Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names From 1961

The Most Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names in 1961

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1961.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Massachusetts was John. In total there were 57,327 boys born sharing 392 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1961 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	John	1 in 16 (6.3%)	3,606
2	Michael	1 in 17 (5.8%)	3,298
3	Robert	1 in 19 (5.2%)	3,002
4	David	1 in 19 (5.1%)	2,942
5	James	1 in 22 (4.5%)	2,562
6	Mark	1 in 28 (3.6%)	2,036
7	Richard	1 in 30 (3.3%)	1,897
8	William	1 in 32 (3.1%)	1,784
9	Paul	1 in 34 (2.9%)	1,675
10	Thomas	1 in 37 (2.7%)	1,570
11	Joseph	1 in 39 (2.5%)	1,456
12	Stephen	1 in 47 (2.1%)	1,229
13	Steven	1 in 51 (1.9%)	1,114
14	Kevin	1 in 52 (1.9%)	1,095
15	Daniel	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,040
16	Brian	1 in 57 (1.8%)	1,006
17	Peter	1 in 62 (1.6%)	925
18	Scott	1 in 65 (1.5%)	887
19	Edward	1 in 67 (1.5%)	854
20	Jeffrey	1 in 69 (1.5%)	832
21	Christopher	1 in 71 (1.4%)	810
22	Kenneth	1 in 79 (1.3%)	730
23	Timothy	1 in 79 (1.3%)	723
24	Charles	1 in 88 (1.1%)	653
25	Gary	1 in 97 (1%)	592
26	Donald	1 in 97 (1%)	588
27	Ronald	1 in 108 (0.9%)	529
28	George	1 in 118 (0.8%)	484
29	Anthony	1 in 122 (0.8%)	469
30	Douglas	1 in 136 (0.7%)	420
31	Bruce	1 in 147 (0.7%)	390
32	Gregory	1 in 155 (0.6%)	370
33	Andrew	1 in 171 (0.6%)	335
34	Raymond	1 in 175 (0.6%)	327
35	Alan	1 in 177 (0.6%)	324
36	Eric	1 in 179 (0.6%)	320
37	Dennis	1 in 180 (0.6%)	319
38	Frank	1 in 187 (0.5%)	307
39	Wayne	1 in 191 (0.5%)	300
40	Philip	1 in 192 (0.5%)	298
41	Patrick	1 in 196 (0.5%)	293
42	Keith	1 in 202 (0.5%)	284
43	Glenn	1 in 204 (0.5%)	281
44	Matthew	1 in 208 (0.5%)	276
45	Francis	1 in 217 (0.5%)	264
46	Lawrence	1 in 240 (0.4%)	239
47	Russell	1 in 257 (0.4%)	223
48	Craig	1 in 278 (0.4%)	206
49	Arthur	1 in 284 (0.4%)	202
50	Roger	1 in 292 (0.3%)	196
51	Barry	1 in 294 (0.3%)	195
52	Todd	1 in 335 (0.3%)	171
53	Carl	1 in 345 (0.3%)	166
54	Dana	1 in 347 (0.3%)	165
55	Jonathan	1 in 352 (0.3%)	163
56	Marc	1 in 356 (0.3%)	161
57	Frederick	1 in 356 (0.3%)	161
58	Gerald	1 in 370 (0.3%)	155
59	Walter	1 in 370 (0.3%)	155
60	Jay	1 in 387 (0.3%)	148
61	Ralph	1 in 395 (0.3%)	145
62	Sean	1 in 409 (0.2%)	140
63	Martin	1 in 425 (0.2%)	135
64	Dean	1 in 474 (0.2%)	121
65	Henry	1 in 478 (0.2%)	120
66	Chris	1 in 482 (0.2%)	119
67	Louis	1 in 498 (0.2%)	115
68	Albert	1 in 498 (0.2%)	115
69	Steve	1 in 507 (0.2%)	113
70	Shawn	1 in 516 (0.2%)	111
71	Vincent	1 in 521 (0.2%)	110
72	Leonard	1 in 536 (0.2%)	107
73	Neil	1 in 573 (0.2%)	100
74	Glen	1 in 585 (0.2%)	98
75	Norman	1 in 591 (0.2%)	97
76	Ernest	1 in 603 (0.2%)	95
77	Jon	1 in 610 (0.2%)	94
78	Nicholas	1 in 610 (0.2%)	94
79	Gerard	1 in 616 (0.2%)	93
80	Eugene	1 in 616 (0.2%)	93
81	Larry	1 in 623 (0.2%)	92
82	Mike	1 in 630 (0.2%)	91
83	Dale	1 in 651 (0.2%)	88
84	Theodore	1 in 651 (0.2%)	88
85	Alfred	1 in 659 (0.2%)	87
86	Roy	1 in 717 (0.1%)	80
87	Leo	1 in 726 (0.1%)	79
88	Randy	1 in 726 (0.1%)	79
89	Phillip	1 in 735 (0.1%)	78
90	Bryan	1 in 745 (0.1%)	77
91	Howard	1 in 745 (0.1%)	77
92	Randall	1 in 796 (0.1%)	72
93	Jeff	1 in 796 (0.1%)	72
94	Harold	1 in 807 (0.1%)	71
95	Karl	1 in 831 (0.1%)	69
96	Victor	1 in 856 (0.1%)	67
97	Stanley	1 in 882 (0.1%)	65
98	Kurt	1 in 882 (0.1%)	65
99	Jeffery	1 in 896 (0.1%)	64
100	Joel	1 in 896 (0.1%)	64