 | Lee | 3,430 |
| 117 | Fred | 3,396 |
| 118 | Jonathan | 3,343 |
| 119 | Marvin | 3,278 |
| 120 | Ernest | 3,190 |
| 121 | Ray | 3,079 |
| 122 | Dave | 3,050 |
| 123 | Dwayne | 3,037 |
| 124 | Harry | 3,024 |
| 125 | Melvin | 3,011 |
| 126 | Mitchell | 2,973 |
| 127 | Duane | 2,951 |
| 128 | Kelly | 2,934 |
| 129 | Calvin | 2,909 |
| 130 | Kurt | 2,881 |
| 131 | Bob | 2,719 |
| 132 | Norman | 2,700 |
| 133 | Jerome | 2,676 |
| 134 | Brad | 2,644 |
| 135 | Karl | 2,594 |
| 136 | Marc | 2,586 |
| 137 | Tracy | 2,581 |
| 138 | Rickey | 2,573 |
| 139 | Earl | 2,565 |
| 140 | Edwin | 2,471 |
| 141 | Clifford | 2,464 |
| 142 | Kirk | 2,447 |
| 143 | Glen | 2,443 |
| 144 | Reginald | 2,442 |
| 145 | Francis | 2,416 |
| 146 | Perry | 2,415 |
| 147 | Alfred | 2,406 |
| 148 | Kent | 2,397 |
| 149 | Theodore | 2,382 |
| 150 | Jesse | 2,374 |
| 151 | Brett | 2,320 |
| 152 | Bernard | 2,302 |
| 153 | Nicholas | 2,298 |
| 154 | Brent | 2,261 |
| 155 | Benjamin | 2,249 |
| 156 | Darren | 2,209 |
| 157 | Clarence | 2,198 |
| 158 | Kerry | 2,176 |
| 159 | Gordon | 2,149 |
| 160 | Juan | 2,076 |
| 161 | Stuart | 2,074 |
| 162 | Troy | 2,056 |
| 163 | Shawn | 2,045 |
| 164 | Wesley | 2,020 |
| 165 | Warren | 2,017 |
| 166 | Alvin | 1,995 |
| 167 | Carlos | 1,993 |
| 168 | Guy | 1,949 |
| 169 | Kenny | 1,934 |
| 170 | Ron | 1,888 |
| 171 | Lance | 1,876 |
| 172 | Leroy | 1,868 |
| 173 | Vernon | 1,830 |
| 174 | Gene | 1,796 |
| 175 | Gilbert | 1,788 |
| 176 | Herbert | 1,782 |
| 177 | Ken | 1,775 |
| 178 | Aaron | 1,768 |
| 179 | Gregg | 1,736 |
| 180 | Lloyd | 1,733 |
| 181 | Dwight | 1,720 |
| 182 | Lonnie | 1,704 |
| 182 | Doug | 1,704 |
| 184 | Ted | 1,695 |
| 185 | Leslie | 1,672 |
| 185 | Manuel | 1,672 |
| 187 | Dana | 1,670 |
| 188 | Daryl | 1,654 |
| 189 | Leon | 1,647 |
| 190 | Nathan | 1,630 |
| 191 | Tyrone | 1,599 |
| 192 | Timmy | 1,572 |
| 193 | Donnie | 1,564 |
| 194 | Franklin | 1,537 |
| 195 | Marty | 1,535 |
| 196 | Antonio | 1,493 |
| 197 | Allan | 1,472 |
| 198 | Floyd | 1,465 |
| 199 | Neil | 1,446 |
| 200 | Robin | 1,432 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1960 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.