Most popular boys’ names in California, 1962
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | David | 7,950 |
| 2 | Michael | 7,880 |
| 3 | John | 6,807 |
| 4 | Robert | 6,691 |
| 5 | James | 5,130 |
| 6 | Mark | 5,096 |
| 7 | Richard | 4,120 |
| 8 | Steven | 3,285 |
| 9 | William | 3,047 |
| 10 | Scott | 3,010 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 2,544 |
| 12 | Daniel | 2,530 |
| 13 | Kevin | 2,507 |
| 14 | Thomas | 2,408 |
| 15 | Paul | 2,205 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 2,185 |
| 17 | Brian | 2,101 |
| 18 | Gregory | 1,998 |
| 18 | Ronald | 1,998 |
| 20 | Joseph | 1,976 |
| 21 | Gary | 1,898 |
| 22 | Charles | 1,870 |
| 23 | Anthony | 1,842 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,835 |
| 25 | Christopher | 1,719 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Eric | 1,670 |
| 27 | Donald | 1,663 |
| 28 | Mike | 1,584 |
| 29 | Edward | 1,361 |
| 30 | Steve | 1,288 |
| 31 | Douglas | 1,247 |
| 32 | Stephen | 1,219 |
| 33 | Jeff | 1,166 |
| 34 | Frank | 1,098 |
| 35 | Todd | 1,097 |
| 36 | Craig | 1,062 |
| 37 | Patrick | 1,036 |
| 38 | Larry | 1,005 |
| 39 | George | 974 |
| 40 | Raymond | 962 |
| 41 | Randy | 954 |
| 42 | Keith | 921 |
| 43 | Dennis | 894 |
| 44 | Peter | 875 |
| 45 | Chris | 826 |
| 45 | Matthew | 826 |
| 47 | Andrew | 814 |
| 48 | Jerry | 811 |
| 49 | Joe | 790 |
| 50 | Danny | 774 |
| 51 | Bruce | 772 |
| 52 | Jim | 769 |
| 53 | Jose | 743 |
| 54 | Greg | 736 |
| 55 | Jon | 723 |
| 56 | Tony | 710 |
| 57 | Martin | 709 |
| 58 | Terry | 684 |
| 59 | Roger | 670 |
| 60 | Alan | 663 |
| 61 | Vincent | 659 |
| 62 | Jeffery | 638 |
| 63 | Glenn | 630 |
| 64 | Phillip | 596 |
| 65 | Russell | 595 |
| 66 | Dale | 584 |
| 67 | Tim | 583 |
| 68 | Tom | 573 |
| 69 | Victor | 572 |
| 70 | Troy | 559 |
| 71 | Lawrence | 532 |
| 72 | Ricky | 530 |
| 73 | Rick | 521 |
| 74 | Bill | 519 |
| 75 | Dean | 509 |
| 76 | Arthur | 504 |
| 77 | Carl | 495 |
| 78 | Gerald | 488 |
| 79 | Wayne | 487 |
| 80 | Darryl | 485 |
| 81 | Bryan | 475 |
| 82 | Jack | 466 |
| 83 | Rodney | 465 |
| 84 | Jay | 458 |
| 85 | Johnny | 445 |
| 85 | Ralph | 445 |
| 87 | Randall | 444 |
| 88 | Curtis | 437 |
| 89 | Dan | 431 |
| 90 | Albert | 421 |
| 91 | Manuel | 412 |
| 92 | Bradley | 410 |
| 92 | Henry | 410 |
| 94 | Philip | 407 |
| 95 | Carlos | 402 |
| 96 | Ron | 400 |
| 97 | Ruben | 397 |
| 98 | Marc | 396 |
| 99 | Walter | 393 |
| 100 | Roy | 384 |