Popular baby names in California, 1963

The most popular baby names in California in 1963 were Lisa for girls (4,939 babies) and Michael for boys (7,829). Social Security records list 361,898 babies born in California in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1963

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

Girls

Guadalupe: 137 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leticia: 240 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Olivia: 116 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elena: 121 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erin: 282 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Irma: 176 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delia: 104 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Teri: 420 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ana: 164 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kirsten: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 131 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sergio: 110 babies, 4× the national rate
Marco: 119 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Manuel: 488 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaime: 191 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mario: 376 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raul: 245 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rudy: 202 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Armando: 181 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 167 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	4,939	–	1
2	Susan	2,839	↑1	3
3	Karen	2,800	↓1	4
4	Mary	2,611	–	2
5	Linda	2,218	–	5
6	Laura	2,095	↑5	16
7	Cynthia	2,085	↓1	10
8	Julie	2,057	↓1	22
9	Patricia	2,034	–	7
10	Lori	2,008	↓2	8
11	Sandra	1,951	↑1	9
12	Kimberly	1,880	↑1	11
13	Deborah	1,852	↓3	13
14	Elizabeth	1,727	↑3	20
15	Michelle	1,690	↑4	26
16	Teresa	1,584	↓1	18
17	Kelly	1,570	↑5	32
18	Denise	1,541	↑2	27
19	Tammy	1,540	↑16	12
20	Maria	1,532	↑6	43
21	Donna	1,531	↓7	6
22	Pamela	1,478	↓4	14
23	Debra	1,431	↓7	21
24	Jennifer	1,385	↑9	36
25	Nancy	1,333	↓2	23
26	Cheryl	1,296	↓2	24
27	Kathleen	1,282	–	28
28	Robin	1,241	–	25
29	Debbie	1,214	↓8	41
30	Tina	1,212	↑4	35
31	Christine	1,209	↑10	29
32	Barbara	1,181	↓7	17
33	Sharon	1,164	↓2	19
34	Diane	1,163	↓2	31
35	Brenda	1,159	↓5	15
36	Cindy	1,154	–	37
37	Tracy	1,081	↑2	48
38	Kim	1,020	–	39
39	Kathy	1,017	↓10	34
40	Rebecca	1,013	↑4	44
41	Diana	995	↓1	62
42	Carol	993	↓5	33
43	Theresa	973	–	38
44	Janet	851	↓2	40
45	Wendy	851	new	60
46	Laurie	845	↓1	47
47	Terri	827	↓1	58
48	Stephanie	825	new	64
49	Catherine	787	–	53
50	Angela	775	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	7,829	↑1	1
2	David	7,602	↓1	3
3	John	7,038	–	2
4	Robert	6,828	–	5
5	James	5,094	–	4
6	Mark	4,835	–	6
7	Richard	4,327	–	8
8	William	3,138	↑1	7
9	Steven	3,115	↓1	14
10	Scott	2,903	–	12
11	Kevin	2,758	↑2	11
12	Daniel	2,687	–	19
13	Jeffrey	2,543	↓2	10
14	Thomas	2,382	–	9
15	Paul	2,343	–	17
16	Brian	2,303	↑1	20
17	Kenneth	2,174	↓1	18
18	Ronald	2,047	↑1	23
19	Gregory	2,015	↓1	21
20	Joseph	1,979	–	13
21	Charles	1,923	↑1	16
22	Anthony	1,864	↑1	22
23	Timothy	1,834	↑1	15
24	Gary	1,829	↓3	24
25	Christopher	1,822	–	26
26	Eric	1,755	–	31
27	Donald	1,597	–	25
28	Mike	1,482	–	44
29	Edward	1,393	–	27
30	Todd	1,272	↑5	30
31	Steve	1,220	↓1	49
32	Stephen	1,191	–	29
33	Douglas	1,144	↓2	28
34	Patrick	1,134	↑3	35
35	Frank	1,078	↓1	41
36	Craig	1,002	–	51
37	George	999	↑2	34
38	Larry	980	–	36
39	Keith	977	↑3	33
40	Raymond	972	–	45
41	Jeff	959	↓8	48
42	Peter	896	↑2	40
43	Matthew	894	↑3	50
44	Andrew	893	↑3	42
45	Randy	851	↓4	37
46	Dennis	835	↓3	39
47	Jerry	826	↑1	38
48	Martin	798	new	62
49	Chris	785	↓4	59
50	Jose	785	new	98

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