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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.

Mark

Meaning: warlike

Origin:Latin
496
Scott

Meaning: from Scotland

Origin:English
501
Stephen

Meaning: garland, crown

Origin:Greek
534
Anthony

Meaning: from Antium

Origin:Latin
186
Robert

Meaning: bright fame

Origin:English from German
542
Bruce

Meaning: from the brushwood thicket

Origin:Scottish and English from French
283
Carl

Meaning: free man

Origin:German variation of Charles
757
Steven

Meaning: garland, crown

Origin:English variation of Stephen
893
Donald

Meaning: proud chief

Origin:Scottish
1105
Ronald

Meaning: ruler's counselor

Origin:Norse
1187
Randy This is a common name used for both boys and...
Origin:Diminutive of Randall, Randolph
1879
Larry

Meaning: from Laurentium or bay laurel

Origin:Diminutive of Lawrence, English from Latin
1986
Gary

Meaning: spearman

Origin:English
2099
Origin:Diminutive of Gerald or Jerome
2271
Terry An abbreviation of Terrance, the meaning of ...
Origin:Diminutive of Terence
2908
David

Meaning: beloved

Origin:Hebrew
337
Kim Kim has traditionally been used as a nicknam...
Origin:English diminutive of Kimberly; Vietnamese; Scandinavian diminutive of Joachima; Soviet name
2850
Todd

Meaning: fox

Origin:English
908
Origin:English, diminutive of Michael
3682
Gregory

Meaning: vigilant, a watchman

Origin:Greek
491