Popular baby names in Indiana, 1963

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,714 babies) and David for boys (2,238). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 98,387 babies born in Indiana in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1963

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

Girls

Lora: 109 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kendra: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamara: 251 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tonya: 144 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Candy: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beth: 362 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joni: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tamra: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leann: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brent: 191 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Doug: 107 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rex: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Max: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kent: 146 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kris: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 175 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bradley: 251 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,714	–	1
2	Mary	977	–	2
3	Kimberly	921	↑2	11
4	Lori	879	↑3	8
5	Susan	814	↓1	3
6	Karen	760	↓3	4
7	Tammy	739	↑6	12
8	Julie	684	↑3	22
9	Linda	657	↓3	5
10	Teresa	648	↓2	18
11	Pamela	600	↓1	14
12	Donna	588	↑4	6
13	Brenda	586	↓4	15
14	Laura	537	↑4	16
15	Tina	517	↑2	35
16	Angela	514	↑19	30
17	Cynthia	501	↓3	10
18	Deborah	495	↑2	13
19	Patricia	485	–	7
20	Sandra	484	↑3	9
21	Kelly	481	↑4	32
22	Debra	478	↓10	21
23	Jennifer	467	↑5	36
24	Kathy	455	↓9	34
25	Robin	437	↑7	25
26	Cheryl	432	↓2	24
27	Michelle	412	↑7	26
28	Nancy	411	↓7	23
29	Rhonda	407	↓3	45
30	Barbara	401	↓8	17
31	Elizabeth	366	↑2	20
32	Beth	362	↑6	66
33	Rebecca	355	↓3	44
34	Cindy	352	↓5	37
35	Denise	352	↑7	27
36	Sharon	341	↓5	19
37	Paula	311	new	42
38	Sherry	307	↑9	49
39	Amy	304	new	54
40	Kim	300	↓1	39
41	Debbie	299	↓14	41
42	Carol	295	↓6	33
43	Christine	288	new	29
44	Janet	279	↓7	40
45	Sheila	278	↑1	50
46	Dawn	277	↓1	52
47	Diana	275	↑1	62
48	Connie	260	↓7	55
49	Diane	257	↓9	31
50	Theresa	252	↓6	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	2,238	–	3
2	Michael	2,192	–	1
3	John	1,894	↑1	2
4	James	1,854	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,637	↑1	5
6	Mark	1,564	↓1	6
7	Jeffrey	1,192	–	10
8	William	1,035	–	7
9	Scott	1,029	↑1	12
10	Kevin	977	↑3	11
11	Richard	960	–	8
12	Timothy	938	↓3	15
13	Brian	933	↓1	20
14	Thomas	900	–	9
15	Steven	873	–	14
16	Gregory	721	–	21
17	Charles	701	–	16
18	Daniel	627	–	19
19	Joseph	604	–	13
20	Paul	591	↑5	17
21	Donald	556	↑2	25
22	Ronald	550	↓1	23
23	Gary	546	↓1	24
24	Kenneth	531	↓4	18
25	Douglas	524	↓1	28
26	Todd	522	↑5	30
27	Anthony	494	↑2	22
28	Terry	454	↓1	32
29	Christopher	443	↑3	26
30	Larry	437	↓4	36
31	Jerry	414	↑4	38
32	Stephen	380	↑1	29
33	Jeffery	379	↓3	46
34	Jeff	376	↓6	48
35	Eric	352	↑1	31
36	Keith	333	↑2	33
37	Tony	328	↑4	52
38	Randy	327	↓1	37
39	Mike	302	↓5	44
40	Dennis	299	–	39
41	Edward	288	↑2	27
42	Patrick	281	↑4	35
43	Roger	275	↓4	53
44	Steve	273	–	49
45	Bruce	271	↓3	43
46	Troy	265	new	66
47	Tim	255	↓2	79
48	George	252	–	34
49	Bradley	251	–	82
50	Bryan	244	new	73

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