Popular baby names in Washington, 1962

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1962 were Lisa for girls (716 babies) and Michael for boys (1,260). Social Security records list 58,299 babies born in Washington in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1962

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

Girls

Kari: 69 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kris: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shannon: 91 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tami: 139 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Deanne: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Geri: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelli: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 139 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kellie: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rod: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darin: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Erik: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Russ: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Pat: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ed: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kris: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rob: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	716	–	1
2	Susan	552	–	3
3	Mary	513	↑2	2
4	Julie	504	↑3	22
5	Lori	491	↓1	11
6	Karen	457	↓3	4
7	Linda	450	↓1	5
8	Teresa	407	–	18
9	Kimberly	308	↑12	16
10	Debra	290	↑13	15
11	Cheryl	283	↓1	24
12	Patricia	283	↓1	6
13	Debbie	282	↓4	32
14	Cindy	281	–	34
15	Sandra	280	↑2	10
16	Brenda	277	–	12
17	Laura	274	↑8	21
18	Pamela	266	↓3	13
19	Deborah	265	↑10	9
20	Barbara	261	↓8	14
21	Kelly	259	↑11	38
22	Michelle	259	↑6	31
23	Cynthia	257	↓4	8
24	Nancy	257	↓11	19
25	Denise	253	↑5	30
26	Kim	251	↑1	37
27	Laurie	248	↓5	42
28	Tammy	247	↓2	23
29	Kathy	240	↓11	27
30	Elizabeth	238	↑5	20
31	Donna	222	↑3	7
32	Diane	215	↓8	26
33	Carol	211	↓13	28
34	Kathleen	211	↓1	29
35	Tina	207	↑5	33
36	Robin	205	↑1	25
37	Janet	204	↓1	35
38	Jennifer	196	↑5	41
39	Sharon	186	↓8	17
40	Tracy	177	↑1	55
41	Wendy	163	↑4	64
42	Theresa	158	↑2	40
43	Connie	157	↓1	51
44	Jill	155	new	72
45	Christine	151	↑1	39
46	Dawn	149	↑2	50
47	Diana	149	–	57
48	Terri	146	↓10	54
49	Heidi	139	new	>100
50	Tami	139	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	1,260	↑1	1
2	David	1,219	↓1	2
3	John	1,109	–	3
4	Robert	957	↑1	5
5	Mark	933	↓1	6
6	James	898	–	4
7	Scott	736	↑2	11
8	Richard	575	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	554	↑3	10
10	Steven	551	↓2	12
11	Brian	532	↑2	20
12	Kevin	527	↓2	14
13	William	503	↓2	7
14	Daniel	446	↑1	17
15	Thomas	414	↓1	9
16	Mike	396	–	39
17	Kenneth	351	↑1	18
18	Douglas	349	↑5	27
19	Gregory	343	↑6	21
20	Todd	335	↑10	30
21	Paul	332	↓4	19
22	Gary	327	↓1	22
23	Ronald	324	↓1	25
24	Timothy	323	↓5	16
25	Joseph	307	↑4	13
26	Jeff	303	↓2	44
27	Donald	299	↓7	23
28	Charles	280	↓1	15
29	Eric	279	↓3	33
30	Steve	240	↓2	46
31	Larry	228	–	31
32	Randy	226	↑3	35
33	Craig	214	↓1	51
34	Patrick	214	–	40
35	Christopher	206	↓2	26
36	Bruce	194	↑6	41
37	Terry	191	–	34
38	Keith	180	↑2	36
39	Dennis	173	↓3	37
40	Jim	171	↑1	85
41	Stephen	170	↑3	28
42	Edward	167	↑4	29
43	Dale	165	↓4	62
44	Jerry	164	↑4	38
45	Jay	163	new	80
46	Greg	160	↓1	77
47	Jeffery	150	new	45
48	Anthony	149	↓5	24
49	Tim	149	↓2	72
50	Matthew	147	new	56

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