Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1961

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	773
2	John	726
3	James	646
4	David	597
5	Robert	546
6	William	452
7	Mark	333
8	Kevin	313
9	Charles	299
10	Anthony	297
11	Thomas	291
12	Joseph	269
13	Richard	262
14	Christopher	224
15	Kenneth	216
16	Steven	205
17	Paul	202
18	Jeffrey	199
19	Gregory	194
20	Stephen	177
21	Timothy	171
22	Ronald	166
23	Daniel	145
24	Edward	143
25	Brian	140

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Donald	140
27	Gary	131
28	George	125
29	Keith	124
30	Douglas	110
31	Eric	109
32	Andrew	106
33	Darryl	99
34	Patrick	96
35	Scott	93
36	Larry	88
37	Peter	86
38	Raymond	83
39	Wayne	73
40	Bruce	71
41	Andre	69
42	Tyrone	68
43	Carl	64
43	Lawrence	64
43	Matthew	64
46	Frank	63
47	Vincent	61
48	Philip	60
49	Dennis	59
50	Alan	58
51	Jonathan	57
51	Reginald	57
53	Dwayne	55
53	Walter	55
55	Melvin	50
56	Jerome	49
56	Steve	49
58	Derrick	48
59	Curtis	47
60	Craig	46
61	Maurice	45
61	Phillip	45
61	Roger	45
64	Calvin	44
64	Mike	44
66	Terry	43
67	Francis	41
67	Jeffery	41
67	Samuel	41
70	Chris	40
70	Glenn	40
70	Rodney	40
70	Victor	40
74	Darrell	39
75	Frederick	38
75	Jerry	38
75	Ralph	38
75	Russell	38
75	Tony	38
80	Bernard	37
80	Dale	37
80	Martin	37
83	Eugene	36
84	Jay	35
85	Albert	34
85	Barry	34
85	Gerald	34
85	Marvin	34
89	Allen	33
89	Ricky	33
89	Willie	33
92	Clarence	32
92	Henry	32
94	Antonio	31
94	Arthur	31
94	Danny	31
94	Theodore	31
94	Troy	31
99	Louis	30
100	Earl	28
100	Harold	28
100	Howard	28