Popular Names of 1962

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1962, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1962
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Lisa	46,069	991
2	Mary	43,502	125
3	Susan	35,752	1,091
4	Karen	35,184	1,281
5	Linda	31,461	902
6	Patricia	26,532	1,336
7	Donna	25,719	1,965
8	Cynthia	24,025	1,014
9	Deborah	22,889	864
10	Sandra	22,420	1,210
11	Lori	22,395	1,726
12	Brenda	21,274	1,527
13	Pamela	21,270	2,251
14	Barbara	20,641	968
15	Debra	20,593	4,478
16	Kimberly	20,363	303
17	Sharon	19,630	1,256
18	Teresa	18,517	911
19	Nancy	18,027	967
20	Elizabeth	17,806	17

Table 2. Male names, 1962
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	245
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

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.