Top Names of 1962
The most popular names recorded in 1962 were Lisa for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |