Popular baby names in Michigan, 1963

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1963 were Lisa for girls (2,419 babies) and Michael for boys (3,871). Social Security records list 166,081 babies born in Michigan in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1963

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

Girls

Bethany: 52 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sue: 269 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 722 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kris: 63 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 196 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurt: 273 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Duane: 231 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	2,419	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,027	↓1	2
3	Karen	1,665	–	4
4	Susan	1,647	–	3
5	Lori	1,361	↑2	8
6	Kimberly	1,312	–	11
7	Linda	1,223	↓2	5
8	Julie	1,166	–	22
9	Michelle	1,022	↑11	26
10	Laura	1,018	↑3	16
11	Patricia	983	↓2	7
12	Sandra	942	↑4	9
13	Deborah	928	↓1	13
14	Nancy	899	↓4	23
15	Pamela	898	↓4	14
16	Brenda	868	↓2	15
17	Tammy	858	↑11	12
18	Barbara	842	↓1	17
19	Cynthia	829	↓4	10
20	Cheryl	808	↓1	24
21	Kelly	794	↑9	32
22	Denise	789	↑1	27
23	Debra	774	↓5	21
24	Kathleen	742	↑2	28
25	Dawn	722	–	52
26	Christine	720	↑8	29
27	Donna	719	↓5	6
28	Diane	675	↓7	31
29	Sharon	659	↓2	19
30	Carol	656	↓1	33
31	Elizabeth	633	↑1	20
32	Robin	614	↑3	25
33	Teresa	606	↑4	18
34	Kathy	604	↓10	34
35	Tina	581	↑3	35
36	Laurie	570	↓5	47
37	Theresa	559	↑2	38
38	Kim	530	↓5	39
39	Cindy	515	↓3	37
40	Amy	502	↑6	54
41	Jennifer	492	new	36
42	Ann	478	–	57
43	Janet	470	↓2	40
44	Renee	467	↓1	74
45	Debbie	453	↓5	41
46	Jill	433	↑3	68
47	Sherry	419	↓3	49
48	Paula	409	new	42
49	Beth	408	new	66
50	Tracy	407	↓2	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	3,871	↑1	1
2	David	3,798	↓1	3
3	John	3,315	–	2
4	Robert	3,264	–	5
5	James	2,995	–	4
6	Mark	2,688	–	6
7	Thomas	1,920	↑1	9
8	Scott	1,824	↓1	12
9	Jeffrey	1,818	–	10
10	William	1,722	–	7
11	Richard	1,713	↑1	8
12	Kevin	1,619	↑1	11
13	Steven	1,584	↓2	14
14	Brian	1,527	–	20
15	Timothy	1,479	–	15
16	Paul	1,413	↑3	17
17	Daniel	1,380	↓1	19
18	Joseph	1,241	–	13
19	Kenneth	1,188	↓2	18
20	Todd	1,024	↑5	30
21	Ronald	998	–	23
22	Charles	963	↑2	16
23	Gregory	953	↓3	21
24	Donald	933	↓1	25
25	Gary	874	↓3	24
26	Christopher	853	↑1	26
27	Douglas	846	↓1	28
28	Anthony	724	–	22
29	Patrick	660	–	35
30	Keith	625	–	33
31	Eric	619	–	31
32	Edward	609	–	27
33	Matthew	563	↑10	50
34	Terry	563	↑4	32
35	Stephen	549	–	29
36	Dennis	533	–	39
37	Craig	508	↓3	51
38	Bruce	495	↑1	43
39	Jeffery	495	↑3	46
40	Randy	489	↓7	37
41	Larry	483	↓4	36
42	Mike	464	↓1	44
43	Andrew	463	new	42
44	Jeff	459	↓4	48
45	Gerald	396	↑1	60
46	Peter	393	new	40
47	Roger	391	↑1	53
48	Dale	387	↑2	69
49	Steve	387	↓5	49
50	George	374	↓1	34

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