Popular baby names in Indiana, 1962

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,479 babies) and David for boys (2,268). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,680 babies born in Indiana in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1962

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

Girls

Jerilyn: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tamara: 259 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lora: 88 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamera: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tonya: 128 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dee: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lorri: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beth: 347 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marla: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 82 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dewayne: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bret: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffry: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Max: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kent: 155 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bradley: 252 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rob: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rick: 180 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brent: 138 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,479	–	1
2	Mary	1,016	–	2
3	Karen	897	↑1	4
4	Susan	881	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	848	↑3	16
6	Linda	786	↓1	5
7	Lori	759	↑2	11
8	Teresa	731	↓2	18
9	Brenda	659	↓2	12
10	Pamela	655	–	13
11	Julie	635	↑3	22
12	Debra	632	↓1	15
13	Tammy	602	↑7	23
14	Cynthia	582	↓2	8
15	Kathy	566	↓2	27
16	Donna	556	↓1	7
17	Tina	549	↑11	33
18	Laura	530	↓1	21
19	Patricia	529	–	6
20	Deborah	503	↑1	9
21	Nancy	475	↑2	19
22	Barbara	458	↓4	14
23	Sandra	457	↓1	10
24	Cheryl	451	↓8	24
25	Kelly	425	↑11	38
26	Rhonda	414	↑9	45
27	Debbie	403	↓3	32
28	Jennifer	403	↑13	41
29	Cindy	401	↑1	34
30	Rebecca	390	↓3	47
31	Sharon	388	–	17
32	Robin	379	↓7	25
33	Elizabeth	370	↓7	20
34	Michelle	368	↑3	31
35	Angela	367	↑8	36
36	Carol	358	↓7	28
37	Janet	357	↓4	35
38	Beth	347	↓6	66
39	Kim	346	↑6	37
40	Diane	312	↓2	26
41	Connie	309	↑1	51
42	Denise	295	↓8	30
43	Terri	290	↓4	54
44	Theresa	289	↑4	40
45	Dawn	286	↓5	50
46	Sheila	286	new	52
47	Sherry	286	↑3	48
48	Diana	278	↓2	57
49	Cathy	260	↓5	62
50	Tamara	259	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	2,268	–	2
2	Michael	2,116	–	1
3	James	1,861	–	4
4	John	1,822	↑1	3
5	Mark	1,787	↓1	6
6	Robert	1,666	–	5
7	Jeffrey	1,282	–	10
8	William	1,103	–	7
9	Timothy	982	↑1	16
10	Scott	980	↑7	11
11	Richard	956	–	8
12	Brian	945	↑1	20
13	Kevin	934	↓4	14
14	Thomas	863	↓2	9
15	Steven	856	↓1	12
16	Gregory	729	↓1	21
17	Charles	692	↓1	15
18	Daniel	657	↑1	17
19	Joseph	613	↑5	13
20	Kenneth	604	↑2	18
21	Ronald	602	–	25
22	Gary	598	↓2	22
23	Donald	589	↓5	23
24	Douglas	556	↑1	27
25	Paul	506	↓2	19
26	Larry	498	–	31
27	Terry	479	↑1	34
28	Jeff	441	↑2	44
29	Anthony	435	–	24
30	Jeffery	432	↑2	45
31	Todd	414	↑9	30
32	Christopher	413	↓5	26
33	Stephen	395	↑3	28
34	Mike	376	–	39
35	Jerry	368	↓4	38
36	Eric	364	↑7	33
37	Randy	362	↓4	35
38	Keith	351	–	36
39	Roger	348	–	47
40	Dennis	345	↓5	37
41	Tony	316	↓4	52
42	Bruce	296	–	41
43	Edward	277	↑2	29
44	Steve	277	↓3	46
45	Tim	277	↓1	72
46	Patrick	270	–	40
47	Danny	261	–	54
48	George	253	new	32
49	Bradley	252	new	87
50	Chris	252	↓1	60

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