Popular baby names of 1963

In 1963, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (56,047 babies) and Michael for boys (83,771). Social Security records show 3,958,585 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,661 girls' names and 4,621 boys' names.

1963 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 28.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Gina, Dana, Colleen.
New in the boys' top 100: Darrell, Jose, Albert.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962
1	Lisa	56,047	–
2	Mary	41,546	–
3	Susan	33,991	–
4	Karen	32,492	–
5	Linda	27,727	–
6	Donna	25,405	↑1
7	Patricia	25,374	↓1
8	Lori	23,899	↑3
9	Sandra	21,621	↑1
10	Cynthia	21,589	↓2
11	Kimberly	21,224	↑5
12	Tammy	21,199	↑11
13	Deborah	21,053	↓4
14	Pamela	20,593	↓1
15	Brenda	19,611	↓3
16	Laura	18,514	↑5
17	Barbara	18,295	↓3
18	Teresa	17,965	–
19	Sharon	17,800	↓2
20	Elizabeth	17,598	–
21	Debra	17,335	↓6
22	Julie	16,304	–
23	Nancy	16,266	↓4
24	Cheryl	15,047	–
25	Robin	14,435	–
26	Michelle	14,383	↑5
27	Denise	14,092	↑3
28	Kathleen	13,547	↑1
29	Christine	13,387	↑10
30	Angela	13,277	↑6
31	Diane	13,193	↓5
32	Kelly	12,550	↑6
33	Carol	12,492	↓5
34	Kathy	12,215	↓7
35	Tina	12,157	↓2
36	Jennifer	11,757	↑5
37	Cindy	11,090	↓3
38	Theresa	11,039	↑2
39	Kim	10,683	↓2
40	Janet	10,667	↓5
41	Debbie	10,444	↓9
42	Paula	10,156	↑18
43	Maria	9,854	↑6
44	Rebecca	9,393	↑3
45	Rhonda	9,356	–
46	Margaret	9,304	↓3
47	Laurie	9,276	↓5
48	Tracy	9,073	↑7
49	Sherry	9,065	↓1
50	Sheila	8,706	↑2
51	Jacqueline	8,562	↓7
52	Dawn	8,412	↓2
53	Catherine	8,294	–
54	Amy	8,227	↑7
55	Connie	8,165	↓4
56	Carolyn	8,124	↓10
57	Ann	7,975	↓1
58	Terri	7,704	↓4
59	Michele	7,512	–
60	Wendy	7,333	↑4
61	Melissa	7,321	↑7
62	Diana	7,310	↓5
63	Janice	7,074	↓5
64	Stephanie	6,825	↑6
65	Suzanne	6,821	–
66	Beth	6,677	–
67	Cathy	6,319	↓5
68	Jill	6,300	↑4
69	Valerie	6,172	↓2
70	Judy	6,137	↓7
71	Annette	6,050	↑4
72	Leslie	5,857	↑8
73	Lynn	5,827	↓2
74	Renee	5,776	↑2
75	Jane	5,767	↓2
76	Wanda	5,596	↑1
77	Anita	5,473	↑4
78	Sherri	5,460	↑4
79	Gina	5,337	new
80	Anne	5,330	↑3
81	Beverly	5,280	↓12
82	Carla	5,264	↓4
83	Bonnie	5,226	↓4
84	Joyce	5,222	↓10
85	Darlene	5,153	↑3
86	Penny	5,129	↑6
87	Katherine	5,124	↓3
88	Dana	5,048	new
89	Andrea	5,013	↑10
90	Martha	4,887	↓3
91	Judith	4,743	↓5
92	Regina	4,710	↓1
93	Kathryn	4,701	↓4
94	Sarah	4,571	↑4
95	Joan	4,562	↓1
96	Gloria	4,536	↓6
97	Jean	4,485	↓2
98	Colleen	4,447	new
99	Shirley	4,387	↓3
100	Vicki	4,362	↓15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962
1	Michael	83,771	–
2	John	78,636	↑1
3	David	78,444	↓1
4	James	71,294	–
5	Robert	70,007	–
6	Mark	49,342	–
7	William	44,453	–
8	Richard	40,772	–
9	Thomas	35,490	–
10	Jeffrey	31,701	–
11	Kevin	30,613	↑3
12	Scott	30,396	↓1
13	Joseph	30,077	–
14	Steven	29,328	↓2
15	Timothy	27,187	↑1
16	Charles	26,762	↓1
17	Paul	26,672	↑2
18	Kenneth	25,235	–
19	Daniel	24,815	↓2
20	Brian	24,133	–
21	Gregory	21,420	–
22	Anthony	20,250	↑2
23	Ronald	19,780	↑2
24	Gary	18,929	↓2
25	Donald	18,896	↓2
26	Christopher	18,339	–
27	Edward	15,323	↑2
28	Douglas	15,086	↓1
29	Stephen	14,992	↓1
30	Todd	14,789	–
31	Eric	13,278	↑2
32	Terry	12,463	↑2
33	Keith	12,243	↑3
34	George	12,079	↓2
35	Patrick	12,071	↑5
36	Larry	11,667	↓5
37	Randy	10,535	↓2
38	Jerry	10,189	–
39	Dennis	9,821	↓2
40	Peter	9,614	↑3
41	Frank	9,527	↑1
42	Andrew	9,514	↑7
43	Bruce	9,275	↓2
44	Mike	9,045	↓5
45	Raymond	8,780	↑3
46	Jeffery	8,486	↓1
47	Ricky	8,114	↑3
48	Jeff	8,105	↓4
49	Steve	8,050	↓3
50	Matthew	8,034	↑6
51	Craig	7,899	–
52	Tony	7,879	–
53	Roger	7,743	↓6
54	Carl	7,128	↑4
55	Danny	7,101	↓1
56	Alan	6,935	↓3
57	Russell	6,703	–
58	Joe	6,379	↑1
59	Chris	6,328	↑1
60	Gerald	6,156	↑5
61	Vincent	6,152	↑5
62	Martin	6,073	↑12
63	Wayne	6,031	–
64	Glenn	5,977	↓9
65	Randall	5,972	↓1
66	Troy	5,971	↑1
67	Barry	5,953	↓6
68	Lawrence	5,708	↑2
69	Dale	5,700	↓7
70	Phillip	5,655	↓2
71	Johnny	5,420	↓2
72	Curtis	5,376	↑1
73	Bryan	5,257	↑9
74	Billy	5,241	↓3
75	Bobby	5,212	↑3
76	Rodney	5,193	–
77	Walter	5,068	↑2
78	Jimmy	5,043	↓3
79	Tim	5,016	↓7
80	Darryl	5,013	↑3
81	Greg	4,854	↓4
82	Bradley	4,765	↑5
83	Philip	4,757	↓2
84	Jon	4,750	–
85	Jay	4,720	↓5
86	Dean	4,616	–
87	Samuel	4,520	↑1
88	Jonathan	4,471	↑6
89	Roy	4,440	↑1
90	Allen	4,339	↑3
91	Arthur	4,275	–
92	Jim	4,237	↓7
93	Willie	4,194	↓4
94	Henry	4,184	↓2
95	Darrell	4,097	new
96	Harold	4,093	↓1
97	Victor	4,056	↓1
98	Jose	4,012	new
99	Ralph	3,931	↓2
100	Albert	3,883	new

Every name given in 1963

All 12,282 names Social Security recorded for 1963, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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