EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1961

United States · 4,142,690 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary47,682—
#2Lisa42,720↑4
#3Susan37,532↓1
#4Linda35,597↓1
#5Karen34,707↓1
#6Patricia28,889↑1
#7Donna28,679↓2
#8Cynthia24,393↑1
#9Sandra24,153↑2
#10Deborah24,107—
#11Brenda23,781↑2
#12Barbara23,002—
#13Debra22,160↓5
#14Lori21,876↑6
#15Pamela21,691↓1
#16Nancy20,729↓1
#17Sharon20,459↓1
#18Teresa18,909↑1
#19Elizabeth18,855↓1
#20Cheryl18,301↓3
#21Laura17,901↑4
#22Kimberly17,355↑4
#23Julie17,040↑5
#24Carol16,667↓1
#25Kathy16,385↓4
#26Diane16,205↓4
#27Robin15,653↑6
#28Tammy15,532↑3
#29Kathleen15,395↓2
#30Denise15,379↓1
#31Debbie14,882↓7
#32Janet13,930—
#33Cindy13,388↓3
#34Michelle12,741↑5
#35Theresa11,960—
#36Kim11,367↓2
#37Jacqueline10,983↑48
#38Angela10,843↑12
#39Christine10,598↑1
#40Margaret10,559↓4
#41Tina10,521↑4
#42Carolyn10,509↑1
#43Laurie10,435↓6
#44Rebecca10,236↓6
#45Kelly9,642↑7
#46Rhonda9,469↓2
#47Jennifer9,265↑14
#48Catherine9,251↓6
#49Dawn9,148↑8
#50Connie8,986↓3
#51Terri8,730↓2
#52Janice8,727↓11
#53Sherry8,361↑1
#54Ann8,216↓3
#55Cathy8,211↓9
#56Diana8,198↓3
#57Maria7,947↑2
#58Judy7,922↓10
#59Sheila7,805↓3
#60Paula7,744↓5
#61Wendy7,154↑2
#62Joyce6,996↓4
#63Michele6,995↑26
#64Tracy6,988↑20
#65Beth6,716↑7
#66Beverly6,708↓6
#67Valerie6,677↓2
#68Suzanne6,611↑10
#69Amy6,610↑8
#70Wanda6,467↓4
#71Lynn6,441↓7
#72Jane6,365↓5
#73Annette6,203↓11
#74Jill6,137↑2
#75Bonnie6,033↓4
#76Vicki5,967↓3
#77Carla5,817
#78Stephanie5,816↑13
#79Renee5,782↑14
#80Darlene5,728↓5
#81Martha5,724↑2
#82Gloria5,691↓3
#83Judith5,690↓9
#84Leslie5,668↑8
#85Shirley5,638↓15
#86Katherine5,632↓5
#87Betty5,584↓19
#88Peggy5,567↓19
#89Joan5,551↓9
#90Anne5,524↓2
#91Anita5,503↓4
#92Jean5,366↓6
#93Kathryn5,226↓11
#94Gail4,973↓4
#95Melissa4,900
#96Ruth4,896↑1
#97Ellen4,844↓3
#98Regina4,764
#99Dorothy4,732↓4
#100Anna4,678

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael86,974↑1
#2David84,810↓1
#3John79,983↑1
#4James75,969↓1
#5Robert72,977—
#6Mark57,796—
#7William48,045—
#8Richard41,142—
#9Thomas37,565—
#10Steven32,275—
#11Jeffrey32,029↑3
#12Joseph29,450—
#13Charles29,194—
#14Kevin28,926↑1
#15Timothy28,253↓4
#16Kenneth26,100—
#17Daniel25,904—
#18Paul25,640—
#19Scott23,934↑4
#20Brian22,566—
#21Gary22,174↑1
#22Donald21,409↓3
#23Gregory21,364↑1
#24Ronald20,842↓3
#25Anthony20,209—
#26Christopher17,223↑3
#27Stephen16,069—
#28Douglas15,978↑2
#29Edward15,877↓3
#30Larry14,580↓2
#31George13,644↑2
#32Terry13,194↑2
#33Randy12,603↓1
#34Dennis12,503↓3
#35Keith12,275—
#36Mike11,667—
#37Jerry11,381—
#38Eric11,111↑6
#39Patrick11,052↑6
#40Bruce10,705↓1
#41Frank10,433↓1
#42Peter10,349—
#43Craig10,235↓2
#44Ricky10,027↓6
#45Steve9,997↓2
#46Todd9,750↑25
#47Roger9,652—
#48Raymond9,618↓2
#49Jeff9,463—
#50Jeffery8,923↑5
#51Alan8,617↓1
#52Andrew8,483↓1
#53Tony8,306↓1
#54Danny8,199↓6
#55Russell7,333↑1
#56Carl7,255↓3
#57Chris7,203↑6
#58Dale7,193↓4
#59Matthew7,081↑2
#60Joe7,056↓3
#61Wayne6,762↓3
#62Gerald6,630—
#63Randall6,587↓4
#64Glenn6,271↑10
#65Tim6,245↓5
#66Barry6,220↑6
#67Lawrence6,094↓3
#68Billy6,026↓1
#69Phillip5,976↓3
#70Johnny5,905↓5
#71Jimmy5,749↓2
#72Rodney5,660↓4
#73Martin5,476↑4
#74Walter5,467↓4
#75Curtis5,447↑4
#76Bobby5,402↓3
#77Greg5,397↑6
#78Jim5,352↓3
#79Philip5,288↓3
#80Darryl5,134↑16
#81Jay5,119↓3
#82Bryan5,028↑6
#83Roy4,966↓3
#84Dean4,933↑10
#85Arthur4,815↓3
#86Willie4,790↓5
#87Bradley4,745↑3
#88Tom4,731↓2
#89Samuel4,667↑2
#90Jack4,639↓5
#91Ronnie4,624↓4
#92Henry4,620↓8
#93Jon4,608↑4
#94Harold4,448↓2
#95Ralph4,443↓6
#96Allen4,391↑3
#97Albert4,324↓4
#98Vincent4,317—
#99Victor4,301
#100Troy4,259