Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1961

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1961 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	47,680	2.296	-125	-45,353	1	Michael	86,917	4.031	-13	-75,297
2	Lisa	42,702	2.056	-889	-42,400	2	David	84,758	3.931	-20	-75,061
3	Susan	37,521	1.807	-1,076	-37,287	3	John	79,929	3.707	-24	-70,810
4	Linda	35,579	1.713	-722	-35,190	4	James	75,924	3.522	0	-62,399
5	Karen	34,697	1.671	-630	-34,229	5	Robert	72,901	3.381	-66	-67,761
6	Patricia	28,868	1.390	-907	-28,575	6	Mark	57,767	2.679	-204	-55,908
7	Donna	28,668	1.381	-1,560	-28,531	7	William	47,994	2.226	4	-33,478
8	Cynthia	24,378	1.174	-685	-23,962	8	Richard	41,117	1.907	-180	-38,998
9	Sandra	24,144	1.163	-966	-23,875	9	Thomas	37,551	1.742	-40	-30,772
10	Deborah	24,093	1.160	-769	-23,746	10	Steven	32,240	1.495	-188	-30,218
11	Brenda	23,775	1.145	-1,001	-23,520	11	Jeffrey	32,010	1.485	-320	-31,007
12	Barbara	22,992	1.107	-918	-22,707	12	Joseph	29,448	1.366	-11	-19,893
13	Debra	22,151	1.067	-3,184	-22,101	13	Charles	29,192	1.354	-39	-22,588
14	Lori	21,873	1.053	-1,561	-21,737	14	Kevin	28,894	1.340	-111	-25,770
15	Pamela	21,684	1.044	-1,569	-21,549	15	Timothy	28,240	1.310	-150	-25,910
16	Nancy	20,712	0.997	-823	-20,390	16	Kenneth	26,091	1.210	-210	-24,436
17	Sharon	20,444	0.985	-1,110	-20,228	17	Daniel	25,882	1.200	2	-14,709
18	Teresa	18,906	0.910	-780	-18,565	18	Paul	25,625	1.189	-216	-24,000
19	Elizabeth	18,856	0.908	6	-10,343	19	Scott	23,922	1.110	-501	-23,381
20	Cheryl	18,293	0.881	-2,878	-18,236	20	Brian	22,544	1.046	-215	-20,926
21	Laura	17,896	0.862	-319	-16,961	21	Gary	22,152	1.027	-653	-21,785
22	Kimberly	17,355	0.836	-148	-15,659	22	Donald	21,403	0.993	-504	-20,870
23	Julie	17,037	0.820	-565	-16,521	23	Gregory	21,354	0.990	-385	-20,576
24	Carol	16,669	0.803	-1,764	-16,556	24	Ronald	20,818	0.966	-469	-20,240
25	Kathy	16,379	0.789	-2,085	-16,289	25	Anthony	20,193	0.937	-13	-12,190
26	Diane	16,203	0.780	-2,447	-16,132	26	Christopher	17,226	0.799	-16	-9,965
27	Robin	15,645	0.753	-947	-15,376	27	Stephen	16,056	0.745	-257	-14,820
28	Tammy	15,529	0.748	-4,074	-15,494	28	Douglas	15,964	0.740	-644	-15,593
29	Kathleen	15,393	0.741	-865	-15,092	29	Edward	15,874	0.736	-140	-13,606
30	Denise	15,376	0.740	-1,039	-15,140	30	Larry	14,575	0.676	-676	-14,236
31	Debbie	14,881	0.717	-5,769	-14,860	31	George	13,639	0.633	-96	-10,580
32	Janet	13,929	0.671	-1,380	-13,772	32	Terry	13,189	0.612	-725	-12,880
33	Cindy	13,385	0.645	-1,296	-13,216	33	Randy	12,590	0.584	-640	-12,220
34	Michelle	12,736	0.613	-229	-11,497	34	Dennis	12,485	0.579	-522	-11,992
35	Theresa	11,965	0.576	-1,071	-11,744	35	Keith	12,277	0.569	-469	-11,712
36	Kim	11,367	0.547	-4,044	-11,332	36	Mike	11,664	0.541	-1,089	-11,493
37	Jacqueline	10,986	0.529	-302	-10,047	37	Jerry	11,372	0.527	-564	-10,921
38	Angela	10,837	0.522	-226	-9,601	38	Eric	11,111	0.515	-122	-8,722
39	Christine	10,588	0.510	-887	-10,301	39	Patrick	11,050	0.513	-150	-8,939
40	Margaret	10,548	0.508	-87	-8,236	40	Bruce	10,713	0.497	-438	-10,106
41	Tina	10,519	0.507	-1,643	-10,396	41	Frank	10,421	0.483	-351	-9,618
42	Carolyn	10,502	0.506	-818	-10,190	42	Peter	10,337	0.479	-169	-8,525
43	Laurie	10,427	0.502	-2,891	-10,371	43	Craig	10,231	0.475	-1,145	-10,072
44	Rebecca	10,234	0.493	-170	-8,792	44	Ricky	10,018	0.465	-637	-9,654
45	Kelly	9,637	0.464	-573	-9,153	45	Steve	9,994	0.464	-1,117	-9,830
46	Rhonda	9,465	0.456	-5,880	-9,444	46	Todd	9,751	0.452	-1,155	-9,595
47	Jennifer	9,264	0.446	-298	-8,349	47	Roger	9,656	0.448	-589	-9,245
48	Catherine	9,246	0.445	-156	-7,748	48	Raymond	9,606	0.446	-251	-8,457
49	Dawn	9,148	0.441	-1,911	-9,048	49	Jeff	9,459	0.439	-2,064	-9,393
50	Connie	8,984	0.433	-2,380	-8,911	50	Jeffery	8,917	0.414	-804	-8,661

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.