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

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1962 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1961						Change from 1961
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	46,078	2.273	1	3,376	1	Michael	85,034	4.045	0	-1,883
2	Mary	43,486	2.145	-1	-4,194	2	David	81,324	3.869	0	-3,434
3	Susan	35,743	1.763	0	-1,778	3	John	78,429	3.731	0	-1,500
4	Karen	35,184	1.736	1	487	4	James	72,555	3.452	0	-3,369
5	Linda	31,468	1.552	-1	-4,111	5	Robert	70,196	3.340	0	-2,705
6	Patricia	26,536	1.309	0	-2,332	6	Mark	53,504	2.545	0	-4,263
7	Donna	25,730	1.269	0	-2,938	7	William	44,860	2.134	0	-3,134
8	Cynthia	24,021	1.185	0	-357	8	Richard	39,409	1.875	0	-1,708
9	Deborah	22,894	1.129	1	-1,199	9	Thomas	36,524	1.738	0	-1,027
10	Sandra	22,414	1.106	-1	-1,730	10	Jeffrey	33,521	1.595	1	1,511
11	Lori	22,386	1.104	3	513	11	Scott	30,706	1.461	8	6,784
12	Brenda	21,277	1.050	-1	-2,498	12	Steven	30,687	1.460	-2	-1,553
13	Pamela	21,271	1.049	2	-413	13	Joseph	30,084	1.431	-1	636
14	Barbara	20,640	1.018	-2	-2,352	14	Kevin	28,348	1.349	0	-546
15	Debra	20,596	1.016	-2	-1,555	15	Charles	27,590	1.313	-2	-1,602
16	Kimberly	20,362	1.005	6	3,007	16	Timothy	27,087	1.289	-1	-1,153
17	Sharon	19,632	0.969	0	-812	17	Daniel	25,547	1.215	0	-335
18	Teresa	18,516	0.913	0	-390	18	Kenneth	25,232	1.200	-2	-859
19	Nancy	18,028	0.889	-3	-2,684	19	Paul	23,798	1.132	-1	-1,827
20	Elizabeth	17,801	0.878	-1	-1,055	20	Brian	23,245	1.106	0	701
21	Laura	17,493	0.863	0	-403	21	Gregory	21,963	1.045	2	609
22	Julie	17,087	0.843	1	50	22	Gary	20,892	0.994	-1	-1,260
23	Tammy	16,747	0.826	5	1,218	23	Donald	20,417	0.971	-1	-986
24	Cheryl	16,585	0.818	-4	-1,708	24	Anthony	20,102	0.956	1	-91
25	Robin	15,127	0.746	2	-518	25	Ronald	19,975	0.950	-1	-843
26	Diane	14,820	0.731	0	-1,383	26	Christopher	17,519	0.833	0	293
27	Kathy	14,759	0.728	-2	-1,620	27	Douglas	15,917	0.757	1	-47
28	Carol	14,519	0.716	-4	-2,150	28	Stephen	15,622	0.743	-1	-434
29	Kathleen	14,187	0.700	0	-1,206	29	Edward	15,524	0.739	0	-350
30	Denise	13,979	0.690	0	-1,397	30	Todd	12,749	0.607	16	2,998
31	Michelle	13,357	0.659	3	621	31	Larry	12,711	0.605	-1	-1,864
32	Debbie	13,100	0.646	-1	-1,781	32	George	12,550	0.597	-1	-1,089
33	Tina	12,782	0.631	8	2,263	33	Eric	12,348	0.587	5	1,237
34	Cindy	12,299	0.607	-1	-1,086	34	Terry	12,298	0.585	-2	-891
35	Janet	12,254	0.605	-3	-1,675	35	Randy	11,851	0.564	-2	-739
36	Angela	11,658	0.575	2	821	36	Keith	11,619	0.553	-1	-658
37	Kim	11,657	0.575	-1	290	37	Dennis	10,621	0.505	-3	-1,864
38	Kelly	11,528	0.569	7	1,891	38	Jerry	10,578	0.503	-1	-794
39	Christine	11,195	0.552	0	607	39	Mike	10,526	0.501	-3	-1,138
40	Theresa	11,056	0.545	-5	-909	40	Patrick	10,488	0.499	-1	-562
41	Jennifer	10,979	0.542	6	1,715	41	Bruce	10,037	0.478	-1	-676
42	Laurie	10,677	0.527	1	250	42	Frank	9,756	0.464	-1	-665
43	Margaret	10,076	0.497	-3	-472	43	Peter	9,580	0.456	-1	-757
44	Jacqueline	9,828	0.485	-7	-1,158	44	Jeff	9,426	0.448	5	-33
45	Rhonda	9,802	0.484	1	337	45	Jeffery	9,272	0.441	5	355
46	Carolyn	9,691	0.478	-4	-811	46	Steve	9,161	0.436	-1	-833
47	Rebecca	9,407	0.464	-3	-827	47	Roger	9,073	0.432	0	-583
48	Sherry	9,227	0.455	5	869	48	Raymond	9,067	0.431	0	-539
49	Maria	9,089	0.448	8	1,152	49	Andrew	8,700	0.414	3	220
50	Dawn	8,982	0.443	-1	-166	50	Ricky	8,692	0.414	-6	-1,326

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.