Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1961
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | 2,257 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,145 |
| 3 | John | 1,928 |
| 4 | Mark | 1,916 |
| 5 | James | 1,781 |
| 6 | Robert | 1,524 |
| 7 | Thomas | 1,367 |
| 8 | Jeffrey | 1,330 |
| 9 | Steven | 1,218 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,146 |
| 11 | Scott | 1,109 |
| 12 | Brian | 961 |
| 13 | Timothy | 924 |
| 14 | William | 901 |
| 15 | Richard | 855 |
| 16 | Paul | 834 |
| 17 | Kevin | 803 |
| 18 | Todd | 636 |
| 19 | Joseph | 600 |
| 20 | Gary | 575 |
| 21 | Gregory | 513 |
| 22 | Ronald | 488 |
| 23 | Donald | 463 |
| 24 | Randy | 444 |
| 25 | Peter | 438 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kenneth | 431 |
| 27 | Patrick | 414 |
| 28 | Douglas | 408 |
| 29 | Dennis | 404 |
| 30 | Charles | 402 |
| 31 | Christopher | 357 |
| 32 | Dale | 355 |
| 33 | Jeff | 337 |
| 34 | Mike | 326 |
| 35 | Craig | 321 |
| 36 | Bruce | 320 |
| 37 | Jeffery | 306 |
| 38 | Keith | 284 |
| 39 | Terry | 281 |
| 40 | Anthony | 274 |
| 41 | Dean | 261 |
| 42 | Larry | 257 |
| 42 | Roger | 257 |
| 44 | Steve | 256 |
| 45 | Alan | 253 |
| 46 | Randall | 251 |
| 47 | Eric | 236 |
| 48 | Edward | 232 |
| 49 | Jay | 225 |
| 49 | Stephen | 225 |
| 51 | Tim | 222 |
| 52 | Gerald | 215 |
| 53 | Russell | 212 |
| 54 | Jon | 206 |
| 55 | Ricky | 201 |
| 56 | Andrew | 194 |
| 56 | Tom | 194 |
| 58 | Chris | 182 |
| 58 | Kurt | 182 |
| 60 | Jim | 179 |
| 61 | Bradley | 172 |
| 62 | Wayne | 168 |
| 63 | Matthew | 165 |
| 64 | Dan | 163 |
| 65 | Jerry | 162 |
| 66 | Joel | 156 |
| 67 | Rick | 151 |
| 68 | George | 145 |
| 69 | Duane | 140 |
| 70 | Greg | 137 |
| 71 | Rodney | 135 |
| 72 | Allen | 132 |
| 73 | Carl | 124 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 124 |
| 75 | Frank | 121 |
| 75 | Raymond | 121 |
| 77 | Bryan | 113 |
| 78 | Glenn | 112 |
| 79 | Bill | 111 |
| 80 | Tony | 108 |
| 81 | Dave | 107 |
| 82 | Philip | 104 |
| 83 | Barry | 101 |
| 84 | Jack | 100 |
| 84 | Jerome | 100 |
| 86 | Lee | 99 |
| 87 | Joe | 97 |
| 87 | Martin | 97 |
| 89 | Karl | 91 |
| 90 | Phillip | 89 |
| 91 | Curtis | 82 |
| 92 | Danny | 79 |
| 93 | Darrell | 77 |
| 93 | Glen | 77 |
| 93 | Perry | 77 |
| 96 | Brad | 75 |
| 96 | Eugene | 75 |
| 96 | Troy | 75 |
| 99 | Gregg | 72 |
| 99 | Kelly | 72 |