Here are the most popular names of the decade.
- SSA is Social Security Administration (alternate spellings are not combined) and
- SFS is Some Fun Site (alternate spellings are combined).
Male names are first. Or you can start with the female names.
- Most Popular is the total of the names over the whole decade.
- Most Change is the difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade. It has the subcategories of Rising and Falling
- Rising is the highest difference in count
(which name has improved the most over the decade).
- Falling is the lowest difference in count between the first year and last year of the decade
(which name has dropped the most over the decade).
Top 25 Names of the Decade - 1960s
Male Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Michael |
833181 |
| 2. |
David |
733964 |
| 3. |
John |
713466 |
| 4. |
James |
684829 |
| 5. |
Robert |
650819 |
| 6. |
Mark |
441442 |
| 7. |
William |
421528 |
| 8. |
Richard |
373953 |
| 9. |
Thomas |
327124 |
| 10. |
Jeffrey |
302039 |
| 11. |
Steven |
290675 |
| 12. |
Joseph |
283090 |
| 13. |
Timothy |
276808 |
| 14. |
Kevin |
271450 |
| 15. |
Scott |
266857 |
| 16. |
Brian |
258224 |
| 17. |
Charles |
249434 |
| 18. |
Paul |
242527 |
| 19. |
Daniel |
242102 |
| 20. |
Christopher |
237239 |
| 21. |
Kenneth |
227516 |
| 22. |
Anthony |
203115 |
| 23. |
Gregory |
187532 |
| 24. |
Ronald |
182172 |
| 25. |
Donald |
172647 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Michael |
868770 |
| 2. |
John |
758351 |
| 3. |
David |
733964 |
| 4. |
James |
684829 |
| 5. |
Robert |
650819 |
| 6. |
Mark |
472817 |
| 7. |
Steven |
442925 |
| 8. |
William |
421528 |
| 9. |
Jeffrey |
395744 |
| 10. |
Richard |
373953 |
| 11. |
Thomas |
329192 |
| 12. |
Brian |
317868 |
| 13. |
Joseph |
283353 |
| 14. |
Timothy |
277904 |
| 15. |
Kevin |
273152 |
| 16. |
Scott |
272102 |
| 17. |
Charles |
249434 |
| 18. |
Daniel |
243899 |
| 19. |
Paul |
242527 |
| 20. |
Christopher |
238868 |
| 21. |
Kenneth |
229784 |
| 22. |
Anthony |
203115 |
| 23. |
Gregory |
188689 |
| 24. |
Ronald |
182172 |
| 25. |
Gary |
173426 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Christopher |
20362 |
| 2. |
Jason |
15562 |
| 3. |
Matthew |
10555 |
| 4. |
Eric |
10222 |
| 5. |
Brian |
9709 |
| 6. |
Todd |
9012 |
| 7. |
Sean |
7928 |
| 8. |
Scott |
7067 |
| 9. |
Shawn |
6226 |
| 10. |
Troy |
6030 |
| 11. |
Corey |
4622 |
| 12. |
Chad |
3799 |
| 13. |
Jonathan |
3730 |
| 14. |
Andrew |
3087 |
| 15. |
Shane |
3005 |
| 16. |
Aaron |
2832 |
| 17. |
Darren |
2456 |
| 18. |
Travis |
2315 |
| 19. |
Patrick |
2314 |
| 20. |
Erik |
2250 |
| 21. |
Shannon |
2081 |
| 22. |
Jeremy |
1924 |
| 23. |
Marc |
1908 |
| 24. |
Derek |
1884 |
| 25. |
Ryan |
1865 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Christopher |
20542 |
| 2. |
Sean |
18688 |
| 3. |
Jason |
15872 |
| 4. |
Eric |
13006 |
| 5. |
Brian |
11590 |
| 6. |
Matthew |
10873 |
| 7. |
Todd |
8999 |
| 8. |
Scott |
7153 |
| 9. |
Darrell |
7025 |
| 10. |
Corey |
6979 |
| 11. |
Darren |
6237 |
| 12. |
Troy |
6030 |
| 13. |
Jonathan |
4303 |
| 14. |
Derrick |
4185 |
| 15. |
Chad |
3799 |
| 16. |
Shane |
3170 |
| 17. |
Aaron |
3140 |
| 18. |
Andrew |
3087 |
| 19. |
Travis |
2315 |
| 20. |
Patrick |
2314 |
| 21. |
Shannon |
2170 |
| 22. |
Jeremy |
1924 |
| 23. |
Ryan |
1865 |
| 24. |
Adam |
1846 |
| 25. |
Stacy |
1777 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Mark |
-25338 |
| 2. |
David |
-22211 |
| 3. |
John |
-17352 |
| 4. |
James |
-16918 |
| 5. |
Robert |
-14022 |
| 6. |
Richard |
-12460 |
| 7. |
Thomas |
-11827 |
| 8. |
William |
-11735 |
| 9. |
Gary |
-10529 |
| 10. |
Kenneth |
-10126 |
| 11. |
Donald |
-9950 |
| 12. |
Mike |
-9178 |
| 13. |
Randy |
-8940 |
| 14. |
Charles |
-7996 |
| 15. |
Larry |
-7701 |
| 16. |
Steve |
-7586 |
| 17. |
Ricky |
-7579 |
| 18. |
Terry |
-7493 |
| 19. |
Steven |
-7341 |
| 20. |
Timothy |
-7111 |
| 21. |
Ronald |
-7094 |
| 22. |
Dennis |
-6963 |
| 23. |
Bruce |
-6903 |
| 24. |
Jeff |
-5524 |
| 25. |
Tim |
-5385 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Mark |
-23430 |
| 2. |
David |
-22211 |
| 3. |
John |
-17537 |
| 4. |
James |
-16918 |
| 5. |
Robert |
-14022 |
| 6. |
Richard |
-12460 |
| 7. |
Thomas |
-11822 |
| 8. |
William |
-11735 |
| 9. |
Gary |
-11355 |
| 10. |
Darryl |
-11161 |
| 11. |
Kenneth |
-10266 |
| 12. |
Donald |
-9950 |
| 13. |
Mike |
-9178 |
| 14. |
Randy |
-8940 |
| 15. |
Steven |
-8501 |
| 16. |
Charles |
-7996 |
| 17. |
Ricky |
-7794 |
| 18. |
Larry |
-7701 |
| 19. |
Steve |
-7586 |
| 20. |
Terry |
-7493 |
| 21. |
Timothy |
-7142 |
| 22. |
Dennis |
-7127 |
| 23. |
Ronald |
-7094 |
| 24. |
Bruce |
-6903 |
| 25. |
Alan |
-6629 |
Female Names
Most Popular
Original (SSA)
| 1. |
Lisa |
496917 |
| 2. |
Mary |
355191 |
| 3. |
Susan |
287634 |
| 4. |
Karen |
286010 |
| 5. |
Kimberly |
259057 |
| 6. |
Patricia |
231103 |
| 7. |
Linda |
225401 |
| 8. |
Donna |
213443 |
| 9. |
Michelle |
208233 |
| 10. |
Cynthia |
196583 |
| 11. |
Sandra |
183782 |
| 12. |
Deborah |
183419 |
| 13. |
Tammy |
182197 |
| 14. |
Pamela |
181928 |
| 15. |
Lori |
176551 |
| 16. |
Laura |
174163 |
| 17. |
Elizabeth |
168854 |
| 18. |
Julie |
166129 |
| 19. |
Brenda |
164457 |
| 20. |
Jennifer |
164395 |
| 21. |
Barbara |
159733 |
| 22. |
Angela |
159226 |
| 23. |
Sharon |
154863 |
| 24. |
Debra |
153763 |
| 25. |
Teresa |
151753 |
Adjusted (SFS)
| 1. |
Lisa |
507149 |
| 2. |
Mary |
360638 |
| 3. |
Karen |
306514 |
| 4. |
Michelle |
299115 |
| 5. |
Deborah |
294322 |
| 6. |
Susan |
289653 |
| 7. |
Kimberly |
282147 |
| 8. |
Lori |
279969 |
| 9. |
Teresa |
250693 |
| 10. |
Linda |
241089 |
| 11. |
Patricia |
231103 |
| 12. |
Tammy |
227809 |
| 13. |
Donna |
215692 |
| 14. |
Cynthia |
196583 |
| 15. |
Laura |
188331 |
| 16. |
Sandra |
186865 |
| 17. |
Pamela |
184323 |
| 18. |
Catherine |
181554 |
| 19. |
Sherry |
179515 |
| 20. |
Tracy |
174066 |
| 21. |
Kelly |
173137 |
| 22. |
Elizabeth |
173111 |
| 23. |
Julie |
168602 |
| 24. |
Jennifer |
167885 |
| 25. |
Brenda |
164457 |
Most Change
Rising (SSA)
| 1. |
Jennifer |
26463 |
| 2. |
Michelle |
24410 |
| 3. |
Melissa |
18605 |
| 4. |
Kimberly |
16213 |
| 5. |
Amy |
15498 |
| 6. |
Angela |
12362 |
| 7. |
Lisa |
11328 |
| 8. |
Shannon |
9435 |
| 9. |
Tracy |
9323 |
| 10. |
Stephanie |
9212 |
| 11. |
Heather |
9097 |
| 12. |
Kelly |
7649 |
| 13. |
Nicole |
6971 |
| 14. |
Christine |
6872 |
| 15. |
Christina |
6611 |
| 16. |
Dawn |
5954 |
| 17. |
Stacey |
5387 |
| 18. |
Stacy |
5033 |
| 19. |
Michele |
4943 |
| 20. |
Tonya |
4832 |
| 21. |
Tammy |
4746 |
| 22. |
Tina |
4468 |
| 23. |
Kristin |
3978 |
| 24. |
Wendy |
3758 |
| 25. |
Tracey |
3667 |
Rising (SFS)
| 1. |
Michelle |
30031 |
| 2. |
Jennifer |
26795 |
| 3. |
Melissa |
19695 |
| 4. |
Deborah |
19552 |
| 5. |
Kimberly |
17255 |
| 6. |
Amy |
16839 |
| 7. |
Tracy |
16774 |
| 8. |
Stacey |
15587 |
| 9. |
Angela |
12362 |
| 10. |
Tonya |
12305 |
| 11. |
Kelly |
12282 |
| 12. |
Lisa |
10678 |
| 13. |
Stephanie |
10005 |
| 14. |
Shannon |
9919 |
| 15. |
Christine |
9231 |
| 16. |
Heather |
9097 |
| 17. |
Christina |
9081 |
| 18. |
Nicole |
7947 |
| 19. |
Kristin |
7521 |
| 20. |
Jodi |
6646 |
| 21. |
Christy |
6509 |
| 22. |
Dawn |
5954 |
| 23. |
Rachel |
4673 |
| 24. |
Carrie |
4646 |
| 25. |
Wendy |
4246 |
Falling (SSA)
| 1. |
Mary |
-31615 |
| 2. |
Linda |
-27049 |
| 3. |
Donna |
-22670 |
| 4. |
Susan |
-21380 |
| 5. |
Debra |
-18780 |
| 6. |
Karen |
-18756 |
| 7. |
Patricia |
-17154 |
| 8. |
Barbara |
-15640 |
| 9. |
Brenda |
-14960 |
| 10. |
Debbie |
-14395 |
| 11. |
Deborah |
-14080 |
| 12. |
Nancy |
-13990 |
| 13. |
Kathy |
-13727 |
| 14. |
Cynthia |
-13198 |
| 15. |
Sandra |
-12396 |
| 16. |
Diane |
-11944 |
| 17. |
Carol |
-11329 |
| 18. |
Cheryl |
-10775 |
| 19. |
Sharon |
-10732 |
| 20. |
Cindy |
-9997 |
| 21. |
Janet |
-9868 |
| 22. |
Pamela |
-8734 |
| 23. |
Teresa |
-8479 |
| 24. |
Kathleen |
-7789 |
| 25. |
Kim |
-7027 |
Falling (SFS)
| 1. |
Debra |
-53787 |
| 2. |
Mary |
-32038 |
| 3. |
Linda |
-28156 |
| 4. |
Donna |
-22826 |
| 5. |
Susan |
-21551 |
| 6. |
Kathy |
-21468 |
| 7. |
Karen |
-18452 |
| 8. |
Patricia |
-17154 |
| 9. |
Debbie |
-15646 |
| 10. |
Barbara |
-15578 |
| 11. |
Brenda |
-14960 |
| 12. |
Nancy |
-14142 |
| 13. |
Diane |
-13841 |
| 14. |
Teresa |
-13470 |
| 15. |
Cynthia |
-13198 |
| 16. |
Carol |
-12707 |
| 17. |
Cheryl |
-12640 |
| 18. |
Sandra |
-12472 |
| 19. |
Lori |
-11179 |
| 20. |
Sharon |
-10784 |
| 21. |
Cindy |
-10437 |
| 22. |
Terri |
-10311 |
| 23. |
Janet |
-9952 |
| 24. |
Pamela |
-8822 |
| 25. |
Kathleen |
-8068 |
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