Popular baby names of 1962

In 1962, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (46,069 babies) and Michael for boys (85,059). Social Security records show 4,035,375 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,584 girls' names and 4,631 boys' names.

1962 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 15.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 28.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Sherri, Penny, Sarah, Andrea.
New in the boys' top 100: Jonathan.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961
1	Lisa	46,069	↑1
2	Mary	43,502	↓1
3	Susan	35,752	–
4	Karen	35,184	↑1
5	Linda	31,461	↓1
6	Patricia	26,532	–
7	Donna	25,719	–
8	Cynthia	24,025	–
9	Deborah	22,889	↑1
10	Sandra	22,420	↓1
11	Lori	22,395	↑3
12	Brenda	21,274	↓1
13	Pamela	21,270	↑2
14	Barbara	20,641	↓2
15	Debra	20,593	↓2
16	Kimberly	20,363	↑6
17	Sharon	19,630	–
18	Teresa	18,517	–
19	Nancy	18,027	↓3
20	Elizabeth	17,806	↓1
21	Laura	17,490	–
22	Julie	17,090	↑1
23	Tammy	16,743	↑5
24	Cheryl	16,587	↓4
25	Robin	15,128	↑2
26	Diane	14,823	–
27	Kathy	14,757	↓2
28	Carol	14,523	↓4
29	Kathleen	14,188	–
30	Denise	13,975	–
31	Michelle	13,353	↑3
32	Debbie	13,092	↓1
33	Tina	12,781	↑8
34	Cindy	12,297	↓1
35	Janet	12,256	↓3
36	Angela	11,664	↑2
37	Kim	11,657	↓1
38	Kelly	11,530	↑7
39	Christine	11,196	–
40	Theresa	11,061	↓5
41	Jennifer	10,977	↑6
42	Laurie	10,675	↑1
43	Margaret	10,075	↓3
44	Jacqueline	9,832	↓7
45	Rhonda	9,803	↑1
46	Carolyn	9,692	↓4
47	Rebecca	9,403	↓3
48	Sherry	9,223	↑5
49	Maria	9,089	↑8
50	Dawn	8,984	↓1
51	Connie	8,882	↓1
52	Sheila	8,778	↑7
53	Catherine	8,697	↓5
54	Terri	8,433	↓3
55	Tracy	8,310	↑9
56	Ann	8,123	↓2
57	Diana	7,842	↓1
58	Janice	7,822	↓6
59	Michele	7,428	↑4
60	Paula	7,193	–
61	Amy	7,185	↑8
62	Cathy	7,145	↓7
63	Judy	7,061	↓5
64	Wendy	6,977	↓3
65	Suzanne	6,851	↑3
66	Beth	6,419	↓1
67	Valerie	6,335	–
68	Melissa	6,306	↑27
69	Beverly	6,266	↓3
70	Stephanie	6,257	↑8
71	Lynn	6,217	–
72	Jill	6,170	↑2
73	Jane	6,114	↓1
74	Joyce	6,096	↓12
75	Annette	6,076	↓2
76	Renee	6,012	↑3
77	Wanda	6,003	↓7
78	Carla	5,820	↓1
79	Bonnie	5,812	↓4
80	Leslie	5,778	↑4
81	Anita	5,521	↑10
82	Sherri	5,363	new
83	Anne	5,272	↑7
84	Katherine	5,272	↑2
85	Vicki	5,208	↓9
86	Judith	5,183	↓3
87	Martha	5,159	↓6
88	Darlene	5,107	↓8
89	Kathryn	5,107	↑4
90	Gloria	5,102	↓8
91	Regina	5,002	↑7
92	Penny	5,001	new
93	Peggy	4,900	↓5
94	Joan	4,879	↓5
95	Jean	4,877	↓3
96	Shirley	4,869	↓11
97	Betty	4,763	↓10
98	Sarah	4,548	new
99	Andrea	4,540	new
100	Anna	4,430	–

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961
1	Michael	85,059	–
2	David	81,337	–
3	John	78,427	–
4	James	72,555	–
5	Robert	70,199	–
6	Mark	53,520	–
7	William	44,853	–
8	Richard	39,422	–
9	Thomas	36,529	–
10	Jeffrey	33,537	↑1
11	Scott	30,703	↑8
12	Steven	30,688	↓2
13	Joseph	30,090	↓1
14	Kevin	28,325	–
15	Charles	27,590	↓2
16	Timothy	27,111	↓1
17	Daniel	25,543	–
18	Kenneth	25,241	↓2
19	Paul	23,802	↓1
20	Brian	23,221	–
21	Gregory	21,976	↑2
22	Gary	20,884	↓1
23	Donald	20,425	↓1
24	Anthony	20,103	↑1
25	Ronald	19,963	↓1
26	Christopher	17,535	–
27	Douglas	15,928	↑1
28	Stephen	15,616	↓1
29	Edward	15,518	–
30	Todd	12,752	↑16
31	Larry	12,711	↓1
32	George	12,544	↓1
33	Eric	12,348	↑5
34	Terry	12,301	↓2
35	Randy	11,840	↓2
36	Keith	11,626	↓1
37	Dennis	10,633	↓3
38	Jerry	10,576	↓1
39	Mike	10,530	↓3
40	Patrick	10,499	↓1
41	Bruce	10,038	↓1
42	Frank	9,761	↓1
43	Peter	9,585	↓1
44	Jeff	9,424	↑5
45	Jeffery	9,282	↑5
46	Steve	9,154	↓1
47	Roger	9,079	–
48	Raymond	9,070	–
49	Andrew	8,697	↑3
50	Ricky	8,694	↓6
51	Craig	8,544	↓8
52	Tony	8,197	↑1
53	Alan	7,719	↓2
54	Danny	7,644	–
55	Glenn	7,356	↑9
56	Matthew	7,279	↑3
57	Russell	7,042	↓2
58	Carl	6,854	↓2
59	Joe	6,793	↑1
60	Chris	6,791	↓3
61	Barry	6,585	↑5
62	Dale	6,365	↓4
63	Wayne	6,324	↓2
64	Randall	6,236	↓1
65	Gerald	6,232	↓3
66	Vincent	6,159	↑32
67	Troy	6,048	↑33
68	Phillip	5,881	↑1
69	Johnny	5,777	↑1
70	Lawrence	5,619	↓3
71	Billy	5,588	↓3
72	Tim	5,585	↓7
73	Curtis	5,569	↑2
74	Martin	5,538	↓1
75	Jimmy	5,518	↓4
76	Rodney	5,435	↓4
77	Greg	5,365	–
78	Bobby	5,323	↓2
79	Walter	5,282	↓5
80	Jay	5,158	↑1
81	Philip	5,069	↓2
82	Bryan	4,992	–
83	Darryl	4,969	↓3
84	Jon	4,785	↑9
85	Jim	4,715	↓7
86	Dean	4,655	↓2
87	Bradley	4,637	–
88	Samuel	4,552	↑1
89	Willie	4,541	↓3
90	Roy	4,476	↓7
91	Arthur	4,441	↓6
92	Henry	4,346	–
93	Allen	4,272	↑3
94	Jonathan	4,253	new
95	Harold	4,233	↓1
96	Victor	4,208	↑3
97	Ralph	4,180	↓2
98	Tom	4,171	↓10
99	Jack	4,170	↓9
100	Ronnie	4,113	↓9

Every name given in 1962

All 12,215 names Social Security recorded for 1962, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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