Popular baby names in Virginia, 1962

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1962 were Mary for girls (943 babies) and James for boys (1,939). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 83,456 babies born in Virginia in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1962

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

Girls

Shelby: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Glenna: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Delores: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wanda: 355 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alesia: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ella: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Thelma: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Faye: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Della: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernice: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 42 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Garland: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carroll: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carlton: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dewey: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Preston: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Randolph: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Alonzo: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Wallace: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cecil: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	943	–	2
2	Lisa	876	–	1
3	Karen	781	↑1	4
4	Cynthia	753	↑2	8
5	Susan	751	↑5	3
6	Donna	741	↓3	7
7	Teresa	718	–	18
8	Deborah	705	↓3	9
9	Sharon	689	↑3	17
10	Pamela	666	↑4	13
11	Patricia	648	–	6
12	Linda	625	↓4	5
13	Sandra	619	–	10
14	Brenda	580	↓5	12
15	Robin	535	–	25
16	Kimberly	515	↑5	16
17	Tammy	491	↑3	23
18	Elizabeth	476	↓1	20
19	Barbara	456	↓3	14
20	Debra	424	↓1	15
21	Cheryl	409	↑2	24
22	Kathy	397	↓4	27
23	Angela	362	↑1	36
24	Wanda	355	↓2	77
25	Sherry	329	↑8	48
26	Laura	310	↑5	21
27	Jennifer	308	↑14	41
28	Nancy	303	–	19
29	Carolyn	301	↓2	46
30	Debbie	294	↓5	32
31	Janet	293	↓5	35
32	Tina	291	↑6	33
33	Lori	289	↑17	11
34	Carol	277	↓5	28
35	Rebecca	273	↓5	47
36	Jacqueline	252	↓4	44
37	Rhonda	252	↑2	45
38	Denise	240	↓2	30
39	Connie	239	↓5	51
40	Cindy	235	–	34
41	Catherine	222	↑3	53
42	Sheila	222	↑5	52
43	Theresa	217	↓8	40
44	Margaret	216	↓7	43
45	Joyce	214	↑1	74
46	Diane	204	↓4	26
47	Janice	201	↓2	58
48	Terri	197	new	54
49	Michelle	196	new	31
50	Beverly	192	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,939	–	4
2	Michael	1,861	↑1	1
3	David	1,728	↓1	2
4	John	1,676	–	3
5	Robert	1,543	–	5
6	William	1,462	–	7
7	Mark	1,003	–	6
8	Charles	833	–	15
9	Richard	825	–	8
10	Jeffrey	772	–	10
11	Thomas	765	–	9
12	Timothy	717	–	16
13	Kenneth	661	–	18
14	Donald	536	↑3	23
15	Joseph	524	↓1	13
16	Gary	497	–	22
17	Steven	478	↓2	12
18	Kevin	466	↑1	14
19	Anthony	455	↑1	24
20	Gregory	455	↑2	21
21	Ronald	439	↓3	25
22	Christopher	426	↑2	26
23	George	399	↓2	32
24	Paul	370	↑1	19
25	Larry	341	↓2	31
26	Stephen	339	↑3	28
27	Daniel	332	↑1	17
28	Scott	331	↑12	11
29	Brian	328	↑2	20
30	Douglas	322	↑4	27
31	Keith	307	↑2	36
32	Edward	304	↓5	29
33	Tony	286	↑4	52
34	Ricky	282	↓8	50
35	Jerry	270	↓5	38
36	Terry	269	↓4	34
37	Roger	266	↑1	47
38	Barry	265	↓2	61
39	Jeffery	264	↑2	45
40	Dennis	242	↓5	37
41	Bruce	225	↑7	41
42	Randy	217	↑4	35
43	Raymond	204	↑4	48
44	Wayne	202	–	63
45	Eric	201	↓2	33
46	Curtis	191	↓1	73
47	Danny	189	↓8	54
48	Walter	183	↑2	79
49	Samuel	181	new	88
50	Glenn	175	new	55

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