Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1962
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | 4,037 |
| 2 | Michael | 3,999 |
| 3 | John | 3,240 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,170 |
| 5 | James | 3,098 |
| 6 | Mark | 2,933 |
| 7 | Scott | 1,937 |
| 8 | Thomas | 1,935 |
| 9 | Jeffrey | 1,864 |
| 10 | William | 1,742 |
| 11 | Steven | 1,627 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,618 |
| 13 | Kevin | 1,584 |
| 14 | Brian | 1,543 |
| 15 | Timothy | 1,529 |
| 16 | Daniel | 1,501 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,269 |
| 18 | Joseph | 1,224 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,193 |
| 20 | Gregory | 1,055 |
| 21 | Ronald | 1,036 |
| 22 | Gary | 1,002 |
| 23 | Donald | 985 |
| 24 | Charles | 976 |
| 25 | Todd | 919 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Douglas | 914 |
| 27 | Christopher | 816 |
| 28 | Anthony | 706 |
| 29 | Patrick | 646 |
| 30 | Keith | 626 |
| 31 | Eric | 604 |
| 32 | Edward | 588 |
| 33 | Randy | 575 |
| 34 | Craig | 572 |
| 35 | Stephen | 565 |
| 36 | Dennis | 559 |
| 37 | Larry | 551 |
| 38 | Terry | 544 |
| 39 | Bruce | 534 |
| 40 | Jeff | 533 |
| 41 | Mike | 514 |
| 42 | Jeffery | 513 |
| 43 | Matthew | 503 |
| 44 | Steve | 465 |
| 45 | Raymond | 423 |
| 46 | Gerald | 417 |
| 47 | Alan | 407 |
| 48 | Roger | 406 |
| 49 | George | 405 |
| 50 | Dale | 398 |
| 51 | Andrew | 383 |
| 52 | Jerry | 378 |
| 53 | Chris | 362 |
| 54 | Peter | 339 |
| 55 | Frank | 335 |
| 56 | Tom | 328 |
| 57 | Tim | 320 |
| 58 | Randall | 311 |
| 59 | Carl | 310 |
| 60 | Glenn | 303 |
| 61 | Jim | 299 |
| 61 | Martin | 299 |
| 63 | Greg | 297 |
| 64 | Lawrence | 293 |
| 65 | Darryl | 277 |
| 65 | Philip | 277 |
| 67 | Russell | 270 |
| 68 | Rodney | 266 |
| 69 | Jon | 263 |
| 70 | Dean | 257 |
| 71 | Wayne | 254 |
| 72 | Phillip | 253 |
| 73 | Kurt | 247 |
| 74 | Tony | 245 |
| 75 | Dan | 240 |
| 76 | Duane | 238 |
| 77 | Bryan | 237 |
| 78 | Jack | 236 |
| 79 | Rick | 232 |
| 80 | Dave | 229 |
| 80 | Troy | 229 |
| 82 | Vincent | 220 |
| 83 | Joe | 212 |
| 84 | Bradley | 208 |
| 85 | Bill | 207 |
| 86 | Curtis | 205 |
| 87 | Barry | 198 |
| 88 | Walter | 196 |
| 89 | Jay | 191 |
| 90 | Ricky | 190 |
| 91 | Kirk | 189 |
| 92 | Allen | 183 |
| 93 | Danny | 172 |
| 94 | Bob | 161 |
| 94 | Ralph | 161 |
| 96 | Frederick | 159 |
| 96 | Jonathan | 159 |
| 98 | Harold | 158 |
| 99 | Karl | 157 |
| 99 | Micheal | 157 |