Popular baby names in Kentucky, 1963

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,079 babies) and James for boys (1,629). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,242 babies born in Kentucky in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 1963

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

Girls

Glenna: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wilma: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Danita: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Edwina: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Freda: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Saundra: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Della: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Geneva: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vickie: 172 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rickie: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Timmy: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teddy: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Scotty: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donnie: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dallas: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ricky: 398 babies, 3× the national rate
Dewayne: 32 babies, 3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,079	↑1	1
2	Mary	841	↓1	2
3	Teresa	622	↑2	18
4	Donna	597	–	6
5	Tammy	597	↑5	12
6	Kimberly	561	–	11
7	Karen	550	↓4	4
8	Pamela	517	–	14
9	Sandra	458	↑4	9
10	Linda	438	↓3	5
11	Patricia	435	↓2	7
12	Susan	395	↑3	3
13	Brenda	394	↓1	15
14	Angela	361	↑14	30
15	Deborah	358	↓1	13
16	Kathy	346	↓5	34
17	Cynthia	336	↓1	10
18	Debra	328	↓1	21
19	Connie	319	↑7	55
20	Sharon	314	↓2	19
21	Sherry	302	–	49
22	Lori	293	↑19	8
23	Barbara	280	↓4	17
24	Paula	278	↑21	42
25	Tina	276	–	35
26	Rhonda	264	↓6	45
27	Rebecca	263	–	44
28	Robin	263	↓6	25
29	Elizabeth	260	↑2	20
30	Laura	257	↓1	16
31	Sheila	257	↓1	50
32	Jennifer	244	↓8	36
33	Debbie	223	↓10	41
34	Cheryl	214	↓2	24
35	Nancy	213	↓1	23
36	Theresa	210	↑3	38
37	Cindy	205	↓1	37
38	Janet	201	↓5	40
39	Melissa	191	↑1	61
40	Judy	190	↑3	70
41	Carol	185	↓4	33
42	Carolyn	175	↓7	56
43	Anita	172	↑1	77
44	Vickie	172	↓2	>100
45	Cathy	167	↑3	67
46	Julie	163	new	22
47	Kelly	158	new	32
48	Denise	156	new	27
49	Beverly	155	↓11	81
50	Sherri	143	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,629	–	4
2	David	1,339	–	3
3	Michael	1,202	–	1
4	John	1,145	↑1	2
5	Robert	1,066	↓1	5
6	William	986	–	7
7	Mark	865	–	6
8	Charles	699	–	16
9	Timothy	687	–	15
10	Jeffrey	683	–	10
11	Richard	532	–	8
12	Gregory	517	–	21
13	Joseph	469	↑3	13
14	Thomas	464	↑1	9
15	Kevin	449	↑4	11
16	Paul	447	↑7	17
17	Steven	430	↑1	14
18	Kenneth	428	↓5	18
19	Donald	427	↓2	25
20	Gary	416	↓6	24
21	Ricky	398	↑1	47
22	Terry	356	↓2	32
23	Anthony	350	↓2	22
24	Ronald	316	–	23
25	Jerry	299	↑2	38
26	Larry	290	↓1	36
27	Jeffery	288	↓1	46
28	Scott	271	↑12	12
29	Danny	259	↑1	55
30	Douglas	257	↑4	28
31	Stephen	250	–	29
32	Billy	248	↓4	74
33	Daniel	247	–	19
34	Tony	238	↑1	52
35	Brian	232	↑7	20
36	Christopher	226	↓7	26
37	Keith	220	↑2	33
38	Bobby	216	–	75
39	George	215	↓2	34
40	Roger	206	↓8	53
41	Randy	187	↑2	37
42	Edward	184	↑2	27
43	Todd	178	new	30
44	Barry	177	↓8	67
45	Darrell	176	new	95
46	Johnny	167	↑2	71
47	Phillip	167	↓6	70
48	Jimmy	161	↑2	78
49	Dennis	159	↓4	39
50	Ronnie	158	new	>100

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