Popular baby names in Florida, 1963

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,300 babies) and James for boys (2,196). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,995 babies born in Florida in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1963

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

Girls

Tangela: 41 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Lourdes: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelia: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Sabrina: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ana: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Valarie: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sophia: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Daisy: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Laverne: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jorge: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Sylvester: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 349 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alton: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,300	–	1
2	Mary	967	–	2
3	Karen	797	–	4
4	Susan	780	↑3	3
5	Cynthia	775	↓1	10
6	Linda	760	↓1	5
7	Donna	715	↑4	6
8	Patricia	680	↓2	7
9	Deborah	656	↓1	13
10	Kimberly	628	↑7	11
11	Tammy	621	↑7	12
12	Sandra	619	–	9
13	Sharon	614	↓4	19
14	Pamela	612	↓1	14
15	Brenda	600	↓5	15
16	Lori	558	↑5	8
17	Debra	549	↓3	21
18	Teresa	534	↓2	18
19	Angela	518	↑1	30
20	Barbara	487	↓5	17
21	Elizabeth	476	↓2	20
22	Laura	474	↑5	16
23	Robin	428	–	25
24	Cheryl	386	↓2	24
25	Nancy	383	↑3	23
26	Tina	365	–	35
27	Michelle	352	↑6	26
28	Kathy	346	↓3	34
29	Cindy	338	↑1	37
30	Kim	316	↑10	39
31	Debbie	312	↓7	41
32	Theresa	312	↑2	38
33	Carol	306	↓4	33
34	Rhonda	302	↑4	45
35	Julie	301	↓3	22
36	Jennifer	284	↑5	36
37	Denise	274	↓2	27
38	Kelly	256	new	32
39	Diane	251	↑5	31
40	Terri	250	↑3	58
41	Sheila	249	↑1	50
42	Wanda	248	↓3	76
43	Sherry	245	↑3	49
44	Carolyn	242	↓7	56
45	Tracy	241	new	48
46	Jacqueline	239	↓10	51
47	Valerie	237	↑3	69
48	Janet	236	↓17	40
49	Paula	233	new	42
50	Stephanie	231	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	2,196	–	4
2	John	2,170	–	2
3	Michael	2,114	–	1
4	Robert	2,045	↑1	5
5	David	1,937	↓1	3
6	William	1,504	–	7
7	Richard	1,127	↑1	8
8	Mark	1,033	↓1	6
9	Charles	901	–	16
10	Kenneth	810	–	18
11	Thomas	754	–	9
12	Joseph	724	–	13
13	Kevin	665	↑11	11
14	Timothy	656	–	15
15	Scott	629	–	12
16	Gregory	627	–	21
17	Anthony	582	↑2	22
18	Jeffrey	564	↓5	10
19	Steven	550	↓1	14
20	Donald	534	↓3	25
21	Ronald	532	↓1	23
22	Paul	518	↑1	17
23	Gary	474	↓1	24
24	Christopher	458	↑3	26
25	Daniel	447	↓4	19
26	George	412	↓1	34
27	Edward	377	↓1	27
28	Terry	363	↑4	32
29	Brian	357	↑7	20
30	Keith	356	↑4	33
31	Stephen	351	↓1	29
32	Willie	349	↓3	93
33	Larry	335	↓5	36
34	Douglas	331	↓3	28
35	Eric	306	↓2	31
36	Bruce	300	↑1	43
37	Jeffery	281	↓2	46
38	Tony	280	↑1	52
39	Jerry	266	↑1	38
40	Patrick	263	new	35
41	Frank	251	↑6	41
42	Todd	248	new	30
43	Raymond	246	↓1	45
44	Ricky	235	↓3	47
45	Danny	228	–	55
46	Carl	225	new	54
47	Mike	224	↓1	44
48	Andrew	223	new	42
49	Johnny	221	↓11	71
50	Wayne	218	new	63

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