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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.

Jun

Meaning: ruler, talented, handsome

Origin:Chinese, Korean
1591
Katrina

Meaning: pure

Origin:German variation of Katherine
1646
Zakia

Meaning: pure

Origin:Arabic and Hebrew
4113
Caryn

Meaning: pure

Origin:Spelling variation of Karen, Danish variation of Katherine
4513
Zakkai

Meaning: pure

Origin:Hebrew
4670
Amena

Meaning: honest, utterly pure

Origin:Celtic
4782
Cleanth

Meaning: clean, pure

Origin:Greek
5055
Katia

Meaning: pure

Origin:Russian diminutive of Ekaterina
2109
Concetta

Meaning: pure

Origin:Italian
2209
Kattie

Meaning: pure

Origin:Short form of Katherine, Greek
12158
Tahirih

Meaning: the pure one

Origin:Persian
16018
Catherine

Meaning: pure

Origin:Greek
183
Katherine

Meaning: pure

Origin:Greek
262
Kate

Meaning: pure

Origin:English, diminutive of Katherine
382