Top Boys Names of 1961 in the United States
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 87K |
| 2 | David | 85K |
| 3 | John | 80K |
| 4 | James | 76K |
| 5 | Robert | 73K |
| 6 | Mark | 58K |
| 7 | William | 48K |
| 8 | Richard | 41K |
| 9 | Thomas | 38K |
| 10 | Steven | 32K |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 32K |
| 12 | Joseph | 29K |
| 13 | Charles | 29K |
| 14 | Kevin | 29K |
| 15 | Timothy | 28K |
| 16 | Kenneth | 26K |
| 17 | Daniel | 26K |
| 18 | Paul | 26K |
| 19 | Scott | 24K |
| 20 | Brian | 23K |
| 21 | Gary | 22K |
| 22 | Donald | 21K |
| 23 | Gregory | 21K |
| 24 | Ronald | 21K |
| 25 | Anthony | 20K |
| 26 | Christopher | 17K |
| 27 | Stephen | 16K |
| 28 | Douglas | 16K |
| 29 | Edward | 16K |
| 30 | Larry | 15K |
| 31 | George | 14K |
| 32 | Terry | 13K |
| 33 | Randy | 13K |
| 34 | Dennis | 13K |
| 35 | Keith | 12K |
| 36 | Mike | 12K |
| 37 | Jerry | 11K |
| 38 | Eric | 11K |
| 39 | Patrick | 11K |
| 40 | Bruce | 11K |
| 41 | Frank | 10K |
| 42 | Peter | 10K |
| 43 | Craig | 10K |
| 44 | Ricky | 10K |
| 45 | Steve | 10K |
| 46 | Todd | 10K |
| 47 | Roger | 10K |
| 48 | Raymond | 10K |
| 49 | Jeff | 9K |
| 50 | Jeffery | 9K |
| 51 | Alan | 9K |
| 52 | Andrew | 8K |
| 53 | Tony | 8K |
| 54 | Danny | 8K |
| 55 | Russell | 7K |
| 56 | Carl | 7K |
| 57 | Chris | 7K |
| 58 | Dale | 7K |
| 59 | Matthew | 7K |
| 60 | Joe | 7K |
| 61 | Wayne | 7K |
| 62 | Gerald | 7K |
| 63 | Randall | 7K |
| 64 | Glenn | 6K |
| 65 | Tim | 6K |
| 66 | Barry | 6K |
| 67 | Lawrence | 6K |
| 68 | Billy | 6K |
| 69 | Phillip | 6K |
| 70 | Johnny | 6K |
| 71 | Jimmy | 6K |
| 72 | Rodney | 6K |
| 73 | Martin | 5K |
| 74 | Walter | 5K |
| 75 | Curtis | 5K |
| 76 | Bobby | 5K |
| 77 | Greg | 5K |
| 78 | Jim | 5K |
| 79 | Philip | 5K |
| 80 | Darryl | 5K |
| 81 | Jay | 5K |
| 82 | Bryan | 5K |
| 83 | Roy | 5K |
| 84 | Dean | 5K |
| 85 | Arthur | 5K |
| 86 | Willie | 5K |
| 87 | Bradley | 5K |
| 88 | Tom | 5K |
| 89 | Samuel | 5K |
| 90 | Jack | 5K |
| 91 | Ronnie | 5K |
| 92 | Henry | 5K |
| 93 | Jon | 5K |
| 94 | Harold | 4K |
| 95 | Ralph | 4K |
| 96 | Allen | 4K |
| 97 | Albert | 4K |
| 98 | Vincent | 4K |
| 99 | Victor | 4K |
| 100 | Troy | 4K |