Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1963

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1963 were Lisa for girls (547 babies) and James for boys (926). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,942 babies born in Arkansas in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1963

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

Girls

Felecia: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gayla: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Willie: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Robbie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelia: 78 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lesa: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelia: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Georgia: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Donny: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Scotty: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jackie: 57 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Stevie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Earnest: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 234 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rickey: 73 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donnie: 50 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 220 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jessie: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	547	↑1	1
2	Mary	390	↓1	2
3	Tammy	347	↑6	12
4	Donna	326	↑1	6
5	Karen	317	↓1	4
6	Linda	310	–	5
7	Brenda	305	↓4	15
8	Sandra	296	–	9
9	Teresa	290	↓2	18
10	Patricia	241	↑1	7
11	Sharon	240	↑1	19
12	Cynthia	234	↓2	10
13	Pamela	230	↑1	14
14	Angela	224	↑9	30
15	Susan	200	↑3	3
16	Kimberly	196	↑5	11
17	Barbara	195	↓4	17
18	Deborah	174	↓2	13
19	Tina	164	↑7	35
20	Debra	155	↓5	21
21	Laura	154	↑21	16
22	Sheila	154	↓2	50
23	Rhonda	153	↑1	45
24	Carolyn	152	↑1	56
25	Sherry	150	↓8	49
26	Cindy	147	↑3	37
27	Connie	143	↑3	55
28	Kathy	138	↓6	34
29	Janet	137	↓1	40
30	Rebecca	137	↑1	44
31	Lori	135	↑16	8
32	Elizabeth	134	–	20
33	Paula	134	↑12	42
34	Cheryl	133	↓7	24
35	Debbie	128	↓16	41
36	Jacqueline	117	↑3	51
37	Melissa	112	↑11	61
38	Robin	112	↓3	25
39	Carla	111	↓1	82
40	Terri	110	↑1	58
41	Janice	109	↑3	63
42	Carol	107	↓9	33
43	Beverly	106	↓6	81
44	Kelly	105	new	32
45	Shirley	97	↓9	99
46	Nancy	96	↑4	23
47	Vickie	96	↑2	>100
48	Anita	92	↓8	77
49	Joyce	84	new	84
50	Betty	81	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	926	–	4
2	Michael	662	↑1	1
3	David	644	↓1	3
4	John	613	↑1	2
5	Robert	591	↓1	5
6	Charles	407	–	16
7	William	387	↑1	7
8	Mark	376	↓1	6
9	Kenneth	332	–	18
10	Terry	311	–	32
11	Richard	287	↑5	8
12	Jerry	267	–	38
13	Steven	259	↑6	14
14	Gary	257	↓3	24
15	Gregory	254	↑3	21
16	Jimmy	234	↓2	78
17	Billy	220	↓4	74
18	Ricky	217	↓3	47
19	Timothy	215	↑1	15
20	Larry	211	↓3	36
21	Paul	206	↑5	17
22	Kevin	199	↑12	11
23	Tony	193	↑2	52
24	Bobby	191	↑3	75
25	Donald	190	↓3	25
26	Randy	185	↓5	37
27	Thomas	182	↓3	9
28	Anthony	180	↓5	22
29	Ronald	174	–	23
30	Danny	162	–	55
31	Scott	154	↑2	12
32	Johnny	153	–	71
33	Jeffrey	152	↓5	10
34	Keith	140	↑13	33
35	Jeffery	130	↑8	46
36	Carl	126	–	54
37	Ronnie	121	↑4	>100
38	Stephen	120	new	29
39	Joe	119	↓2	58
40	Tommy	117	–	>100
41	Joseph	116	↑3	13
42	Dennis	115	↓7	39
43	Willie	113	↓12	93
44	Phillip	106	↑1	70
45	Steve	105	↓6	49
46	Douglas	100	↓4	28
47	Roger	99	↓9	53
48	George	98	↓2	34
49	Brian	97	new	20
50	Mike	94	↓1	44

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