Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1962

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1962 were Lisa for girls (1,171 babies) and James for boys (1,907). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,336 babies born in Tennessee in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1962

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

Girls

Penne: 21 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Robbie: 50 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reba: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freda: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 175 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patsy: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelia: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mitzi: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ginger: 82 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jackie: 97 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Teddy: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hubert: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickey: 130 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mickey: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 372 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Timmy: 96 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 336 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	1,171	–	1
2	Teresa	816	↑1	18
3	Mary	797	↓1	2
4	Tammy	690	↑11	23
5	Donna	686	↓1	7
6	Karen	654	↑1	4
7	Pamela	603	↓1	13
8	Patricia	585	↑2	6
9	Sandra	575	–	10
10	Linda	555	↓5	5
11	Cynthia	550	↑2	8
12	Sharon	514	–	17
13	Angela	513	↑3	36
14	Kimberly	512	↑4	16
15	Deborah	486	↓4	9
16	Brenda	471	↓8	12
17	Susan	440	↓3	3
18	Debra	416	↑1	15
19	Kathy	411	↓2	27
20	Tina	395	↑12	33
21	Sherry	391	–	48
22	Debbie	368	↓2	32
23	Connie	358	↑1	51
24	Barbara	326	↓2	14
25	Rhonda	313	↑6	45
26	Elizabeth	306	↓3	20
27	Robin	290	↑1	25
28	Sheila	287	↑2	52
29	Cindy	270	–	34
30	Carolyn	267	↓5	46
31	Janet	265	↓5	35
32	Carol	253	↓5	28
33	Cheryl	248	↑5	24
34	Beverly	239	↑6	69
35	Lori	237	new	11
36	Melissa	235	↑10	68
37	Rebecca	235	↓3	47
38	Janice	233	↓5	58
39	Jacqueline	225	↓3	44
40	Nancy	223	↓5	19
41	Vickie	221	↓2	>100
42	Regina	215	↓1	91
43	Judy	214	↓6	63
44	Jennifer	211	↑1	41
45	Laura	209	↓1	21
46	Anita	208	↑2	81
47	Kim	201	new	37
48	Betty	193	↓5	97
49	Cathy	184	↓7	62
50	Terri	184	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,907	–	4
2	David	1,425	–	2
3	Michael	1,368	–	1
4	John	1,183	↑2	3
5	Robert	1,110	↓1	5
6	William	1,102	↓1	7
7	Mark	852	–	6
8	Charles	788	–	15
9	Timothy	755	–	16
10	Jeffrey	733	–	10
11	Richard	563	↑3	8
12	Kenneth	547	–	18
13	Terry	546	↓2	34
14	Gregory	532	↑4	21
15	Thomas	524	↑1	9
16	Ricky	466	↓3	50
17	Anthony	449	↑2	24
18	Gary	443	↓3	22
19	Jerry	442	↓2	38
20	Jeffery	430	↑6	45
21	Steven	407	–	12
22	Randy	404	↑6	35
23	Tony	395	↑2	52
24	Larry	386	↓2	31
25	Donald	378	↓5	23
26	Billy	372	↓2	71
27	Danny	361	↓4	54
28	Ronald	355	↓1	25
29	Bobby	336	↑3	78
30	Jimmy	299	–	75
31	Joseph	298	↑2	13
32	Johnny	297	↓3	69
33	Paul	282	↓2	19
34	Christopher	278	↑2	26
35	Jeff	277	↑3	44
36	Roger	261	↓2	47
37	Barry	258	↑5	61
38	Scott	253	new	11
39	Kevin	248	↓2	14
40	Stephen	242	↓1	28
41	Keith	234	↑4	36
42	Steve	229	↓1	46
43	Mike	227	↑3	39
44	Randall	227	–	64
45	George	224	↓2	32
46	Ronnie	223	↓11	100
47	Edward	219	new	29
48	Phillip	204	↓1	68
49	Dennis	199	↓9	37
50	Daniel	195	↓1	17

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