Top Baby Names of 1962
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
1
Lisa 46,074 2
Mary 43,498 3
Susan 35,750 4
Karen 35,188 5
Linda 31,463 6
Patricia 26,532 7
Donna 25,722 8
Cynthia 24,024 9
Deborah 22,894 10
Sandra 22,418 11
Lori 22,395 12
Brenda 21,275 13
Pamela 21,271 14
Barbara 20,641 15
Debra 20,593 16
Kimberly 20,362 17
Sharon 19,629 18
Teresa 18,519 19
Nancy 18,024 20
Elizabeth 17,804 21
Laura 17,490 22
Julie 17,089 23
Tammy 16,746 24
Cheryl 16,588 25
Robin 15,129 26
Diane 14,819 27
Kathy 14,757 28
Carol 14,523 29
Kathleen 14,190 30
Denise 13,975 31
Michelle 13,353 32
Debbie 13,094 33
Tina 12,781 34
Cindy 12,300 35
Janet 12,255 36
Angela 11,663 37
Kim 11,658 38
Kelly 11,530 39
Christine 11,197 40
Theresa 11,058 41
Jennifer 10,977 42
Laurie 10,674 43
Margaret 10,073 44
Jacqueline 9,836 45
Rhonda 9,802 46
Carolyn 9,693 47
Rebecca 9,403 48
Sherry 9,223 49
Maria 9,090 50
Dawn 8,982 👦
Boy Names
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Michael 85,056 2
David 81,335 3
John 78,420 4
James 72,561 5
Robert 70,201 6
Mark 53,527 7
William 44,859 8
Richard 39,418 9
Thomas 36,525 10
Jeffrey 33,536 11
Scott 30,699 12
Steven 30,686 13
Joseph 30,089 14
Kevin 28,331 15
Charles 27,588 16
Timothy 27,107 17
Daniel 25,542 18
Kenneth 25,240 19
Paul 23,806 20
Brian 23,227 21
Gregory 21,971 22
Gary 20,888 23
Donald 20,422 24
Anthony 20,108 25
Ronald 19,964 26
Christopher 17,535 27
Douglas 15,926 28
Stephen 15,615 29
Edward 15,515 30
Todd 12,751 31
Larry 12,710 32
George 12,541 33
Eric 12,343 34
Terry 12,304 35
Randy 11,842 36
Keith 11,625 37
Dennis 10,633 38
Jerry 10,576 39
Mike 10,525 40
Patrick 10,498 41
Bruce 10,038 42
Frank 9,760 43
Peter 9,587 44
Jeff 9,424 45
Jeffery 9,281 46
Steve 9,152 47
Roger 9,077 48
Raymond 9,068 49
Andrew 8,696 50
Ricky 8,692 About 1962 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1962, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.