Popular baby names in Missouri, 1963

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,344 babies) and David for boys (1,911). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,651 babies born in Missouri in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1963

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

Girls

Ladonna: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gayla: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lesa: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Christy: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ronda: 80 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lea: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carla: 241 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dianna: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dana: 219 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Doug: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jackie: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,344	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,060	↓1	2
3	Karen	774	–	4
4	Susan	699	↑1	3
5	Linda	682	↓1	5
6	Donna	680	–	6
7	Tammy	641	↑2	12
8	Lori	569	↑12	8
9	Kimberly	555	↑2	11
10	Patricia	542	↓2	7
11	Teresa	533	↑1	18
12	Laura	524	↑4	16
13	Pamela	523	–	14
14	Brenda	515	↓4	15
15	Cynthia	510	↓8	10
16	Deborah	489	↓1	13
17	Julie	448	↑7	22
18	Sandra	414	↓4	9
19	Kelly	411	↑10	32
20	Barbara	410	↓3	17
21	Sharon	407	↓2	19
22	Angela	382	↑9	30
23	Cheryl	374	–	24
24	Debra	373	↓6	21
25	Nancy	369	↓3	23
26	Kathy	363	↓1	34
27	Tina	360	↓6	35
28	Michelle	356	↑8	26
29	Robin	343	↓2	25
30	Elizabeth	332	↑3	20
31	Rhonda	332	↓3	45
32	Janet	325	–	40
33	Cindy	306	↓3	37
34	Sherry	293	–	49
35	Paula	290	new	42
36	Christine	288	↑10	29
37	Carol	286	↓2	33
38	Denise	276	↑2	27
39	Kim	275	↓2	39
40	Debbie	274	↓14	41
41	Tracy	273	↑7	48
42	Diane	266	↓3	31
43	Connie	260	↓5	55
44	Jennifer	259	new	36
45	Theresa	256	↓3	38
46	Kathleen	255	↓3	28
47	Sheila	246	↓2	50
48	Carla	241	↓7	82
49	Rebecca	237	↓5	44
50	Terri	227	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	1,911	–	3
2	Michael	1,816	–	1
3	John	1,720	–	2
4	James	1,605	–	4
5	Robert	1,455	–	5
6	Mark	1,298	–	6
7	Kevin	1,020	↑3	11
8	William	910	↓1	7
9	Jeffrey	865	–	10
10	Richard	824	↑1	8
11	Steven	787	↓3	14
12	Timothy	714	↑2	15
13	Thomas	708	↓1	9
14	Scott	684	↑1	12
15	Charles	659	↓2	16
16	Brian	556	↑7	20
17	Kenneth	556	–	18
18	Paul	553	↑4	17
19	Joseph	551	↓1	13
20	Daniel	535	↓4	19
21	Gary	523	↓2	24
22	Ronald	515	↑2	23
23	Gregory	514	↓2	21
24	Donald	498	↓4	25
25	Terry	451	↑1	32
26	Douglas	422	↓1	28
27	Christopher	417	↑1	26
28	Keith	417	↑6	33
29	Larry	388	↓2	36
30	Randy	373	↓1	37
31	Stephen	359	–	29
32	Anthony	357	↓2	22
33	Jerry	344	–	38
34	Mike	304	↑1	44
35	Dennis	294	↓3	39
36	Jeff	293	–	48
37	Edward	291	↑1	27
38	Eric	276	↑12	31
39	Todd	258	↑8	30
40	Steve	251	↓1	49
41	Danny	247	–	55
42	Patrick	245	↑3	35
43	Bruce	235	↑1	43
44	Ricky	229	↓4	47
45	Craig	227	↓2	51
46	Jeffery	227	↓4	46
47	Chris	214	↓1	59
48	Matthew	209	new	50
49	Roger	203	↓12	53
50	Tim	203	new	79

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