Popular baby names in New York, 1963

The most popular baby names in New York in 1963 were Lisa for girls (5,138 babies) and Michael for boys (9,236). Social Security records list 337,804 babies born in New York in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1963

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

Girls

Milagros: 127 babies, 9× the national rate
Marisol: 114 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Migdalia: 113 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ivette: 148 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maritza: 143 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lourdes: 138 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maribel: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Randi: 124 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luz: 111 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daisy: 131 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 120 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dominick: 183 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 278 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Angel: 281 babies, 5× the national rate
Julio: 154 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Luis: 495 babies, 4× the national rate
Rafael: 182 babies, 4× the national rate
Seth: 92 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 329 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miguel: 256 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	5,138	–	1
2	Mary	3,783	↑1	2
3	Susan	3,661	↓1	3
4	Karen	3,116	–	4
5	Patricia	2,994	–	7
6	Linda	2,541	–	5
7	Donna	2,540	–	6
8	Elizabeth	2,208	–	20
9	Deborah	2,105	–	13
10	Nancy	1,992	–	23
11	Kathleen	1,984	–	28
12	Laura	1,973	↑1	16
13	Barbara	1,938	↓1	17
14	Christine	1,844	↑4	29
15	Lori	1,789	–	8
16	Maria	1,707	↑1	43
17	Denise	1,683	↑3	27
18	Diane	1,530	↓4	31
19	Sandra	1,489	↑2	9
20	Debra	1,439	↓4	21
21	Sharon	1,409	↑1	19
22	Cynthia	1,370	↓3	10
23	Theresa	1,362	↑1	38
24	Pamela	1,321	↑2	14
25	Robin	1,252	–	25
26	Carol	1,176	↓3	33
27	Michelle	1,171	↑4	26
28	Margaret	1,167	↓1	46
29	Catherine	1,164	↑3	53
30	Laurie	1,115	↓2	47
31	Cheryl	1,106	↓1	24
32	Jacqueline	1,087	↓3	51
33	Michele	1,073	↑1	59
34	Kim	1,069	↓1	39
35	Brenda	1,024	↑2	15
36	Ann	970	↓1	57
37	Dawn	965	↑1	52
38	Jennifer	921	↑11	36
39	Janet	919	↓3	40
40	Amy	882	↑2	54
41	Suzanne	880	↓1	65
42	Tammy	879	new	12
43	Kimberly	862	new	11
44	Kelly	847	↑4	32
45	Joanne	838	↓4	>100
46	Maureen	837	↓7	>100
47	Eileen	824	↓3	>100
48	Anne	784	↓5	80
49	Julie	767	↓2	22
50	Tina	745	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	9,236	–	1
2	John	8,672	–	2
3	Robert	7,022	–	5
4	David	6,278	–	3
5	James	5,922	–	4
6	Joseph	4,617	–	13
7	Richard	4,511	↑2	8
8	William	4,352	–	7
9	Thomas	4,336	↓2	9
10	Mark	3,708	–	6
11	Anthony	3,041	↑1	22
12	Paul	2,935	↑4	17
13	Steven	2,783	↓2	14
14	Kevin	2,768	↓1	11
15	Daniel	2,599	↓1	19
16	Scott	2,506	↑1	12
17	Jeffrey	2,467	↓2	10
18	Christopher	2,350	–	26
19	Peter	2,110	–	40
20	Timothy	2,093	↑4	15
21	Kenneth	2,006	↑1	18
22	Edward	2,003	↓1	27
23	Brian	1,945	↓3	20
24	Charles	1,909	↓1	16
25	Stephen	1,740	–	29
26	Frank	1,591	–	41
27	Gregory	1,511	↑3	21
28	Ronald	1,446	↓1	23
29	Andrew	1,406	↑3	42
30	Eric	1,351	↑3	31
31	Donald	1,348	↓2	25
32	Gary	1,285	↓4	24
33	George	1,270	↓2	34
34	Patrick	1,254	↑1	35
35	Douglas	1,185	↓1	28
36	Raymond	1,091	–	45
37	Vincent	1,004	–	61
38	Keith	985	–	33
39	Matthew	920	↑2	50
40	Jose	917	–	98
41	Todd	894	↑5	30
42	Lawrence	872	↑2	68
43	Dennis	736	↓1	39
44	Bruce	727	↓1	43
45	Louis	669	↑4	>100
46	Philip	667	↓1	83
47	Craig	659	↑1	51
48	Glenn	648	↓9	64
49	Alan	644	↓2	56
50	Martin	611	–	62

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