Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1962
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,869 |
| 2 | John | 8,596 |
| 3 | Robert | 7,093 |
| 4 | David | 6,350 |
| 5 | James | 6,176 |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,591 |
| 7 | Thomas | 4,432 |
| 8 | William | 4,331 |
| 9 | Richard | 4,297 |
| 10 | Mark | 3,825 |
| 11 | Steven | 2,910 |
| 12 | Anthony | 2,866 |
| 13 | Kevin | 2,697 |
| 14 | Daniel | 2,613 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 2,529 |
| 16 | Paul | 2,521 |
| 17 | Scott | 2,453 |
| 18 | Christopher | 2,307 |
| 19 | Peter | 2,144 |
| 20 | Brian | 2,134 |
| 21 | Edward | 2,057 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 2,045 |
| 23 | Charles | 2,013 |
| 24 | Timothy | 2,012 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,830 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Frank | 1,675 |
| 27 | Ronald | 1,493 |
| 28 | Gary | 1,486 |
| 29 | Donald | 1,474 |
| 30 | Gregory | 1,443 |
| 31 | George | 1,417 |
| 32 | Andrew | 1,410 |
| 33 | Eric | 1,260 |
| 34 | Douglas | 1,200 |
| 35 | Patrick | 1,122 |
| 36 | Raymond | 1,056 |
| 37 | Vincent | 1,017 |
| 38 | Keith | 907 |
| 39 | Glenn | 853 |
| 40 | Jose | 843 |
| 41 | Matthew | 835 |
| 42 | Dennis | 812 |
| 43 | Bruce | 786 |
| 44 | Lawrence | 776 |
| 45 | Philip | 758 |
| 46 | Todd | 711 |
| 47 | Alan | 709 |
| 48 | Craig | 688 |
| 49 | Louis | 659 |
| 50 | Martin | 566 |
| 51 | Wayne | 563 |
| 52 | Edwin | 553 |
| 53 | Jonathan | 551 |
| 54 | Nicholas | 526 |
| 55 | Victor | 496 |
| 56 | Carl | 495 |
| 57 | Marc | 486 |
| 58 | Arthur | 485 |
| 59 | Walter | 477 |
| 60 | Luis | 471 |
| 61 | Gerald | 466 |
| 62 | Russell | 463 |
| 63 | Chris | 454 |
| 64 | Larry | 444 |
| 64 | Ralph | 444 |
| 66 | Barry | 434 |
| 67 | Roger | 433 |
| 68 | Randy | 430 |
| 69 | Howard | 428 |
| 70 | Francis | 425 |
| 71 | Albert | 421 |
| 71 | Darryl | 421 |
| 73 | Frederick | 419 |
| 74 | Eugene | 412 |
| 75 | Jay | 393 |
| 76 | Henry | 390 |
| 77 | Adam | 385 |
| 78 | Carlos | 377 |
| 79 | Samuel | 375 |
| 80 | Leonard | 341 |
| 81 | Harold | 340 |
| 81 | Steve | 340 |
| 83 | Dean | 331 |
| 84 | Jerry | 329 |
| 85 | Juan | 324 |
| 86 | Mike | 317 |
| 87 | Gerard | 316 |
| 88 | Jeffery | 312 |
| 89 | Mitchell | 304 |
| 90 | Terry | 299 |
| 91 | Angel | 297 |
| 92 | Salvatore | 296 |
| 93 | Dale | 288 |
| 94 | Jeff | 286 |
| 95 | Sean | 276 |
| 95 | Theodore | 276 |
| 97 | Harry | 266 |
| 98 | Alfred | 262 |
| 99 | Benjamin | 254 |
| 100 | Danny | 253 |