Popular baby names in Florida, 1962

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,076 babies) and James for boys (2,169). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,387 babies born in Florida in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1962

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

Girls

Tangela: 31 babies, 18× the national rate
Ana: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lourdes: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelia: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sophia: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bridgette: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Felecia: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cassandra: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Annie: 85 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 81 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jorge: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rufus: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Horace: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willie: 363 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Archie: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 80 babies, 3× the national rate
Dexter: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lorenzo: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,076	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,002	↓1	2
3	Karen	862	↑4	4
4	Cynthia	847	↑2	8
5	Linda	800	↓2	5
6	Patricia	791	↓2	6
7	Susan	778	↓2	3
8	Deborah	752	↑4	9
9	Sharon	685	↑2	17
10	Brenda	663	↓1	12
11	Donna	648	↓3	7
12	Sandra	634	↓2	10
13	Pamela	632	↑1	13
14	Debra	585	↓1	15
15	Barbara	573	–	14
16	Teresa	569	–	18
17	Kimberly	538	↑10	16
18	Tammy	525	↑1	23
19	Elizabeth	480	↓1	20
20	Angela	459	↑6	36
21	Lori	454	↑4	11
22	Cheryl	437	↓5	24
23	Robin	428	–	25
24	Debbie	413	↓2	32
25	Kathy	396	↓1	27
26	Tina	393	↑8	33
27	Laura	383	↓7	21
28	Nancy	379	↓7	19
29	Carol	366	↓1	28
30	Cindy	362	–	34
31	Janet	340	–	35
32	Julie	327	↑3	22
33	Michelle	317	↑7	31
34	Theresa	301	↓1	40
35	Denise	300	↓6	30
36	Jacqueline	295	↑3	44
37	Carolyn	292	↓5	46
38	Rhonda	288	↑4	45
39	Wanda	287	↓1	77
40	Kim	283	↓3	37
41	Jennifer	281	new	41
42	Sheila	272	↑2	52
43	Terri	265	↑6	54
44	Diane	262	↓3	26
45	Janice	260	↓9	58
46	Sherry	250	↓1	48
47	Rebecca	247	new	47
48	Beverly	243	↓5	69
49	Maria	242	new	49
50	Valerie	240	↓3	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	2,169	–	4
2	John	2,097	↑1	3
3	Michael	2,020	↓1	1
4	David	1,986	–	2
5	Robert	1,953	–	5
6	William	1,432	–	7
7	Mark	1,150	–	6
8	Richard	1,036	–	8
9	Charles	937	–	15
10	Kenneth	787	–	18
11	Thomas	785	–	9
12	Joseph	715	–	13
13	Jeffrey	674	↑3	10
14	Timothy	657	↓1	16
15	Scott	631	↑7	11
16	Gregory	625	↓1	21
17	Donald	601	↑1	23
18	Steven	597	↓4	12
19	Anthony	568	↓2	24
20	Ronald	522	↑1	25
21	Daniel	507	↑3	17
22	Gary	507	↓3	22
23	Paul	506	↓3	19
24	Kevin	495	↓1	14
25	George	440	↑1	32
26	Edward	411	↑2	29
27	Christopher	407	↑3	26
28	Larry	370	↓3	31
29	Willie	363	↓2	89
30	Stephen	355	↓1	28
31	Douglas	341	↑3	27
32	Terry	341	↓1	34
33	Eric	331	↑12	33
34	Keith	320	↓2	36
35	Jeffery	318	↑7	45
36	Brian	315	↓3	20
37	Bruce	307	–	41
38	Johnny	290	↑11	69
39	Tony	268	↑2	52
40	Jerry	265	–	38
41	Ricky	261	↓3	50
42	Raymond	259	↑2	48
43	Randy	257	↓7	35
44	Steve	248	↓5	46
45	Danny	244	new	54
46	Mike	242	↓11	39
47	Frank	241	↓4	42
48	Alan	233	↑2	53
49	Roger	231	new	47
50	Glenn	225	new	55

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