100 Most popular boy names of 1962, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1962 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1962.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
85037
4.2
-
2
David
81329
4.01
-
3
John
78418
3.87
-
4
James
72555
3.58
-
5
Robert
70193
3.46
-
6
Mark
53507
2.64
-
7
William
44862
2.21
-
8
Richard
39414
1.94
-
9
Thomas
36518
1.8
-
10
Jeffrey
33526
1.65
+1
11
Scott
30705
1.51
+8
12
Steven
30683
1.51
-2
13
Joseph
30080
1.48
-1
14
Kevin
28338
1.4
-
15
Charles
27580
1.36
-2
16
Timothy
27096
1.34
-1
17
Daniel
25550
1.26
-
18
Kenneth
25235
1.25
-2
19
Paul
23806
1.17
-1
20
Brian
23238
1.15
-
21
Gregory
21961
1.08
+2
22
Gary
20893
1.03
-1
23
Donald
20423
1.01
-1
24
Anthony
20105
0.99
+1
25
Ronald
19968
0.99
-1
26
Christopher
17521
0.86
-
27
Douglas
15917
0.79
+1
28
Stephen
15619
0.77
-1
29
Edward
15524
0.77
-
30
Todd
12745
0.63
+16
31
Larry
12716
0.63
-1
32
George
12543
0.62
-1
33
Eric
12345
0.61
+5
34
Terry
12296
0.61
-2
35
Randy
11849
0.58
-2
36
Keith
11624
0.57
-1
37
Dennis
10625
0.52
-3
38
Jerry
10579
0.52
-1
39
Mike
10530
0.52
-3
40
Patrick
10492
0.52
-1
41
Bruce
10034
0.5
-1
42
Frank
9760
0.48
-1
43
Peter
9582
0.47
-1
44
Jeff
9424
0.46
+5
45
Jeffery
9274
0.46
+5
46
Steve
9159
0.45
-1
47
Roger
9077
0.45
-
48
Raymond
9065
0.45
-
49
Andrew
8698
0.43
+3
50
Ricky
8694
0.43
-6
51
Craig
8545
0.42
-8
52
Tony
8193
0.4
+1
53
Alan
7717
0.38
-2
54
Danny
7645
0.38
-
55
Glenn
7361
0.36
+9
56
Matthew
7291
0.36
+3
57
Russell
7039
0.35
-2
58
Carl
6855
0.34
-2
59
Chris
6787
0.33
-2
60
Joe
6784
0.33
-
61
Barry
6583
0.32
+5
62
Dale
6367
0.31
-4
63
Wayne
6325
0.31
-2
64
Randall
6231
0.31
-1
65
Gerald
6229
0.31
-3
66
Vincent
6162
0.3
+32
67
Troy
6042
0.3
+33
68
Phillip
5886
0.29
+1
69
Johnny
5780
0.29
+1
70
Lawrence
5622
0.28
-3
71
Tim
5590
0.28
-6
72
Billy
5584
0.28
-4
73
Curtis
5570
0.27
+2
74
Martin
5537
0.27
-1
75
Jimmy
5519
0.27
-4
76
Rodney
5438
0.27
-4
77
Greg
5365
0.26
-
78
Bobby
5322
0.26
-2
79
Walter
5280
0.26
-5
80
Jay
5155
0.25
+1
81
Philip
5069
0.25
-2
82
Bryan
4995
0.25
-
83
Darryl
4965
0.24
-3
84
Jon
4786
0.24
+9
85
Jim
4709
0.23
-7
86
Dean
4660
0.23
-2
87
Bradley
4634
0.23
-
88
Samuel
4546
0.22
+1
89
Willie
4542
0.22
-3
90
Roy
4478
0.22
-7
91
Arthur
4439
0.22
-6
92
Henry
4348
0.21
-1
93
Allen
4271
0.21
+3
94
Jonathan
4259
0.21
+17
95
Harold
4233
0.21
-1
96
Victor
4208
0.21
+3
97
Ralph
4177
0.21
-2
98
Jack
4173
0.21
-8
99
Tom
4168
0.21
-11
100
Ronnie
4113
0.2
-9
101
Albert
4075
0.2
-4
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1962)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html