Popular baby names in Maine, 1963

The most popular baby names in Maine in 1963 were Lisa for girls (407 babies) and David for boys (526). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,402 babies born in Maine in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maine in 1963

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

Girls

Leanne: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pauline: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heidi: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Laurie: 154 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heather: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Holly: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Louise: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelley: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rachel: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 50 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roland: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marc: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leo: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 145 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brent: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 69 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dale: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stuart: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	407	–	1
2	Susan	242	–	3
3	Karen	224	–	4
4	Linda	162	↑1	5
5	Mary	160	↓1	2
6	Lori	156	–	8
7	Tammy	156	↑7	12
8	Laurie	154	–	47
9	Pamela	144	↑3	14
10	Kimberly	138	↑11	11
11	Sandra	134	↑5	9
12	Brenda	132	↓5	15
13	Donna	132	↓3	6
14	Deborah	131	↓5	13
15	Robin	127	↑11	25
16	Patricia	118	↑3	7
17	Diane	114	–	31
18	Elizabeth	111	–	20
19	Cheryl	104	↑1	24
20	Kelly	103	↑4	32
21	Julie	102	↓8	22
22	Cynthia	100	↑3	10
23	Michelle	99	↑12	26
24	Debra	97	↓13	21
25	Tina	96	↑2	35
26	Denise	93	↑4	27
27	Nancy	93	↓12	23
28	Carol	89	↓5	33
29	Barbara	87	↓7	17
30	Theresa	86	↑8	38
31	Ann	83	–	57
32	Jennifer	77	↑11	36
33	Kathy	77	↑7	34
34	Paula	71	new	42
35	Wendy	71	↑2	60
36	Kathleen	68	↓3	28
37	Cindy	66	↓9	37
38	Sharon	65	↓9	19
39	Laura	64	↓5	16
40	Lynn	63	↑10	73
41	Christine	62	↑3	29
42	Janet	62	↑3	40
43	Debbie	60	↓4	41
44	Rhonda	60	↑2	45
45	Catherine	59	↓3	53
46	Heidi	59	new	>100
47	Bonnie	58	↑2	83
48	Rebecca	58	↓7	44
49	Jane	57	new	75
50	Suzanne	56	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	526	–	3
2	Michael	519	–	1
3	John	381	↑1	2
4	James	379	↓1	4
5	Robert	359	↑1	5
6	Mark	347	↓1	6
7	Richard	315	↑1	8
8	Scott	301	↓1	12
9	Jeffrey	238	–	10
10	Paul	211	↑6	17
11	Timothy	200	–	15
12	Steven	198	↑3	14
13	William	198	↓3	7
14	Kevin	194	↓2	11
15	Daniel	193	↓2	19
16	Brian	169	↑2	20
17	Stephen	155	–	29
18	Thomas	149	↓4	9
19	Peter	145	–	40
20	Joseph	129	↑1	13
21	Donald	126	↓1	25
22	Kenneth	122	↑4	18
23	Christopher	120	↑2	26
24	Ronald	118	–	23
25	Gary	112	↓2	24
26	Gregory	108	↑2	21
27	Charles	95	↓5	16
28	Bruce	85	↓1	43
29	Eric	85	↑8	31
30	Douglas	78	↓1	28
31	Todd	76	–	30
32	Edward	74	–	27
33	Andrew	70	↑1	42
34	Wayne	69	↑1	63
35	Dale	65	↑5	69
36	Keith	65	↑9	33
37	Craig	63	new	51
38	Alan	62	↑1	56
39	Dennis	62	↓1	39
40	Raymond	61	↑3	45
41	Patrick	60	–	35
42	Randy	60	↓9	37
43	Ricky	60	new	47
44	Anthony	59	–	22
45	Roger	56	↓15	53
46	Marc	54	new	>100
47	Glenn	53	↓1	64
48	Matthew	52	↑2	50
49	Dana	50	↓13	>100
50	Danny	47	new	55

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