Popular baby names in Georgia, 1963

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,259 babies) and James for boys (1,981). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,604 babies born in Georgia in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1963

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

Girls

Willie: 52 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Annie: 124 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mattie: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Valencia: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelia: 72 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Felecia: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bridgett: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lesia: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chandra: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lillie: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 46 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Dexter: 81 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Emory: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Norris: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Grady: 41 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sammie: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Horace: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Willie: 491 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Terrell: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charlie: 128 babies, 4.8× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,259	↑1	1
2	Mary	898	↓1	2
3	Donna	890	↑1	6
4	Tammy	805	↑13	12
5	Cynthia	780	↓2	10
6	Angela	743	–	30
7	Teresa	738	↑3	18
8	Linda	689	↓3	5
9	Susan	656	↑5	3
10	Pamela	639	↑2	14
11	Karen	626	↑4	4
12	Patricia	603	↓5	7
13	Brenda	588	↓4	15
14	Sandra	587	↓6	9
15	Deborah	571	↓4	13
16	Sharon	546	↓3	19
17	Debra	450	↑1	21
18	Barbara	447	↓2	17
19	Kimberly	371	↑5	11
20	Sherry	366	↑6	49
21	Wanda	361	–	76
22	Elizabeth	355	–	20
23	Tina	351	–	35
24	Kathy	350	↓5	34
25	Robin	349	↑5	25
26	Laura	343	↑12	16
27	Rhonda	335	↓2	45
28	Connie	332	↓1	55
29	Janet	327	↑3	40
30	Lori	321	↑18	8
31	Sheila	314	↑2	50
32	Janice	305	↓12	63
33	Cheryl	304	↓4	24
34	Cindy	304	↓3	37
35	Jennifer	295	↑1	36
36	Carolyn	289	↓1	56
37	Carol	282	↑2	33
38	Nancy	265	↓4	23
39	Tracy	254	new	48
40	Debbie	247	↓12	41
41	Jacqueline	241	↑2	51
42	Beverly	238	↓5	81
43	Julie	231	↑7	22
44	Melissa	230	new	61
45	Cathy	222	↑2	67
46	Terri	217	–	58
47	Rebecca	216	new	44
48	Betty	215	↓6	>100
49	Paula	211	new	42
50	Shirley	206	↓9	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,981	–	4
2	Michael	1,583	–	1
3	David	1,514	–	3
4	John	1,481	–	2
5	Robert	1,389	–	5
6	William	1,261	–	7
7	Charles	935	–	16
8	Richard	803	↑3	8
9	Mark	788	–	6
10	Kenneth	779	↓2	18
11	Timothy	701	↑1	15
12	Gregory	667	↓2	21
13	Anthony	635	–	22
14	Thomas	609	–	9
15	Jeffrey	515	↑4	10
16	Willie	491	↓1	93
17	Terry	487	↑3	32
18	Joseph	473	↓1	13
19	Donald	450	↑3	25
20	Ricky	443	↑1	47
21	Tony	442	↓3	52
22	Ronald	408	↑8	23
23	Johnny	403	↑1	71
24	Gary	393	↓8	24
25	Larry	380	↑2	36
26	Christopher	375	↑2	26
27	Jeffery	364	↓2	46
28	Steven	353	↓2	14
29	George	345	↑2	34
30	Jerry	341	↓7	38
31	Randy	322	↑1	37
32	Scott	313	↑2	12
33	Jimmy	310	–	78
34	Bobby	307	↓5	75
35	Paul	295	–	17
36	Keith	287	↑4	33
37	Stephen	279	↓1	29
38	Kevin	277	↑11	11
39	Danny	275	↓1	55
40	Tommy	270	↑5	>100
41	Edward	252	↓2	27
42	Daniel	246	↓1	19
43	Billy	244	↓6	74
44	Eddie	239	–	>100
45	Steve	238	↑3	49
46	Eric	234	new	31
47	Barry	228	new	67
48	Brian	227	new	20
49	Carl	225	new	54
50	Douglas	224	↓8	28

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