Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1962

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1962 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	46,078	2.273	-890	-45,776	1	Michael	85,034	4.045	-13	-73,414
2	Mary	43,486	2.145	-124	-41,159	2	David	81,324	3.869	-20	-71,627
3	Susan	35,743	1.763	-1,076	-35,509	3	John	78,429	3.731	-24	-69,310
4	Karen	35,184	1.736	-631	-34,716	4	James	72,555	3.452	0	-59,030
5	Linda	31,468	1.552	-721	-31,079	5	Robert	70,196	3.340	-66	-65,056
6	Patricia	26,536	1.309	-907	-26,243	6	Mark	53,504	2.545	-204	-51,645
7	Donna	25,730	1.269	-1,560	-25,593	7	William	44,860	2.134	4	-30,344
8	Cynthia	24,021	1.185	-685	-23,605	8	Richard	39,409	1.875	-180	-37,290
9	Deborah	22,894	1.129	-770	-22,547	9	Thomas	36,524	1.738	-40	-29,745
10	Sandra	22,414	1.106	-965	-22,145	10	Jeffrey	33,521	1.595	-321	-32,518
11	Lori	22,386	1.104	-1,564	-22,250	11	Scott	30,706	1.461	-509	-30,165
12	Brenda	21,277	1.050	-1,000	-21,022	12	Steven	30,687	1.460	-186	-28,665
13	Pamela	21,271	1.049	-1,571	-21,136	13	Joseph	30,084	1.431	-10	-20,529
14	Barbara	20,640	1.018	-916	-20,355	14	Kevin	28,348	1.349	-111	-25,224
15	Debra	20,596	1.016	-3,182	-20,546	15	Charles	27,590	1.313	-37	-20,986
16	Kimberly	20,362	1.005	-154	-18,666	16	Timothy	27,087	1.289	-149	-24,757
17	Sharon	19,632	0.969	-1,110	-19,416	17	Daniel	25,547	1.215	2	-14,374
18	Teresa	18,516	0.913	-780	-18,175	18	Kenneth	25,232	1.200	-208	-23,577
19	Nancy	18,028	0.889	-820	-17,706	19	Paul	23,798	1.132	-215	-22,173
20	Elizabeth	17,801	0.878	7	-9,288	20	Brian	23,245	1.106	-215	-21,627
21	Laura	17,493	0.863	-319	-16,558	21	Gregory	21,963	1.045	-387	-21,185
22	Julie	17,087	0.843	-566	-16,571	22	Gary	20,892	0.994	-652	-20,525
23	Tammy	16,747	0.826	-4,079	-16,712	23	Donald	20,417	0.971	-503	-19,884
24	Cheryl	16,585	0.818	-2,874	-16,528	24	Anthony	20,102	0.956	-14	-12,099
25	Robin	15,127	0.746	-949	-14,858	25	Ronald	19,975	0.950	-468	-19,397
26	Diane	14,820	0.731	-2,447	-14,749	26	Christopher	17,519	0.833	-16	-10,258
27	Kathy	14,759	0.728	-2,083	-14,669	27	Douglas	15,917	0.757	-645	-15,546
28	Carol	14,519	0.716	-1,760	-14,406	28	Stephen	15,622	0.743	-256	-14,386
29	Kathleen	14,187	0.700	-865	-13,886	29	Edward	15,524	0.739	-140	-13,256
30	Denise	13,979	0.690	-1,039	-13,743	30	Todd	12,749	0.607	-1,171	-12,593
31	Michelle	13,357	0.659	-232	-12,118	31	Larry	12,711	0.605	-675	-12,372
32	Debbie	13,100	0.646	-5,768	-13,079	32	George	12,550	0.597	-95	-9,491
33	Tina	12,782	0.631	-1,651	-12,659	33	Eric	12,348	0.587	-127	-9,959
34	Cindy	12,299	0.607	-1,295	-12,130	34	Terry	12,298	0.585	-723	-11,989
35	Janet	12,254	0.605	-1,377	-12,097	35	Randy	11,851	0.564	-638	-11,481
36	Angela	11,658	0.575	-228	-10,422	36	Keith	11,619	0.553	-468	-11,054
37	Kim	11,657	0.575	-4,043	-11,622	37	Dennis	10,621	0.505	-519	-10,128
38	Kelly	11,528	0.569	-580	-11,044	38	Jerry	10,578	0.503	-563	-10,127
39	Christine	11,195	0.552	-887	-10,908	39	Mike	10,526	0.501	-1,086	-10,355
40	Theresa	11,056	0.545	-1,066	-10,835	40	Patrick	10,488	0.499	-149	-8,377
41	Jennifer	10,979	0.542	-304	-10,064	41	Bruce	10,037	0.478	-437	-9,430
42	Laurie	10,677	0.527	-2,892	-10,621	42	Frank	9,756	0.464	-350	-8,953
43	Margaret	10,076	0.497	-84	-7,764	43	Peter	9,580	0.456	-168	-7,768
44	Jacqueline	9,828	0.485	-295	-8,889	44	Jeff	9,426	0.448	-2,069	-9,360
45	Rhonda	9,802	0.484	-5,881	-9,781	45	Jeffery	9,272	0.441	-809	-9,016
46	Carolyn	9,691	0.478	-814	-9,379	46	Steve	9,161	0.436	-1,116	-8,997
47	Rebecca	9,407	0.464	-167	-7,965	47	Roger	9,073	0.432	-589	-8,662
48	Sherry	9,227	0.455	-3,423	-9,182	48	Raymond	9,067	0.431	-251	-7,918
49	Maria	9,089	0.448	-67	-6,494	49	Andrew	8,700	0.414	6	-1,466
50	Dawn	8,982	0.443	-1,910	-8,882	50	Ricky	8,692	0.414	-631	-8,328

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.