Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1963

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1963 were Lisa for girls (2,084 babies) and John for boys (3,393). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 106,544 babies born in Massachusetts in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1963

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

Girls

Maura: 94 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 73 babies, 6× the national rate
Maryellen: 51 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lynne: 262 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lauren: 145 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryanne: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laureen: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annemarie: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maureen: 438 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joanne: 424 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 226 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dana: 152 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 883 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradford: 52 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sean: 183 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerard: 84 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaun: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Edmund: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 1,084 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paul: 1,807 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	2,084	–	1
2	Susan	1,658	–	3
3	Karen	1,376	–	4
4	Mary	1,307	–	2
5	Donna	1,073	↑1	6
6	Patricia	1,050	↑1	7
7	Linda	994	↓2	5
8	Kathleen	973	–	28
9	Christine	818	↑7	29
10	Nancy	788	–	23
11	Deborah	785	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	750	↑1	20
13	Cheryl	727	↓2	24
14	Diane	649	↓2	31
15	Pamela	621	↑2	14
16	Lori	601	↑7	8
17	Laura	597	↑5	16
18	Robin	587	↓3	25
19	Sandra	587	↑2	9
20	Debra	570	↓6	21
21	Michelle	555	↑7	26
22	Paula	552	↑14	42
23	Cynthia	532	↓4	10
24	Barbara	525	↓6	17
25	Sharon	504	↓1	19
26	Denise	500	↓1	27
27	Laurie	497	↓7	47
28	Carol	479	↓2	33
29	Ann	462	↓2	57
30	Brenda	443	↓1	15
31	Maureen	438	–	>100
32	Joanne	424	↑5	>100
33	Kimberly	418	↑6	11
34	Jennifer	397	↑8	36
35	Catherine	394	↓5	53
36	Theresa	390	↓4	38
37	Julie	379	↑1	22
38	Anne	376	↑3	80
39	Margaret	361	↓5	46
40	Suzanne	348	↓5	65
41	Judith	320	↑2	91
42	Maria	309	new	43
43	Janet	292	↓10	40
44	Wendy	288	↑5	60
45	Jane	282	↓5	75
46	Kelly	279	new	32
47	Kim	269	↓2	39
48	Ellen	264	↓2	>100
49	Jean	262	↓5	97
50	Lynne	262	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	3,393	–	2
2	Michael	3,211	–	1
3	David	2,892	–	3
4	Robert	2,646	–	5
5	James	2,267	–	4
6	Paul	1,807	↑3	17
7	Mark	1,704	↓1	6
8	Richard	1,694	↓1	8
9	William	1,681	↓1	7
10	Thomas	1,438	–	9
11	Joseph	1,419	–	13
12	Scott	1,174	–	12
13	Stephen	1,084	–	29
14	Brian	1,080	↑3	20
15	Steven	1,080	↓1	14
16	Kevin	1,074	–	11
17	Daniel	989	↓2	19
18	Christopher	932	↑2	26
19	Peter	883	–	40
20	Jeffrey	818	↓2	10
21	Timothy	703	↑2	15
22	Edward	685	↓1	27
23	Kenneth	674	↑1	18
24	Charles	611	↓2	16
25	Gary	572	↑1	24
26	Donald	525	↓1	25
27	Ronald	499	–	23
28	Anthony	480	–	22
29	Gregory	434	↑2	21
30	Andrew	428	↑2	42
31	George	406	↓2	34
32	Eric	376	↑3	31
33	Douglas	371	↓3	28
34	Patrick	339	↑6	35
35	Matthew	309	↑7	50
36	Raymond	295	↑3	45
37	Keith	285	↑4	33
38	Bruce	284	↓4	43
39	Philip	268	↓2	83
40	Wayne	267	↑4	63
41	Frank	264	↓3	41
42	Alan	247	↓6	56
43	Todd	243	↑4	30
44	Glenn	239	↓11	64
45	Jonathan	235	new	88
46	Francis	226	–	>100
47	Dennis	214	↓2	39
48	Arthur	209	new	91
49	Lawrence	197	↓6	68
50	Sean	183	new	>100

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