Top 100 History: Boys' 1960s

We have reached the last few years of the "Baby-Boomer" generation and enter Generation X.

Changes

1960

Left: Stanley, Darrell, Louis, Micheal

Entered: Vincent, Jon, Darryl, Bradley

1961

Left: Bill, Rick

Entered: Troy, Victor

1962

Left: Albert

Entered: Jonathan

1963

Left: Ronnie, Jack, Tom

Entered: Albert, Jose, Darrell

1964

Left: Jim, Ralph

Entered: Jack, Shawn

1965

Left: Jack, Greg

Entered: Sean, Darren

1966

Left: Victor, Tim

Entered: Tracy, Jason

1967

Left: Harold, Darryl

Entered: Victor, Joel

1968

Left: Victor, Albert, Barry, Tracy

Entered: Benjamin, Kelly, Aaron, Marc

1969

Left: Willie, Roy, Jeff, Allen, Mike, Kelly 

Entered: Barry, Brett, Brent, Shane, Chad, Corey

Movement

  • Jon, Bradley, Troy, Jonathan, Jose, Shawn, Sean, Darren, Jason, Joel, Aaron, Marc, Brett, Brent, Shane, Chad, and Corey became newly popular. 
  • Vincent and Benjamin returned to the top 100. 
  • Stanley, Darrell, Louis, Micheal, Bill, Rick, Albert, Ronnie, Jack, Tom, Jim, Ralph, Jack, Greg, Tim, Harold, Willie, Roy, Jeff, Allen, and Mike left the top 100.
  • Victor returned to the top 100 before leaving again.
  • Brian and Christopher entered the top 10.
  • Steven and Thomas left the top 10. 
  • Brian, Christopher, Scott, and Anthony entered the top 20.
  • Paul, Kenneth, Donald, and Gary left the top 20.
  • Jason, Todd, Shawn, Troy, Jonathan, and Jeffery entered the top 50.
  • Terry, Randy, Roger, Bruce, Danny, and Steve left the top 50.
Trends
  • New surname-names began to rise (Bradley, Darren, Brett, Brent, Corey).
  • Classic names continued to rise (Benjamin, Vincent, Jonathan, Aaron).
  • Names ending in "erry" remained common (Terry, Larry, Barry, Gary). 
  • Names ending in "ald" trended down (Harold). 
  • Long names ending in "ee" fell (Ronnie, WIllie). 
  • Nickname-names fell once again (Tom, Jim, Jack, Greg, Tim, Ronnie, Bill, Rick, Mike, Willie, etc.)
  • Non-nickname once-syllable names rose (Troy, Shawn, Sean, Joel, Brett, Brent, Shane, Chad). 
What was the most interesting change from the 1960s?

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