Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1963

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1963 were Lisa for girls (2,155 babies) and John for boys (3,455). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 119,310 babies born in New Jersey in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1963

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

Girls

Maryellen: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marybeth: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 129 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryanne: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roseann: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 279 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Annmarie: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Helene: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luz: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerard: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 191 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelo: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Drew: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Louis: 285 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 167 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frank: 666 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	2,155	–	1
2	Susan	1,403	–	3
3	Mary	1,299	↑1	2
4	Donna	1,297	↑2	6
5	Karen	1,297	↓2	4
6	Patricia	1,227	↓1	7
7	Linda	1,124	–	5
8	Nancy	877	–	23
9	Kathleen	837	–	28
10	Barbara	798	–	17
11	Deborah	758	–	13
12	Sharon	713	↑1	19
13	Elizabeth	702	↑1	20
14	Diane	699	↓2	31
15	Laura	684	–	16
16	Lori	671	↑3	8
17	Denise	659	↑3	27
18	Cynthia	608	↓2	10
19	Sandra	598	↑2	9
20	Christine	570	↑4	29
21	Cheryl	542	↑5	24
22	Carol	534	↓4	33
23	Debra	528	↓6	21
24	Robin	528	↓2	25
25	Theresa	519	↓2	38
26	Michele	507	↓1	59
27	Pamela	507	↑2	14
28	Maria	488	↑2	43
29	Kimberly	410	↑6	11
30	Margaret	408	↓3	46
31	Dawn	392	–	52
32	Jacqueline	392	↓4	51
33	Catherine	383	↓1	53
34	Kim	383	–	39
35	Michelle	366	↑3	26
36	Jennifer	363	↑10	36
37	Janet	336	↓4	40
38	Maureen	326	↑3	>100
39	Suzanne	326	–	65
40	Tammy	295	new	12
41	Laurie	292	↓4	47
42	Brenda	291	↑2	15
43	Joanne	287	↓7	>100
44	Kelly	285	new	32
45	Wendy	285	new	60
46	Eileen	279	↑1	>100
47	Lynn	274	↑1	73
48	Debbie	273	↓6	41
49	Judith	273	↓4	91
50	Carolyn	270	↓10	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	3,455	–	2
2	Michael	3,136	–	1
3	Robert	3,019	–	5
4	James	2,309	–	4
5	David	2,285	–	3
6	Joseph	1,908	↑1	13
7	William	1,876	↓1	7
8	Thomas	1,752	–	9
9	Richard	1,638	↑1	8
10	Mark	1,521	↓1	6
11	Paul	1,058	↑7	17
12	Kevin	1,011	↓1	11
13	Scott	976	–	12
14	Anthony	966	↓2	22
15	Kenneth	909	↑1	18
16	Jeffrey	888	↓1	10
17	Steven	888	↓3	14
18	Edward	885	↓1	27
19	Christopher	844	↑2	26
20	Brian	817	–	20
21	Charles	810	↓2	16
22	Daniel	810	–	19
23	Ronald	692	↑4	23
24	Stephen	667	↓1	29
25	Frank	666	–	41
26	Timothy	617	↑5	15
27	George	613	↓1	34
28	Peter	606	↓4	40
29	Gregory	593	↓1	21
30	Gary	558	–	24
31	Donald	551	↓2	25
32	Douglas	471	–	28
33	Eric	447	↑4	31
34	Andrew	423	↓1	42
35	Glenn	402	↓1	64
36	Patrick	402	↑3	35
37	Keith	394	↓2	33
38	Raymond	392	↓2	45
39	Vincent	364	↓1	61
40	Bruce	300	–	43
41	Todd	297	↑7	30
42	Matthew	293	↑3	50
43	Louis	285	↑1	>100
44	Dennis	266	↓2	39
45	Lawrence	248	↑4	68
46	Craig	242	↓3	51
47	Wayne	234	↓6	63
48	Alan	223	↓1	56
49	Walter	220	↓3	77
50	Carl	209	new	54

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