100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1962

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 85,022
2 David 0 81,292
3 John 0 78,433
4 James 0 72,559
5 Robert 0 70,205
6 Mark 0 53,514
7 William 0 44,859
8 Richard 0 39,421
9 Thomas 0 36,533
10 Jeffrey +1 33,527
11 Scott +8 30,698
12 Steven -2 30,688
13 Joseph -1 30,088
14 Kevin 0 28,358
15 Charles -2 27,587
16 Timothy -1 27,074
17 Daniel 0 25,553
18 Kenneth -2 25,244
19 Paul -1 23,800
20 Brian 0 23,239
21 Gregory +2 21,950
22 Gary -1 20,894
23 Donald -1 20,418
24 Anthony +1 20,105
25 Ronald -1 19,979
26 Christopher 0 17,518
27 Douglas +1 15,923
28 Stephen -1 15,623
29 Edward 0 15,521
30 Todd +16 12,737
31 Larry -1 12,710
32 George -1 12,558
33 Eric +5 12,351
34 Terry -2 12,300
35 Randy -2 11,849
36 Keith -1 11,624
37 Dennis -3 10,618
38 Jerry -1 10,575
39 Mike -3 10,525
40 Patrick -1 10,483
41 Bruce -1 10,041
42 Frank -1 9,751
43 Peter -1 9,584
44 Jeff +5 9,424
45 Jeffery +5 9,271
46 Steve -1 9,171
47 Raymond +1 9,071
48 Roger -1 9,069
49 Andrew +3 8,707
50 Ricky -6 8,699
51 Craig -8 8,536
52 Tony +1 8,189
53 Alan -2 7,706
54 Danny 0 7,632
55 Glenn +9 7,357
56 Matthew +3 7,282
57 Russell -2 7,042
58 Carl -2 6,852
59 Chris -2 6,787
60 Joe 0 6,785
61 Barry +5 6,582
62 Dale -4 6,367
63 Wayne -2 6,319
64 Gerald -2 6,233
65 Randall -2 6,226
66 Vincent +32 6,151
67 Troy +33 6,037
68 Phillip +1 5,890
69 Johnny +1 5,782
70 Lawrence -3 5,618
71 Tim -6 5,591
72 Billy -4 5,590
73 Curtis +2 5,570
74 Martin -1 5,546
75 Jimmy -4 5,517
76 Rodney -4 5,440
77 Greg 0 5,372
78 Bobby -2 5,322
79 Walter -5 5,286
80 Jay +1 5,159
81 Philip -2 5,073
82 Bryan 0 4,986
83 Darryl -3 4,972
84 Jon +9 4,789
85 Jim -7 4,710
86 Dean -2 4,660
87 Bradley 0 4,633
88 Samuel +1 4,546
89 Willie -3 4,537
90 Roy -7 4,480
91 Arthur -6 4,430
92 Henry -1 4,348
93 Allen +3 4,265
94 Jonathan +17 4,260
95 Harold -1 4,227
96 Victor +3 4,208
97 Ralph -2 4,175
98 Jack -8 4,169
99 Tom -11 4,167
100 Ronnie -8 4,114
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Lisa +1 46,090
2 Mary -1 43,488
3 Susan 0 35,743
4 Karen +1 35,185
5 Linda -1 31,458
6 Patricia 0 26,545
7 Donna 0 25,731
8 Cynthia 0 24,020
9 Deborah +1 22,891
10 Sandra -1 22,416
11 Lori +3 22,393
12 Pamela +3 21,274
13 Brenda -2 21,265
14 Barbara -2 20,657
15 Debra -2 20,598
16 Kimberly +6 20,358
17 Sharon 0 19,615
18 Teresa 0 18,511
19 Nancy -3 18,028
20 Elizabeth -1 17,798
21 Laura 0 17,493
22 Julie +1 17,086
23 Tammy +5 16,748
24 Cheryl -4 16,574
25 Robin +2 15,123
26 Diane 0 14,818
27 Kathy -2 14,755
28 Carol -4 14,525
29 Kathleen 0 14,180
30 Denise 0 13,978
31 Michelle +3 13,352
32 Debbie -1 13,101
33 Tina +8 12,781
34 Cindy -1 12,294
35 Janet -3 12,249
36 Angela +2 11,664
37 Kim -1 11,658
38 Kelly +7 11,527
39 Christine 0 11,197
40 Theresa -5 11,059
41 Jennifer +6 10,979
42 Laurie +1 10,676
43 Margaret -3 10,078
44 Jacqueline -7 9,832
45 Rhonda +1 9,803
46 Carolyn -4 9,692
47 Rebecca -3 9,401
48 Sherry +5 9,228
49 Maria +8 9,073
50 Dawn -1 8,980
51 Connie -1 8,880
52 Sheila +7 8,783
53 Catherine -5 8,696
54 Terri -3 8,436
55 Tracy +9 8,306
56 Ann -2 8,121
57 Diana -1 7,839
58 Janice -6 7,818
59 Michele +4 7,431
60 Paula 0 7,196
61 Amy +7 7,177
62 Cathy -7 7,149
63 Judy -5 7,060
64 Wendy -3 6,973
65 Suzanne +4 6,856
66 Beth -1 6,422
67 Valerie 0 6,333
68 Melissa +27 6,312
69 Stephanie +9 6,265
70 Beverly -4 6,259
71 Lynn 0 6,216
72 Jill +2 6,170
73 Jane -1 6,114
74 Joyce -12 6,093
75 Annette -2 6,076
76 Renee +3 6,014
77 Wanda -7 6,006
78 Bonnie -3 5,814
79 Carla -2 5,814
80 Leslie +4 5,780
81 Anita +10 5,515
82 Sherri +39 5,354
83 Anne +7 5,276
84 Katherine +1 5,272
85 Vicki -9 5,210
86 Judith -4 5,183
87 Martha -6 5,163
88 Kathryn +5 5,111
89 Darlene -9 5,102
90 Gloria -7 5,097
91 Regina +7 5,001
92 Penny +9 4,999
93 Peggy -5 4,902
94 Joan -5 4,882
95 Jean -3 4,877
96 Shirley -10 4,872
97 Betty -10 4,766
98 Sarah +15 4,546
99 Andrea +11 4,539
100 Anna 0 4,440