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Top 1960s Baby Names

Names from the 1960s Top 100 sound straight from a midcentury TV show. They’re today’s grandparent names, from the decade that saw the peak of Cynthia and Craig, Rhonda and Rodney.

Along with Cynthia and Rodney, other 1960s baby names that remain in the US Top 1000 include Amy, Dennis, Jacqueline, Julie, Keith, Paula, Randy, and Scott. The names that have fallen the farthest in popularity include Rhonda, Debbie, Michele, Cheryl, and Laurie.

These 1960s names might be the names of your parents, both too current and too old-fashioned to be stylish. The top names of the 1960s include the following.

Katie

Meaning: pure

Origin:English, diminutive of Katherine
628
Kitty

Meaning: pure

Origin:English, diminutive of Katherine
827
Ekaterina

Meaning: pure

Origin:Slavic variation of Catherine
2413
Vesta

Meaning: pure

Origin:Latin
1081
Catalina

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spanish variation of Catherine
660
Kit

Meaning: pure

Origin:English, diminutive of Katherine
329
Wynn

Meaning: fair, blessed

Origin:Welsh
1317
Nakia

Meaning: pure

Origin:Arabic
7444
Nakia

Meaning: pure

Origin:Arabic
9767
Kathleen

Meaning: pure

Origin:Anglicized form of Irish Caitlin
720
Caitlin

Meaning: pure

Origin:Irish variation of Catherine
790
Virginia

Meaning: virginal, pure

Origin: Latin
657
Kathryn

Meaning: pure

Origin:Variation of Katherine and Catherine, Greek
989
Katharine

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spelling variation of Katherine, Greek
3399
Lucasta

Meaning: pure light

Origin:English
3638
Cate

Meaning: pure

Origin:English diminutive of Catherine
3936
Kat

Meaning: pure

Origin:Diminutive for Katherine, Greek
2825
Gower

Meaning: pure

Origin:Welsh
5521
Kateri

Meaning: pure

Origin:Mohawk variation of Katherine
2541
Catriona

Meaning: pure

Origin:Scottish form of Katherine, Greek
1588