Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1963

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1963 were Lisa for girls (948 babies) and Michael for boys (1,438). Social Security records list 75,765 babies born in Louisiana in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1963

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

Girls

Troy: 22 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Charmaine: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roslyn: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deidra: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shelia: 172 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mona: 79 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosalind: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 156 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Thelma: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 24 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Jude: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Ivory: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lionel: 52 babies, 7× the national rate
Nolan: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Percy: 29 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Elton: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alton: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cedric: 70 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wilbert: 34 babies, 5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	948	↑1	1
2	Mary	872	↓1	2
3	Donna	618	↑2	6
4	Karen	615	↓1	4
5	Tammy	549	↑9	12
6	Cynthia	539	↓2	10
7	Pamela	528	↑3	14
8	Linda	500	↓1	5
9	Angela	482	↑6	30
10	Sharon	479	↓4	19
11	Sandra	435	↓3	9
12	Patricia	434	↓1	7
13	Susan	425	–	3
14	Debra	409	↓2	21
15	Brenda	393	↓6	15
16	Elizabeth	352	↑2	20
17	Lori	337	↑4	8
18	Barbara	302	↓1	17
19	Rhonda	295	↑4	45
20	Denise	292	↑10	27
21	Connie	291	↑6	55
22	Paula	289	↑24	42
23	Deborah	286	↓7	13
24	Carolyn	281	↓5	56
25	Cheryl	279	↓5	24
26	Kim	273	↓2	39
27	Robin	263	↓5	25
28	Tina	252	↓3	35
29	Melissa	246	↑19	61
30	Cindy	243	↑14	37
31	Jacqueline	242	↓5	51
32	Michelle	240	↑6	26
33	Laura	239	–	16
34	Rebecca	229	↑9	44
35	Stephanie	226	↓4	64
36	Jennifer	223	↓8	36
37	Julie	218	↑4	22
38	Sheila	212	↓1	50
39	Wanda	212	↓10	76
40	Janice	211	↓8	63
41	Kathy	207	↓5	34
42	Terri	202	new	58
43	Kimberly	197	new	11
44	Janet	184	↓9	40
45	Darlene	181	–	85
46	Penny	181	new	86
47	Theresa	181	↓5	38
48	Shelia	172	new	>100
49	Nancy	161	–	23
50	Melanie	159	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	1,438	–	1
2	John	1,285	–	2
3	David	1,237	↑1	3
4	James	1,185	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,058	–	5
6	Mark	775	–	6
7	Kevin	738	↑3	11
8	Charles	665	↓1	16
9	William	639	↑2	7
10	Kenneth	637	↓1	18
11	Joseph	633	↓3	13
12	Richard	509	↑2	8
13	Gregory	505	↓1	21
14	Paul	468	↑4	17
15	Anthony	437	↑2	22
16	Donald	434	↓3	25
17	Ronald	418	↓1	23
18	Thomas	394	↓3	9
19	Keith	369	↑1	33
20	Troy	338	↑6	66
21	Steven	333	–	14
22	Terry	332	↓3	32
23	Timothy	331	↓1	15
24	Brian	323	↑1	20
25	Gary	320	↓2	24
26	Patrick	319	↑2	35
27	Eric	286	↑11	31
28	Carl	278	↑11	54
29	Jerry	276	↑3	38
30	Jeffrey	275	↓3	10
31	Edward	274	↑5	27
32	Larry	262	↓8	36
33	Todd	258	↑4	30
34	Christopher	255	↓5	26
35	Scott	249	↓5	12
36	Stephen	249	↓5	29
37	Willie	229	↑10	93
38	Randy	227	↓5	37
39	George	221	↑1	34
40	Jeffery	221	↑1	46
41	Ricky	219	↓7	47
42	Daniel	211	↓7	19
43	Dwayne	201	new	>100
44	Danny	199	–	55
45	Johnny	194	↑5	71
46	Raymond	181	new	45
47	Dennis	179	↑1	39
48	Bobby	178	↓3	75
49	Craig	175	new	51
50	Bruce	172	↓4	43

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