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The most popular baby names of 1962

SSA recorded 4,035,375 births in 1962 across all reported names — 1,966,603 girls and 2,068,772 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1962

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1961.
#NameBirthsvs 1961
1 Lisa 46,069 +1
2 Mary 43,502 -1
3 Susan 35,752 —
4 Karen 35,184 +1
5 Linda 31,461 -1
6 Patricia 26,532 —
7 Donna 25,719 —
8 Cynthia 24,025 —
9 Deborah 22,889 +1
10 Sandra 22,420 -1
11 Lori 22,395 +3
12 Brenda 21,274 -1
13 Pamela 21,270 +2
14 Barbara 20,641 -2
15 Debra 20,593 -2
16 Kimberly 20,363 +6
17 Sharon 19,630 —
18 Teresa 18,517 —
19 Nancy 18,027 -3
20 Elizabeth 17,806 -1
21 Laura 17,490 —
22 Julie 17,090 +1
23 Tammy 16,743 +5
24 Cheryl 16,587 -4
25 Robin 15,128 +2
26 Diane 14,823 —
27 Kathy 14,757 -2
28 Carol 14,523 -4
29 Kathleen 14,188 —
30 Denise 13,975 —
31 Michelle 13,353 +3
32 Debbie 13,092 -1
33 Tina 12,781 +8
34 Cindy 12,297 -1
35 Janet 12,256 -3
36 Angela 11,664 +2
37 Kim 11,657 -1
38 Kelly 11,530 +7
39 Christine 11,196 —
40 Theresa 11,061 -5
41 Jennifer 10,977 +6
42 Laurie 10,675 +1
43 Margaret 10,075 -3
44 Jacqueline 9,832 -7
45 Rhonda 9,803 +1
46 Carolyn 9,692 -4
47 Rebecca 9,403 -3
48 Sherry 9,223 +5
49 Maria 9,089 +8
50 Dawn 8,984 -1
51 Connie 8,882 -1
52 Sheila 8,778 +7
53 Catherine 8,697 -5
54 Terri 8,433 -3
55 Tracy 8,310 +9
56 Ann 8,123 -2
57 Diana 7,842 -1
58 Janice 7,822 -6
59 Michele 7,428 +4
60 Paula 7,193 —
61 Amy 7,185 +8
62 Cathy 7,145 -7
63 Judy 7,061 -5
64 Wendy 6,977 -3
65 Suzanne 6,851 +3
66 Beth 6,419 -1
67 Valerie 6,335 —
68 Melissa 6,306 +27
69 Beverly 6,266 -3
70 Stephanie 6,257 +8
71 Lynn 6,217 —
72 Jill 6,170 +2
73 Jane 6,114 -1
74 Joyce 6,096 -12
75 Annette 6,076 -2
76 Renee 6,012 +3
77 Wanda 6,003 -7
78 Carla 5,820 -1
79 Bonnie 5,812 -4
80 Leslie 5,778 +4
81 Anita 5,521 +10
82 Sherri 5,363 +39
83 Anne 5,272 +7
83 Katherine 5,272 +3
85 Vicki 5,208 -9
86 Judith 5,183 -3
87 Martha 5,159 -6
88 Darlene 5,107 -8
88 Kathryn 5,107 +5
90 Gloria 5,102 -8
91 Regina 5,002 +7
92 Penny 5,001 +9
93 Peggy 4,900 -5
94 Joan 4,879 -5
95 Jean 4,877 -3
96 Shirley 4,869 -11
97 Betty 4,763 -10
98 Sarah 4,548 +15
99 Andrea 4,540 +11
100 Anna 4,430 —

Top 100 boys' names in 1962

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1961.
#NameBirthsvs 1961
1 Michael 85,059 —
2 David 81,337 —
3 John 78,427 —
4 James 72,555 —
5 Robert 70,199 —
6 Mark 53,520 —
7 William 44,853 —
8 Richard 39,422 —
9 Thomas 36,529 —
10 Jeffrey 33,537 +1
11 Scott 30,703 +8
12 Steven 30,688 -2
13 Joseph 30,090 -1
14 Kevin 28,325 —
15 Charles 27,590 -2
16 Timothy 27,111 -1
17 Daniel 25,543 —
18 Kenneth 25,241 -2
19 Paul 23,802 -1
20 Brian 23,221 —
21 Gregory 21,976 +2
22 Gary 20,884 -1
23 Donald 20,425 -1
24 Anthony 20,103 +1
25 Ronald 19,963 -1
26 Christopher 17,535 —
27 Douglas 15,928 +1
28 Stephen 15,616 -1
29 Edward 15,518 —
30 Todd 12,752 +16
31 Larry 12,711 -1
32 George 12,544 -1
33 Eric 12,348 +5
34 Terry 12,301 -2
35 Randy 11,840 -2
36 Keith 11,626 -1
37 Dennis 10,633 -3
38 Jerry 10,576 -1
39 Mike 10,530 -3
40 Patrick 10,499 -1
41 Bruce 10,038 -1
42 Frank 9,761 -1
43 Peter 9,585 -1
44 Jeff 9,424 +5
45 Jeffery 9,282 +5
46 Steve 9,154 -1
47 Roger 9,079 —
48 Raymond 9,070 —
49 Andrew 8,697 +3
50 Ricky 8,694 -6
51 Craig 8,544 -8
52 Tony 8,197 +1
53 Alan 7,719 -2
54 Danny 7,644 —
55 Glenn 7,356 +9
56 Matthew 7,279 +3
57 Russell 7,042 -2
58 Carl 6,854 -2
59 Joe 6,793 +1
60 Chris 6,791 -3
61 Barry 6,585 +5
62 Dale 6,365 -4
63 Wayne 6,324 -2
64 Randall 6,236 -1
65 Gerald 6,232 -3
66 Vincent 6,159 +32
67 Troy 6,048 +33
68 Phillip 5,881 +1
69 Johnny 5,777 +1
70 Lawrence 5,619 -3
71 Billy 5,588 -3
72 Tim 5,585 -7
73 Curtis 5,569 +2
74 Martin 5,538 -1
75 Jimmy 5,518 -4
76 Rodney 5,435 -4
77 Greg 5,365 —
78 Bobby 5,323 -2
79 Walter 5,282 -5
80 Jay 5,158 +1
81 Philip 5,069 -2
82 Bryan 4,992 —
83 Darryl 4,969 -3
84 Jon 4,785 +9
85 Jim 4,715 -7
86 Dean 4,655 -2
87 Bradley 4,637 —
88 Samuel 4,552 +1
89 Willie 4,541 -3
90 Roy 4,476 -7
91 Arthur 4,441 -6
92 Henry 4,346 —
93 Allen 4,272 +3
94 Jonathan 4,253 +18
95 Harold 4,233 -1
96 Victor 4,208 +3
97 Ralph 4,180 -2
98 Tom 4,171 -10
99 Jack 4,170 -9
100 Ronnie 4,113 -9

Names that climbed fastest in 1962

Ranked by places gained against 1961, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1962Rank 1961Change
Nicole girls 407 614 +207
Erica girls 455 658 +203
Karyn girls 474 637 +163
Justine girls 558 694 +136
Shellie girls 525 658 +133
Gena girls 485 617 +132
Vince boys 321 448 +127
Kara girls 429 553 +124
Lyn girls 596 711 +115
Paige girls 418 526 +108
Sophia girls 438 546 +108
Daphne girls 266 371 +105
Kirsten girls 560 663 +103
David girls 579 677 +98
Cameron boys 355 453 +98

Names that fell fastest in 1962

NameRank 1962Rank 1961Change
Johnna girls 627 442 -185
Marylou girls 718 579 -139
Mae girls 627 517 -110
Simone girls 702 600 -102
Hal boys 528 429 -99
Gale girls 539 446 -93
Greta girls 603 513 -90
Roxann girls 638 550 -88
Robert girls 680 592 -88
Lucia girls 682 594 -88
Estella girls 689 605 -84
Lesia girls 689 606 -83
Velvet girls 623 541 -82
Nellie girls 615 535 -80
Rosetta girls 698 621 -77

Names that first appear in 1962

1962 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1962

For these names, 1962 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.