Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,309
2	Michael	1,220
3	John	1,136
4	Mark	1,001
5	Robert	948
6	James	928
7	Richard	617
8	Steven	605
9	Scott	570
10	Kevin	533
11	William	523
12	Jeffrey	516
13	Brian	474
14	Thomas	440
15	Daniel	422
16	Mike	397
17	Paul	371
18	Kenneth	363
18	Timothy	363
20	Donald	356
21	Gary	353
22	Ronald	349
23	Douglas	330
24	Jeff	319
25	Gregory	300

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	277
27	Charles	276
28	Steve	254
29	Joseph	247
30	Todd	244
31	Larry	239
32	Craig	236
33	Christopher	228
34	Patrick	221
35	Randy	214
36	Dennis	208
37	Terry	197
38	Chris	195
39	Dale	194
40	Keith	188
41	Jim	182
42	Bruce	181
43	Anthony	173
43	Stephen	173
45	Greg	164
46	Edward	163
46	Tim	163
48	Jerry	161
49	Dan	154
50	Alan	151
50	Roger	151
52	Dean	146
52	Jon	146
54	Tom	137
55	Kelly	132
56	Matthew	131
57	Frank	130
57	Jeffery	130
59	Russell	126
60	Dave	122
60	Peter	122
60	Rick	122
60	Tony	122
64	Bill	120
64	George	120
64	Jay	120
67	Bradley	118
68	Joe	117
69	Martin	107
70	Wayne	106
71	Don	103
71	Randall	103
73	Danny	101
74	Jack	100
75	Brad	99
76	Bob	96
76	Duane	96
78	Tracy	95
79	Bryan	93
80	Raymond	90
81	Andrew	89
81	Curtis	89
83	Ron	88
84	Rodney	87
84	Troy	87
86	Gerald	83
87	Barry	82
88	Carl	79
89	Glenn	78
89	Lawrence	78
91	Brent	77
92	Shawn	72
93	Doug	71
93	Ricky	71
95	Darren	70
95	Ken	70
97	Darrell	69
98	Gordon	66
99	Kurt	65
100	Lee	63
100	Philip	63