Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1961
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 5,885 |
| 2 | Michael | 5,579 |
| 3 | David | 5,514 |
| 4 | Robert | 5,264 |
| 5 | James | 4,881 |
| 6 | Mark | 3,811 |
| 7 | William | 3,687 |
| 8 | Joseph | 3,211 |
| 9 | Thomas | 3,115 |
| 10 | Richard | 2,895 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 2,502 |
| 12 | Kevin | 1,872 |
| 13 | Timothy | 1,792 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,788 |
| 15 | Charles | 1,771 |
| 16 | Paul | 1,669 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,651 |
| 18 | Scott | 1,573 |
| 19 | Steven | 1,564 |
| 20 | Edward | 1,528 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 1,499 |
| 22 | Ronald | 1,444 |
| 23 | Donald | 1,376 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1,284 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,272 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gregory | 1,221 |
| 27 | Gary | 1,183 |
| 28 | Christopher | 1,105 |
| 29 | George | 1,102 |
| 30 | Douglas | 992 |
| 31 | Keith | 876 |
| 32 | Frank | 837 |
| 33 | Dennis | 739 |
| 34 | Patrick | 712 |
| 35 | Craig | 700 |
| 35 | Randy | 700 |
| 37 | Eric | 685 |
| 38 | Raymond | 681 |
| 39 | Andrew | 642 |
| 40 | Bruce | 625 |
| 41 | Todd | 542 |
| 42 | Terry | 528 |
| 43 | Peter | 509 |
| 44 | Larry | 508 |
| 45 | Glenn | 474 |
| 46 | Matthew | 473 |
| 47 | Gerald | 463 |
| 48 | Barry | 453 |
| 49 | Alan | 451 |
| 50 | Carl | 448 |
| 51 | Dale | 438 |
| 52 | Wayne | 430 |
| 53 | Lawrence | 417 |
| 54 | Francis | 400 |
| 55 | Harry | 398 |
| 56 | Vincent | 372 |
| 57 | Martin | 371 |
| 57 | Walter | 371 |
| 59 | Roger | 366 |
| 60 | Jay | 346 |
| 61 | Philip | 345 |
| 62 | Chris | 341 |
| 63 | Albert | 333 |
| 63 | Russell | 333 |
| 65 | Samuel | 327 |
| 66 | Louis | 322 |
| 67 | Dean | 320 |
| 68 | Jeff | 312 |
| 69 | Steve | 309 |
| 70 | Eugene | 294 |
| 71 | Darryl | 293 |
| 72 | Mike | 283 |
| 73 | Frederick | 281 |
| 74 | Randall | 273 |
| 75 | Jerry | 271 |
| 76 | Jeffery | 269 |
| 77 | Ralph | 268 |
| 78 | Bryan | 267 |
| 79 | Rodney | 255 |
| 80 | Howard | 251 |
| 81 | Arthur | 250 |
| 82 | Ricky | 249 |
| 83 | Leonard | 247 |
| 83 | Tim | 247 |
| 85 | Harold | 232 |
| 86 | Jack | 229 |
| 87 | Nicholas | 223 |
| 87 | Roy | 223 |
| 89 | Bradley | 218 |
| 90 | Curtis | 215 |
| 90 | Stanley | 215 |
| 92 | Theodore | 214 |
| 93 | Bernard | 204 |
| 93 | Greg | 204 |
| 95 | Jim | 198 |
| 96 | Fred | 197 |
| 96 | Troy | 197 |
| 98 | Henry | 196 |
| 99 | Allen | 189 |
| 99 | Duane | 189 |
| 99 | Shawn | 189 |