Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1961

The Most Popular New York 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 York was Michael. In total there were 179,344 boys born sharing 1,042 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	Michael	1 in 20 (5%)	9,054
2	John	1 in 20 (4.9%)	8,751
3	Robert	1 in 24 (4.2%)	7,479
4	David	1 in 28 (3.6%)	6,495
5	James	1 in 28 (3.6%)	6,440
6	Thomas	1 in 37 (2.7%)	4,786
7	Joseph	1 in 38 (2.6%)	4,687
8	William	1 in 39 (2.6%)	4,636
9	Richard	1 in 41 (2.5%)	4,397
10	Mark	1 in 43 (2.3%)	4,187
11	Steven	1 in 58 (1.7%)	3,099
12	Anthony	1 in 61 (1.6%)	2,958
13	Kevin	1 in 63 (1.6%)	2,847
14	Paul	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,770
15	Daniel	1 in 68 (1.5%)	2,651
16	Jeffrey	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,539
17	Peter	1 in 80 (1.2%)	2,237
18	Kenneth	1 in 83 (1.2%)	2,158
19	Christopher	1 in 83 (1.2%)	2,152
20	Timothy	1 in 85 (1.2%)	2,112
21	Edward	1 in 87 (1.2%)	2,071
22	Charles	1 in 89 (1.1%)	2,011
23	Scott	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,988
24	Brian	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,983
25	Stephen	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,914
26	Frank	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,628
27	Ronald	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,576
28	Gary	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,557
29	Donald	1 in 118 (0.9%)	1,525
30	George	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,512
31	Gregory	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,440
32	Andrew	1 in 133 (0.8%)	1,349
33	Eric	1 in 144 (0.7%)	1,248
34	Douglas	1 in 145 (0.7%)	1,234
35	Patrick	1 in 152 (0.7%)	1,182
36	Raymond	1 in 167 (0.6%)	1,071
37	Keith	1 in 186 (0.5%)	963
38	Bruce	1 in 189 (0.5%)	948
39	Vincent	1 in 191 (0.5%)	938
40	Jose	1 in 197 (0.5%)	912
41	Matthew	1 in 204 (0.5%)	877
42	Dennis	1 in 209 (0.5%)	859
43	Alan	1 in 212 (0.5%)	845
44	Lawrence	1 in 220 (0.5%)	814
45	Philip	1 in 228 (0.4%)	786
46	Craig	1 in 245 (0.4%)	733
47	Louis	1 in 252 (0.4%)	712
48	Glenn	1 in 253 (0.4%)	710
49	Edwin	1 in 286 (0.4%)	628
50	Martin	1 in 296 (0.3%)	605
51	Wayne	1 in 315 (0.3%)	570
52	Todd	1 in 321 (0.3%)	559
53	Carl	1 in 323 (0.3%)	555
54	Victor	1 in 324 (0.3%)	553
55	Roger	1 in 327 (0.3%)	549
56	Walter	1 in 327 (0.3%)	549
57	Larry	1 in 346 (0.3%)	519
58	Arthur	1 in 355 (0.3%)	505
59	Nicholas	1 in 357 (0.3%)	503
60	Russell	1 in 370 (0.3%)	485
61	Barry	1 in 374 (0.3%)	480
62	Ralph	1 in 374 (0.3%)	479
63	Randy	1 in 380 (0.3%)	472
64	Gerald	1 in 381 (0.3%)	471
65	Luis	1 in 385 (0.3%)	466
66	Howard	1 in 387 (0.3%)	463
67	Henry	1 in 389 (0.3%)	461
68	Albert	1 in 392 (0.3%)	457
69	Marc	1 in 401 (0.2%)	447
70	Jonathan	1 in 406 (0.2%)	442
71	Francis	1 in 427 (0.2%)	420
72	Samuel	1 in 428 (0.2%)	419
73	Eugene	1 in 431 (0.2%)	416
74	Jay	1 in 443 (0.2%)	405
75	Steve	1 in 448 (0.2%)	400
76	Darryl	1 in 454 (0.2%)	395
77	Frederick	1 in 455 (0.2%)	394
78	Chris	1 in 468 (0.2%)	383
79	Mike	1 in 468 (0.2%)	383
80	Leonard	1 in 474 (0.2%)	378
81	Gerard	1 in 477 (0.2%)	376
82	Mitchell	1 in 481 (0.2%)	373
83	Dean	1 in 487 (0.2%)	368
84	Carlos	1 in 489 (0.2%)	367
85	Dale	1 in 512 (0.2%)	350
86	Jerry	1 in 518 (0.2%)	346
87	Harold	1 in 534 (0.2%)	336
88	Jeffery	1 in 552 (0.2%)	325
89	Terry	1 in 577 (0.2%)	311
90	Angel	1 in 596 (0.2%)	301
91	Adam	1 in 608 (0.2%)	295
92	Danny	1 in 618 (0.2%)	290
93	Harry	1 in 618 (0.2%)	290
94	Salvatore	1 in 621 (0.2%)	289
95	Jeff	1 in 629 (0.2%)	285
96	Sean	1 in 643 (0.2%)	279
97	Phillip	1 in 659 (0.2%)	272
98	Fred	1 in 667 (0.1%)	269
99	Bernard	1 in 677 (0.1%)	265
100	Jack	1 in 679 (0.1%)	264