Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1963

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1963 were Mary for girls (1,142 babies) and Michael for boys (1,750). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 74,225 babies born in Minnesota in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1963

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

Girls

Barb: 41 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Kari: 145 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Renae: 42 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Janelle: 57 babies, 7× the national rate
Jolene: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jody: 138 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristin: 119 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kris: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jodie: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deann: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 67 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bradley: 315 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cory: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ross: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jon: 280 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 270 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dan: 162 babies, 3× the national rate
Grant: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Todd: 811 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	1,142	–	2
2	Lisa	1,076	↑1	1
3	Julie	853	↑1	22
4	Susan	838	↓2	3
5	Lori	777	–	8
6	Karen	626	–	4
7	Brenda	568	↑2	15
8	Nancy	526	↓1	23
9	Linda	484	↓1	5
10	Michelle	467	↑4	26
11	Pamela	459	↓1	14
12	Barbara	457	↓1	17
13	Kimberly	454	↑5	11
14	Patricia	424	↓1	7
15	Sandra	412	–	9
16	Debra	405	↓4	21
17	Diane	389	–	31
18	Dawn	345	↓2	52
19	Tammy	343	↑9	12
20	Cynthia	341	↓1	10
21	Ann	328	↑3	57
22	Kelly	323	↑10	32
23	Kathleen	318	↓2	28
24	Laurie	317	↓4	47
25	Cheryl	311	↑1	24
26	Elizabeth	309	↑3	20
27	Laura	306	↑8	16
28	Christine	304	↑16	29
29	Denise	299	↓6	27
30	Deborah	282	↑3	13
31	Teresa	282	↑3	18
32	Kim	280	↓2	39
33	Carol	273	↓8	33
34	Jane	272	↓7	75
35	Kathy	268	↓4	34
36	Theresa	266	↑5	38
37	Jennifer	265	↑13	36
38	Sharon	264	↓2	19
39	Wendy	259	↑1	60
40	Jill	256	↓3	68
41	Lynn	255	↓2	73
42	Cindy	254	↓20	37
43	Beth	231	↓1	66
44	Rebecca	219	↑5	44
45	Amy	208	new	54
46	Janet	206	–	40
47	Paula	206	new	42
48	Donna	204	↓3	6
49	Debbie	202	↓11	41
50	Colleen	199	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	1,750	↑1	1
2	David	1,716	↓1	3
3	John	1,512	↑1	2
4	Mark	1,386	↓1	6
5	Scott	1,214	–	12
6	James	1,166	–	4
7	Robert	1,030	↑1	5
8	Thomas	1,006	↓1	9
9	Steven	935	↑1	14
10	Jeffrey	927	↓1	10
11	Daniel	883	–	19
12	Paul	855	↑3	17
13	Todd	811	↑1	30
14	Timothy	797	↓1	15
15	Brian	757	↓3	20
16	Kevin	754	–	11
17	Richard	731	–	8
18	William	554	↑1	7
19	Joseph	495	↑1	13
20	Gregory	469	↓2	21
21	Douglas	454	–	28
22	Gary	420	–	24
23	Patrick	384	–	35
24	Ronald	340	–	23
25	Bruce	326	–	43
26	Charles	326	↑1	16
27	Bradley	315	↑2	82
28	Donald	308	–	25
29	Kenneth	307	↑2	18
30	Randy	303	↓4	37
31	Peter	300	↑3	40
32	Craig	289	↓2	51
33	Keith	283	↑7	33
34	Jon	280	↓1	84
35	Dale	278	↑2	69
36	Christopher	272	↑2	26
37	Dean	270	↓1	86
38	Jeff	264	↓6	48
39	Mike	255	↓4	44
40	Dennis	225	↓1	39
41	Steve	220	–	49
42	Eric	218	↑4	31
43	Troy	214	new	66
44	Terry	213	↓2	32
45	Stephen	210	↓2	29
46	Anthony	208	↑4	22
47	Jay	190	↑1	85
48	Tom	190	↓3	>100
49	Tim	187	↓5	79
50	Joel	181	new	>100

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