Top 100 History: Girls' 1960s

Today we near the end of the "baby-boomer" era of names.

Changes

1960

Left: Terry, Virginia, Anna

Entered: Stephanie, Jacqueline, Tracy

1961

Left: Joanne, Rita, Vickie, Rose

Entered: Anna, Regina, Melissa, Carla

1962

Left: Gail, Ruth, Ellen, Dorothy

Entered: Andrea, Sarah, Penny, Sherri

1963

Left: Anna, Betty, Peggy

Entered: Colleen, Dana, Gina

1964

Left: Shirley, Gloria, Vicki

Entered: Anna, Monica, Christina

1965

Left: Beverly, Judith, Jean, Joan

Entered: Melinda, Shelly, Tracey, Stacey

1966

Left: Joyce, Melinda, Martha, Jane, Penny

Entered: Holly, Tamara, Tonya, Stacy, Heidi

1967

Left: Bonnie, Holly, Darlene, Cathy, Judy

Entered: Kristin, Melinda, Victoria, Heather, April

1968

Left: Colleen, Annette, Anita, Janice, Debbie, Wanda

Entered: Jodi, Melanie, Yolanda, Rachel, Carrie, Shannon

1969

Left: Anne, Shelly, Lynn, Kathryn, Connie, Sherri, 

Entered: Julia, Kristen, Tanya, Deanna, Holly, Nicole

Movement

  • Stephanie, Tracy, Regina, Melissa, Carla, Andrea, Dana, Gina, Monica, Christina, Melinda, Tracey, Stacey, Holly, Tamara, Tonya, Stacy, Heidi, Kristin, Heather, April, Jodi, Rachel, Melanie, Yolanda, Shannon, Kristen, Tanya, Deanna, and Nicole became popular for the first time.
  • Terry, Virginia, Joanne, Rita, Vickie, Rose, Gail, Ruth, Ellen, Dorothy, Betty, Peggy, Shirley, Gloria, Vicki, Beverly, Judith, Jean, Joan, Joyce, Martha, Jane, Bonnie, Darlene, Cathy, Judy, Annette, Anita, Janice, Debbie, Wanda, Anne, Lynn, Kathryn, and Connie left the top 100.
  • Carrie was revived. 
  • Sarah, Jacqueline, and Julia returned to the top 100 after a hiatus.
  • Melissa, Tammy, Amy, Kimberly, Jennifer, Angela, Michelle, and Laura entered the top 10.
  • Susan, Patricia, Cynthia, Donna, Debra, Linda, Deborah, and Karen left the top 10.
  • Stephanie, Christine, Kimberly, Jennifer, Angela, Tammy, Amy, Melissa, Tracy, Kelly, Michelle, Lori, and Julie entered the top 20.
  • Cynthia, Sandra, Donna, Deborah, Debra, Linda, Barbara, Sharon, Nancy, Cheryl, Brenda, and Pamela left the top 20.
  • Tina, Tracy, Heather, Amy, Jennifer, Stephanie, Dawn, Christina, Michele, Angela, Kelly, Wendy, Shannon, Maria, Nicole, Andrea, and Melissa entered the top 50.
  • Paula re-entered the top 50.
  • Carol, Ann, Diane, Kim, Carolyn, Margaret, Cindy, Kathy, Diana, Janet, Terri, and Catherine left the top 50. 
Trends
  • A new wave of nature names began to trend (April, Heather, Robin, Holly).
  • Names containing the "sh" sound faded (Sherri, Shelly, Shirley).
  • Names ending in "na" came into favor (Regina, Dana, Gina, Christina, Deanna, Tina, Donna).
  • Spanish names no longer trended (Rita, Anita).
  • Names ending in "een" stopped tending (Darlene, Colleen, Jean).
  • Single-syllable "j" names no longer trended (Joan, Jean, Joyce, Jane).
  • Two-syllable "d" names fell from favor (Darlene, Debbie).
  • Short names continued to come back (Tracy, Carla, Dana, Gina, April, Jodi, Heidi, Stacy, etc.)
  • Nicknames fell from favor (Connie, Debbie, Vickie, Peggy, Betty, Terry, Vicki, Cathy, Judy).
  • Short single-syllable not starting with "j" fell in use as well (Anne, Gail, Rose, Ruth).
  • Names containing "or" were no longer in fashion (Dorothy, Gloria).
  • Two-syllable names ending in "da" fell from use (Wanda).
  • Instead, three-syllable names ending in "da" emerged (Melinda, Yolanda).
  • Names starting with "mel" became stylish (Melanie, Melinda, Melissa).
  • Names starting with the "kris" sound came into use (Christina, Kristin, Kristen, Christine).
  • Names ending in "acy" came into heavy use (Tracy, Stacy, Tracey, Stacey). 
  • T names ending in "a" came into use (Tamara, Tonya, Tanya, Tina).
What was the most interesting change from the 1960s?

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