Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	5,181
2	Michael	4,794
3	John	4,501
4	James	4,462
5	Robert	4,136
6	Mark	3,788
7	William	2,647
8	Jeffrey	2,560
9	Richard	2,432
10	Thomas	2,404
11	Timothy	2,212
12	Steven	1,710
13	Charles	1,666
14	Kevin	1,593
15	Daniel	1,577
16	Scott	1,543
17	Joseph	1,518
18	Gregory	1,493
19	Donald	1,396
20	Douglas	1,382
21	Ronald	1,361
22	Brian	1,349
23	Kenneth	1,329
24	Paul	1,284
25	Gary	1,282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	1,051
27	Christopher	1,050
28	Stephen	830
29	Edward	818
30	Terry	789
31	Jeff	736
32	Keith	734
33	Larry	721
34	Eric	714
35	Todd	713
36	Dennis	711
37	Randy	706
38	Mike	695
39	Jeffery	671
40	George	655
41	Jerry	636
42	Craig	614
43	Bruce	611
44	Patrick	585
45	Steve	584
46	Roger	583
47	Dale	523
48	Raymond	501
49	Tim	480
50	Frank	465
51	Matthew	464
52	Chris	459
53	Carl	452
54	Randall	449
55	Ricky	446
56	Andrew	438
57	Russell	404
58	Alan	399
59	Gerald	378
60	Jim	362
61	Tom	361
62	Danny	354
63	Peter	350
64	Jack	348
65	Greg	346
65	Tony	346
67	Bradley	334
68	Rick	327
69	Phillip	326
70	Lawrence	324
71	Philip	317
72	Martin	312
72	Rodney	312
74	Ralph	301
75	Bryan	291
76	Jay	282
77	Barry	273
78	Joe	268
79	Bill	264
79	Dean	264
81	Dave	262
82	Harold	260
83	Glenn	255
84	Darryl	253
85	Jon	249
86	Wayne	247
87	Walter	239
88	Dan	232
89	Roy	222
90	Darrell	220
90	Samuel	220
92	Allen	212
92	Don	212
92	Dwayne	212
95	Curtis	200
95	Troy	200
97	Jonathan	199
98	Duane	194
99	Bob	192
100	Micheal	188