Popular baby names in Kansas, 1963

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1963 were Lisa for girls (549 babies) and David for boys (829). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,190 babies born in Kansas in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1963

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

Girls

Roxanna: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Deann: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gayla: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristi: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tamra: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawna: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jana: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristy: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kenton: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Galen: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Monte: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sheldon: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rusty: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darin: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kris: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shaun: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darren: 72 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendall: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	549	–	1
2	Lori	421	↑2	8
3	Mary	395	↓1	2
4	Brenda	353	↓1	15
5	Susan	319	–	3
6	Karen	289	↑2	4
7	Kimberly	289	–	11
8	Julie	269	↑1	22
9	Teresa	259	↑1	18
10	Tammy	250	↑3	12
11	Linda	246	↓5	5
12	Cynthia	215	↑2	10
13	Michelle	207	↑5	26
14	Pamela	204	↓3	14
15	Debra	202	↓3	21
16	Deborah	186	↑4	13
17	Donna	181	↑7	6
18	Rhonda	179	↑3	45
19	Cindy	178	↑4	37
20	Patricia	177	↓5	7
21	Kelly	176	↓4	32
22	Sharon	172	↑3	19
23	Barbara	171	↑6	17
24	Sandra	170	↓8	9
25	Janet	169	↓6	40
26	Angela	168	↑8	30
27	Denise	167	–	27
28	Kim	161	↑7	39
29	Kathy	159	↓7	34
30	Laura	159	↑3	16
31	Debbie	153	↓5	41
32	Cheryl	149	↓2	24
33	Robin	149	↓1	25
34	Nancy	146	↓6	23
35	Tina	139	↑2	35
36	Connie	136	↓5	55
37	Rebecca	135	↑1	44
38	Diana	123	↑5	62
39	Terri	123	↑2	58
40	Tracy	122	↑2	48
41	Carol	119	↓5	33
42	Elizabeth	118	↓3	20
43	Paula	115	new	42
44	Diane	114	↓4	31
45	Jennifer	113	↑1	36
46	Shelly	112	new	>100
47	Sherry	112	↓3	49
48	Stephanie	112	–	64
49	Sheila	107	↓4	50
50	Dana	105	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	829	–	3
2	Michael	791	–	1
3	John	662	↑1	2
4	Robert	606	↑2	5
5	Mark	604	↓2	6
6	James	599	↓1	4
7	Kevin	490	–	11
8	Richard	401	↑4	8
9	Scott	385	↓1	12
10	Steven	384	–	14
11	William	373	↓2	7
12	Jeffrey	366	↓1	10
13	Brian	309	↑1	20
14	Timothy	281	↑1	15
15	Thomas	262	↑7	9
16	Charles	252	↑2	16
17	Douglas	242	↓1	28
18	Gary	241	↓5	24
19	Paul	225	↑18	17
20	Todd	225	↑9	30
21	Kenneth	217	↓1	18
22	Daniel	214	↓3	19
23	Terry	214	↑3	32
24	Gregory	213	↓7	21
25	Ronald	209	↓4	23
26	Larry	201	↓2	36
27	Donald	194	↓4	25
28	Randy	165	↓3	37
29	Joseph	162	↓2	13
30	Mike	154	↓2	44
31	Eric	152	↑16	31
32	Christopher	150	↑2	26
33	Jerry	146	↑2	38
34	Jeff	136	↓1	48
35	Bradley	132	↓3	82
36	Dennis	127	↑6	39
37	Anthony	126	↑7	22
38	Troy	125	↓8	66
39	Jeffery	121	new	46
40	Ricky	121	↑10	47
41	Roger	118	↓10	53
42	Stephen	117	↓3	29
43	Russell	116	new	57
44	Bruce	114	↑2	43
45	Patrick	114	↓9	35
46	Bryan	111	new	73
47	Keith	111	↓6	33
48	Alan	109	↓8	56
49	Danny	109	↓4	55
50	Craig	107	↓7	51

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