Popular baby names in Illinois, 1963

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1963 were Lisa for girls (2,829 babies) and Michael for boys (5,181). Social Security records list 206,945 babies born in Illinois in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1963

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

Girls

Caryn: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karyn: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 125 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lolita: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 243 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terrence: 116 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nick: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ed: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	2,829	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,659	↓1	2
3	Susan	2,109	–	3
4	Karen	1,852	–	4
5	Linda	1,696	–	5
6	Laura	1,566	↑1	16
7	Patricia	1,387	↓1	7
8	Lori	1,365	↑1	8
9	Kimberly	1,306	↑2	11
10	Donna	1,253	–	6
11	Julie	1,236	↑2	22
12	Sandra	1,213	↑2	9
13	Cynthia	1,202	↓5	10
14	Deborah	1,158	↑1	13
15	Pamela	1,155	↑2	14
16	Barbara	1,059	↑2	17
17	Nancy	1,015	↓1	23
18	Tammy	1,003	↑13	12
19	Debra	992	↓7	21
20	Kathleen	978	↑2	28
21	Sharon	971	↓2	19
22	Christine	937	↑10	29
23	Diane	928	↓3	31
24	Elizabeth	917	↓1	20
25	Denise	885	↑1	27
26	Cheryl	838	↓2	24
27	Brenda	823	↓6	15
28	Michelle	784	↑1	26
29	Carol	747	↓4	33
30	Dawn	715	↓2	52
31	Teresa	693	↑2	18
32	Kathy	687	↓5	34
33	Angela	682	↑10	30
34	Tina	680	↑3	35
35	Janet	674	↓5	40
36	Theresa	670	–	38
37	Kelly	650	↑2	32
38	Margaret	649	↓3	46
39	Jennifer	609	↑1	36
40	Debbie	598	↓6	41
41	Cindy	579	↓3	37
42	Maria	541	↑6	43
43	Catherine	537	↑1	53
44	Robin	534	↓3	25
45	Sheila	530	↑5	50
46	Kim	510	↓1	39
47	Rhonda	486	new	45
48	Paula	484	new	42
49	Ann	473	new	57
50	Jacqueline	473	↓4	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	5,181	–	1
2	John	4,492	–	2
3	David	4,264	–	3
4	James	4,048	–	4
5	Robert	3,966	–	5
6	Mark	2,958	–	6
7	Thomas	2,342	–	9
8	William	2,328	–	7
9	Richard	2,211	↑1	8
10	Scott	1,998	↑2	12
11	Steven	1,983	↓2	14
12	Jeffrey	1,972	↓1	10
13	Kevin	1,803	↑1	11
14	Daniel	1,789	↓1	19
15	Joseph	1,721	–	13
16	Timothy	1,720	–	15
17	Brian	1,565	–	20
18	Paul	1,444	↑2	17
19	Kenneth	1,422	–	18
20	Gregory	1,299	↓2	21
21	Charles	1,232	↑1	16
22	Anthony	1,224	↓1	22
23	Ronald	1,215	↑1	23
24	Donald	1,087	↓1	25
25	Gary	907	–	24
26	Edward	898	–	27
27	Todd	885	↑3	30
28	Christopher	856	↓1	26
29	Patrick	824	↑3	35
30	Douglas	802	↓2	28
31	Eric	748	–	31
32	Keith	715	↑1	33
33	Stephen	634	↓4	29
34	Peter	629	↑3	40
35	Terry	629	↑3	32
36	Larry	617	↓1	36
37	George	583	↓3	34
38	Frank	564	↑2	41
39	Dennis	545	–	39
40	Andrew	527	↑10	42
41	Jeffery	519	↑3	46
42	Mike	516	↓6	44
43	Matthew	489	↑4	50
44	Jerry	487	↑5	38
45	Jeff	486	↓3	48
46	Bruce	485	↓1	43
47	Randy	475	↓4	37
48	Raymond	463	↓2	45
49	Carl	439	new	54
50	Steve	436	↓9	49

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