Popular 1960s names, and how old they are now

Babies born in the 1960s are 57 to 66 years old in 2026. Social Security recorded about 38 million of them under names it lists, and by our estimate 84% are still alive: about 32 million people.

The decade's top names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Of the top ten for each, 11 still go to at least 1,000 babies a year.

Top 1960s girl names

Most popular girl names of the 1960s
#	Name	Born 1960s	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	496,987	440,000	56
2	Mary	355,240	310,000	66
3	Susan	287,666	250,000	66
4	Karen	286,053	250,000	63
5	Kimberly	259,072	230,000	48
6	Patricia	231,178	200,000	68
7	Linda	225,454	200,000	70
8	Donna	213,468	190,000	68
9	Michelle	208,293	190,000	48
10	Cynthia	196,597	170,000	60
11	Sandra	183,846	160,000	66
12	Deborah	183,439	160,000	66
13	Tammy	182,231	160,000	58
14	Pamela	181,939	160,000	64
15	Lori	176,560	150,000	58
16	Laura	174,185	150,000	51
17	Elizabeth	168,920	150,000	44
18	Julie	166,150	150,000	55
19	Brenda	164,502	140,000	63
20	Jennifer	164,413	150,000	46
21	Barbara	159,773	140,000	72
22	Angela	159,294	140,000	49
23	Sharon	154,905	140,000	68
24	Debra	153,771	130,000	66
25	Teresa	151,793	130,000	59
26	Nancy	142,724	120,000	68
27	Christine	139,343	120,000	57
28	Cheryl	135,650	120,000	65
29	Denise	128,824	110,000	59
30	Kelly	128,053	110,000	48
31	Tina	126,401	110,000	56
32	Kathleen	120,952	110,000	64
33	Melissa	119,202	110,000	46
34	Robin	118,327	100,000	58
35	Amy	116,775	100,000	47
36	Diane	114,453	100,000	68
37	Dawn	114,293	100,000	57
38	Carol	112,333	98,000	72
39	Tracy	103,780	92,000	55
40	Kathy	101,127	88,000	65
41	Rebecca	99,462	88,000	48
42	Theresa	97,118	85,000	61
43	Kim	94,388	83,000	63
44	Rhonda	93,607	82,000	61
45	Stephanie	92,821	82,000	43
46	Cindy	91,595	80,000	57
47	Janet	89,315	78,000	68
48	Wendy	88,963	79,000	55
49	Maria	88,850	78,000	45
50	Michele	86,993	77,000	58

Top 1960s boy names

Most popular boy names of the 1960s
#	Name	Born 1960s	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	833,092	670,000	49
2	David	733,953	590,000	52
3	John	713,394	570,000	55
4	James	684,722	550,000	54
5	Robert	650,786	520,000	58
6	Mark	441,390	350,000	56
7	William	421,433	340,000	51
8	Richard	373,907	300,000	60
9	Thomas	327,055	260,000	53
10	Jeffrey	302,029	240,000	53
11	Steven	290,607	230,000	52
12	Joseph	283,048	230,000	45
13	Timothy	276,837	220,000	50
14	Kevin	271,412	220,000	45
15	Scott	266,828	220,000	53
16	Brian	258,129	210,000	48
17	Charles	249,398	200,000	54
18	Paul	242,503	200,000	57
19	Daniel	242,020	200,000	42
20	Christopher	237,144	190,000	41
21	Kenneth	227,531	180,000	57
22	Anthony	203,159	160,000	40
23	Gregory	187,495	150,000	54
24	Ronald	182,190	150,000	64
25	Donald	172,628	140,000	64
26	Gary	166,031	130,000	65
27	Stephen	152,240	120,000	54
28	Eric	152,222	120,000	44
29	Edward	143,984	120,000	56
30	Douglas	134,989	110,000	59
31	Todd	128,741	100,000	54
32	Patrick	122,717	100,000	47
33	George	113,023	91,000	57
34	Keith	112,575	91,000	54
35	Larry	108,582	87,000	65
36	Matthew	105,938	87,000	36
37	Terry	101,489	81,000	62
38	Andrew	97,109	79,000	36
39	Dennis	94,984	76,000	63
40	Randy	93,878	75,000	57
41	Jerry	93,544	75,000	63
42	Peter	92,418	74,000	51
43	Frank	87,155	70,000	59
44	Craig	84,712	68,000	56
45	Raymond	81,793	66,000	56
46	Jeffery	79,534	64,000	54
47	Bruce	74,642	60,000	63
48	Rodney	72,194	59,000	56
49	Mike	71,456	57,000	63
50	Roger	71,440	57,000	63

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in the 1960s, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of those babies are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1960s babies. How we calculate this