Popular names of 1960, and how old they are now

People born in 1960 turn 66 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4.2 million births in 1960 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 79% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and David for boys. Babies born that year are Baby Boomers (see Boomer names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1960: Mark, Kim, Mike, Craig, Russell, Randall, Annette, Tim, Phillip, Jay, Sandy and Kerry.

Top girl names of 1960

Most popular girl names of 1960
#	Name	Born 1960	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	51,472	43,000	66
2	Susan	39,208	33,000	66
3	Linda	37,316	31,000	70
4	Karen	36,378	31,000	63
5	Donna	34,138	29,000	68
6	Lisa	33,693	28,000	56
7	Patricia	32,113	27,000	68
8	Debra	26,732	22,000	66
9	Cynthia	26,706	22,000	60
10	Deborah	25,266	21,000	66
11	Sandra	24,572	21,000	66
12	Barbara	24,454	21,000	72
13	Brenda	23,963	20,000	63
14	Pamela	22,092	19,000	64
15	Nancy	21,891	18,000	68
16	Sharon	20,414	17,000	68
17	Cheryl	19,120	16,000	65
18	Elizabeth	18,859	16,000	44
19	Teresa	18,839	16,000	59
20	Lori	18,690	16,000	58
21	Kathy	18,478	16,000	65
22	Diane	17,909	15,000	68
23	Carol	17,463	15,000	72
24	Debbie	17,067	14,000	64
25	Laura	17,060	14,000	51
26	Kimberly	16,854	14,000	48
27	Kathleen	16,085	14,000	64
28	Julie	16,079	14,000	55
29	Denise	15,066	13,000	59
30	Cindy	14,953	13,000	57
31	Tammy	14,317	12,000	58
32	Janet	14,250	12,000	68
33	Robin	13,971	12,000	58
34	Kim	12,477	10,000	63
35	Theresa	11,847	10,000	61
36	Margaret	11,362	9,600	61
37	Laurie	10,143	8,500	61
38	Rebecca	9,970	8,400	48
39	Michelle	9,893	8,300	48
40	Christine	9,874	8,300	57
41	Janice	9,620	8,100	70
42	Catherine	9,536	8,000	54
43	Carolyn	9,403	7,900	67
44	Rhonda	9,255	7,800	61
45	Tina	9,133	7,700	56
46	Cathy	9,130	7,700	65
47	Connie	8,881	7,500	67
48	Judy	8,855	7,500	72
49	Terri	8,743	7,400	61
50	Angela	8,683	7,300	49

Top boy names of 1960

Most popular boy names of 1960
#	Name	Born 1960	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	David	85,929	64,000	52
2	Michael	84,153	63,000	49
3	James	76,815	58,000	54
4	John	76,096	57,000	55
5	Robert	72,357	54,000	58
6	Mark	58,727	44,000	56
7	William	49,361	37,000	51
8	Richard	43,553	33,000	60
9	Thomas	39,278	29,000	53
10	Steven	33,878	25,000	52
11	Timothy	30,498	23,000	50
12	Joseph	29,749	22,000	45
13	Charles	29,677	22,000	54
14	Jeffrey	28,841	22,000	53
15	Kevin	28,400	21,000	45
16	Kenneth	27,701	21,000	57
17	Daniel	25,945	19,000	42
18	Paul	25,642	19,000	57
19	Donald	22,744	17,000	64
20	Brian	22,000	16,000	48
21	Ronald	21,714	16,000	64
22	Gary	21,693	16,000	65
23	Scott	21,606	16,000	53
24	Gregory	20,304	15,000	54
25	Anthony	19,499	15,000	40
26	Edward	16,595	12,000	56
27	Stephen	16,267	12,000	54
28	Larry	15,988	12,000	65
29	Christopher	15,361	12,000	41
30	Douglas	15,133	11,000	59
31	Dennis	14,303	11,000	63
32	Randy	14,206	11,000	57
33	George	14,063	11,000	57
34	Terry	13,932	10,000	62
35	Keith	12,180	9,100	54
36	Mike	12,045	9,000	63
37	Jerry	11,835	8,900	63
38	Ricky	11,000	8,200	56
39	Bruce	10,972	8,200	63
40	Frank	10,755	8,100	59
41	Craig	10,724	8,000	56
42	Peter	10,715	8,000	51
43	Steve	10,645	8,000	61
44	Eric	10,539	7,900	44
45	Patrick	10,356	7,800	47
46	Raymond	9,720	7,300	56
47	Roger	9,041	6,800	63
48	Danny	8,611	6,500	57
49	Jeff	8,511	6,400	60
50	Alan	8,356	6,300	49

About these numbers

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