Year rank 1961

Names picked for kids in 1961

For a girl

1. mary

47677

2. lisa

42711

3. susan

37530

4. linda

35580

5. karen

34693

6. patricia

28878

7. donna

28673

8. cynthia

24382

9. sandra

24147

10. deborah

24101

11. brenda

23778

12. barbara

22997

13. debra

22153

14. lori

21872

15. pamela

21684

16. nancy

20725

17. sharon

20447

18. teresa

18908

19. elizabeth

18860

20. cheryl

18295

21. laura

17896

22. kimberly

17357

23. julie

17040

24. carol

16669

25. kathy

16383

26. diane

16203

27. robin

15650

28. tammy

15525

29. kathleen

15394

30. denise

15379

31. debbie

14878

32. janet

13929

33. cindy

13388

34. michelle

12743

35. theresa

11963

36. kim

11370

37. jacqueline

10981

38. angela

10840

39. christine

10588

40. margaret

10552

41. tina

10518

42. carolyn

10506

43. laurie

10432

44. rebecca

10233

45. kelly

9639

46. rhonda

9467

47. jennifer

9262

48. catherine

9249

49. dawn

9148

50. connie

8984

51. terri

8727

52. janice

8722

53. sherry

8357

54. ann

8217

55. cathy

8203

56. diana

8196

57. maria

7942

58. judy

7915

59. sheila

7797

60. paula

7747

61. wendy

7149

62. joyce

6999

63. michele

6992

64. tracy

6986

65. beth

6714

66. beverly

6708

67. valerie

6674

68. amy

6612

69. suzanne

6607

70. wanda

6461

71. lynn

6440

72. jane

6363

73. annette

6199

74. jill

6134

75. bonnie

6030

76. vicki

5967

77. carla

5816

78. stephanie

5813

79. renee

5781

80. darlene

5726

81. martha

5722

82. gloria

5691

83. judith

5689

84. leslie

5669

85. shirley

5636

86. katherine

5628

87. betty

5579

88. peggy

5567

89. joan

5549

90. anne

5520

91. anita

5503

92. jean

5365

93. kathryn

5225

94. gail

4973

95. melissa

4901

96. ruth

4895

97. ellen

4845

98. regina

4761

99. dorothy

4728

100. anna

4673

For a boy

1. michael

86927

2. david

84765

3. john

79927

4. james

75937

5. robert

72915

6. mark

57770

7. william

48009

8. richard

41125

9. thomas

37554

10. steven

32257

11. jeffrey

32018

12. joseph

29452

13. charles

29198

14. kevin

28910

15. timothy

28235

16. kenneth

26090

17. daniel

25884

18. paul

25625

19. scott

23928

20. brian

22558

21. gary

22159

22. donald

21403

23. gregory

21349

24. ronald

20828

25. anthony

20193

26. christopher

17219

27. stephen

16058

28. douglas

15965

29. edward

15877

30. larry

14575

31. george

13641

32. terry

13182

33. randy

12594

34. dennis

12489

35. keith

12278

36. mike

11658

37. jerry

11375

38. eric

11112

39. patrick

11048

40. bruce

10711

41. frank

10430

42. peter

10342

43. craig

10232

44. ricky

10016

45. steve

9992

46. todd

9753

47. roger

9650

48. raymond

9611

49. jeff

9461

50. jeffery

8918

51. alan

8611

52. andrew

8482

53. tony

8300

54. danny

8192

55. russell

7336

56. carl

7251

57. chris

7206

58. dale

7187

59. matthew

7071

60. joe

7057

61. wayne

6754

62. gerald

6626

63. randall

6585

64. glenn

6270

65. tim

6246

66. barry

6218

67. lawrence

6089

68. billy

6024

69. phillip

5971

70. johnny

5903

71. jimmy

5745

72. rodney

5660

73. martin

5466

74. walter

5465

75. curtis

5445

76. bobby

5404

77. greg

5395

78. jim

5352

79. philip

5284

80. darryl

5130

81. jay

5119

82. bryan

5025

83. roy

4964

84. dean

4928

85. arthur

4814

86. willie

4784

87. bradley

4739

88. tom

4722

89. samuel

4671

90. jack

4636

91. ronnie

4619

92. henry

4618

93. jon

4607

94. harold

4440

95. ralph

4432

96. allen

4383

97. albert

4316

98. vincent

4314

99. victor

4297

100. troy

4258