Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1961

The Most Popular New Jersey 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 New Jersey was John. In total there were 63,032 boys born sharing 536 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 18 (5.5%)	3,481
2	Michael	1 in 19 (5.4%)	3,375
3	Robert	1 in 20 (5.1%)	3,213
4	James	1 in 26 (3.8%)	2,426
5	David	1 in 26 (3.8%)	2,395
6	William	1 in 33 (3%)	1,922
7	Joseph	1 in 34 (3%)	1,881
8	Thomas	1 in 36 (2.8%)	1,759
9	Richard	1 in 38 (2.7%)	1,676
10	Mark	1 in 39 (2.6%)	1,637
11	Kevin	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,001
12	Paul	1 in 64 (1.6%)	978
13	Jeffrey	1 in 65 (1.5%)	975
14	Steven	1 in 65 (1.5%)	965
15	Anthony	1 in 66 (1.5%)	956
16	Kenneth	1 in 67 (1.5%)	947
17	Charles	1 in 69 (1.4%)	912
18	Edward	1 in 75 (1.3%)	836
19	Daniel	1 in 80 (1.2%)	787
20	Brian	1 in 82 (1.2%)	765
21	Christopher	1 in 84 (1.2%)	753
22	Frank	1 in 88 (1.1%)	720
23	Scott	1 in 91 (1.1%)	696
24	Stephen	1 in 91 (1.1%)	696
25	Peter	1 in 91 (1.1%)	689
26	George	1 in 91 (1.1%)	689
27	Gary	1 in 99 (1%)	636
28	Ronald	1 in 102 (1%)	621
29	Timothy	1 in 105 (1%)	601
30	Donald	1 in 105 (1%)	600
31	Gregory	1 in 120 (0.8%)	527
32	Glenn	1 in 136 (0.7%)	465
33	Douglas	1 in 140 (0.7%)	451
34	Raymond	1 in 147 (0.7%)	428
35	Andrew	1 in 151 (0.7%)	418
36	Keith	1 in 152 (0.7%)	414
37	Patrick	1 in 162 (0.6%)	389
38	Bruce	1 in 177 (0.6%)	356
39	Eric	1 in 181 (0.6%)	349
40	Craig	1 in 203 (0.5%)	311
41	Wayne	1 in 208 (0.5%)	303
42	Vincent	1 in 217 (0.5%)	291
43	Lawrence	1 in 220 (0.5%)	287
44	Dennis	1 in 224 (0.4%)	281
45	Louis	1 in 244 (0.4%)	258
46	Matthew	1 in 246 (0.4%)	256
47	Philip	1 in 249 (0.4%)	253
48	Alan	1 in 252 (0.4%)	250
49	Walter	1 in 252 (0.4%)	250
50	Carl	1 in 290 (0.3%)	217
51	Arthur	1 in 290 (0.3%)	217
52	Todd	1 in 303 (0.3%)	208
53	Ralph	1 in 305 (0.3%)	207
54	Albert	1 in 322 (0.3%)	196
55	Gerald	1 in 335 (0.3%)	188
56	Larry	1 in 339 (0.3%)	186
57	Russell	1 in 346 (0.3%)	182
58	Nicholas	1 in 354 (0.3%)	178
59	Barry	1 in 369 (0.3%)	171
60	Martin	1 in 373 (0.3%)	169
61	Leonard	1 in 392 (0.3%)	161
62	Chris	1 in 394 (0.3%)	160
63	Frederick	1 in 396 (0.3%)	159
64	Francis	1 in 401 (0.2%)	157
65	Eugene	1 in 404 (0.2%)	156
66	Mike	1 in 404 (0.2%)	156
67	Henry	1 in 407 (0.2%)	155
68	Victor	1 in 409 (0.2%)	154
69	Jonathan	1 in 412 (0.2%)	153
70	Roger	1 in 441 (0.2%)	143
71	Steve	1 in 441 (0.2%)	143
72	Jeff	1 in 447 (0.2%)	141
73	Edwin	1 in 453 (0.2%)	139
74	Samuel	1 in 460 (0.2%)	137
75	Harry	1 in 474 (0.2%)	133
76	Howard	1 in 481 (0.2%)	131
77	Darryl	1 in 485 (0.2%)	130
78	Stanley	1 in 492 (0.2%)	128
79	Gerard	1 in 496 (0.2%)	127
80	Harold	1 in 500 (0.2%)	126
81	Marc	1 in 500 (0.2%)	126
82	Randy	1 in 508 (0.2%)	124
83	Jerry	1 in 517 (0.2%)	122
84	Jack	1 in 521 (0.2%)	121
85	Jose	1 in 543 (0.2%)	116
86	Dean	1 in 553 (0.2%)	114
87	Fred	1 in 573 (0.2%)	110
88	Alfred	1 in 578 (0.2%)	109
89	Theodore	1 in 578 (0.2%)	109
90	Phillip	1 in 584 (0.2%)	108
91	Sean	1 in 584 (0.2%)	108
92	Joe	1 in 600 (0.2%)	105
93	Tom	1 in 606 (0.2%)	104
94	Jay	1 in 618 (0.2%)	102
95	Guy	1 in 650 (0.2%)	97
96	Kurt	1 in 657 (0.2%)	96
97	Roy	1 in 671 (0.1%)	94
98	Alexander	1 in 678 (0.1%)	93
99	Dwayne	1 in 678 (0.1%)	93
100	Troy	1 in 678 (0.1%)	93