Popular names of 1962, and how old they are now

People born in 1962 turn 64 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4 million births in 1962 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 82% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Baby Boomers (see Boomer names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1962: Jeffrey, Gregory, Laurie, Jeffery, Sherry, Sheila, Glenn, Suzanne, Barry, Vincent, Curtis and Regina.

Top girl names of 1962

Most popular girl names of 1962
#	Name	Born 1962	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	46,069	40,000	56
2	Mary	43,502	37,000	66
3	Susan	35,752	31,000	66
4	Karen	35,184	30,000	63
5	Linda	31,461	27,000	70
6	Patricia	26,532	23,000	68
7	Donna	25,719	22,000	68
8	Cynthia	24,025	21,000	60
9	Deborah	22,889	20,000	66
10	Sandra	22,420	19,000	66
11	Lori	22,395	19,000	58
12	Brenda	21,274	18,000	63
13	Pamela	21,270	18,000	64
14	Barbara	20,641	18,000	72
15	Debra	20,593	18,000	66
16	Kimberly	20,363	18,000	48
17	Sharon	19,630	17,000	68
18	Teresa	18,517	16,000	59
19	Nancy	18,027	16,000	68
20	Elizabeth	17,806	15,000	44
21	Laura	17,490	15,000	51
22	Julie	17,090	15,000	55
23	Tammy	16,743	14,000	58
24	Cheryl	16,587	14,000	65
25	Robin	15,128	13,000	58
26	Diane	14,823	13,000	68
27	Kathy	14,757	13,000	65
28	Carol	14,523	12,000	72
29	Kathleen	14,188	12,000	64
30	Denise	13,975	12,000	59
31	Michelle	13,353	11,000	48
32	Debbie	13,092	11,000	64
33	Tina	12,781	11,000	56
34	Cindy	12,297	11,000	57
35	Janet	12,256	11,000	68
36	Angela	11,664	10,000	49
37	Kim	11,657	10,000	63
38	Kelly	11,530	9,900	48
39	Christine	11,196	9,600	57
40	Theresa	11,061	9,500	61
41	Jennifer	10,977	9,400	46
42	Laurie	10,675	9,200	61
43	Margaret	10,075	8,700	61
44	Jacqueline	9,832	8,500	51
45	Rhonda	9,803	8,400	61
46	Carolyn	9,692	8,300	67
47	Rebecca	9,403	8,100	48
48	Sherry	9,223	7,900	63
49	Maria	9,089	7,800	45
50	Dawn	8,984	7,700	57

Top boy names of 1962

Most popular boy names of 1962
#	Name	Born 1962	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	85,059	66,000	49
2	David	81,337	63,000	52
3	John	78,427	61,000	55
4	James	72,555	56,000	54
5	Robert	70,199	55,000	58
6	Mark	53,520	42,000	56
7	William	44,853	35,000	51
8	Richard	39,422	31,000	60
9	Thomas	36,529	28,000	53
10	Jeffrey	33,537	26,000	53
11	Scott	30,703	24,000	53
12	Steven	30,688	24,000	52
13	Joseph	30,090	23,000	45
14	Kevin	28,325	22,000	45
15	Charles	27,590	21,000	54
16	Timothy	27,111	21,000	50
17	Daniel	25,543	20,000	42
18	Kenneth	25,241	20,000	57
19	Paul	23,802	19,000	57
20	Brian	23,221	18,000	48
21	Gregory	21,976	17,000	54
22	Gary	20,884	16,000	65
23	Donald	20,425	16,000	64
24	Anthony	20,103	16,000	40
25	Ronald	19,963	16,000	64
26	Christopher	17,535	14,000	41
27	Douglas	15,928	12,000	59
28	Stephen	15,616	12,000	54
29	Edward	15,518	12,000	56
30	Todd	12,752	9,900	54
31	Larry	12,711	9,900	65
32	George	12,544	9,800	57
33	Eric	12,348	9,600	44
34	Terry	12,301	9,600	62
35	Randy	11,840	9,200	57
36	Keith	11,626	9,000	54
37	Dennis	10,633	8,300	63
38	Jerry	10,576	8,200	63
39	Mike	10,530	8,200	63
40	Patrick	10,499	8,200	47
41	Bruce	10,038	7,800	63
42	Frank	9,761	7,600	59
43	Peter	9,585	7,500	51
44	Jeff	9,424	7,300	60
45	Jeffery	9,282	7,200	54
46	Steve	9,154	7,100	61
47	Roger	9,079	7,100	63
48	Raymond	9,070	7,100	56
49	Andrew	8,697	6,800	36
50	Ricky	8,694	6,800	56

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1962, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1962. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1962 babies. How we calculate this