Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1962

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1962 were Lisa for girls (3,187 babies) and John for boys (5,687). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 215,293 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1962

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

Girls

Maryann: 182 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luann: 72 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 140 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marcy: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marybeth: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michele: 852 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 365 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harry: 351 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	3,187	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,631	↓1	2
3	Susan	2,567	–	3
4	Karen	2,402	–	4
5	Linda	2,112	–	5
6	Donna	1,769	–	7
7	Patricia	1,721	–	6
8	Lori	1,550	↑4	11
9	Deborah	1,511	–	9
10	Barbara	1,497	↓2	14
11	Kimberly	1,462	↑2	16
12	Kathleen	1,314	↓2	29
13	Diane	1,296	↓2	26
14	Sharon	1,284	–	17
15	Cynthia	1,219	↑2	8
16	Sandra	1,147	↑4	10
17	Denise	1,142	↓2	30
18	Pamela	1,081	↑4	13
19	Debra	1,079	↑2	15
20	Brenda	1,068	↓1	12
21	Nancy	1,064	↓3	19
22	Carol	1,062	↓6	28
23	Christine	992	↑3	39
24	Cheryl	972	↓1	24
25	Robin	964	↓1	25
26	Elizabeth	925	↓1	20
27	Michele	852	↑5	59
28	Tammy	851	↑3	23
29	Michelle	783	↑1	31
30	Theresa	782	↓3	40
31	Tina	733	↑7	33
32	Margaret	715	↑3	43
33	Kathy	705	↓5	27
34	Janet	682	↓5	35
35	Beth	678	↑2	66
36	Kim	660	–	37
37	Cindy	635	↓3	34
38	Jacqueline	628	↓5	44
39	Amy	619	↑5	61
40	Kelly	617	new	38
41	Laura	592	↓1	21
42	Wendy	569	↓3	64
43	Teresa	566	–	18
44	Laurie	554	↓3	42
45	Catherine	545	–	53
46	Maria	534	new	49
47	Debbie	527	↓5	32
48	Ann	516	–	56
49	Suzanne	506	new	65
50	Tracy	499	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	5,687	–	3
2	Michael	5,360	–	1
3	David	4,989	–	2
4	Robert	4,887	–	5
5	James	4,374	–	4
6	Mark	3,327	–	6
7	William	3,201	–	7
8	Joseph	3,092	–	13
9	Thomas	2,894	–	9
10	Jeffrey	2,523	↑1	10
11	Richard	2,481	↓1	8
12	Scott	1,879	↑6	11
13	Kevin	1,792	↓1	14
14	Daniel	1,690	–	17
15	Brian	1,630	↑2	20
16	Timothy	1,608	↓3	16
17	Charles	1,578	↓2	15
18	Steven	1,439	↑1	12
19	Ronald	1,405	↑3	25
20	Paul	1,398	↓4	19
21	Edward	1,387	↓1	29
22	Kenneth	1,373	↓1	18
23	Gregory	1,297	↑3	21
24	Donald	1,267	↓1	23
25	Stephen	1,251	–	28
26	Anthony	1,247	↓2	24
27	Gary	1,134	–	22
28	Christopher	1,090	–	26
29	Douglas	991	↑1	27
30	George	917	↓1	32
31	Eric	780	↑6	33
32	Keith	730	↓1	36
33	Frank	717	↓1	42
34	Todd	681	↑7	30
35	Raymond	650	↑3	48
36	Andrew	640	↑3	49
37	Patrick	637	↓3	40
38	Randy	611	↓2	35
39	Dennis	609	↓6	37
40	Bruce	603	–	41
41	Glenn	533	↑4	55
42	Barry	514	↑6	61
43	Craig	511	↓8	51
44	Peter	493	↓1	43
45	Matthew	480	↑1	56
46	Vincent	477	new	66
47	Terry	440	↓5	34
48	Gerald	439	↓1	65
49	Larry	439	↓5	31
50	Carl	434	–	58

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