Popular baby names in Washington, 1961

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1961 were Lisa for girls (648 babies) and David for boys (1,309). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,589 babies born in Washington in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1961

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

Girls

Keri: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shelli: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Shannon: 94 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kerri: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kari: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darcy: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leanne: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Juli: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Geri: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Megan: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shane: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Rob: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shaun: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Erik: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Curt: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ron: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rod: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Casey: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	648	↑4	2
2	Susan	587	↓1	3
3	Karen	540	–	5
4	Lori	526	↑3	14
5	Mary	494	↓3	1
6	Linda	484	↓2	4
7	Julie	471	↓1	23
8	Teresa	433	↑1	18
9	Debbie	332	↑3	31
10	Cheryl	315	↑1	20
11	Patricia	314	↓1	6
12	Barbara	309	↑5	12
13	Nancy	298	↑5	16
14	Cindy	296	–	33
15	Pamela	295	↑4	15
16	Brenda	294	↑5	11
17	Sandra	294	↓4	9
18	Kathy	292	↓2	25
19	Cynthia	291	↑1	8
20	Carol	278	↑14	24
21	Kimberly	272	↑7	22
22	Laurie	263	↑1	43
23	Debra	262	↓15	13
24	Diane	262	↓9	26
25	Laura	257	↓1	21
26	Tammy	254	↑6	28
27	Kim	251	↑2	36
28	Michelle	234	↑9	34
29	Deborah	233	↓7	10
30	Denise	232	↑1	30
31	Sharon	231	↑4	17
32	Kelly	223	↓2	45
33	Kathleen	221	↓8	29
34	Donna	219	↓8	7
35	Elizabeth	210	↓8	19
36	Janet	205	↓3	32
37	Robin	202	↓1	27
38	Terri	185	↑4	51
39	Rebecca	175	↑6	44
40	Tina	175	↓1	41
41	Tracy	169	↓1	64
42	Connie	163	↑2	50
43	Jennifer	161	↑7	47
44	Theresa	156	↓3	35
45	Wendy	146	↓7	61
46	Christine	144	new	39
47	Diana	141	–	56
48	Dawn	132	new	49
49	Catherine	127	new	48
50	Renee	127	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	1,309	–	2
2	Michael	1,220	–	1
3	John	1,136	↑1	3
4	Mark	1,001	↓1	6
5	Robert	948	–	5
6	James	928	–	4
7	Richard	617	–	8
8	Steven	605	↑1	10
9	Scott	570	↓1	19
10	Kevin	533	↑1	14
11	William	523	↓1	7
12	Jeffrey	516	↑3	11
13	Brian	474	↓1	20
14	Thomas	440	↑2	9
15	Daniel	422	↓2	17
16	Mike	397	↓2	36
17	Paul	371	↑4	18
18	Kenneth	363	↓1	16
19	Timothy	363	↓1	15
20	Donald	356	–	22
21	Gary	353	↑2	21
22	Ronald	349	–	24
23	Douglas	330	↓4	28
24	Jeff	319	↑2	49
25	Gregory	300	↓1	23
26	Eric	277	↑7	38
27	Charles	276	↓2	13
28	Steve	254	↓1	45
29	Joseph	247	↑1	12
30	Todd	244	new	46
31	Larry	239	–	30
32	Craig	236	↓4	43
33	Christopher	228	↑7	26
34	Patrick	221	↓2	39
35	Randy	214	↓6	33
36	Dennis	208	–	34
37	Terry	197	↑5	32
38	Chris	195	↑10	57
39	Dale	194	–	58
40	Keith	188	↑1	35
41	Jim	182	↓7	78
42	Bruce	181	↓7	40
43	Anthony	173	new	25
44	Stephen	173	↓1	27
45	Greg	164	↑1	77
46	Edward	163	↓9	29
47	Tim	163	↓3	65
48	Jerry	161	↓10	37
49	Dan	154	new	>100
50	Alan	151	new	51

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