Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1961

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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