New York ★ 1961

Top names in New York, 1961

Mary led for girls with 4,433 babies ; Michael for boys with 9,061. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,433
2	Susan	4,079
3	Lisa	3,570
4	Patricia	3,176
5	Karen	3,172
6	Linda	3,129
7	Donna	3,008
8	Nancy	2,564
9	Barbara	2,436
10	Elizabeth	2,342
11	Kathleen	2,266
12	Deborah	2,260
13	Diane	1,901
14	Laura	1,804
15	Lori	1,765
16	Debra	1,716
17	Denise	1,646
18	Sharon	1,559
19	Carol	1,522
20	Sandra	1,513
21	Cynthia	1,491
22	Theresa	1,432
23	Margaret	1,419
24	Robin	1,394
25	Christine	1,384
26	Jacqueline	1,343
27	Maria	1,335
28	Catherine	1,237
29	Cheryl	1,234
30	Laurie	1,194
31	Pamela	1,190
32	Janet	1,164
33	Michelle	1,130
34	Michele	1,098
35	Kim	1,062
36	Brenda	1,061
37	Ann	1,006
38	Dawn	1,000
39	Maureen	938
40	Joanne	936
41	Eileen	909
42	Anne	882
43	Ellen	871
44	Suzanne	836
45	Carolyn	823
46	Debbie	811
47	Kathy	791
48	Wendy	760
49	Julie	759
50	Lynn	741
50	Teresa	741
52	Valerie	735
53	Jean	731
54	Amy	724
55	Diana	720
56	Cindy	710
57	Angela	695
58	Joan	684
59	Judith	660
60	Marie	658
61	Jennifer	656
61	Lorraine	656
63	Kelly	643
64	Beth	631
65	Kimberly	615
66	Tammy	610
66	Tina	610
68	Evelyn	592
69	Darlene	588
70	Jane	587
71	Janice	584
72	Gail	572
73	Andrea	571
74	Bonnie	560
75	Colleen	551
76	Annette	537
76	Renee	537
78	Cathy	531
79	Jill	528
80	Leslie	521
81	Sheila	502
82	Katherine	498
83	Tracy	496
84	Joyce	492
85	Paula	484
86	Jeanne	483
87	Judy	482
88	Anna	481
88	Joann	481
90	Rose	478
91	Victoria	471
92	Regina	458
93	Wanda	457
94	Stephanie	450
95	Frances	440
96	Elaine	439
97	Ruth	430
98	Helen	428
98	Yvonne	428
100	Yvette	426

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	9,061
2	John	8,756
3	Robert	7,490
4	David	6,494
5	James	6,446
6	Thomas	4,789
7	Joseph	4,684
8	William	4,632
9	Richard	4,399
10	Mark	4,187
11	Steven	3,098
12	Anthony	2,965
13	Kevin	2,842
14	Paul	2,766
15	Daniel	2,662
16	Jeffrey	2,547
17	Peter	2,236
18	Kenneth	2,160
19	Christopher	2,154
20	Timothy	2,117
21	Edward	2,068
22	Charles	2,010
23	Scott	1,985
24	Brian	1,982
25	Stephen	1,916
26	Frank	1,627
27	Ronald	1,576
28	Gary	1,560
29	Donald	1,519
30	George	1,515
31	Gregory	1,444
32	Andrew	1,350
33	Eric	1,254
34	Douglas	1,235
35	Patrick	1,180
36	Raymond	1,071
37	Keith	961
38	Bruce	951
39	Vincent	938
40	Jose	916
41	Matthew	876
42	Dennis	859
43	Alan	842
44	Lawrence	820
45	Philip	788
46	Craig	733
47	Louis	712
48	Glenn	710
49	Edwin	627
50	Martin	606
51	Wayne	572
52	Todd	558
53	Carl	556
54	Victor	553
55	Roger	549
55	Walter	549
57	Larry	517
58	Arthur	505
59	Nicholas	503
60	Russell	485
61	Barry	482
62	Ralph	479
63	Randy	474
64	Gerald	473
65	Luis	467
66	Howard	464
67	Henry	460
68	Albert	457
69	Marc	448
70	Jonathan	443
71	Francis	420
72	Samuel	418
73	Eugene	412
74	Jay	405
75	Steve	398
76	Darryl	395
77	Frederick	393
78	Mike	383
79	Chris	382
80	Leonard	381
81	Gerard	377
82	Mitchell	371
83	Dean	369
84	Carlos	367
85	Jerry	347
86	Dale	346
87	Harold	336
88	Jeffery	326
89	Terry	311
90	Angel	299
91	Adam	295
92	Danny	291
92	Salvatore	291
94	Harry	290
95	Jeff	284
96	Sean	280
97	Phillip	271
98	Fred	269
99	Bernard	267
100	Nelson	262