Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1962
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 5,687 |
| 2 | Michael | 5,360 |
| 3 | David | 4,989 |
| 4 | Robert | 4,887 |
| 5 | James | 4,374 |
| 6 | Mark | 3,327 |
| 7 | William | 3,201 |
| 8 | Joseph | 3,092 |
| 9 | Thomas | 2,894 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 2,523 |
| 11 | Richard | 2,481 |
| 12 | Scott | 1,879 |
| 13 | Kevin | 1,792 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,690 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,630 |
| 16 | Timothy | 1,608 |
| 17 | Charles | 1,578 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,439 |
| 19 | Ronald | 1,405 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,398 |
| 21 | Edward | 1,387 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 1,373 |
| 23 | Gregory | 1,297 |
| 24 | Donald | 1,267 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,251 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 1,247 |
| 27 | Gary | 1,134 |
| 28 | Christopher | 1,090 |
| 29 | Douglas | 991 |
| 30 | George | 917 |
| 31 | Eric | 780 |
| 32 | Keith | 730 |
| 33 | Frank | 717 |
| 34 | Todd | 681 |
| 35 | Raymond | 650 |
| 36 | Andrew | 640 |
| 37 | Patrick | 637 |
| 38 | Randy | 611 |
| 39 | Dennis | 609 |
| 40 | Bruce | 603 |
| 41 | Glenn | 533 |
| 42 | Barry | 514 |
| 43 | Craig | 511 |
| 44 | Peter | 493 |
| 45 | Matthew | 480 |
| 46 | Vincent | 477 |
| 47 | Terry | 440 |
| 48 | Gerald | 439 |
| 48 | Larry | 439 |
| 50 | Carl | 434 |
| 51 | Wayne | 415 |
| 52 | Alan | 409 |
| 53 | Lawrence | 384 |
| 54 | Dale | 367 |
| 55 | Walter | 366 |
| 56 | Francis | 365 |
| 57 | Harry | 351 |
| 58 | Russell | 343 |
| 59 | Jeff | 340 |
| 60 | Samuel | 336 |
| 61 | Roger | 329 |
| 62 | Chris | 323 |
| 63 | Martin | 309 |
| 64 | Philip | 306 |
| 65 | Louis | 293 |
| 66 | Eugene | 292 |
| 67 | Jay | 288 |
| 68 | Mike | 284 |
| 69 | Troy | 282 |
| 70 | Albert | 281 |
| 71 | Dean | 279 |
| 72 | Jonathan | 278 |
| 73 | Bryan | 273 |
| 74 | Jeffery | 267 |
| 75 | Steve | 257 |
| 76 | Ralph | 256 |
| 77 | Frederick | 242 |
| 78 | Darryl | 237 |
| 78 | Jerry | 237 |
| 78 | Leonard | 237 |
| 81 | Rodney | 227 |
| 82 | Randall | 226 |
| 83 | Arthur | 225 |
| 84 | Nicholas | 224 |
| 85 | Ricky | 223 |
| 86 | Howard | 213 |
| 86 | Shawn | 213 |
| 88 | Curtis | 210 |
| 89 | Stanley | 208 |
| 90 | Harold | 207 |
| 91 | Bradley | 205 |
| 92 | Allen | 197 |
| 92 | Jack | 197 |
| 94 | Kurt | 196 |
| 95 | Theodore | 195 |
| 96 | Greg | 193 |
| 97 | Bernard | 187 |
| 98 | Jon | 185 |
| 99 | Fred | 183 |
| 100 | Tim | 180 |