Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	3,972
2	Karen	3,005
3	Susan	2,953
4	Mary	2,755
5	Linda	2,485
6	Cynthia	2,266
7	Julie	2,152
8	Lori	2,002
9	Patricia	1,995
10	Deborah	1,976
11	Laura	1,940
12	Sandra	1,922
13	Kimberly	1,821
14	Donna	1,669
15	Teresa	1,599
16	Debra	1,592
17	Elizabeth	1,589
18	Pamela	1,533
19	Michelle	1,532
20	Denise	1,529
21	Debbie	1,458
22	Kelly	1,450
23	Nancy	1,431
24	Cheryl	1,422
25	Barbara	1,355

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Maria	1,344
27	Kathleen	1,341
28	Robin	1,332
29	Kathy	1,304
30	Brenda	1,300
31	Sharon	1,298
32	Diane	1,272
33	Jennifer	1,256
34	Tina	1,227
35	Tammy	1,224
36	Cindy	1,218
37	Carol	1,192
38	Kim	1,114
39	Tracy	1,019
40	Diana	987
41	Christine	982
42	Janet	976
43	Theresa	941
44	Rebecca	930
45	Laurie	922
46	Terri	901
47	Suzanne	795
48	Leslie	780
49	Catherine	777
50	Rhonda	774
51	Margaret	769
52	Michele	766
53	Stephanie	739
54	Wendy	728
55	Renee	697
56	Carolyn	696
57	Angela	666
58	Valerie	663
59	Sherry	638
60	Cathy	636
61	Dawn	631
62	Jill	613
63	Annette	609
64	Anna	595
65	Katherine	592
66	Dana	591
67	Jacqueline	590
68	Gina	574
69	Christina	561
70	Connie	558
71	Judy	539
72	Sheri	531
73	Monica	525
74	Victoria	523
75	Gloria	522
76	Ann	519
77	Janice	515
77	Martha	515
79	Paula	511
80	Sheila	510
81	Kathryn	506
82	Tamara	504
83	Yvonne	497
84	Sylvia	495
85	Sherri	481
86	Lynn	471
87	Vicki	470
88	Carrie	468
89	Andrea	463
90	Melissa	448
91	Teri	447
91	Yolanda	447
93	Bonnie	444
94	Carla	443
95	Virginia	436
96	Shelly	433
97	Colleen	431
98	Deanna	424
99	Anita	422
100	Lorraine	418