Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1963

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1963 were Lisa for girls (401 babies) and John for boys (709). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,507 babies born in District of Columbia in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1963

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

Girls

Sharron: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lolita: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adrienne: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Antoinette: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rochelle: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cassandra: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Daphne: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tonya: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delores: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Andre: 69 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 65 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carlton: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maurice: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nathaniel: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reginald: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Derrick: 52 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clifton: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	401	↑2	1
2	Mary	307	–	2
3	Karen	289	↓2	4
4	Susan	212	↑1	3
5	Patricia	207	↑5	7
6	Deborah	206	–	13
7	Linda	204	↓3	5
8	Donna	197	–	6
9	Elizabeth	193	↑3	20
10	Robin	188	↑5	25
11	Pamela	182	–	14
12	Sharon	181	↓5	19
13	Angela	166	–	30
14	Cynthia	165	↓5	10
15	Michelle	144	↓1	26
16	Cheryl	143	–	24
17	Kimberly	127	↑13	11
18	Denise	124	↑4	27
19	Jacqueline	123	↑9	51
20	Theresa	121	↓1	38
21	Barbara	120	↓4	17
22	Sandra	116	↓4	9
23	Teresa	115	↑4	18
24	Jennifer	113	–	36
25	Laura	108	↓5	16
26	Maria	105	↑14	43
27	Stephanie	105	↑7	64
28	Brenda	93	↑3	15
29	Kathleen	91	↓8	28
30	Margaret	91	↓5	46
31	Tammy	91	new	12
32	Catherine	90	↑3	53
33	Carol	87	↓1	33
34	Christine	84	↑4	29
35	Nancy	84	↑1	23
36	Wanda	82	↑6	76
37	Tina	81	↑12	35
38	Lori	80	↓1	8
39	Diane	77	↓10	31
40	Kim	77	↓1	39
41	Tracy	76	new	48
42	Paula	75	new	42
43	Carolyn	74	↓20	56
44	Leslie	73	↑1	72
45	Darlene	72	new	85
46	Julie	70	↓3	22
47	Sheila	69	↓21	50
48	Renee	67	↓4	74
49	Valerie	66	↑1	69
50	Anne	65	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	709	↑1	2
2	Michael	695	↓1	1
3	James	600	↑1	4
4	David	585	↓1	3
5	Robert	521	–	5
6	William	386	–	7
7	Mark	342	–	6
8	Kevin	316	–	11
9	Charles	294	↑1	16
10	Richard	273	↑3	8
11	Anthony	271	–	22
12	Joseph	246	–	13
13	Thomas	237	↓4	9
14	Christopher	234	↑4	26
15	Paul	217	↑4	17
16	Timothy	207	↑4	15
17	Kenneth	206	↓3	18
18	Gregory	202	↓3	21
19	Steven	194	↓2	14
20	Eric	180	↑4	31
21	Daniel	174	↑4	19
22	Jeffrey	174	↓6	10
23	Ronald	172	↓1	23
24	Brian	164	↓3	20
25	Stephen	158	↓2	29
26	Keith	145	↑4	33
27	Edward	133	–	27
28	George	133	–	34
29	Gary	129	–	24
30	Patrick	127	↑2	35
31	Scott	119	–	12
32	Donald	118	↓6	25
33	Andrew	101	↑1	42
34	Peter	97	↑8	40
35	Darryl	92	↑5	80
36	Douglas	83	↑8	28
37	Lawrence	75	↓1	68
38	Frank	71	↑3	41
39	Andre	69	↓4	>100
40	Reginald	68	↑5	>100
41	Wayne	68	↑2	63
42	Raymond	67	↓5	45
43	Jonathan	66	↑5	88
44	Tyrone	65	new	>100
45	Bruce	64	↓12	43
46	Matthew	63	↑1	50
47	Vincent	62	↓8	61
48	Curtis	57	new	72
49	Carl	56	↑1	54
50	Larry	53	↓12	36

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