Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1962

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1962 were Karen for girls (353 babies) and Michael for boys (762). Karen ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 27,536 babies born in District of Columbia in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1962

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

Girls

Antoinette: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cassandra: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tanya: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monique: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Robyn: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deirdre: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Yvette: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonita: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tracie: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Andre: 80 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Alonzo: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carlton: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tyrone: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maurice: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reginald: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Derrick: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ivan: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Karen	353	↑1	4
2	Mary	319	↓1	2
3	Lisa	315	–	1
4	Linda	249	↑3	5
5	Susan	240	↑1	3
6	Deborah	214	↑2	9
7	Sharon	207	↓2	17
8	Donna	197	↑1	7
9	Cynthia	196	↑2	8
10	Patricia	187	↓6	6
11	Pamela	185	↓1	13
12	Elizabeth	162	↑6	20
13	Angela	157	↑9	36
14	Michelle	155	↑7	31
15	Robin	155	↓3	25
16	Cheryl	144	↑3	24
17	Barbara	126	↓3	14
18	Sandra	118	↓2	10
19	Theresa	118	↑8	40
20	Laura	117	–	21
21	Kathleen	115	↑7	29
22	Denise	114	↓7	30
23	Carolyn	110	↓6	46
24	Jennifer	110	↑19	41
25	Margaret	109	↑5	43
26	Sheila	109	↑13	52
27	Teresa	108	↑2	18
28	Jacqueline	107	↓15	44
29	Diane	106	↓4	26
30	Kimberly	105	↑11	16
31	Brenda	104	↓8	12
32	Carol	103	↓8	28
33	Debra	103	↓1	15
34	Stephanie	99	new	70
35	Catherine	98	↓9	53
36	Nancy	93	↓5	19
37	Lori	91	↑1	11
38	Christine	90	↑12	39
39	Kim	88	↓2	37
40	Maria	85	new	49
41	Ann	84	↑8	56
42	Wanda	82	↓8	77
43	Julie	81	↑2	22
44	Renee	81	↓8	76
45	Leslie	75	new	80
46	Kathy	74	↓13	27
47	Terri	70	↓1	54
48	Janet	69	↓8	35
49	Tina	69	↓2	33
50	Valerie	69	↓2	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	762	–	1
2	John	637	–	3
3	David	599	↑1	2
4	James	578	↓1	4
5	Robert	547	–	5
6	William	432	–	7
7	Mark	345	–	6
8	Kevin	323	–	14
9	Thomas	300	↑2	9
10	Charles	283	↓1	15
11	Anthony	273	↓1	24
12	Joseph	262	–	13
13	Richard	258	–	8
14	Kenneth	225	↑1	18
15	Gregory	206	↑4	21
16	Jeffrey	198	↑2	10
17	Steven	193	↓1	12
18	Christopher	192	↓4	26
19	Paul	175	↓2	19
20	Timothy	160	↑1	16
21	Brian	156	↑4	20
22	Ronald	152	–	25
23	Stephen	148	↓3	28
24	Eric	146	↑7	33
25	Daniel	145	↓2	17
26	Donald	143	–	23
27	Edward	140	↓3	29
28	George	132	–	32
29	Gary	122	↓2	22
30	Keith	117	↓1	36
31	Scott	110	↑4	11
32	Patrick	94	↑2	40
33	Bruce	92	↑7	41
34	Andrew	90	↓2	49
35	Andre	80	↑6	>100
36	Lawrence	76	↑8	70
37	Raymond	76	↑1	48
38	Larry	75	↓2	31
39	Vincent	75	↑8	66
40	Darryl	72	↓7	83
41	Frank	72	↑5	42
42	Peter	72	↓5	43
43	Wayne	72	↓4	63
44	Douglas	68	↓14	27
45	Reginald	68	new	>100
46	Dennis	67	↑3	37
47	Matthew	58	↓2	56
48	Jonathan	56	new	94
49	Walter	56	new	79
50	Carl	55	↓7	58

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