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Boy Names of the 1960s

The 100 most common boy names given in the United States during the 1960s, by the number of children recorded with each name across those years.

All 100 names

  1. Michael 833,092
  2. David 733,953
  3. John 713,394
  4. James 684,722
  5. Robert 650,786
  6. Mark 441,390
  7. William 421,433
  8. Richard 373,907
  9. Thomas 327,055
  10. Jeffrey 302,029
  11. Steven 290,607
  12. Joseph 283,048
  13. Timothy 276,837
  14. Kevin 271,412
  15. Scott 266,828
  16. Brian 258,129
  17. Charles 249,398
  18. Paul 242,503
  19. Daniel 242,020
  20. Christopher 237,144
  21. Kenneth 227,531
  22. Anthony 203,159
  23. Gregory 187,495
  24. Ronald 182,190
  25. Donald 172,628
  26. Gary 166,031
  27. Stephen 152,240
  28. Eric 152,222
  29. Edward 143,984
  30. Douglas 134,989
  31. Todd 128,741
  32. Patrick 122,717
  33. George 113,023
  34. Keith 112,575
  35. Larry 108,582
  36. Matthew 105,938
  37. Terry 101,489
  38. Andrew 97,109
  39. Dennis 94,984
  40. Randy 93,878
  41. Jerry 93,544
  42. Peter 92,418
  43. Frank 87,155
  44. Craig 84,712
  45. Raymond 81,793
  46. Jeffery 79,534
  47. Bruce 74,642
  48. Rodney 72,194
  49. Mike 71,456
  50. Roger 71,440
  51. Tony 70,577
  52. Ricky 66,402
  53. Steve 65,619
  54. Jeff 62,072
  55. Troy 61,410
  56. Alan 61,392
  57. Carl 60,787
  58. Danny 60,731
  59. Russell 60,447
  60. Chris 56,338
  61. Gerald 55,305
  62. Bryan 55,304
  63. Wayne 54,762
  64. Joe 53,386
  65. Randall 52,055
  66. Lawrence 51,342
  67. Dale 50,423
  68. Phillip 50,396
  69. Johnny 49,843
  70. Vincent 49,478
  71. Martin 49,116
  72. Bradley 48,730
  73. Billy 48,472
  74. Glenn 48,095
  75. Shawn 47,795
  76. Jimmy 47,399
  77. Jonathan 47,389
  78. Sean 47,282
  79. Curtis 47,244
  80. Barry 47,221
  81. Bobby 46,390
  82. Walter 45,929
  83. Jon 44,879
  84. Philip 44,780
  85. Samuel 44,247
  86. Jay 42,712
  87. Dean 42,527
  88. Jason 42,527
  89. Jose 42,043
  90. Tim 41,572
  91. Roy 40,047
  92. Willie 39,812
  93. Arthur 39,622
  94. Darryl 39,200
  95. Henry 39,134
  96. Darrell 38,025
  97. Allen 37,694
  98. Victor 36,821
  99. Harold 36,744
  100. Greg 36,438

How 1960s boy names compare

Michael was the most common boy name of the 1960s, given to 833,092 boys across those years, with David, John, James and Robert behind it. The hundredth name on the list, Greg, accounts for 36,438. Between them the hundred names cover 14,158,035 births. Two different names took the number one spot across the decade: Michael for nine years and David for one year.

83 of these names were also in the 1950s top 100, and 17 were not. 19 are still in the 2025 top 100 — Michael, David, John, James, Robert, William, Thomas and Joseph, among others — and 47 are inside the top 500.

Those hundred names cover 73.5% of all boys born in the 1960s — 14,158,035 of 19,262,626 — and Michael alone accounts for 4.3% of them. The hundred most common names of 2025 take 38.0% between them, so naming has spread wider since. Every one of the hundred was already in the record before the 1960s began.

Questions about 1960s boy names

What was the most popular boy name of the 1960s?

Michael, given to 833,092 boys across those years. The next two were David and John.

Are 1960s boy names still used today?

19 of the hundred are in the 2025 top 100: Michael, David, John, James, Robert, William, Thomas and Joseph, among others.