The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1961
4,657 different boys’ names were recorded in 1961, covering 2,124,195 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 86,974 |
| 2 | David | 84,810 |
| 3 | John | 79,983 |
| 4 | James | 75,969 |
| 5 | Robert | 72,977 |
| 6 | Mark | 57,796 |
| 7 | William | 48,045 |
| 8 | Richard | 41,142 |
| 9 | Thomas | 37,565 |
| 10 | Steven | 32,275 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 32,029 |
| 12 | Joseph | 29,450 |
| 13 | Charles | 29,194 |
| 14 | Kevin | 28,926 |
| 15 | Timothy | 28,253 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 26,100 |
| 17 | Daniel | 25,904 |
| 18 | Paul | 25,640 |
| 19 | Scott | 23,934 |
| 20 | Brian | 22,566 |
| 21 | Gary | 22,174 |
| 22 | Donald | 21,409 |
| 23 | Gregory | 21,364 |
| 24 | Ronald | 20,842 |
| 25 | Anthony | 20,209 |
| 26 | Christopher | 17,223 |
| 27 | Stephen | 16,069 |
| 28 | Douglas | 15,978 |
| 29 | Edward | 15,877 |
| 30 | Larry | 14,580 |
| 31 | George | 13,644 |
| 32 | Terry | 13,194 |
| 33 | Randy | 12,603 |
| 34 | Dennis | 12,503 |
| 35 | Keith | 12,275 |
| 36 | Mike | 11,667 |
| 37 | Jerry | 11,381 |
| 38 | Eric | 11,111 |
| 39 | Patrick | 11,052 |
| 40 | Bruce | 10,705 |
| 41 | Frank | 10,433 |
| 42 | Peter | 10,349 |
| 43 | Craig | 10,235 |
| 44 | Ricky | 10,027 |
| 45 | Steve | 9,997 |
| 46 | Todd | 9,750 |
| 47 | Roger | 9,652 |
| 48 | Raymond | 9,618 |
| 49 | Jeff | 9,463 |
| 50 | Jeffery | 8,923 |
| 51 | Alan | 8,617 |
| 52 | Andrew | 8,483 |
| 53 | Tony | 8,306 |
| 54 | Danny | 8,199 |
| 55 | Russell | 7,333 |
| 56 | Carl | 7,255 |
| 57 | Chris | 7,203 |
| 58 | Dale | 7,193 |
| 59 | Matthew | 7,081 |
| 60 | Joe | 7,056 |
| 61 | Wayne | 6,762 |
| 62 | Gerald | 6,630 |
| 63 | Randall | 6,587 |
| 64 | Glenn | 6,271 |
| 65 | Tim | 6,245 |
| 66 | Barry | 6,220 |
| 67 | Lawrence | 6,094 |
| 68 | Billy | 6,026 |
| 69 | Phillip | 5,976 |
| 70 | Johnny | 5,905 |
| 71 | Jimmy | 5,749 |
| 72 | Rodney | 5,660 |
| 73 | Martin | 5,476 |
| 74 | Walter | 5,467 |
| 75 | Curtis | 5,447 |
| 76 | Bobby | 5,402 |
| 77 | Greg | 5,397 |
| 78 | Jim | 5,352 |
| 79 | Philip | 5,288 |
| 80 | Darryl | 5,134 |
| 81 | Jay | 5,119 |
| 82 | Bryan | 5,028 |
| 83 | Roy | 4,966 |
| 84 | Dean | 4,933 |
| 85 | Arthur | 4,815 |
| 86 | Willie | 4,790 |
| 87 | Bradley | 4,745 |
| 88 | Tom | 4,731 |
| 89 | Samuel | 4,667 |
| 90 | Jack | 4,639 |
| 91 | Ronnie | 4,624 |
| 92 | Henry | 4,620 |
| 93 | Jon | 4,608 |
| 94 | Harold | 4,448 |
| 95 | Ralph | 4,443 |
| 96 | Allen | 4,391 |
| 97 | Albert | 4,324 |
| 98 | Vincent | 4,317 |
| 99 | Victor | 4,301 |
| 100 | Troy | 4,259 |
| 101 | Darrell | 4,203 |
| 102 | Eddie | 4,082 |
| 103 | Micheal | 4,017 |
| 104 | Bill | 4,000 |
| 105 | Louis | 3,965 |
| 106 | Stanley | 3,923 |
| 107 | Jose | 3,757 |
| 108 | Rick | 3,732 |
| 109 | Howard | 3,570 |
| 110 | Joel | 3,518 |
| 111 | Dwayne | 3,486 |
| 112 | Jonathan | 3,485 |
| 113 | Eugene | 3,452 |
| 114 | Leonard | 3,429 |
| 115 | Dan | 3,414 |
| 116 | Tommy | 3,406 |
| 117 | Frederick | 3,315 |
| 118 | Mitchell | 3,201 |
| 119 | Tracy | 3,187 |
| 120 | Marvin | 3,185 |
| 121 | Don | 3,149 |
| 122 | Lee | 3,127 |
| 123 | Ernest | 3,096 |
| 124 | Fred | 3,091 |
| 125 | Kelly | 3,011 |
| 126 | Ray | 2,920 |
| 127 | Calvin | 2,867 |
| 128 | Melvin | 2,842 |
| 129 | Kurt | 2,827 |
| 130 | Dave | 2,802 |
| 131 | Harry | 2,749 |
| 132 | Duane | 2,734 |
| 133 | Marc | 2,708 |
| 134 | Norman | 2,687 |
| 135 | Glen | 2,686 |
| 136 | Jerome | 2,630 |
| 137 | Brent | 2,553 |
| 138 | Karl | 2,543 |
| 139 | Earl | 2,519 |
| 140 | Kirk | 2,513 |
| 141 | Bob | 2,504 |
| 142 | Brad | 2,501 |
| 143 | Shawn | 2,488 |
| 144 | Reginald | 2,469 |
| 145 | Edwin | 2,447 |
| 146 | Benjamin | 2,388 |
| 147 | Kent | 2,374 |
| 148 | Francis | 2,345 |
| 149 | Clifford | 2,340 |
| 150 | Jesse | 2,306 |
| 151 | Theodore | 2,303 |
| 152 | Alfred | 2,284 |
| 153 | Rickey | 2,255 |
| 154 | Perry | 2,229 |
| 155 | Clarence | 2,189 |
| 156 | Bernard | 2,150 |
| 157 | Warren | 2,082 |
| 158 | Nicholas | 2,078 |
| 159 | Brett | 2,069 |
| 160 | Juan | 2,052 |
| 161 | Kerry | 2,027 |
| 162 | Guy | 2,023 |
| 163 | Wesley | 2,002 |
| 164 | Carlos | 2,001 |
| 165 | Gordon | 1,994 |
| 166 | Stuart | 1,902 |
| 167 | Aaron | 1,890 |
| 168 | Alvin | 1,877 |
| 169 | Robin | 1,852 |
| 170 | Ron | 1,840 |
| 171 | Leroy | 1,829 |
| 172 | Doug | 1,817 |
| 173 | Lance | 1,807 |
| 174 | Darren | 1,783 |
| 175 | Vernon | 1,771 |
| 176 | Gregg | 1,752 |
| 177 | Sean | 1,720 |
| 178 | Gilbert | 1,710 |
| 179 | Kenny | 1,701 |
| 180 | Dana | 1,693 |
| 181 | Herbert | 1,688 |
| 182 | Lloyd | 1,685 |
| 183 | Ted | 1,683 |
| 184 | Daryl | 1,681 |
| 185 | Dwight | 1,669 |
| 186 | Gene | 1,667 |
| 187 | Manuel | 1,666 |
| 188 | Ken | 1,665 |
| 189 | Tyrone | 1,631 |
| 190 | Leslie | 1,623 |
| 191 | Lonnie | 1,595 |
| 192 | Antonio | 1,585 |
| 193 | Adam | 1,579 |
| 194 | Leon | 1,558 |
| 195 | Franklin | 1,527 |
| 196 | Neil | 1,524 |
| 197 | Andre | 1,500 |
| 198 | Derrick | 1,499 |
| 199 | Nathan | 1,489 |
| 200 | Timmy | 1,482 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1961 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.