Popular baby names in Ohio, 1963

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1963 were Lisa for girls (3,224 babies) and David for boys (4,706). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 199,067 babies born in Ohio in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1963

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

Girls

Molly: 91 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	3,224	–	1
2	Mary	2,287	–	2
3	Karen	1,832	–	4
4	Susan	1,800	–	3
5	Kimberly	1,734	–	11
6	Lori	1,517	↑1	8
7	Linda	1,416	↓1	5
8	Tammy	1,269	↑10	12
9	Pamela	1,200	↓1	14
10	Deborah	1,176	↓1	13
11	Brenda	1,164	–	15
12	Laura	1,157	↑4	16
13	Patricia	1,139	↓3	7
14	Teresa	1,092	–	18
15	Julie	1,026	↑6	22
16	Cynthia	1,014	↓3	10
17	Donna	995	–	6
18	Michelle	964	↑8	26
19	Barbara	963	↓7	17
20	Sandra	950	↓5	9
21	Cheryl	920	↓2	24
22	Kelly	911	↑6	32
23	Tina	883	↓3	35
24	Robin	853	–	25
25	Sharon	832	↓3	19
26	Nancy	822	↓1	23
27	Denise	821	↑2	27
28	Christine	819	↑5	29
29	Jennifer	804	↑1	36
30	Amy	797	↑7	54
31	Debra	795	↓8	21
32	Elizabeth	790	↓1	20
33	Kathleen	773	↑1	28
34	Diane	760	↑1	31
35	Kathy	738	↓8	34
36	Carol	659	↓4	33
37	Rebecca	645	↓1	44
38	Theresa	636	↑3	38
39	Beth	621	–	66
40	Angela	619	↑6	30
41	Paula	589	new	42
42	Rhonda	577	↑3	45
43	Janet	565	↓3	40
44	Connie	549	↓1	55
45	Cindy	534	↓3	37
46	Kim	533	↓2	39
47	Debbie	530	↓9	41
48	Tracy	521	new	48
49	Sherry	502	↑1	49
50	Melissa	492	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	4,706	–	3
2	Michael	4,527	–	1
3	John	4,258	–	2
4	James	4,099	–	4
5	Robert	3,911	–	5
6	Mark	3,221	–	6
7	William	2,390	↑1	7
8	Jeffrey	2,364	↓1	10
9	Richard	2,264	–	8
10	Thomas	2,171	–	9
11	Scott	1,942	↑1	12
12	Timothy	1,940	↓1	15
13	Kevin	1,682	↑5	11
14	Steven	1,646	–	14
15	Joseph	1,597	↓2	13
16	Brian	1,550	↑3	20
17	Daniel	1,501	↓1	19
18	Charles	1,469	↓3	16
19	Gregory	1,444	↓2	21
20	Paul	1,320	↑4	17
21	Douglas	1,294	↓1	28
22	Kenneth	1,280	–	18
23	Ronald	1,230	↑2	23
24	Donald	1,196	↓3	25
25	Gary	1,085	↓2	24
26	Todd	1,071	↑2	30
27	Christopher	1,055	↓1	26
28	Anthony	1,011	↓1	22
29	Eric	813	↑2	31
30	Stephen	808	↓1	29
31	Edward	763	↓1	27
32	Terry	702	↑2	32
33	Keith	700	–	33
34	Larry	620	↑3	36
35	Jeffery	600	↑1	46
36	Patrick	581	↑7	35
37	Randy	580	↓2	37
38	George	569	↑1	34
39	Dennis	559	↑1	39
40	Jerry	549	↑1	38
41	Matthew	540	↑3	50
42	Jeff	520	↓10	48
43	Mike	498	↓5	44
44	Bruce	494	↑1	43
45	Roger	478	↓3	53
46	Frank	474	↑3	41
47	Raymond	459	↑3	45
48	Andrew	447	new	42
49	Craig	431	↓2	51
50	Steve	426	↓4	49

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