1961
Top Baby Names of 1961
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1961
1
Mary 47,688 2
Lisa 42,719 3
Susan 37,530 4
Linda 35,592 5
Karen 34,697 6
Patricia 28,889 7
Donna 28,674 8
Cynthia 24,389 9
Sandra 24,154 10
Deborah 24,105 11
Brenda 23,781 12
Barbara 22,998 13
Debra 22,161 14
Lori 21,875 15
Pamela 21,690 16
Nancy 20,728 17
Sharon 20,458 18
Teresa 18,909 19
Elizabeth 18,855 20
Cheryl 18,299 21
Laura 17,900 22
Kimberly 17,356 23
Julie 17,041 24
Carol 16,668 25
Kathy 16,384 26
Diane 16,204 27
Robin 15,651 28
Tammy 15,529 29
Kathleen 15,393 30
Denise 15,381 31
Debbie 14,883 32
Janet 13,932 33
Cindy 13,387 34
Michelle 12,743 35
Theresa 11,959 36
Kim 11,368 37
Jacqueline 10,981 38
Angela 10,841 39
Christine 10,596 40
Margaret 10,560 41
Tina 10,521 42
Carolyn 10,509 43
Laurie 10,433 44
Rebecca 10,237 45
Kelly 9,641 46
Rhonda 9,468 47
Jennifer 9,266 48
Catherine 9,250 49
Dawn 9,150 50
Connie 8,987 51
Terri 8,730 52
Janice 8,724 53
Sherry 8,359 54
Ann 8,218 55
Cathy 8,208 56
Diana 8,198 57
Maria 7,947 58
Judy 7,918 59
Sheila 7,800 60
Paula 7,746 61
Wendy 7,152 62
Joyce 6,996 63
Michele 6,992 64
Tracy 6,988 65
Beth 6,716 66
Beverly 6,708 67
Valerie 6,675 68
Suzanne 6,611 69
Amy 6,610 70
Wanda 6,465 71
Lynn 6,440 72
Jane 6,362 73
Annette 6,202 74
Jill 6,137 75
Bonnie 6,032 76
Vicki 5,966 77
Carla 5,817 78
Stephanie 5,815 79
Renee 5,782 80
Darlene 5,729 81
Martha 5,724 82
Gloria 5,691 83
Judith 5,689 84
Leslie 5,669 85
Shirley 5,638 86
Katherine 5,632 87
Betty 5,583 88
Peggy 5,568 89
Joan 5,551 90
Anne 5,521 91
Anita 5,503 92
Jean 5,366 93
Kathryn 5,227 94
Gail 4,972 95
Melissa 4,901 96
Ruth 4,896 97
Ellen 4,844 98
Regina 4,761 99
Dorothy 4,731 100
Anna 4,677 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1961
1
Michael 86,968 2
David 84,805 3
John 79,973 4
James 75,959 5
Robert 72,963 6
Mark 57,786 7
William 48,035 8
Richard 41,140 9
Thomas 37,568 10
Steven 32,273 11
Jeffrey 32,028 12
Joseph 29,454 13
Charles 29,196 14
Kevin 28,919 15
Timothy 28,246 16
Kenneth 26,101 17
Daniel 25,898 18
Paul 25,641 19
Scott 23,941 20
Brian 22,562 21
Gary 22,168 22
Donald 21,409 23
Gregory 21,360 24
Ronald 20,841 25
Anthony 20,204 26
Christopher 17,216 27
Stephen 16,061 28
Douglas 15,971 29
Edward 15,876 30
Larry 14,581 31
George 13,645 32
Terry 13,190 33
Randy 12,600 34
Dennis 12,498 35
Keith 12,278 36
Mike 11,673 37
Jerry 11,377 38
Eric 11,114 39
Patrick 11,056 40
Bruce 10,704 41
Frank 10,432 42
Peter 10,346 43
Craig 10,233 44
Ricky 10,027 45
Steve 9,998 46
Todd 9,753 47
Roger 9,651 48
Raymond 9,613 49
Jeff 9,462 50
Jeffery 8,924 51
Alan 8,612 52
Andrew 8,483 53
Tony 8,301 54
Danny 8,194 55
Russell 7,335 56
Carl 7,257 57
Chris 7,204 58
Dale 7,192 59
Matthew 7,078 60
Joe 7,058 61
Wayne 6,760 62
Gerald 6,629 63
Randall 6,584 64
Glenn 6,269 65
Tim 6,249 66
Barry 6,217 67
Lawrence 6,096 68
Billy 6,024 69
Phillip 5,977 70
Johnny 5,904 71
Jimmy 5,748 72
Rodney 5,660 73
Martin 5,471 74
Walter 5,467 75
Curtis 5,445 76
Bobby 5,403 77
Greg 5,398 78
Jim 5,351 79
Philip 5,287 80
Darryl 5,133 81
Jay 5,120 82
Bryan 5,028 83
Roy 4,965 84
Dean 4,931 85
Arthur 4,813 86
Willie 4,788 87
Bradley 4,742 88
Tom 4,727 89
Samuel 4,666 90
Jack 4,639 91
Henry 4,621 92
Ronnie 4,620 93
Jon 4,608 94
Harold 4,445 95
Ralph 4,440 96
Allen 4,388 97
Albert 4,320 98
Vincent 4,319 99
Victor 4,299 100
Troy 4,260 About 1961 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1961, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.