One-Hit Wonder Baby Names from the 1960s

The names below are “one-hit wonder” names that ranked among the 1,000 most popular U.S. baby names only once–sometime during the 1960s.

Girl Names

• Caprice – ranked 942nd in 1966 (possible influence: the Chevrolet Caprice)
• Cinnamon – ranked 700th in 1969
• Daneen – ranked 906th in 1964
• Denine – ranked 905th in 1964
• Denita – ranked 956th in 1966
• Djuana – ranked 754th in 1964
• Djuna – ranked 738th in 1964
• Inger – ranked 947th in 1966
• Jeanmarie – ranked 969th in 1963
• Melissia – ranked 944th in 1968
• Sonji – ranked 638th in 1966
• Sunday – ranked 985th in 1966
• Tatia – ranked 670th in 1966
• Wende – ranked 859th in 1967

Boy Names

• Anthoney – ranked 938th in 1968
• Destry – ranked 636th in 1964
• Dwyane – ranked 996th in 1962
• Jemal – ranked 549th in 1969
• Tal – ranked 820th in 1963

Past one-hit wonder lists: 1880s, 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, and 2000s.