Popular baby names in Ohio, 1962

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1962 were Lisa for girls (2,566 babies) and David for boys (4,924). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 203,937 babies born in Ohio in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1962

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

Girls

Beth: 646 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 107 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	2,566	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,435	↓1	2
3	Karen	2,071	–	4
4	Susan	1,861	–	3
5	Kimberly	1,833	↑1	16
6	Linda	1,579	↓1	5
7	Lori	1,374	↑4	11
8	Pamela	1,315	↑1	13
9	Deborah	1,298	↓1	9
10	Patricia	1,282	↓3	6
11	Brenda	1,203	↓1	12
12	Barbara	1,158	–	14
13	Cynthia	1,152	–	8
14	Teresa	1,122	↑2	18
15	Sandra	1,084	↓1	10
16	Laura	1,082	↑2	21
17	Donna	1,069	↓2	7
18	Tammy	1,060	↑8	23
19	Cheryl	1,038	↓2	24
20	Tina	1,000	↑8	33
21	Julie	993	↑3	22
22	Sharon	981	↓2	17
23	Debra	937	↓2	15
24	Robin	901	↑1	25
25	Nancy	893	↓6	19
26	Michelle	885	↑6	31
27	Kathy	878	↓4	27
28	Kelly	832	↑20	38
29	Denise	823	↓2	30
30	Jennifer	812	↑7	41
31	Elizabeth	810	–	20
32	Carol	799	↓3	28
33	Christine	793	↑1	39
34	Kathleen	789	↓4	29
35	Diane	780	↓13	26
36	Rebecca	701	↓1	47
37	Amy	688	↑2	61
38	Debbie	661	↓5	32
39	Beth	646	↑3	66
40	Janet	633	–	35
41	Theresa	629	↓5	40
42	Cindy	616	↓1	34
43	Connie	590	–	51
44	Kim	579	↓6	37
45	Rhonda	579	–	45
46	Angela	577	new	36
47	Terri	564	↓3	54
48	Diana	544	↓2	57
49	Jacqueline	541	↓2	44
50	Sherry	537	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	4,924	–	2
2	Michael	4,493	–	1
3	John	4,323	–	3
4	James	4,066	–	4
5	Robert	3,897	–	5
6	Mark	3,408	–	6
7	Jeffrey	2,573	↑1	10
8	William	2,383	↓1	7
9	Richard	2,283	–	8
10	Thomas	2,206	–	9
11	Timothy	1,981	–	16
12	Scott	1,975	↑4	11
13	Joseph	1,627	↑4	13
14	Steven	1,616	↓2	12
15	Charles	1,543	↓2	15
16	Daniel	1,531	↓1	17
17	Gregory	1,520	↑1	21
18	Kevin	1,489	↓4	14
19	Brian	1,437	↑3	20
20	Douglas	1,320	–	27
21	Donald	1,276	↓2	23
22	Kenneth	1,250	↑1	18
23	Gary	1,244	↑2	22
24	Paul	1,224	–	19
25	Ronald	1,220	↓4	25
26	Christopher	1,066	↑1	26
27	Anthony	918	↓1	24
28	Todd	911	↑7	30
29	Stephen	798	↓1	28
30	Edward	780	↓1	29
31	Eric	767	↑3	33
32	Jeff	764	↓1	44
33	Keith	699	↓1	36
34	Terry	694	↓4	34
35	Randy	664	↑2	35
36	Jeffery	661	↑3	45
37	Larry	634	↓4	31
38	Mike	575	–	39
39	George	573	↑1	32
40	Dennis	572	↓4	37
41	Jerry	571	–	38
42	Roger	552	↑4	47
43	Patrick	534	↑1	40
44	Matthew	526	new	56
45	Bruce	518	↓2	41
46	Steve	515	↓1	46
47	Craig	491	↓5	51
48	Dale	464	↓1	62
49	Frank	460	↑1	42
50	Raymond	437	↓2	48

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