Popular baby names in Ohio, 1961

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1961 were Mary for girls (2,567 babies) and David for boys (5,181). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 215,805 babies born in Ohio in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1961

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

Girls

Barb: 61 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Molly: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	2,567	–	1
2	Lisa	2,405	↑2	2
3	Karen	2,121	↓1	5
4	Susan	2,005	↓1	3
5	Linda	1,842	–	4
6	Kimberly	1,721	–	22
7	Patricia	1,480	↑1	6
8	Deborah	1,456	↑1	10
9	Pamela	1,453	↑1	15
10	Brenda	1,403	↓3	11
11	Lori	1,368	↑10	14
12	Barbara	1,347	↓1	12
13	Cynthia	1,266	–	8
14	Sandra	1,198	↑2	9
15	Donna	1,186	↓3	7
16	Teresa	1,179	↑4	18
17	Cheryl	1,161	↓2	20
18	Laura	1,131	↑4	21
19	Nancy	1,121	↓1	16
20	Sharon	1,069	↓1	17
21	Debra	1,050	↓7	13
22	Diane	1,010	↑1	26
23	Kathy	1,004	↓6	25
24	Julie	997	↑6	23
25	Robin	982	↑4	27
26	Tammy	978	↑2	28
27	Denise	960	↓1	30
28	Tina	891	↑11	41
29	Carol	882	↓5	24
30	Kathleen	877	↓3	29
31	Elizabeth	858	–	19
32	Michelle	847	↑6	34
33	Debbie	775	↓8	31
34	Christine	771	↑1	39
35	Rebecca	738	↑2	44
36	Theresa	699	↓3	35
37	Jennifer	691	↑10	47
38	Kim	684	↓2	36
39	Amy	678	↑7	69
40	Janet	675	↓8	32
41	Cindy	669	↓7	33
42	Beth	642	↓1	65
43	Connie	632	↓1	50
44	Terri	601	↓4	51
45	Rhonda	599	↑3	46
46	Diana	593	↓2	56
47	Jacqueline	591	new	37
48	Kelly	581	↑2	45
49	Cathy	552	↓6	55
50	Margaret	545	↓5	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	5,181	–	2
2	Michael	4,794	–	1
3	John	4,501	↑1	3
4	James	4,462	↓1	4
5	Robert	4,136	–	5
6	Mark	3,788	–	6
7	William	2,647	–	7
8	Jeffrey	2,560	↑2	11
9	Richard	2,432	–	8
10	Thomas	2,404	↓2	9
11	Timothy	2,212	–	15
12	Steven	1,710	–	10
13	Charles	1,666	–	13
14	Kevin	1,593	↑2	14
15	Daniel	1,577	↓1	17
16	Scott	1,543	↑5	19
17	Joseph	1,518	↓2	12
18	Gregory	1,493	–	23
19	Donald	1,396	–	22
20	Douglas	1,382	↑5	28
21	Ronald	1,361	↓1	24
22	Brian	1,349	↑2	20
23	Kenneth	1,329	↓6	16
24	Paul	1,284	↓2	18
25	Gary	1,282	↓2	21
26	Anthony	1,051	↑1	25
27	Christopher	1,050	↓1	26
28	Stephen	830	↑5	27
29	Edward	818	↓1	29
30	Terry	789	–	32
31	Jeff	736	↑5	49
32	Keith	734	↑2	35
33	Larry	721	↓4	30
34	Eric	714	↑5	38
35	Todd	713	new	46
36	Dennis	711	↓4	34
37	Randy	706	↓6	33
38	Mike	695	↓3	36
39	Jeffery	671	↑4	50
40	George	655	↓3	31
41	Jerry	636	–	37
42	Craig	614	↓2	43
43	Bruce	611	↓5	40
44	Patrick	585	↑1	39
45	Steve	584	↓1	45
46	Roger	583	↑1	47
47	Dale	523	↓1	58
48	Raymond	501	↑2	48
49	Tim	480	↓7	65
50	Frank	465	↓1	41

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