Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1961

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1961 were Mary for girls (373 babies) and Michael for boys (773). Social Security records list 28,063 babies born in District of Columbia in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1961

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tawanna: 17 babies, 63.3× the national rate
Laverne: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cecelia: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Yvette: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tonya: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cassandra: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marion: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Andre: 69 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 68 babies, 6× the national rate
Derrick: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maurice: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alonzo: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nathaniel: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adrian: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	373	–	1
2	Karen	299	–	5
3	Lisa	267	↑2	2
4	Patricia	252	↓1	6
5	Sharon	252	↑2	17
6	Susan	250	↓2	3
7	Linda	233	↑1	4
8	Deborah	225	↑1	10
9	Donna	205	↓3	7
10	Pamela	187	↑2	15
11	Cynthia	182	↓1	8
12	Robin	172	↑6	27
13	Jacqueline	161	↑20	37
14	Barbara	153	↓3	12
15	Denise	152	↑2	30
16	Sandra	152	↓3	9
17	Carolyn	147	↑15	42
18	Elizabeth	144	↓2	19
19	Cheryl	140	↓4	20
20	Laura	140	↓1	21
21	Michelle	140	↑6	34
22	Angela	138	–	38
23	Brenda	137	↓9	11
24	Carol	136	↓4	24
25	Diane	117	↑1	26
26	Catherine	116	↓3	48
27	Theresa	114	↑1	35
28	Kathleen	108	↓3	29
29	Teresa	108	↑1	18
30	Margaret	105	↓1	40
31	Nancy	104	↓7	16
32	Debra	103	↓11	13
33	Kathy	97	↑1	25
34	Wanda	97	↑12	70
35	Anne	91	↑8	90
36	Renee	87	↑9	79
37	Kim	86	↓2	36
38	Lori	86	new	14
39	Sheila	86	↓1	59
40	Janet	82	↓4	32
41	Kimberly	82	↓10	22
42	Janice	81	↓5	52
43	Jennifer	81	↑6	47
44	Suzanne	76	new	68
45	Julie	75	new	23
46	Terri	72	↑2	51
47	Tina	68	new	41
48	Valerie	67	↓8	67
49	Ann	65	↓2	54
50	Christine	65	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	773	–	1
2	John	726	–	3
3	James	646	↑1	4
4	David	597	↓1	2
5	Robert	546	–	5
6	William	452	–	7
7	Mark	333	↑1	6
8	Kevin	313	↑2	14
9	Charles	299	↑3	13
10	Anthony	297	↑1	25
11	Thomas	291	↓4	9
12	Joseph	269	↑1	12
13	Richard	262	↓4	8
14	Christopher	224	↑4	26
15	Kenneth	216	↓1	16
16	Steven	205	↑1	10
17	Paul	202	↓1	18
18	Jeffrey	199	↑2	11
19	Gregory	194	–	23
20	Stephen	177	↑1	27
21	Timothy	171	↓6	15
22	Ronald	166	–	24
23	Daniel	145	↑3	17
24	Edward	143	↑3	29
25	Brian	140	↓1	20
26	Donald	140	↓3	22
27	Gary	131	↑2	21
28	George	125	↓3	31
29	Keith	124	↑2	35
30	Douglas	110	↑5	28
31	Eric	109	↓3	38
32	Andrew	106	↓2	52
33	Darryl	99	–	80
34	Patrick	96	–	39
35	Scott	93	↑3	19
36	Larry	88	–	30
37	Peter	86	↓5	42
38	Raymond	83	↑1	48
39	Wayne	73	↑1	61
40	Bruce	71	↓3	40
41	Andre	69	↑9	>100
42	Tyrone	68	↑4	>100
43	Carl	64	↑4	56
44	Lawrence	64	–	67
45	Matthew	64	–	59
46	Frank	63	↓4	41
47	Vincent	61	new	98
48	Philip	60	new	79
49	Dennis	59	↓8	34
50	Alan	58	↓2	51

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