100 Most popular boy names of 1961, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1961 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1961.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
86919
4.18
+1
2
David
84759
4.08
-1
3
John
79939
3.85
+1
4
James
75932
3.66
-1
5
Robert
72916
3.51
-
6
Mark
57767
2.78
-
7
William
48002
2.31
-
8
Richard
41120
1.98
-
9
Thomas
37556
1.81
-
10
Steven
32247
1.55
-
11
Jeffrey
32010
1.54
+3
12
Joseph
29451
1.42
-
13
Charles
29197
1.41
-
14
Kevin
28904
1.39
+1
15
Timothy
28238
1.36
-4
16
Kenneth
26097
1.26
-
17
Daniel
25880
1.25
-
18
Paul
25622
1.23
-
19
Scott
23927
1.15
+4
20
Brian
22552
1.09
-
21
Gary
22156
1.07
+1
22
Donald
21403
1.03
-3
23
Gregory
21354
1.03
+1
24
Ronald
20824
1
-3
25
Anthony
20191
0.97
-
26
Christopher
17226
0.83
+3
27
Stephen
16060
0.77
-
28
Douglas
15968
0.77
+2
29
Edward
15875
0.76
-3
30
Larry
14574
0.7
-2
31
George
13640
0.66
+2
32
Terry
13187
0.63
+2
33
Randy
12592
0.61
-1
34
Dennis
12491
0.6
-3
35
Keith
12277
0.59
-
36
Mike
11661
0.56
-
37
Jerry
11369
0.55
-
38
Eric
11110
0.53
+6
39
Patrick
11049
0.53
+6
40
Bruce
10712
0.52
-1
41
Frank
10431
0.5
-1
42
Peter
10342
0.5
-1
43
Craig
10230
0.49
-1
44
Ricky
10018
0.48
-6
45
Steve
9995
0.48
-2
46
Todd
9753
0.47
+25
47
Roger
9654
0.46
-
48
Raymond
9606
0.46
-2
49
Jeff
9459
0.46
-
50
Jeffery
8918
0.43
+5
51
Alan
8615
0.41
-1
52
Andrew
8481
0.41
-1
53
Tony
8299
0.4
-1
54
Danny
8198
0.39
-6
55
Russell
7334
0.35
+1
56
Carl
7249
0.35
-3
57
Chris
7208
0.35
+6
58
Dale
7189
0.35
-4
59
Matthew
7072
0.34
+2
60
Joe
7059
0.34
-3
61
Wayne
6754
0.33
-3
62
Gerald
6627
0.32
-
63
Randall
6586
0.32
-4
64
Glenn
6268
0.3
+10
65
Tim
6246
0.3
-5
66
Barry
6217
0.3
+6
67
Lawrence
6086
0.29
-3
68
Billy
6025
0.29
-1
69
Phillip
5973
0.29
-3
70
Johnny
5903
0.28
-5
71
Jimmy
5745
0.28
-2
72
Rodney
5661
0.27
-4
73
Martin
5463
0.26
+4
74
Walter
5462
0.26
-4
75
Curtis
5443
0.26
+4
76
Bobby
5403
0.26
-3
77
Greg
5396
0.26
+6
78
Jim
5351
0.26
-3
79
Philip
5282
0.25
-3
80
Darryl
5129
0.25
+16
81
Jay
5119
0.25
-3
82
Bryan
5023
0.24
+6
83
Roy
4966
0.24
-2
84
Dean
4928
0.24
+10
85
Arthur
4814
0.23
-3
86
Willie
4784
0.23
-6
87
Bradley
4740
0.23
+3
88
Tom
4722
0.23
-2
89
Samuel
4673
0.22
+2
90
Jack
4635
0.22
-5
91
Henry
4617
0.22
-7
91
Ronnie
4617
0.22
-4
93
Jon
4608
0.22
+4
94
Harold
4438
0.21
-2
95
Ralph
4431
0.21
-6
96
Allen
4385
0.21
+3
97
Albert
4316
0.21
-4
98
Vincent
4312
0.21
-
99
Victor
4297
0.21
+4
100
Troy
4257
0.2
+62
101
Darrell
4196
0.2
+3
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1961)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html