Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1962

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,713 babies) and John for boys (3,454). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 107,090 babies born in Massachusetts in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1962

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

Girls

Maura: 66 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 75 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maryellen: 61 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annemarie: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Maryanne: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lynne: 272 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauren: 121 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maureen: 419 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Laureen: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Noreen: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 226 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradford: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurence: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 841 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sean: 152 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dana: 149 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Edmund: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shaun: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 1,129 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,713	↑2	1
2	Susan	1,690	↓1	3
3	Karen	1,402	↑3	4
4	Mary	1,375	↓2	2
5	Linda	1,176	–	5
6	Donna	1,083	↓2	7
7	Patricia	1,050	–	6
8	Kathleen	929	–	29
9	Deborah	879	↑1	9
10	Nancy	877	↓1	19
11	Cheryl	783	–	24
12	Diane	735	–	26
13	Elizabeth	699	–	20
14	Debra	677	↑1	15
15	Robin	623	↑7	25
16	Christine	622	↑4	39
17	Pamela	620	–	13
18	Barbara	599	↓4	14
19	Cynthia	599	–	8
20	Laurie	594	↑7	42
21	Sandra	570	↓3	10
22	Laura	558	↑3	21
23	Lori	541	↑6	11
24	Sharon	514	↓3	17
25	Denise	511	↓1	30
26	Carol	503	↓10	28
27	Ann	501	↓1	56
28	Michelle	499	↑4	31
29	Brenda	445	↓6	12
30	Catherine	422	↑7	53
31	Maureen	419	↓3	>100
32	Theresa	403	↓2	40
33	Janet	390	↑1	35
34	Margaret	388	↑2	43
35	Suzanne	387	↑10	65
36	Paula	382	↓3	60
37	Joanne	378	↓6	>100
38	Julie	369	↑1	22
39	Kimberly	362	↑9	16
40	Jane	339	↑2	73
41	Anne	334	↓3	83
42	Jennifer	322	new	41
43	Judith	316	↓8	86
44	Jean	303	↓3	95
45	Kim	292	↑4	37
46	Ellen	272	↓6	>100
47	Lynne	272	new	>100
48	Michele	270	new	59
49	Wendy	270	↓2	64
50	Jacqueline	266	↓6	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	3,454	–	3
2	Michael	3,299	–	1
3	David	3,085	↑1	2
4	Robert	2,857	↓1	5
5	James	2,404	–	4
6	Mark	1,894	–	6
7	Richard	1,726	–	8
8	William	1,593	–	7
9	Paul	1,553	–	19
10	Thomas	1,521	–	9
11	Joseph	1,391	–	13
12	Scott	1,148	↑6	11
13	Stephen	1,129	↓1	28
14	Steven	1,072	↓1	12
15	Daniel	1,062	–	17
16	Kevin	1,046	↓2	14
17	Brian	999	↓1	20
18	Jeffrey	888	↑2	10
19	Peter	841	↓2	43
20	Christopher	801	↑1	26
21	Edward	768	↓2	29
22	Charles	673	↑2	15
23	Timothy	667	–	16
24	Kenneth	666	↓2	18
25	Donald	561	↑1	23
26	Gary	534	↓1	22
27	Ronald	511	–	25
28	Anthony	486	↑1	24
29	George	427	↓1	32
30	Douglas	419	–	27
31	Gregory	412	↑1	21
32	Andrew	363	↑1	49
33	Glenn	349	↑10	55
34	Bruce	346	↓3	41
35	Eric	345	↑1	33
36	Alan	317	↓1	53
37	Philip	299	↑3	81
38	Frank	291	–	42
39	Raymond	291	↓5	48
40	Patrick	268	↑1	40
41	Keith	264	↑1	36
42	Matthew	263	↑2	56
43	Lawrence	260	↑3	70
44	Wayne	258	↓5	63
45	Dennis	247	↓8	37
46	Francis	226	↓1	>100
47	Todd	224	new	30
48	Craig	189	–	51
49	Russell	188	↓2	57
50	Barry	187	–	61

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