Popular baby names in Maryland, 1963

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1963 were Lisa for girls (911 babies) and Michael for boys (1,642). Social Security records list 62,612 babies born in Maryland in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1963

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

Girls

Towanda: 18 babies, 20× the national rate
Clare: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zina: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lolita: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Saundra: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosalind: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Adrienne: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terry: 122 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonita: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Delores: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Quentin: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donnell: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carroll: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lamont: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elmer: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bryant: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Andre: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 98 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 80 babies, 2.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	911	↑2	1
2	Mary	826	↓1	2
3	Karen	736	↓1	4
4	Donna	611	–	6
5	Susan	554	–	3
6	Patricia	522	↑1	7
7	Kimberly	484	↑3	11
8	Deborah	475	–	13
9	Linda	464	↓3	5
10	Sharon	399	↓1	19
11	Barbara	384	↑1	17
12	Robin	383	↑2	25
13	Brenda	375	–	15
14	Cynthia	362	↓3	10
15	Sandra	353	↑1	9
16	Tammy	353	↑5	12
17	Pamela	344	↓2	14
18	Cheryl	298	↓1	24
19	Denise	293	↑1	27
20	Laura	290	↑4	16
21	Elizabeth	282	↑1	20
22	Teresa	282	↓4	18
23	Lori	272	↑8	8
24	Kathleen	266	↑1	28
25	Theresa	251	↑7	38
26	Angela	237	↑8	30
27	Carol	234	↓8	33
28	Tina	234	↓5	35
29	Debra	226	↓2	21
30	Nancy	224	↓2	23
31	Michelle	219	↓2	26
32	Michele	213	↑3	59
33	Dawn	205	↑3	52
34	Christine	204	↑14	29
35	Kathy	202	↓9	34
36	Diane	201	↑2	31
37	Kelly	199	↑8	32
38	Jacqueline	194	↓5	51
39	Jennifer	184	↑3	36
40	Margaret	183	↑1	46
41	Janet	181	↓1	40
42	Kim	181	↓5	39
43	Wanda	170	↓13	76
44	Sherry	167	new	49
45	Catherine	164	new	53
46	Cindy	164	↓3	37
47	Debbie	164	↓8	41
48	Stephanie	161	new	64
49	Paula	159	new	42
50	Valerie	159	↓6	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	1,642	↑1	1
2	John	1,591	↓1	2
3	David	1,392	↑2	3
4	Robert	1,354	–	5
5	James	1,322	↓2	4
6	William	1,076	–	7
7	Mark	798	–	6
8	Richard	716	↑1	8
9	Charles	710	↓1	16
10	Kevin	676	↑3	11
11	Joseph	651	–	13
12	Thomas	625	↓2	9
13	Jeffrey	578	↓1	10
14	Steven	517	–	14
15	Kenneth	466	↑1	18
16	Timothy	461	↓1	15
17	Brian	459	–	20
18	Paul	416	–	17
19	Gregory	389	↑4	21
20	Donald	367	–	25
21	Ronald	367	–	23
22	Anthony	365	↓3	22
23	Daniel	334	↑4	19
24	Christopher	331	↑6	26
25	Gary	327	↓1	24
26	George	316	↑2	34
27	Scott	316	↓5	12
28	Stephen	309	↓3	29
29	Edward	307	↓3	27
30	Eric	290	↑1	31
31	Douglas	264	↓2	28
32	Keith	234	–	33
33	Patrick	215	↑2	35
34	Raymond	177	↓1	45
35	Wayne	176	↓1	63
36	Larry	161	–	36
37	Andrew	159	↑7	42
38	Bruce	151	↓1	43
39	Dennis	146	↓1	39
40	Terry	142	↑2	32
41	Carl	139	new	54
42	Craig	139	↑3	51
43	Frank	136	↓3	41
44	Glenn	133	↓5	64
45	Walter	133	new	77
46	Roger	128	↑4	53
47	Lawrence	127	↓4	68
48	Darryl	124	new	80
49	Todd	121	new	30
50	Matthew	117	new	50

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