Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1962 Most Popular Baby Names of 1962 Social Security has card records for 4,128,807 people born in the U.S. in 1962. Lisa was the top girl name (46,069 babies) and Michael the top boy name (85,059).
Top 100 names of 1962 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1962, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 46,069 #987 2 Mary 43,502 #125 3 Susan 35,752 #1,085 4 Karen 35,184 #1,279 5 Linda 31,461 #902 6 Patricia 26,532 #1,334 7 Donna 25,719 #1,962 8 Cynthia 24,025 #1,013 9 Deborah 22,889 #862 10 Sandra 22,420 #1,207 11 Lori 22,395 #1,721 12 Brenda 21,274 #1,525 13 Pamela 21,270 #2,239 14 Barbara 20,641 #968 15 Debra 20,593 #4,460 16 Kimberly 20,363 #302 17 Sharon 19,630 #1,250 18 Teresa 18,517 #908 19 Nancy 18,027 #965 20 Elizabeth 17,806 #17 21 Laura 17,490 #379 22 Julie 17,090 #872 23 Tammy 16,743 #3,645 24 Cheryl 16,587 #4,352 25 Robin 15,128 #704 26 Diane 14,823 #2,607 27 Kathy 14,757 #3,249 28 Carol 14,523 #2,239 29 Kathleen 14,188 #1,150 30 Denise 13,975 #1,673 31 Michelle 13,353 #465 32 Debbie 13,092 #5,238 33 Tina 12,781 #2,778 34 Cindy 12,297 #1,927 35 Janet 12,256 #2,778 36 Angela 11,664 #408 37 Kim 11,657 #4,172 38 Kelly 11,530 #851 39 Christine 11,196 #1,272 40 Theresa 11,061 #1,548 41 Jennifer 10,977 #586 42 Laurie 10,675 #2,822 43 Margaret 10,075 #112 44 Jacqueline 9,832 #558 45 Rhonda 9,803 #6,116 46 Carolyn 9,692 #1,222 47 Rebecca 9,403 #349 48 Sherry 9,223 #5,410 49 Maria 9,089 #87 50 Dawn 8,984 #2,173
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1962, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Connie 8,882 #3,067 52 Sheila 8,778 #2,645 53 Catherine 8,697 #313 54 Terri 8,433 #6,116 55 Tracy 8,310 #2,153 56 Ann 8,123 #1,076 57 Diana 7,842 #244 58 Janice 7,822 #2,514 59 Michele 7,428 #4,758 60 Paula 7,193 #853 61 Amy 7,185 #257 62 Cathy 7,145 #8,362 63 Judy 7,061 #1,872 64 Wendy 6,977 #1,341 65 Suzanne 6,851 #2,387 66 Beth 6,419 #3,389 67 Valerie 6,335 #127 68 Melissa 6,306 #419 69 Beverly 6,266 #1,016 70 Stephanie 6,257 #557 71 Lynn 6,217 #2,542 72 Jill 6,170 #5,722 73 Jane 6,114 #221 74 Joyce 6,096 #1,071 75 Annette 6,076 #1,443 76 Renee 6,012 #1,098 77 Wanda 6,003 #5,917 78 Carla 5,820 #1,082 79 Bonnie 5,812 #396 80 Leslie 5,778 #712 81 Anita 5,521 #1,341 82 Sherri 5,363 #8,362 83 Anne 5,272 #619 83 Katherine 5,272 #186 85 Vicki 5,208 – 86 Judith 5,183 #788 87 Martha 5,159 #712 88 Darlene 5,107 #1,844 88 Kathryn 5,107 #729 90 Gloria 5,102 #654 91 Regina 5,002 #395 92 Penny 5,001 #740 93 Peggy 4,900 #8,362 94 Joan 4,879 #1,085 95 Jean 4,877 #2,117 96 Shirley 4,869 #1,581 97 Betty 4,763 #1,113 98 Sarah 4,548 #90 99 Andrea 4,540 #235 100 Anna 4,430 #107
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1962, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 85,059 #21 2 David 81,337 #35 3 John 78,427 #23 4 James 72,555 #6 5 Robert 70,199 #92 6 Mark 53,520 #244 7 William 44,853 #9 8 Richard 39,422 #234 9 Thomas 36,529 #34 10 Jeffrey 33,537 #552 11 Scott 30,703 #534 12 Steven 30,688 #271 13 Joseph 30,090 #29 14 Kevin 28,325 #221 15 Charles 27,590 #48 16 Timothy 27,111 #203 17 Daniel 25,543 #22 18 Kenneth 25,241 #294 19 Paul 23,802 #262 20 Brian 23,221 #339 21 Gregory 21,976 #593 22 Gary 20,884 #1,073 23 Donald 20,425 #690 24 Anthony 20,103 #46 25 Ronald 19,963 #637 26 Christopher 17,535 #68 27 Douglas 15,928 #807 28 Stephen 15,616 #383 29 Edward 15,518 #224 30 Todd 12,752 #1,609 31 Larry 12,711 #1,084 32 George 12,544 #126 33 Eric 12,348 #273 34 Terry 12,301 #1,115 35 Randy 11,840 #1,084 36 Keith 11,626 #800 37 Dennis 10,633 #707 38 Jerry 10,576 #906 39 Mike 10,530 #1,231 40 Patrick 10,499 #235 41 Bruce 10,038 #536 42 Frank 9,761 #513 43 Peter 9,585 #187 44 Jeff 9,424 #3,314 45 Jeffery 9,282 #1,554 46 Steve 9,154 #1,609 47 Roger 9,079 #832 48 Raymond 9,070 #394 49 Andrew 8,697 #73 50 Ricky 8,694 #948
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1962, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Craig 8,544 #1,644 52 Tony 8,197 #783 53 Alan 7,719 #191 54 Danny 7,644 #628 55 Glenn 7,356 #1,443 56 Matthew 7,279 #32 57 Russell 7,042 #345 58 Carl 6,854 #1,132 59 Joe 6,793 #991 60 Chris 6,791 #646 61 Barry 6,585 #1,520 62 Dale 6,365 #1,409 63 Wayne 6,324 #652 64 Randall 6,236 #1,499 65 Gerald 6,232 #1,204 66 Vincent 6,159 #107 67 Troy 6,048 #532 68 Phillip 5,881 #651 69 Johnny 5,777 #457 70 Lawrence 5,619 #518 71 Billy 5,588 #1,068 72 Tim 5,585 #3,181 73 Curtis 5,569 #984 74 Martin 5,538 #335 75 Jimmy 5,518 #846 76 Rodney 5,435 #1,091 77 Greg 5,365 #4,707 78 Bobby 5,323 #1,097 79 Walter 5,282 #251 80 Jay 5,158 #392 81 Philip 5,069 #527 82 Bryan 4,992 #336 83 Darryl 4,969 #2,108 84 Jon 4,785 #951 85 Jim 4,715 #3,128 86 Dean 4,655 #125 87 Bradley 4,637 #403 88 Samuel 4,552 #18 89 Willie 4,541 #1,315 90 Roy 4,476 #525 91 Arthur 4,441 #87 92 Henry 4,346 #5 93 Allen 4,272 #578 94 Jonathan 4,253 #89 95 Harold 4,233 #991 96 Victor 4,208 #209 97 Ralph 4,180 #1,046 98 Tom 4,171 #2,183 99 Jack 4,170 #15 100 Ronnie 4,113 #1,064
Entered the top 100 in 1962
