Most popular boys’ names in California, 1960
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 7,912 |
| 2 | Michael | 7,386 |
| 3 | John | 6,530 |
| 4 | Robert | 6,424 |
| 5 | Mark | 5,540 |
| 6 | James | 5,138 |
| 7 | Richard | 4,192 |
| 8 | Steven | 3,586 |
| 9 | William | 3,255 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,542 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,477 |
| 12 | Kevin | 2,408 |
| 13 | Paul | 2,211 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 2,193 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 2,177 |
| 16 | Scott | 2,098 |
| 17 | Ronald | 2,082 |
| 18 | Brian | 2,039 |
| 19 | Timothy | 2,008 |
| 20 | Charles | 1,927 |
| 21 | Gary | 1,907 |
| 22 | Donald | 1,840 |
| 23 | Joseph | 1,775 |
| 24 | Gregory | 1,751 |
| 25 | Anthony | 1,714 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Mike | 1,704 |
| 27 | Christopher | 1,527 |
| 28 | Eric | 1,471 |
| 29 | Steve | 1,397 |
| 30 | Edward | 1,371 |
| 31 | Craig | 1,338 |
| 32 | Larry | 1,253 |
| 33 | Dennis | 1,251 |
| 34 | Stephen | 1,242 |
| 35 | Frank | 1,186 |
| 36 | Randy | 1,165 |
| 37 | Douglas | 1,147 |
| 38 | George | 1,104 |
| 39 | Jeff | 1,085 |
| 40 | Patrick | 991 |
| 41 | Raymond | 979 |
| 42 | Keith | 965 |
| 43 | Jerry | 914 |
| 44 | Peter | 908 |
| 45 | Jim | 884 |
| 46 | Joe | 833 |
| 47 | Bruce | 817 |
| 48 | Matthew | 811 |
| 49 | Chris | 810 |
| 50 | Danny | 787 |
| 51 | Jose | 757 |
| 52 | Tim | 753 |
| 53 | Andrew | 738 |
| 54 | Tony | 728 |
| 55 | Alan | 718 |
| 56 | Russell | 692 |
| 57 | Terry | 690 |
| 58 | Greg | 679 |
| 59 | Martin | 661 |
| 60 | Roger | 646 |
| 61 | Jon | 639 |
| 62 | Dale | 632 |
| 62 | Rick | 632 |
| 64 | Bill | 608 |
| 65 | Phillip | 607 |
| 66 | Tom | 605 |
| 67 | Victor | 604 |
| 68 | Ricky | 595 |
| 69 | Randall | 592 |
| 70 | Arthur | 572 |
| 71 | Carl | 567 |
| 72 | Lawrence | 547 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 516 |
| 74 | Bryan | 501 |
| 75 | Albert | 493 |
| 76 | Dan | 491 |
| 77 | Glenn | 480 |
| 78 | Wayne | 470 |
| 79 | Jack | 467 |
| 79 | Todd | 467 |
| 81 | Don | 462 |
| 82 | Gerald | 453 |
| 83 | Rodney | 450 |
| 84 | Bradley | 448 |
| 85 | Johnny | 446 |
| 86 | Vincent | 440 |
| 87 | Curtis | 438 |
| 88 | Manuel | 436 |
| 89 | Ralph | 427 |
| 90 | Dave | 416 |
| 91 | Bob | 413 |
| 92 | Darryl | 407 |
| 93 | Dean | 406 |
| 94 | Roy | 401 |
| 95 | Philip | 400 |
| 96 | Henry | 398 |
| 97 | Jay | 397 |
| 98 | Ron | 390 |
| 99 | Carlos | 374 |
| 100 | Gilbert | 364 |