The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1962
4,631 different boys’ names were recorded in 1962, covering 2,068,772 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 85,059 |
| 2 | David | 81,337 |
| 3 | John | 78,427 |
| 4 | James | 72,555 |
| 5 | Robert | 70,199 |
| 6 | Mark | 53,520 |
| 7 | William | 44,853 |
| 8 | Richard | 39,422 |
| 9 | Thomas | 36,529 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 33,537 |
| 11 | Scott | 30,703 |
| 12 | Steven | 30,688 |
| 13 | Joseph | 30,090 |
| 14 | Kevin | 28,325 |
| 15 | Charles | 27,590 |
| 16 | Timothy | 27,111 |
| 17 | Daniel | 25,543 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 25,241 |
| 19 | Paul | 23,802 |
| 20 | Brian | 23,221 |
| 21 | Gregory | 21,976 |
| 22 | Gary | 20,884 |
| 23 | Donald | 20,425 |
| 24 | Anthony | 20,103 |
| 25 | Ronald | 19,963 |
| 26 | Christopher | 17,535 |
| 27 | Douglas | 15,928 |
| 28 | Stephen | 15,616 |
| 29 | Edward | 15,518 |
| 30 | Todd | 12,752 |
| 31 | Larry | 12,711 |
| 32 | George | 12,544 |
| 33 | Eric | 12,348 |
| 34 | Terry | 12,301 |
| 35 | Randy | 11,840 |
| 36 | Keith | 11,626 |
| 37 | Dennis | 10,633 |
| 38 | Jerry | 10,576 |
| 39 | Mike | 10,530 |
| 40 | Patrick | 10,499 |
| 41 | Bruce | 10,038 |
| 42 | Frank | 9,761 |
| 43 | Peter | 9,585 |
| 44 | Jeff | 9,424 |
| 45 | Jeffery | 9,282 |
| 46 | Steve | 9,154 |
| 47 | Roger | 9,079 |
| 48 | Raymond | 9,070 |
| 49 | Andrew | 8,697 |
| 50 | Ricky | 8,694 |
| 51 | Craig | 8,544 |
| 52 | Tony | 8,197 |
| 53 | Alan | 7,719 |
| 54 | Danny | 7,644 |
| 55 | Glenn | 7,356 |
| 56 | Matthew | 7,279 |
| 57 | Russell | 7,042 |
| 58 | Carl | 6,854 |
| 59 | Joe | 6,793 |
| 60 | Chris | 6,791 |
| 61 | Barry | 6,585 |
| 62 | Dale | 6,365 |
| 63 | Wayne | 6,324 |
| 64 | Randall | 6,236 |
| 65 | Gerald | 6,232 |
| 66 | Vincent | 6,159 |
| 67 | Troy | 6,048 |
| 68 | Phillip | 5,881 |
| 69 | Johnny | 5,777 |
| 70 | Lawrence | 5,619 |
| 71 | Billy | 5,588 |
| 72 | Tim | 5,585 |
| 73 | Curtis | 5,569 |
| 74 | Martin | 5,538 |
| 75 | Jimmy | 5,518 |
| 76 | Rodney | 5,435 |
| 77 | Greg | 5,365 |
| 78 | Bobby | 5,323 |
| 79 | Walter | 5,282 |
| 80 | Jay | 5,158 |
| 81 | Philip | 5,069 |
| 82 | Bryan | 4,992 |
| 83 | Darryl | 4,969 |
| 84 | Jon | 4,785 |
| 85 | Jim | 4,715 |
| 86 | Dean | 4,655 |
| 87 | Bradley | 4,637 |
| 88 | Samuel | 4,552 |
| 89 | Willie | 4,541 |
| 90 | Roy | 4,476 |
| 91 | Arthur | 4,441 |
| 92 | Henry | 4,346 |
| 93 | Allen | 4,272 |
| 94 | Jonathan | 4,253 |
| 95 | Harold | 4,233 |
| 96 | Victor | 4,208 |
| 97 | Ralph | 4,180 |
| 98 | Tom | 4,171 |
| 99 | Jack | 4,170 |
| 100 | Ronnie | 4,113 |
| 101 | Albert | 4,072 |
| 102 | Darrell | 3,877 |
| 103 | Jose | 3,827 |
| 104 | Micheal | 3,772 |
| 105 | Eddie | 3,683 |
| 106 | Stanley | 3,635 |
| 107 | Louis | 3,595 |
| 108 | Bill | 3,574 |
| 109 | Tommy | 3,415 |
| 110 | Rick | 3,410 |
| 111 | Tracy | 3,337 |
| 112 | Eugene | 3,304 |
| 113 | Joel | 3,298 |
| 114 | Howard | 3,277 |
| 115 | Lee | 3,263 |
| 116 | Frederick | 3,257 |
| 117 | Leonard | 3,155 |
| 118 | Marvin | 3,133 |
| 119 | Dwayne | 3,118 |
| 120 | Dan | 3,117 |
| 121 | Kurt | 3,019 |
| 122 | Marc | 2,943 |
| 123 | Don | 2,915 |
| 124 | Shawn | 2,866 |
| 125 | Kelly | 2,855 |
| 126 | Fred | 2,854 |
| 127 | Ernest | 2,849 |
| 128 | Mitchell | 2,832 |
| 129 | Glen | 2,831 |
| 130 | Norman | 2,788 |
| 131 | Jerome | 2,770 |
| 132 | Ray | 2,675 |
| 133 | Reginald | 2,647 |
| 134 | Harry | 2,620 |
| 135 | Duane | 2,600 |
| 136 | Kent | 2,587 |
| 137 | Melvin | 2,577 |
| 138 | Kirk | 2,560 |
| 139 | Brent | 2,558 |
| 140 | Benjamin | 2,507 |
| 141 | Brett | 2,494 |
| 142 | Karl | 2,457 |
| 143 | Edwin | 2,407 |
| 144 | Calvin | 2,404 |
| 145 | Dave | 2,362 |
| 146 | Theodore | 2,316 |
| 147 | Earl | 2,304 |
| 148 | Francis | 2,293 |
| 149 | Jesse | 2,273 |
| 150 | Clifford | 2,184 |
| 151 | Warren | 2,166 |
| 152 | Bob | 2,163 |
| 153 | Juan | 2,150 |
| 154 | Adam | 2,149 |
| 155 | Nicholas | 2,144 |
| 156 | Alfred | 2,130 |
| 157 | Carlos | 2,119 |
| 158 | Brad | 2,082 |
| 159 | Aaron | 2,008 |
| 160 | Lance | 2,003 |
| 161 | Bernard | 1,970 |
| 162 | Wesley | 1,963 |
| 163 | Clarence | 1,950 |
| 164 | Perry | 1,931 |
| 165 | Darren | 1,923 |
| 166 | Guy | 1,916 |
| 167 | Gregg | 1,900 |
| 167 | Kerry | 1,900 |
| 169 | Rickey | 1,887 |
| 170 | Doug | 1,843 |
| 171 | Sean | 1,837 |
| 172 | Dana | 1,799 |
| 173 | Gordon | 1,787 |
| 174 | Antonio | 1,783 |
| 175 | Stuart | 1,735 |
| 176 | Kyle | 1,712 |
| 177 | Alvin | 1,711 |
| 178 | Ron | 1,709 |
| 179 | Leroy | 1,703 |
| 180 | Ted | 1,701 |
| 181 | Ken | 1,684 |
| 182 | Vernon | 1,673 |
| 183 | Leslie | 1,652 |
| 184 | Gilbert | 1,625 |
| 185 | Tyrone | 1,619 |
| 186 | Marty | 1,614 |
| 187 | Andre | 1,603 |
| 188 | Derek | 1,600 |
| 189 | Kenny | 1,594 |
| 190 | Herbert | 1,580 |
| 191 | Derrick | 1,579 |
| 192 | Daryl | 1,577 |
| 193 | Manuel | 1,564 |
| 194 | Lonnie | 1,561 |
| 195 | Lloyd | 1,543 |
| 196 | Leon | 1,542 |
| 197 | Robin | 1,533 |
| 198 | Nathan | 1,532 |
| 199 | Franklin | 1,530 |
| 200 | Joey | 1,529 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1962 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.