Top names of 1961

Girls

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▲ 33 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▲ 14 96Ruth4,896▲ 1 97Ellen4,844▼ 3 98Regina4,764▲ 7 99Dorothy4,732▼ 4 100Anna4,678▲ 4

Boys

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▲ 4 100Troy4,259▲ 62