Popular baby names in New York, 1961

The most popular baby names in New York in 1961 were Mary for girls (4,433 babies) and Michael for boys (9,061). Social Security records list 347,514 babies born in New York in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1961

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Milagros: 105 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ivette: 146 babies, 9× the national rate
Maritza: 181 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Migdalia: 168 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lourdes: 129 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Luz: 110 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Annmarie: 147 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Madeline: 196 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Randi: 138 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Miriam: 291 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 108 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dominick: 178 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 291 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angel: 299 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rafael: 204 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julio: 114 babies, 4× the national rate
Seth: 111 babies, 4× the national rate
Luis: 467 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Miguel: 254 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerard: 377 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	4,433	–	1
2	Susan	4,079	–	3
3	Lisa	3,570	↑4	2
4	Patricia	3,176	↓1	6
5	Karen	3,172	↑1	5
6	Linda	3,129	↓1	4
7	Donna	3,008	↓3	7
8	Nancy	2,564	–	16
9	Barbara	2,436	–	12
10	Elizabeth	2,342	–	19
11	Kathleen	2,266	↑1	29
12	Deborah	2,260	↓1	10
13	Diane	1,901	↑1	26
14	Laura	1,804	↑2	21
15	Lori	1,765	↑6	14
16	Debra	1,716	↓3	13
17	Denise	1,646	↑2	30
18	Sharon	1,559	↑2	17
19	Carol	1,522	↓2	24
20	Sandra	1,513	↓2	9
21	Cynthia	1,491	↓6	8
22	Theresa	1,432	↑1	35
23	Margaret	1,419	↓1	40
24	Robin	1,394	–	27
25	Christine	1,384	–	39
26	Jacqueline	1,343	new	37
27	Maria	1,335	–	57
28	Catherine	1,237	–	48
29	Cheryl	1,234	↓3	20
30	Laurie	1,194	–	43
31	Pamela	1,190	↓2	15
32	Janet	1,164	↓1	32
33	Michelle	1,130	↑5	34
34	Michele	1,098	↑5	63
35	Kim	1,062	↓2	36
36	Brenda	1,061	↓1	11
37	Ann	1,006	↓5	54
38	Dawn	1,000	↑6	49
39	Maureen	938	↓3	>100
40	Joanne	936	↓6	>100
41	Eileen	909	–	>100
42	Anne	882	↑1	90
43	Ellen	871	↓6	97
44	Suzanne	836	↑5	68
45	Carolyn	823	new	42
46	Debbie	811	↓6	31
47	Kathy	791	↓5	25
48	Wendy	760	↑2	61
49	Julie	759	new	23
50	Lynn	741	↓2	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	9,061	–	1
2	John	8,756	–	3
3	Robert	7,490	–	5
4	David	6,494	–	2
5	James	6,446	–	4
6	Thomas	4,789	–	9
7	Joseph	4,684	↑2	12
8	William	4,632	↓1	7
9	Richard	4,399	↓1	8
10	Mark	4,187	–	6
11	Steven	3,098	–	10
12	Anthony	2,965	↑1	25
13	Kevin	2,842	↓1	14
14	Paul	2,766	–	18
15	Daniel	2,662	–	17
16	Jeffrey	2,547	↑2	11
17	Peter	2,236	↓1	42
18	Kenneth	2,160	↑1	16
19	Christopher	2,154	↑3	26
20	Timothy	2,117	↓3	15
21	Edward	2,068	–	29
22	Charles	2,010	↓2	13
23	Scott	1,985	↑3	19
24	Brian	1,982	↓1	20
25	Stephen	1,916	↓1	27
26	Frank	1,627	↓1	41
27	Ronald	1,576	↑1	24
28	Gary	1,560	↑2	21
29	Donald	1,519	↓2	22
30	George	1,515	↓1	31
31	Gregory	1,444	–	23
32	Andrew	1,350	–	52
33	Eric	1,254	↑1	38
34	Douglas	1,235	↓1	28
35	Patrick	1,180	↑1	39
36	Raymond	1,071	↓1	48
37	Keith	961	↑3	35
38	Bruce	951	–	40
39	Vincent	938	–	98
40	Jose	916	↑2	>100
41	Matthew	876	↑2	59
42	Dennis	859	↓5	34
43	Alan	842	↑2	51
44	Lawrence	820	↓3	67
45	Philip	788	↑2	79
46	Craig	733	↓2	43
47	Louis	712	↓1	>100
48	Glenn	710	↑2	64
49	Edwin	627	–	>100
50	Martin	606	new	73

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