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Top Baby Names 1961

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 2,018,361 · Total Boys: 2,123,940

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	47,688	2.363%
2	Lisa	42,719	2.117%
3	Susan	37,530	1.859%
4	Linda	35,592	1.763%
5	Karen	34,697	1.719%
6	Patricia	28,889	1.431%
7	Donna	28,674	1.421%
8	Cynthia	24,389	1.208%
9	Sandra	24,154	1.197%
10	Deborah	24,105	1.194%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Brenda	23,781	1.178%
12	Barbara	22,998	1.139%
13	Debra	22,161	1.098%
14	Lori	21,875	1.084%
15	Pamela	21,690	1.075%
16	Nancy	20,728	1.027%
17	Sharon	20,458	1.014%
18	Teresa	18,909	0.937%
19	Elizabeth	18,855	0.934%
20	Cheryl	18,299	0.907%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Laura	17,900	0.887%
22	Kimberly	17,356	0.860%
23	Julie	17,041	0.844%
24	Carol	16,668	0.826%
25	Kathy	16,384	0.812%
26	Diane	16,204	0.803%
27	Robin	15,651	0.775%
28	Tammy	15,529	0.769%
29	Kathleen	15,393	0.763%
30	Denise	15,381	0.762%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Debbie	14,883	0.737%
32	Janet	13,932	0.690%
33	Cindy	13,387	0.663%
34	Michelle	12,743	0.631%
35	Theresa	11,959	0.593%
36	Kim	11,368	0.563%
37	Jacqueline	10,981	0.544%
38	Angela	10,841	0.537%
39	Christine	10,596	0.525%
40	Margaret	10,560	0.523%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Tina	10,521	0.521%
42	Carolyn	10,509	0.521%
43	Laurie	10,433	0.517%
44	Rebecca	10,237	0.507%
45	Kelly	9,641	0.478%
46	Rhonda	9,468	0.469%
47	Jennifer	9,266	0.459%
48	Catherine	9,250	0.458%
49	Dawn	9,150	0.453%
50	Connie	8,987	0.445%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Terri	8,730	0.433%
52	Janice	8,724	0.432%
53	Sherry	8,359	0.414%
54	Ann	8,218	0.407%
55	Cathy	8,208	0.407%
56	Diana	8,198	0.406%
57	Maria	7,947	0.394%
58	Judy	7,918	0.392%
59	Sheila	7,800	0.386%
60	Paula	7,746	0.384%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Wendy	7,152	0.354%
62	Joyce	6,996	0.347%
63	Michele	6,992	0.346%
64	Tracy	6,988	0.346%
65	Beth	6,716	0.333%
66	Beverly	6,708	0.332%
67	Valerie	6,675	0.331%
68	Suzanne	6,611	0.328%
69	Amy	6,610	0.327%
70	Wanda	6,465	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Lynn	6,440	0.319%
72	Jane	6,362	0.315%
73	Annette	6,202	0.307%
74	Jill	6,137	0.304%
75	Bonnie	6,032	0.299%
76	Vicki	5,966	0.296%
77	Carla	5,817	0.288%
78	Stephanie	5,815	0.288%
79	Renee	5,782	0.286%
80	Darlene	5,729	0.284%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Martha	5,724	0.284%
82	Gloria	5,691	0.282%
83	Judith	5,689	0.282%
84	Leslie	5,669	0.281%
85	Shirley	5,638	0.279%
86	Katherine	5,632	0.279%
87	Betty	5,583	0.277%
88	Peggy	5,568	0.276%
89	Joan	5,551	0.275%
90	Anne	5,521	0.274%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Anita	5,503	0.273%
92	Jean	5,366	0.266%
93	Kathryn	5,227	0.259%
94	Gail	4,972	0.246%
95	Melissa	4,901	0.243%
96	Ruth	4,896	0.243%
97	Ellen	4,844	0.240%
98	Regina	4,761	0.236%
99	Dorothy	4,731	0.234%
100	Anna	4,677	0.232%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	86,968	4.095%
2	David	84,805	3.993%
3	John	79,973	3.765%
4	James	75,959	3.576%
5	Robert	72,963	3.435%
6	Mark	57,786	2.721%
7	William	48,035	2.262%
8	Richard	41,140	1.937%
9	Thomas	37,568	1.769%
10	Steven	32,273	1.519%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Jeffrey	32,028	1.508%
12	Joseph	29,454	1.387%
13	Charles	29,196	1.375%
14	Kevin	28,919	1.362%
15	Timothy	28,246	1.330%
16	Kenneth	26,101	1.229%
17	Daniel	25,898	1.219%
18	Paul	25,641	1.207%
19	Scott	23,941	1.127%
20	Brian	22,562	1.062%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Gary	22,168	1.044%
22	Donald	21,409	1.008%
23	Gregory	21,360	1.006%
24	Ronald	20,841	0.981%
25	Anthony	20,204	0.951%
26	Christopher	17,216	0.811%
27	Stephen	16,061	0.756%
28	Douglas	15,971	0.752%
29	Edward	15,876	0.747%
30	Larry	14,581	0.687%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	George	13,645	0.642%
32	Terry	13,190	0.621%
33	Randy	12,600	0.593%
34	Dennis	12,498	0.588%
35	Keith	12,278	0.578%
36	Mike	11,673	0.550%
37	Jerry	11,377	0.536%
38	Eric	11,114	0.523%
39	Patrick	11,056	0.521%
40	Bruce	10,704	0.504%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Frank	10,432	0.491%
42	Peter	10,346	0.487%
43	Craig	10,233	0.482%
44	Ricky	10,027	0.472%
45	Steve	9,998	0.471%
46	Todd	9,753	0.459%
47	Roger	9,651	0.454%
48	Raymond	9,613	0.453%
49	Jeff	9,462	0.445%
50	Jeffery	8,924	0.420%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Alan	8,612	0.405%
52	Andrew	8,483	0.399%
53	Tony	8,301	0.391%
54	Danny	8,194	0.386%
55	Russell	7,335	0.345%
56	Carl	7,257	0.342%
57	Chris	7,204	0.339%
58	Dale	7,192	0.339%
59	Matthew	7,078	0.333%
60	Joe	7,058	0.332%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Wayne	6,760	0.318%
62	Gerald	6,629	0.312%
63	Randall	6,584	0.310%
64	Glenn	6,269	0.295%
65	Tim	6,249	0.294%
66	Barry	6,217	0.293%
67	Lawrence	6,096	0.287%
68	Billy	6,024	0.284%
69	Phillip	5,977	0.281%
70	Johnny	5,904	0.278%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Jimmy	5,748	0.271%
72	Rodney	5,660	0.266%
73	Martin	5,471	0.258%
74	Walter	5,467	0.257%
75	Curtis	5,445	0.256%
76	Bobby	5,403	0.254%
77	Greg	5,398	0.254%
78	Jim	5,351	0.252%
79	Philip	5,287	0.249%
80	Darryl	5,133	0.242%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jay	5,120	0.241%
82	Bryan	5,028	0.237%
83	Roy	4,965	0.234%
84	Dean	4,931	0.232%
85	Arthur	4,813	0.227%
86	Willie	4,788	0.225%
87	Bradley	4,742	0.223%
88	Tom	4,727	0.223%
89	Samuel	4,666	0.220%
90	Jack	4,639	0.218%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Henry	4,621	0.218%
92	Ronnie	4,620	0.218%
93	Jon	4,608	0.217%
94	Harold	4,445	0.209%
95	Ralph	4,440	0.209%
96	Allen	4,388	0.207%
97	Albert	4,320	0.203%
98	Vincent	4,319	0.203%
99	Victor	4,299	0.202%
100	Troy	4,260	0.201%

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