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Most popular baby names of 1962

In 1962, the most popular names in the US were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Lisa46,069
  2. 2Mary43,502
  3. 3Susan35,752
  4. 4Karen35,184
  5. 5Linda31,461
  6. 6Patricia26,532
  7. 7Donna25,719
  8. 8Cynthia24,025
  9. 9Deborah22,889
  10. 10Sandra22,420
  11. 11Lori22,395
  12. 12Brenda21,274
  13. 13Pamela21,270
  14. 14Barbara20,641
  15. 15Debra20,593
  16. 16Kimberly20,363
  17. 17Sharon19,630
  18. 18Teresa18,517
  19. 19Nancy18,027
  20. 20Elizabeth17,806
  21. 21Laura17,490
  22. 22Julie17,090
  23. 23Tammy16,743
  24. 24Cheryl16,587
  25. 25Robin15,128
  26. 26Diane14,823
  27. 27Kathy14,757
  28. 28Carol14,523
  29. 29Kathleen14,188
  30. 30Denise13,975
  31. 31Michelle13,353
  32. 32Debbie13,092
  33. 33Tina12,781
  34. 34Cindy12,297
  35. 35Janet12,256
  36. 36Angela11,664
  37. 37Kim11,657
  38. 38Kelly11,530
  39. 39Christine11,196
  40. 40Theresa11,061
  41. 41Jennifer10,977
  42. 42Laurie10,675
  43. 43Margaret10,075
  44. 44Jacqueline9,832
  45. 45Rhonda9,803
  46. 46Carolyn9,692
  47. 47Rebecca9,403
  48. 48Sherry9,223
  49. 49Maria9,089
  50. 50Dawn8,984
  51. 51Connie8,882
  52. 52Sheila8,778
  53. 53Catherine8,697
  54. 54Terri8,433
  55. 55Tracy8,310
  56. 56Ann8,123
  57. 57Diana7,842
  58. 58Janice7,822
  59. 59Michele7,428
  60. 60Paula7,193
  61. 61Amy7,185
  62. 62Cathy7,145
  63. 63Judy7,061
  64. 64Wendy6,977
  65. 65Suzanne6,851
  66. 66Beth6,419
  67. 67Valerie6,335
  68. 68Melissa6,306
  69. 69Beverly6,266
  70. 70Stephanie6,257
  71. 71Lynn6,217
  72. 72Jill6,170
  73. 73Jane6,114
  74. 74Joyce6,096
  75. 75Annette6,076
  76. 76Renee6,012
  77. 77Wanda6,003
  78. 78Carla5,820
  79. 79Bonnie5,812
  80. 80Leslie5,778
  81. 81Anita5,521
  82. 82Sherri5,363
  83. 83Anne5,272
  84. 84Katherine5,272
  85. 85Vicki5,208
  86. 86Judith5,183
  87. 87Martha5,159
  88. 88Darlene5,107
  89. 89Kathryn5,107
  90. 90Gloria5,102
  91. 91Regina5,002
  92. 92Penny5,001
  93. 93Peggy4,900
  94. 94Joan4,879
  95. 95Jean4,877
  96. 96Shirley4,869
  97. 97Betty4,763
  98. 98Sarah4,548
  99. 99Andrea4,540
  100. 100Anna4,430

Boys

  1. 1Michael85,059
  2. 2David81,337
  3. 3John78,427
  4. 4James72,555
  5. 5Robert70,199
  6. 6Mark53,520
  7. 7William44,853
  8. 8Richard39,422
  9. 9Thomas36,529
  10. 10Jeffrey33,537
  11. 11Scott30,703
  12. 12Steven30,688
  13. 13Joseph30,090
  14. 14Kevin28,325
  15. 15Charles27,590
  16. 16Timothy27,111
  17. 17Daniel25,543
  18. 18Kenneth25,241
  19. 19Paul23,802
  20. 20Brian23,221
  21. 21Gregory21,976
  22. 22Gary20,884
  23. 23Donald20,425
  24. 24Anthony20,103
  25. 25Ronald19,963
  26. 26Christopher17,535
  27. 27Douglas15,928
  28. 28Stephen15,616
  29. 29Edward15,518
  30. 30Todd12,752
  31. 31Larry12,711
  32. 32George12,544
  33. 33Eric12,348
  34. 34Terry12,301
  35. 35Randy11,840
  36. 36Keith11,626
  37. 37Dennis10,633
  38. 38Jerry10,576
  39. 39Mike10,530
  40. 40Patrick10,499
  41. 41Bruce10,038
  42. 42Frank9,761
  43. 43Peter9,585
  44. 44Jeff9,424
  45. 45Jeffery9,282
  46. 46Steve9,154
  47. 47Roger9,079
  48. 48Raymond9,070
  49. 49Andrew8,697
  50. 50Ricky8,694
  51. 51Craig8,544
  52. 52Tony8,197
  53. 53Alan7,719
  54. 54Danny7,644
  55. 55Glenn7,356
  56. 56Matthew7,279
  57. 57Russell7,042
  58. 58Carl6,854
  59. 59Joe6,793
  60. 60Chris6,791
  61. 61Barry6,585
  62. 62Dale6,365
  63. 63Wayne6,324
  64. 64Randall6,236
  65. 65Gerald6,232
  66. 66Vincent6,159
  67. 67Troy6,048
  68. 68Phillip5,881
  69. 69Johnny5,777
  70. 70Lawrence5,619
  71. 71Billy5,588
  72. 72Tim5,585
  73. 73Curtis5,569
  74. 74Martin5,538
  75. 75Jimmy5,518
  76. 76Rodney5,435
  77. 77Greg5,365
  78. 78Bobby5,323
  79. 79Walter5,282
  80. 80Jay5,158
  81. 81Philip5,069
  82. 82Bryan4,992
  83. 83Darryl4,969
  84. 84Jon4,785
  85. 85Jim4,715
  86. 86Dean4,655
  87. 87Bradley4,637
  88. 88Samuel4,552
  89. 89Willie4,541
  90. 90Roy4,476
  91. 91Arthur4,441
  92. 92Henry4,346
  93. 93Allen4,272
  94. 94Jonathan4,253
  95. 95Harold4,233
  96. 96Victor4,208
  97. 97Ralph4,180
  98. 98Tom4,171
  99. 99Jack4,170
  100. 100Ronnie4,113

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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