Popular baby names in Arizona, 1963

The most popular baby names in Arizona in 1963 were Lisa for girls (383 babies) and David for boys (681). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,659 babies born in Arizona in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arizona in 1963

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

Girls

Lupe: 23 babies, 14× the national rate
Josie: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Irma: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Laverne: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Irene: 69 babies, 5× the national rate
Margarita: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Susie: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Olga: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alma: 21 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Harrison: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jesus: 55 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Fernando: 33 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Manuel: 88 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Francisco: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ruben: 65 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gabriel: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ramon: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Armando: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	383	↑1	1
2	Mary	327	↓1	2
3	Patricia	223	–	7
4	Susan	216	↑1	3
5	Linda	199	↓1	5
6	Karen	195	–	4
7	Lori	190	↑1	8
8	Laura	182	↑3	16
9	Maria	181	↑1	43
10	Sandra	181	↓1	9
11	Cynthia	164	↓4	10
12	Deborah	162	–	13
13	Elizabeth	161	↑4	20
14	Barbara	155	↑1	17
15	Brenda	149	↑5	15
16	Kimberly	149	↑11	11
17	Julie	143	↓4	22
18	Tammy	141	↑10	12
19	Donna	140	↓5	6
20	Debra	125	↓2	21
21	Nancy	122	↑3	23
22	Pamela	122	–	14
23	Michelle	121	↓2	26
24	Teresa	117	↓5	18
25	Cindy	110	↓2	37
26	Christine	109	↑11	29
27	Sharon	109	↑4	19
28	Debbie	107	↓12	41
29	Diana	107	↑10	62
30	Jennifer	106	↑12	36
31	Kathy	106	↓6	34
32	Tina	106	↑6	35
33	Kelly	105	↓7	32
34	Rebecca	103	↓4	44
35	Denise	101	↓2	27
36	Diane	101	↓2	31
37	Theresa	99	↑4	38
38	Carol	91	↓9	33
39	Cheryl	91	↓7	24
40	Kathleen	87	↑3	28
41	Terri	87	new	58
42	Anna	83	↑2	>100
43	Sylvia	79	↑4	>100
44	Paula	77	new	42
45	Margaret	76	↓5	46
46	Christina	73	new	>100
47	Robin	73	↓11	25
48	Connie	72	–	55
49	Martha	72	new	90
50	Sherri	72	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	681	–	3
2	Michael	604	–	1
3	Robert	578	↑1	5
4	John	545	↓1	2
5	James	451	–	4
6	Richard	376	↑1	8
7	Mark	356	↓1	6
8	William	296	–	7
9	Scott	237	–	12
10	Steven	231	↑1	14
11	Daniel	226	↓1	19
12	Thomas	224	↑1	9
13	Paul	212	↑1	17
14	Kevin	197	↑4	11
15	Timothy	194	↑2	15
16	Joseph	182	↓1	13
17	Kenneth	171	↑2	18
18	Brian	167	↑3	20
19	Charles	166	↓7	16
20	Jeffrey	165	↑2	10
21	Ronald	157	↓5	23
22	Larry	153	↑4	36
23	Gary	149	↑2	24
24	Frank	142	↓1	41
25	Donald	139	↓1	25
26	Anthony	136	↑4	22
27	Mike	130	↑1	44
28	George	123	↓1	34
29	Raymond	123	↑5	45
30	Joe	118	↓10	58
31	Christopher	111	↑1	26
32	Gregory	110	↑3	21
33	Danny	106	↑3	55
34	Jerry	106	↓1	38
35	Edward	101	↓6	27
36	Martin	98	new	62
37	Steve	96	↓6	49
38	Douglas	91	↑1	28
39	Stephen	91	↑1	29
40	Eric	88	↓3	31
41	Manuel	88	new	>100
42	Jose	87	–	98
43	Tony	87	↑6	52
44	Patrick	86	↓3	35
45	Jeff	82	↓2	48
46	Terry	82	new	32
47	Andrew	75	new	42
48	Todd	75	↓4	30
49	Victor	72	new	97
50	Randy	69	↓12	37

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