Top baby names of 1961
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James70,416
- 5Robert67,648
- 6Mark53,590
- 7Mary45,916
- 8William44,552
- 9Lisa41,138
- 10Richard38,168
- 11Susan36,150
- 12Thomas34,828
- 13Linda34,258
- 14Karen33,420
- 15Steven29,914
- 16Jeffrey29,702
- 17Patricia27,798
- 18Donna27,628
- 19Joseph27,314
- 20Charles27,080
- 21Kevin26,818
- 22Timothy26,212
- 23Kenneth24,206
- 24Daniel24,012
- 25Paul23,780
- 26Cynthia23,482
- 27Sandra23,250
- 28Deborah23,214
- 29Brenda22,900
- 30Scott22,192
- 31Barbara22,134
- 32Debra21,338
- 33Lori21,070
- 34Brian20,934
- 35Pamela20,892
- 36Gary20,548
- 37Nancy19,952
- 38Donald19,854
- 39Gregory19,818
- 40Sharon19,690
- 41Ronald19,306
- 42Anthony18,718
- 43Teresa18,212
- 44Elizabeth18,162
- 45Cheryl17,628
- 46Laura17,240
- 47Kimberly16,716
- 48Julie16,424
- 49Christopher16,078
- 50Carol16,054
- 51Kathy15,784
- 52Diane15,608
- 53Robin15,070
- 54Tammy14,962
- 55Stephen14,896
- 56Kathleen14,822
- 57Denise14,816
- 58Douglas14,814
- 59Edward14,736
- 60Debbie14,330
- 61Larry13,526
- 62Janet13,416
- 63Cindy12,894
- 64George12,642
- 65Michelle12,264
- 66Terry12,234
- 67Randy11,664
- 68Dennis11,580
- 69Theresa11,530
- 70Keith11,402
- 71Kim10,954
- 72Mike10,816
- 73Jacqueline10,584
- 74Jerry10,552
- 75Angela10,436
- 76Eric10,304
- 77Patrick10,260
- 78Christine10,194
- 79Margaret10,162
- 80Tina10,136
- 81Carolyn10,108
- 82Laurie10,052
- 83Bruce9,948
- 84Rebecca9,864
- 85Frank9,668
- 86Peter9,588
- 87Craig9,504
- 88Ricky9,290
- 89Kelly9,282
- 90Steve9,268
- 91Rhonda9,124
- 92Todd9,046
- 93Roger8,956
- 94Jennifer8,926
- 95Raymond8,910
- 96Catherine8,908
- 97Dawn8,812
- 98Jeff8,780
- 99Connie8,660
- 100Jeffery8,276