Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1963

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,462 babies) and James for boys (2,382). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,789 babies born in North Carolina in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1963

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

Girls

Shelby: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 185 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 62 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lou: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myra: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alesia: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cora: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wanda: 430 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patsy: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bonita: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 48 babies, 13× the national rate
Shelton: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Alton: 61 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sandy: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Reggie: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Dewey: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rufus: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Johnnie: 87 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carlton: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Archie: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,462	–	1
2	Mary	1,062	–	2
3	Tammy	998	↑9	12
4	Donna	970	–	6
5	Teresa	924	↓2	18
6	Sandra	769	–	9
7	Angela	760	↑8	30
8	Karen	755	↓3	4
9	Sharon	751	↓1	19
10	Cynthia	731	↓3	10
11	Pamela	722	↓1	14
12	Susan	714	↓1	3
13	Linda	683	↓4	5
14	Kimberly	671	↑2	11
15	Deborah	670	↓2	13
16	Patricia	611	↓2	7
17	Brenda	563	–	15
18	Robin	542	–	25
19	Sherry	497	↑4	49
20	Lori	494	↑7	8
21	Elizabeth	467	–	20
22	Barbara	460	↓3	17
23	Wanda	430	↑1	76
24	Debra	397	↓2	21
25	Janet	357	↑4	40
26	Sheila	356	↑2	50
27	Kathy	351	↓7	34
28	Carolyn	338	↓2	56
29	Beverly	322	↑2	81
30	Laura	316	↑6	16
31	Tina	308	↑1	35
32	Rhonda	306	↓2	45
33	Debbie	291	↓8	41
34	Jacqueline	286	↓1	51
35	Cheryl	277	↑2	24
36	Jennifer	274	↑8	36
37	Paula	273	new	42
38	Connie	267	↑4	55
39	Kim	262	↑8	39
40	Cindy	259	↑3	37
41	Rebecca	259	↓1	44
42	Carol	256	↓8	33
43	Janice	254	↓5	63
44	Nancy	245	↓9	23
45	Anita	244	↑1	77
46	Gloria	238	↓1	96
47	Melissa	230	new	61
48	Margaret	223	new	46
49	Kelly	221	new	32
50	Cathy	216	↓9	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	2,382	–	4
2	David	1,784	↑1	3
3	Michael	1,757	↓1	1
4	William	1,566	–	7
5	Robert	1,532	↑1	5
6	John	1,497	↓1	2
7	Charles	1,024	–	16
8	Jeffrey	966	–	10
9	Mark	902	–	6
10	Timothy	842	–	15
11	Kenneth	807	–	18
12	Richard	805	–	8
13	Thomas	688	–	9
14	Gregory	627	↑2	21
15	Terry	586	↑2	32
16	Joseph	558	↑5	13
17	Anthony	552	↑1	22
18	Tony	532	↑1	52
19	Donald	526	↓4	25
20	Gary	526	↑2	24
21	Ricky	516	↓7	47
22	Jerry	479	↓2	38
23	Larry	463	↑1	36
24	Christopher	461	↑2	26
25	Steven	444	↑2	14
26	Ronald	439	↓1	23
27	Randy	425	↓4	37
28	Bobby	420	–	75
29	Kevin	386	↑7	11
30	Jimmy	368	↑1	78
31	Danny	357	↓2	55
32	Paul	353	↑7	17
33	Jeffery	346	–	46
34	Edward	338	↑1	27
35	Scott	334	↑8	12
36	George	333	↓6	34
37	Johnny	329	↓5	71
38	Ronnie	309	↑2	>100
39	Eric	308	↑6	31
40	Billy	303	↓6	74
41	Douglas	303	↑3	28
42	Barry	295	–	67
43	Keith	294	↓6	33
44	Dennis	290	↓3	39
45	Stephen	284	↑2	29
46	Brian	274	↑4	20
47	Daniel	258	↓1	19
48	Willie	255	↑1	93
49	Roger	238	↓11	53
50	Todd	236	new	30

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