Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	567
2	John	539
3	David	538
4	Robert	512
5	James	341
6	William	300
7	Richard	293
8	Joseph	280
9	Mark	278
10	Thomas	246
11	Paul	235
12	Steven	226
13	Stephen	195
14	Kevin	175
15	Kenneth	158
16	Brian	147
17	Edward	146
18	Peter	139
19	Daniel	129
19	Jeffrey	129
21	Donald	110
22	Raymond	108
23	Scott	106
23	Timothy	106
25	Anthony	105

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	104
27	Charles	101
28	Christopher	100
29	Ronald	95
30	Gregory	70
31	George	68
32	Bruce	67
33	Frank	65
34	Alan	62
35	Russell	56
36	Wayne	55
37	Keith	53
38	Marc	49
39	Dennis	48
40	Albert	43
40	Douglas	43
42	Glenn	42
43	Andrew	40
44	Arthur	39
44	Matthew	39
46	Carl	38
46	Louis	38
48	Craig	37
49	Patrick	34
49	Roger	34
49	Todd	34
52	Eric	33
53	Frederick	30
53	Vincent	30
55	Barry	29
56	Walter	27
57	Philip	26
58	Ernest	24
58	Gerald	24
60	Jay	23
60	Lawrence	23
62	Norman	22
62	Ralph	22
64	Alfred	21
64	Jonathan	21
66	Nicholas	20
67	Bryan	19
67	Randy	19
67	Roland	19
70	Dean	18
70	Eugene	18
70	Henry	18
73	Allan	17
73	Leo	17
73	Mike	17
76	Allen	16
76	Harold	16
76	Martin	16
79	Gerard	15
79	Glen	15
79	Larry	15
82	Jon	14
83	Jerry	13
83	Joel	13
83	Sean	13
86	Francis	12
86	Karl	12
86	Samuel	12
86	Steve	12
86	Terry	12
86	Tom	12
86	Victor	12
93	Bradford	11
93	Chris	11
93	Clifford	11
93	Dale	11
93	Earl	11
93	Manuel	11
93	Phillip	11
93	Ricky	11
93	Roy	11