Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1962

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1962

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1962.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Michael. In total there were 174,711 boys born sharing 1,029 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1962 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 20 (5.1%)	8,858
2	John	1 in 20 (4.9%)	8,592
3	Robert	1 in 25 (4.1%)	7,099
4	David	1 in 28 (3.6%)	6,347
5	James	1 in 28 (3.5%)	6,171
6	Joseph	1 in 38 (2.6%)	4,593
7	Thomas	1 in 39 (2.5%)	4,426
8	William	1 in 40 (2.5%)	4,336
9	Richard	1 in 41 (2.5%)	4,298
10	Mark	1 in 46 (2.2%)	3,823
11	Steven	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,909
12	Anthony	1 in 61 (1.6%)	2,863
13	Kevin	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,695
14	Daniel	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,618
15	Jeffrey	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,539
16	Paul	1 in 69 (1.4%)	2,517
17	Scott	1 in 71 (1.4%)	2,451
18	Christopher	1 in 76 (1.3%)	2,304
19	Peter	1 in 82 (1.2%)	2,142
20	Brian	1 in 82 (1.2%)	2,139
21	Edward	1 in 85 (1.2%)	2,059
22	Kenneth	1 in 86 (1.2%)	2,040
23	Charles	1 in 87 (1.2%)	2,014
24	Timothy	1 in 87 (1.1%)	2,005
25	Stephen	1 in 96 (1%)	1,829
26	Frank	1 in 105 (1%)	1,667
27	Ronald	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,491
28	Gary	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,489
29	Donald	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,469
30	Gregory	1 in 121 (0.8%)	1,442
31	George	1 in 123 (0.8%)	1,420
32	Andrew	1 in 124 (0.8%)	1,408
33	Eric	1 in 139 (0.7%)	1,261
34	Douglas	1 in 146 (0.7%)	1,200
35	Patrick	1 in 156 (0.6%)	1,121
36	Raymond	1 in 165 (0.6%)	1,060
37	Vincent	1 in 172 (0.6%)	1,016
38	Keith	1 in 192 (0.5%)	909
39	Glenn	1 in 205 (0.5%)	854
40	Jose	1 in 207 (0.5%)	844
41	Matthew	1 in 209 (0.5%)	835
42	Dennis	1 in 216 (0.5%)	808
43	Bruce	1 in 222 (0.5%)	787
44	Lawrence	1 in 225 (0.4%)	776
45	Philip	1 in 230 (0.4%)	759
46	Todd	1 in 247 (0.4%)	707
47	Alan	1 in 248 (0.4%)	705
48	Craig	1 in 253 (0.4%)	690
49	Louis	1 in 265 (0.4%)	659
50	Martin	1 in 308 (0.3%)	567
51	Wayne	1 in 309 (0.3%)	565
52	Jonathan	1 in 316 (0.3%)	553
53	Edwin	1 in 319 (0.3%)	548
54	Nicholas	1 in 330 (0.3%)	529
55	Carl	1 in 354 (0.3%)	494
56	Victor	1 in 356 (0.3%)	491
57	Marc	1 in 358 (0.3%)	488
58	Arthur	1 in 361 (0.3%)	484
59	Walter	1 in 366 (0.3%)	477
60	Luis	1 in 374 (0.3%)	467
61	Gerald	1 in 375 (0.3%)	466
62	Russell	1 in 377 (0.3%)	463
63	Chris	1 in 386 (0.3%)	453
64	Larry	1 in 394 (0.3%)	443
65	Ralph	1 in 395 (0.3%)	442
66	Barry	1 in 401 (0.2%)	436
67	Roger	1 in 405 (0.2%)	431
68	Randy	1 in 406 (0.2%)	430
69	Howard	1 in 407 (0.2%)	429
70	Francis	1 in 411 (0.2%)	425
71	Darryl	1 in 413 (0.2%)	423
72	Albert	1 in 416 (0.2%)	420
73	Frederick	1 in 417 (0.2%)	419
74	Eugene	1 in 426 (0.2%)	410
75	Jay	1 in 447 (0.2%)	391
76	Adam	1 in 450 (0.2%)	388
77	Henry	1 in 451 (0.2%)	387
78	Carlos	1 in 455 (0.2%)	384
79	Samuel	1 in 468 (0.2%)	373
80	Leonard	1 in 512 (0.2%)	341
81	Harold	1 in 514 (0.2%)	340
82	Steve	1 in 514 (0.2%)	340
83	Dean	1 in 526 (0.2%)	332
84	Jerry	1 in 531 (0.2%)	329
85	Juan	1 in 544 (0.2%)	321
86	Mike	1 in 551 (0.2%)	317
87	Gerard	1 in 553 (0.2%)	316
88	Jeffery	1 in 560 (0.2%)	312
89	Mitchell	1 in 579 (0.2%)	302
90	Terry	1 in 584 (0.2%)	299
91	Angel	1 in 594 (0.2%)	294
92	Salvatore	1 in 594 (0.2%)	294
93	Jeff	1 in 609 (0.2%)	287
94	Dale	1 in 615 (0.2%)	284
95	Sean	1 in 631 (0.2%)	277
96	Theodore	1 in 638 (0.2%)	274
97	Harry	1 in 657 (0.2%)	266
98	Alfred	1 in 667 (0.1%)	262
99	Benjamin	1 in 685 (0.1%)	255
100	Danny	1 in 693 (0.1%)	252