Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1962

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,216 babies) and James for boys (2,360). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 99,136 babies born in North Carolina in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1962

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

Girls

Velvet: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hattie: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelia: 238 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Myra: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
Teressa: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Annie: 110 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Iris: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ginger: 90 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hazel: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 46 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shelton: 32 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Thurman: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Grady: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alton: 53 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mack: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ervin: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 76 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 109 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luther: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,216	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,085	↓1	2
3	Teresa	1,013	–	18
4	Donna	945	–	7
5	Karen	849	↑5	4
6	Sandra	818	–	10
7	Cynthia	806	↓2	8
8	Sharon	786	↑1	17
9	Linda	767	↓2	5
10	Pamela	767	↑2	13
11	Susan	746	↓3	3
12	Tammy	718	↑4	23
13	Deborah	696	↓2	9
14	Patricia	656	↑1	6
15	Angela	653	↓1	36
16	Kimberly	639	↑2	16
17	Brenda	637	↓4	12
18	Robin	559	↓1	25
19	Barbara	549	–	14
20	Kathy	478	–	27
21	Elizabeth	463	↑1	20
22	Debra	440	↓1	15
23	Sherry	416	↑4	48
24	Wanda	407	↓1	77
25	Debbie	406	–	32
26	Carolyn	396	–	46
27	Lori	395	↑9	11
28	Sheila	393	–	52
29	Janet	365	↓5	35
30	Rhonda	350	↑3	45
31	Beverly	348	↓2	69
32	Tina	347	↑10	33
33	Jacqueline	316	↑4	44
34	Carol	314	–	28
35	Nancy	314	↓4	19
36	Laura	309	↓4	21
37	Cheryl	301	↓7	24
38	Janice	288	–	58
39	Betty	283	↓4	97
40	Rebecca	278	↑8	47
41	Cathy	274	↓2	62
42	Connie	266	↑3	51
43	Cindy	264	↓3	34
44	Jennifer	257	new	41
45	Gloria	255	↓4	90
46	Anita	248	–	81
47	Kim	247	new	37
48	Joyce	238	↑1	74
49	Shelia	238	new	>100
50	Vickie	235	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	2,360	–	4
2	Michael	1,950	–	1
3	David	1,829	–	2
4	William	1,654	–	7
5	John	1,547	–	3
6	Robert	1,543	–	5
7	Charles	1,010	–	15
8	Jeffrey	974	↑2	10
9	Mark	966	↓1	6
10	Timothy	885	↓1	16
11	Kenneth	809	–	18
12	Richard	763	–	8
13	Thomas	708	–	9
14	Ricky	626	↑1	50
15	Donald	617	↑1	23
16	Gregory	607	↑7	21
17	Terry	583	–	34
18	Anthony	571	↑3	24
19	Tony	567	↓1	52
20	Jerry	548	↓1	38
21	Joseph	543	↓1	13
22	Gary	534	↓8	22
23	Randy	497	↑2	35
24	Larry	486	↓2	31
25	Ronald	475	↓1	25
26	Christopher	447	↑2	26
27	Steven	431	–	12
28	Bobby	427	↓2	78
29	Danny	400	–	54
30	George	399	–	32
31	Jimmy	383	↑2	75
32	Johnny	382	↑4	69
33	Jeffery	366	↑1	45
34	Billy	342	↓3	71
35	Edward	336	↑7	29
36	Kevin	326	↑2	14
37	Keith	318	↑4	36
38	Roger	317	↓3	47
39	Paul	312	↓2	19
40	Ronnie	310	↓1	100
41	Dennis	307	↓9	37
42	Barry	302	↑3	61
43	Scott	297	↑6	11
44	Douglas	282	–	27
45	Eric	278	new	33
46	Daniel	275	–	17
47	Stephen	264	↓7	28
48	Phillip	251	↓1	68
49	Willie	246	↓6	89
50	Brian	244	new	20

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