Top 200 Boy Names of 1961

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1961 with 86,968 births. The list ends at 1,484 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1961
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	86,968
2	David	84,805
3	John	79,973
4	James	75,959
5	Robert	72,963
6	Mark	57,786
7	William	48,035
8	Richard	41,140
9	Thomas	37,568
10	Steven	32,273
11	Jeffrey	32,028
12	Joseph	29,454
13	Charles	29,196
14	Kevin	28,919
15	Timothy	28,246
16	Kenneth	26,101
17	Daniel	25,898
18	Paul	25,641
19	Scott	23,941
20	Brian	22,562
21	Gary	22,168
22	Donald	21,409
23	Gregory	21,360
24	Ronald	20,841
25	Anthony	20,204
26	Christopher	17,216
27	Stephen	16,061
28	Douglas	15,971
29	Edward	15,876
30	Larry	14,581
31	George	13,645
32	Terry	13,190
33	Randy	12,600
34	Dennis	12,498
35	Keith	12,278
36	Mike	11,673
37	Jerry	11,377
38	Eric	11,114
39	Patrick	11,056
40	Bruce	10,704
41	Frank	10,432
42	Peter	10,346
43	Craig	10,233
44	Ricky	10,027
45	Steve	9,998
46	Todd	9,753
47	Roger	9,651
48	Raymond	9,613
49	Jeff	9,462
50	Jeffery	8,924
51	Alan	8,612
52	Andrew	8,483
53	Tony	8,301
54	Danny	8,194
55	Russell	7,335
56	Carl	7,257
57	Chris	7,204
58	Dale	7,192
59	Matthew	7,078
60	Joe	7,058
61	Wayne	6,760
62	Gerald	6,629
63	Randall	6,584
64	Glenn	6,269
65	Tim	6,249
66	Barry	6,217
67	Lawrence	6,096
68	Billy	6,024
69	Phillip	5,977
70	Johnny	5,904
71	Jimmy	5,748
72	Rodney	5,660
73	Martin	5,471
74	Walter	5,467
75	Curtis	5,445
76	Bobby	5,403
77	Greg	5,398
78	Jim	5,351
79	Philip	5,287
80	Darryl	5,133
81	Jay	5,120
82	Bryan	5,028
83	Roy	4,965
84	Dean	4,931
85	Arthur	4,813
86	Willie	4,788
87	Bradley	4,742
88	Tom	4,727
89	Samuel	4,666
90	Jack	4,639
91	Henry	4,621
92	Ronnie	4,620
93	Jon	4,608
94	Harold	4,445
95	Ralph	4,440
96	Allen	4,388
97	Albert	4,320
98	Vincent	4,319
99	Victor	4,299
100	Troy	4,260
101	Darrell	4,202
102	Eddie	4,081
103	Micheal	4,017
104	Bill	4,001
105	Louis	3,963
106	Stanley	3,924
107	Jose	3,756
108	Rick	3,732
109	Howard	3,571
110	Joel	3,520
111	Dwayne	3,483
111	Jonathan	3,483
113	Eugene	3,448
114	Leonard	3,429
115	Dan	3,417
116	Tommy	3,404
117	Frederick	3,313
118	Mitchell	3,201
119	Tracy	3,186
120	Marvin	3,185
121	Don	3,149
122	Lee	3,126
123	Ernest	3,096
124	Fred	3,090
125	Kelly	3,013
126	Ray	2,920
127	Calvin	2,864
128	Melvin	2,844
129	Kurt	2,826
130	Dave	2,802
131	Harry	2,749
132	Duane	2,734
133	Marc	2,707
134	Glen	2,688
135	Norman	2,686
136	Jerome	2,633
137	Brent	2,555
138	Karl	2,545
139	Earl	2,520
140	Kirk	2,512
141	Bob	2,503
142	Brad	2,500
143	Shawn	2,485
144	Reginald	2,469
145	Edwin	2,447
146	Benjamin	2,388
147	Kent	2,374
148	Francis	2,344
149	Clifford	2,341
150	Jesse	2,305
151	Theodore	2,301
152	Alfred	2,281
153	Rickey	2,254
154	Perry	2,228
155	Clarence	2,190
156	Bernard	2,150
157	Warren	2,082
158	Nicholas	2,076
159	Brett	2,067
160	Juan	2,051
161	Kerry	2,027
162	Guy	2,024
163	Wesley	2,002
164	Carlos	2,000
165	Gordon	1,991
166	Stuart	1,903
167	Aaron	1,887
168	Alvin	1,875
169	Robin	1,852
170	Ron	1,841
171	Leroy	1,829
172	Doug	1,817
173	Lance	1,807
174	Darren	1,783
175	Vernon	1,770
176	Gregg	1,752
177	Sean	1,720
178	Gilbert	1,709
179	Kenny	1,701
180	Dana	1,693
181	Herbert	1,688
182	Lloyd	1,685
183	Daryl	1,682
183	Ted	1,682
185	Dwight	1,669
186	Gene	1,667
187	Manuel	1,666
188	Ken	1,664
189	Tyrone	1,631
190	Leslie	1,622
191	Lonnie	1,596
192	Antonio	1,585
193	Adam	1,580
194	Leon	1,559
195	Franklin	1,526
196	Neil	1,525
197	Derrick	1,501
198	Andre	1,499
199	Nathan	1,491
200	Timmy	1,484