Popular baby names in California, 1962

The most popular baby names in California in 1962 were Lisa for girls (3,972 babies) and David for boys (7,950). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 360,510 babies born in California in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1962

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

Girls

Lupe: 102 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Silvia: 91 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 133 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leticia: 190 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Isabel: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Erin: 242 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Teri: 447 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Irma: 164 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ana: 133 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Desiree: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 131 babies, 5× the national rate
Marco: 102 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gabriel: 178 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ruben: 397 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francisco: 221 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rudy: 190 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Armando: 179 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Javier: 167 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Arturo: 136 babies, 3× the national rate
Manuel: 412 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	3,972	–	1
2	Karen	3,005	↑1	4
3	Susan	2,953	↓1	3
4	Mary	2,755	↑1	2
5	Linda	2,485	↓1	5
6	Cynthia	2,266	↑3	8
7	Julie	2,152	↑1	22
8	Lori	2,002	↑2	11
9	Patricia	1,995	↓2	6
10	Deborah	1,976	↑2	9
11	Laura	1,940	–	21
12	Sandra	1,922	↓6	10
13	Kimberly	1,821	↑11	16
14	Donna	1,669	–	7
15	Teresa	1,599	↑6	18
16	Debra	1,592	↓1	15
17	Elizabeth	1,589	↓4	20
18	Pamela	1,533	↓1	13
19	Michelle	1,532	↑6	31
20	Denise	1,529	↓4	30
21	Debbie	1,458	↓1	32
22	Kelly	1,450	↑11	38
23	Nancy	1,431	↓4	19
24	Cheryl	1,422	↓6	24
25	Barbara	1,355	↓2	14
26	Maria	1,344	↑8	49
27	Kathleen	1,341	↓5	29
28	Robin	1,332	↓1	25
29	Kathy	1,304	↑2	27
30	Brenda	1,300	↓1	12
31	Sharon	1,298	↓3	17
32	Diane	1,272	↓6	26
33	Jennifer	1,256	↑3	41
34	Tina	1,227	↑6	33
35	Tammy	1,224	↑2	23
36	Cindy	1,218	↓6	34
37	Carol	1,192	↓5	28
38	Kim	1,114	↑1	37
39	Tracy	1,019	↑8	55
40	Diana	987	↓2	57
41	Christine	982	↑4	39
42	Janet	976	↓7	35
43	Theresa	941	↓1	40
44	Rebecca	930	↓3	47
45	Laurie	922	↓2	42
46	Terri	901	↓2	54
47	Suzanne	795	new	65
48	Leslie	780	↑2	80
49	Catherine	777	↓3	53
50	Rhonda	774	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	7,950	–	2
2	Michael	7,880	–	1
3	John	6,807	–	3
4	Robert	6,691	–	5
5	James	5,130	↑1	4
6	Mark	5,096	↓1	6
7	Richard	4,120	–	8
8	Steven	3,285	–	12
9	William	3,047	–	7
10	Scott	3,010	↑3	11
11	Jeffrey	2,544	↑3	10
12	Daniel	2,530	↓2	17
13	Kevin	2,507	↓2	14
14	Thomas	2,408	↓2	9
15	Paul	2,205	–	19
16	Kenneth	2,185	–	18
17	Brian	2,101	↑1	20
18	Gregory	1,998	↑4	21
19	Ronald	1,998	↓2	25
20	Joseph	1,976	↑4	13
21	Gary	1,898	↓1	22
22	Charles	1,870	↓3	15
23	Anthony	1,842	↑3	24
24	Timothy	1,835	↓3	16
25	Christopher	1,719	↑2	26
26	Eric	1,670	↑2	33
27	Donald	1,663	↓4	23
28	Mike	1,584	↓3	39
29	Edward	1,361	↑1	29
30	Steve	1,288	↓1	46
31	Douglas	1,247	–	27
32	Stephen	1,219	↑1	28
33	Jeff	1,166	↑3	44
34	Frank	1,098	–	42
35	Todd	1,097	↑15	30
36	Craig	1,062	↓4	51
37	Patrick	1,036	–	40
38	Larry	1,005	↓3	31
39	George	974	↓1	32
40	Raymond	962	–	48
41	Randy	954	–	35
42	Keith	921	↑1	36
43	Dennis	894	↓4	37
44	Peter	875	–	43
45	Chris	826	↓3	60
46	Matthew	826	↑2	56
47	Andrew	814	new	49
48	Jerry	811	↓3	38
49	Joe	790	–	59
50	Danny	774	new	54

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