Popular baby names in Delaware, 1963

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1963 were Lisa for girls (194 babies) and David for boys (266). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,456 babies born in Delaware in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1963

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

Girls

Crystal: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Michele: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terry: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dorothy: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jane: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Judith: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sharon: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Howard: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ernest: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Andrew: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Louis: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	194	–	1
2	Karen	135	↑1	4
3	Mary	129	↓1	2
4	Susan	114	–	3
5	Donna	113	–	6
6	Patricia	91	↑1	7
7	Deborah	89	↑1	13
8	Linda	89	↓2	5
9	Sharon	89	↑2	19
10	Cynthia	68	↑4	10
11	Kimberly	67	↑5	11
12	Elizabeth	65	–	20
13	Pamela	63	↓4	14
14	Robin	60	↓4	25
15	Sandra	60	↓2	9
16	Denise	57	↑7	27
17	Brenda	54	↓2	15
18	Barbara	53	↑2	17
19	Kathleen	53	↓1	28
20	Nancy	51	↑4	23
21	Christine	47	↑1	29
22	Michele	45	↑21	59
23	Teresa	45	↓6	18
24	Cheryl	44	↓5	24
25	Michelle	41	↑5	26
26	Margaret	39	↑2	46
27	Tammy	39	↑4	12
28	Tina	39	↑11	35
29	Lori	38	↑5	8
30	Carol	37	↓4	33
31	Catherine	36	↑13	53
32	Laura	36	↓5	16
33	Kelly	35	↑7	32
34	Sherry	35	new	49
35	Diane	33	↓10	31
36	Kim	33	new	39
37	Carolyn	31	↑9	56
38	Jane	31	new	75
39	Theresa	31	↓10	38
40	Suzanne	30	↑8	65
41	Tracy	30	new	48
42	Debra	29	↓7	21
43	Rebecca	29	new	44
44	Dawn	28	↓23	52
45	Jennifer	28	new	36
46	Paula	28	new	42
47	Sheila	28	new	50
48	Jacqueline	27	↓12	51
49	Wendy	27	–	60
50	Judith	26	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	266	↑1	3
2	John	254	↓1	2
3	Michael	252	–	1
4	Robert	241	–	5
5	James	212	–	4
6	William	189	–	7
7	Mark	176	–	6
8	Richard	140	↑1	8
9	Joseph	129	↑1	13
10	Thomas	122	↓2	9
11	Charles	113	↑3	16
12	Kevin	96	↑1	11
13	Jeffrey	95	↓2	10
14	Paul	80	↑4	17
15	Brian	78	↑7	20
16	Anthony	73	↑5	22
17	Steven	69	↓5	14
18	Christopher	68	↓2	26
19	Gregory	66	↑10	21
20	Kenneth	65	↓5	18
21	Timothy	65	↓1	15
22	Scott	59	↑2	12
23	Ronald	58	↑7	23
24	Donald	57	↑1	25
25	Stephen	57	↑2	29
26	Edward	54	↓3	27
27	Gary	52	↓8	24
28	Andrew	49	↑5	42
29	Daniel	49	↓12	19
30	George	49	↓4	34
31	Eric	42	–	31
32	Keith	42	↑3	33
33	Bruce	32	↓1	43
34	Patrick	32	↑2	35
35	Raymond	29	↑12	45
36	Dennis	28	↑7	39
37	Wayne	28	↑5	63
38	Douglas	27	↓10	28
39	Matthew	25	↑10	50
40	Walter	24	new	77
41	Howard	23	new	>100
42	Larry	23	↓5	36
43	Frank	22	new	41
44	Glenn	21	↓10	64
45	Peter	21	–	40
46	Carl	20	new	54
47	Gerald	20	new	60
48	Steve	20	new	49
49	Louis	19	new	>100
50	Philip	19	new	83

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