Popular baby names in Montana, 1963

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1963 were Lisa for girls (162 babies) and John for boys (260). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,664 babies born in Montana in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1963

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

Girls

Tana: 16 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Kari: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristi: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelly: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Patti: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Darla: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Karla: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colleen: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teri: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wade: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kelly: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brett: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyle: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brad: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dan: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ted: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	162	–	1
2	Mary	126	–	2
3	Lori	113	–	8
4	Susan	113	–	3
5	Karen	98	↑1	4
6	Brenda	95	↑2	15
7	Barbara	85	↑6	17
8	Linda	78	↓1	5
9	Tammy	78	↑11	12
10	Julie	76	↓5	22
11	Teresa	72	↑4	18
12	Patricia	69	↑4	7
13	Cindy	67	↑5	37
14	Laura	67	↑12	16
15	Kimberly	63	↑14	11
16	Debra	60	↑3	21
17	Kim	59	↓7	39
18	Laurie	59	↓9	47
19	Michelle	59	↑5	26
20	Nancy	58	↑2	23
21	Donna	57	↑11	6
22	Debbie	56	↑6	41
23	Pamela	55	↓9	14
24	Cheryl	54	↓13	24
25	Kelly	54	↓13	32
26	Theresa	51	↑17	38
27	Carol	50	↑6	33
28	Deborah	48	↓3	13
29	Sandra	48	↓6	9
30	Shelly	48	↑12	>100
31	Tracy	48	↓14	48
32	Paula	47	↑17	42
33	Colleen	45	↑13	98
34	Kathy	45	↓13	34
35	Christine	44	↑6	29
36	Rhonda	44	new	45
37	Robin	44	↓2	25
38	Cynthia	43	↓8	10
39	Kathleen	43	↓8	28
40	Terri	43	–	58
41	Tina	43	↓14	35
42	Connie	42	↓8	55
43	Rebecca	41	new	44
44	Diane	40	↑3	31
45	Wendy	40	new	60
46	Denise	39	↓8	27
47	Janet	36	↓8	40
48	Sheila	36	↓3	50
49	Jennifer	35	new	36
50	Elizabeth	33	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	260	↑2	2
2	David	253	↓1	3
3	Robert	253	↑1	5
4	Michael	248	↓2	1
5	Mark	214	–	6
6	James	200	–	4
7	William	154	↑1	7
8	Scott	153	↓1	12
9	Richard	135	–	8
10	Kevin	134	↑2	11
11	Steven	129	↑7	14
12	Thomas	114	↓2	9
13	Brian	113	↑1	20
14	Daniel	107	↑3	19
15	Jeffrey	101	↑1	10
16	Timothy	100	↓5	15
17	Paul	89	↓4	17
18	Todd	88	↑1	30
19	Kenneth	87	↑7	18
20	Mike	84	↑2	44
21	Joseph	83	↑3	13
22	Douglas	77	↓1	28
23	Ronald	75	↑4	23
24	Charles	74	↓1	16
25	Donald	69	↓5	25
26	Gregory	66	↑2	21
27	Gary	62	↓12	24
28	Randy	61	↓3	37
29	Larry	60	↑6	36
30	Patrick	60	↓1	35
31	Bruce	50	↑2	43
32	Terry	50	↑2	32
33	Keith	48	↑7	33
34	Dennis	47	new	39
35	Christopher	46	new	26
36	Steve	43	↓4	49
37	Rodney	42	new	76
38	Russell	42	↓7	57
39	Jeff	40	↓1	48
40	Raymond	40	↑6	45
41	Dean	39	new	86
42	Eric	39	new	31
43	Tim	39	↓7	79
44	Greg	38	↑6	81
45	Kelly	38	new	>100
46	Craig	37	↓16	51
47	Jerry	37	↓10	38
48	Wayne	37	new	63
49	Tom	36	↓10	>100
50	Jim	35	↓5	92

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