Popular baby names in Alabama, 1963

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1963 were Lisa for girls (852 babies) and James for boys (1,737). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,116 babies born in Alabama in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1963

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Johnnie: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annie: 110 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Fannie: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Alfreda: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Robbie: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Felecia: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Hattie: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mattie: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Angelia: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 94 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Winston: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 389 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Stevie: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roderick: 90 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rufus: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Elbert: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mack: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rickey: 126 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	852	↑1	1
2	Mary	780	↓1	2
3	Cynthia	632	–	10
4	Donna	602	–	6
5	Tammy	550	↑13	12
6	Teresa	525	–	18
7	Sandra	524	↑1	9
8	Pamela	519	↑2	14
9	Angela	486	↑6	30
10	Linda	457	↓5	5
11	Sharon	457	↓2	19
12	Karen	452	↓1	4
13	Susan	440	↓1	3
14	Brenda	425	↓7	15
15	Patricia	419	↓1	7
16	Deborah	365	–	13
17	Barbara	351	–	17
18	Debra	324	↓5	21
19	Kimberly	313	↑7	11
20	Jacqueline	288	↑2	51
21	Wanda	287	–	76
22	Rhonda	276	↑1	45
23	Sherry	275	↑1	49
24	Kathy	274	↓5	34
25	Elizabeth	271	–	20
26	Janice	250	↑1	63
27	Melissa	241	↑5	61
28	Tina	238	↓8	35
29	Lori	223	new	8
30	Carolyn	215	↑1	56
31	Sheila	212	↓3	50
32	Janet	211	↓2	40
33	Laura	211	↑5	16
34	Rebecca	206	↑7	44
35	Anita	205	↑4	77
36	Cheryl	204	–	24
37	Jennifer	203	↑3	36
38	Beverly	198	↓4	81
39	Robin	194	↓4	25
40	Paula	190	new	42
41	Carol	183	↓12	33
42	Connie	183	↓5	55
43	Regina	178	↑3	92
44	Nancy	177	↑3	23
45	Cathy	176	–	67
46	Cindy	175	↓3	37
47	Shirley	172	↓14	99
48	Terri	162	–	58
49	Gloria	155	↑1	96
50	Martha	153	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,737	–	4
2	Michael	1,209	–	1
3	John	1,182	–	2
4	David	1,073	–	3
5	Robert	970	↑1	5
6	William	965	↓1	7
7	Charles	671	–	16
8	Kenneth	643	↑1	18
9	Timothy	552	↑1	15
10	Mark	507	↓2	6
11	Gregory	503	–	21
12	Anthony	470	↑5	22
13	Richard	465	↑2	8
14	Thomas	444	↓1	9
15	Jeffrey	438	↓1	10
16	Terry	437	↓4	32
17	Joseph	397	↑2	13
18	Willie	389	↓2	93
19	Jeffery	344	↑3	46
20	Donald	328	↓2	25
21	Gary	328	↓1	24
22	Larry	310	↓1	36
23	Steven	304	↑1	14
24	Jerry	300	↓1	38
25	Ronald	292	–	23
26	Johnny	289	↑2	71
27	Bobby	273	–	75
28	Christopher	271	↑4	26
29	Jimmy	261	↓3	78
30	Paul	252	↑7	17
31	Ricky	250	↓1	47
32	George	244	↑4	34
33	Tony	244	↓4	52
34	Barry	238	↓3	67
35	Billy	229	–	74
36	Phillip	228	↓3	70
37	Randy	227	↓3	37
38	Danny	225	–	55
39	Edward	212	↑2	27
40	Darryl	211	↑6	80
41	Scott	205	↓1	12
42	Stephen	205	–	29
43	Kevin	199	new	11
44	Tommy	195	–	>100
45	Keith	194	↑2	33
46	Dennis	174	new	39
47	Joe	174	new	58
48	Daniel	172	new	19
49	Douglas	170	↓4	28
50	Roger	168	↓11	53

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