Popular baby names in New York, 1962

The most popular baby names in New York in 1962 were Lisa for girls (4,043 babies) and Michael for boys (8,869). Social Security records list 338,179 babies born in New York in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1962

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

Girls

Milagros: 130 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ivette: 128 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Marisol: 90 babies, 8× the national rate
Maritza: 150 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Migdalia: 102 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lourdes: 138 babies, 5× the national rate
Maribel: 90 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Daisy: 137 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ilene: 82 babies, 4× the national rate
Madeline: 188 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 99 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 296 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dominick: 146 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angel: 297 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Julio: 136 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abraham: 92 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luis: 471 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Seth: 101 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rafael: 166 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 316 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	4,043	↑2	1
2	Susan	3,833	–	3
3	Mary	3,822	↓2	2
4	Karen	3,264	↑1	4
5	Patricia	2,975	↓1	6
6	Linda	2,697	–	5
7	Donna	2,581	–	7
8	Elizabeth	2,337	↑2	20
9	Deborah	2,271	↑3	9
10	Nancy	2,268	↓2	19
11	Kathleen	2,153	–	29
12	Barbara	2,090	↓3	14
13	Laura	1,850	↑1	21
14	Diane	1,765	↓1	26
15	Lori	1,684	–	11
16	Debra	1,670	–	15
17	Maria	1,606	↑10	49
18	Christine	1,563	↑7	39
19	Cynthia	1,512	↑2	8
20	Denise	1,505	↓3	30
21	Sandra	1,454	↓1	10
22	Sharon	1,416	↓4	17
23	Carol	1,347	↓4	28
24	Theresa	1,340	↓2	40
25	Robin	1,323	↓1	25
26	Pamela	1,303	↑5	13
27	Margaret	1,277	↓4	43
28	Laurie	1,236	↑2	42
29	Jacqueline	1,193	↓3	44
30	Cheryl	1,188	↓1	24
31	Michelle	1,175	↑2	31
32	Catherine	1,155	↓4	53
33	Kim	1,097	↑2	37
34	Michele	1,031	–	59
35	Ann	1,026	↑2	56
36	Janet	1,006	↓4	35
37	Brenda	995	↓1	12
38	Dawn	986	–	50
39	Maureen	929	–	>100
40	Suzanne	850	↑4	65
41	Joanne	845	↓1	>100
42	Amy	816	new	61
43	Anne	814	↓1	83
44	Eileen	812	↓3	>100
45	Carolyn	801	–	46
46	Teresa	771	new	18
47	Julie	768	↑2	22
48	Kelly	749	new	38
49	Jennifer	737	new	41
50	Lynn	735	–	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	8,869	–	1
2	John	8,596	–	3
3	Robert	7,093	–	5
4	David	6,350	–	2
5	James	6,176	–	4
6	Joseph	4,591	↑1	13
7	Thomas	4,432	↓1	9
8	William	4,331	–	7
9	Richard	4,297	–	8
10	Mark	3,825	–	6
11	Steven	2,910	–	12
12	Anthony	2,866	–	24
13	Kevin	2,697	–	14
14	Daniel	2,613	↑1	17
15	Jeffrey	2,529	↑1	10
16	Paul	2,521	↓2	19
17	Scott	2,453	↑6	11
18	Christopher	2,307	↑1	26
19	Peter	2,144	↓2	43
20	Brian	2,134	↑4	20
21	Edward	2,057	–	29
22	Kenneth	2,045	↓4	18
23	Charles	2,013	↓1	15
24	Timothy	2,012	↓4	16
25	Stephen	1,830	–	28
26	Frank	1,675	–	42
27	Ronald	1,493	–	25
28	Gary	1,486	–	22
29	Donald	1,474	–	23
30	Gregory	1,443	↑1	21
31	George	1,417	↓1	32
32	Andrew	1,410	–	49
33	Eric	1,260	–	33
34	Douglas	1,200	–	27
35	Patrick	1,122	–	40
36	Raymond	1,056	–	48
37	Vincent	1,017	↑2	66
38	Keith	907	↓1	36
39	Glenn	853	↑9	55
40	Jose	843	–	>100
41	Matthew	835	–	56
42	Dennis	812	–	37
43	Bruce	786	↓5	41
44	Lawrence	776	–	70
45	Philip	758	–	81
46	Todd	711	new	30
47	Alan	709	↓4	53
48	Craig	688	↓2	51
49	Louis	659	↓2	>100
50	Martin	566	–	74

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