Sooo many fantastic boy names had their turn in the spotlight this era! [name_m]Bruce[/name_m], [name_m]Carl[/name_m], [name_u]Charles[/name_u], [name_m]Dennis[/name_m], [name_m]Kenneth[/name_m], [name_m]Paul[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], [name_m]Richard[/name_m] (especially Rich!) [name_u]Robert[/name_u], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] (in Australia this is more of a 90s name), [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_m]Wayne[/name_m].
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_u]Edward[/name_u], [name_u]George[/name_u] and [name_u]Henry[/name_u] were well in decline by then, but still in the top 50.
The only ones that I don’t like even a little are [name_m]Larry[/name_m], [name_u]Jerry[/name_u] and [name_u]Roy[/name_u].
For girls, I love [name_f]Ann[/name_f], [name_f]Karen[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] and [name_f]Susan[/name_f]. I don’t especially like as many as the boys’ names, I think because names like [name_u]Shirley[/name_u] and [name_f]Linda[/name_f] peaked a lot more dramatically and feel more dated. I somewhat dislike the sound of [name_f]Patricia[/name_f] somehow.
You also had classics like [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] in decline, which were great.
In Australia, [name_f]Lynette[/name_f] was a lot higher, which I really like. [name_f]My[/name_f] beloved [name_u]Kerry[/name_u] had her heyday, and [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] was huge here before it was in the US. (Jennies are usually boomers here, not [name_f]Gen[/name_f] Xers.) And we had [name_f]Robyn[/name_f], which I love more than I think I should.
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m] peaked a little earlier here, which I like. (We liked it before [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] Peck appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird. ) We also got [name_m]Brian[/name_m], [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Ian[/name_m], [name_m]Rodney[/name_m] and [name_m]Trevor[/name_m] all before they were really a thing in the US, and [name_u]Leslie[/name_u] was big for boys — I love all these.
I also love this era of [name_m]German[/name_m] names! [name_u]Early[/name_u] on: [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Klaus[/name_m], [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Manfred[/name_m], [name_m]Dieter[/name_m], Bernd, [name_m]Gerhard[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Rainer[/name_m]. For girls, [name_f]Brigitte[/name_f], [name_f]Christa[/name_f], [name_f]Gisela[/name_f], [name_f]Hannelore[/name_f] (there’s only top 20 data but I assume this is also when other -lores like [name_f]Roselore[/name_f] came in), [name_f]Helga[/name_f], [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Karin[/name_f], [name_f]Renate[/name_f], [name_f]Ursula[/name_f]. Later also: [name_f]Birgit[/name_f], [name_f]Christine[/name_f], [name_f]Martina[/name_f], [name_f]Susanne[/name_f] (zu-ZA-neh) and [name_m]Andreas[/name_m], [name_m]Norbert[/name_m], [name_m]Stefan[/name_m] and [name_m]Thomas[/name_m].