Popular baby names in Oregon, 1963

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1963 were Lisa for girls (433 babies) and David for boys (752). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,629 babies born in Oregon in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1963

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

Girls

Shannon: 85 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Molly: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kari: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darcy: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kris: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tamera: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 59 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marcy: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Cameron: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tod: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ron: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ryan: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelly: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doug: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rob: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dan: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	433	–	1
2	Susan	276	–	3
3	Lori	256	↑2	8
4	Karen	254	–	4
5	Julie	250	↓2	22
6	Linda	245	–	5
7	Teresa	234	↑1	18
8	Mary	222	↓1	2
9	Brenda	184	–	15
10	Tammy	181	↑12	12
11	Cindy	178	↓1	37
12	Kelly	175	↑3	32
13	Sandra	172	↓1	9
14	Kimberly	166	↓1	11
15	Debra	157	↓4	21
16	Debbie	150	–	41
17	Deborah	146	↑11	13
18	Michelle	145	↓4	26
19	Laura	142	↑6	16
20	Cheryl	134	↓2	24
21	Cynthia	134	–	10
22	Nancy	134	↑4	23
23	Tina	126	↑4	35
24	Kim	125	↓1	39
25	Patricia	121	↓6	7
26	Barbara	120	↓9	17
27	Elizabeth	118	↑3	20
28	Jennifer	113	↑12	36
29	Pamela	111	↑5	14
30	Tracy	108	↓1	48
31	Kathy	107	↓11	34
32	Denise	106	↑4	27
33	Kathleen	105	–	28
34	Donna	104	↑4	6
35	Laurie	97	↓11	47
36	Rhonda	94	↓5	45
37	Janet	93	↑2	40
38	Theresa	93	↑8	38
39	Wendy	93	new	60
40	Angela	92	↑7	30
41	Diane	91	↓9	31
42	Carol	86	↓7	33
43	Paula	85	new	42
44	Shannon	85	new	>100
45	Jill	84	new	68
46	Rebecca	84	↓2	44
47	Tamara	84	↓4	>100
48	Robin	76	↓6	25
49	Connie	73	↓8	55
50	Christine	72	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	752	–	3
2	Michael	582	–	1
3	Robert	509	↑2	5
4	John	498	↓1	2
5	Mark	466	↓1	6
6	James	437	–	4
7	Richard	365	↑2	8
8	Scott	364	↓1	12
9	Kevin	306	↑1	11
10	Brian	287	↑2	20
11	Steven	283	↓3	14
12	Jeffrey	253	↓1	10
13	Daniel	250	↑1	19
14	William	240	↓1	7
15	Thomas	218	↑1	9
16	Timothy	216	↑3	15
17	Todd	210	↑6	30
18	Gary	204	–	24
19	Kenneth	189	↑2	18
20	Mike	188	↓5	44
21	Donald	182	↑3	25
22	Douglas	180	↓5	28
23	Ronald	179	↓1	23
24	Paul	178	↑1	17
25	Gregory	171	↑1	21
26	Jeff	168	↓6	48
27	Charles	167	↑1	16
28	Randy	161	↑3	37
29	Steve	147	↓2	49
30	Eric	146	↓1	31
31	Terry	137	↑1	32
32	Christopher	134	↑6	26
33	Joseph	128	↓3	13
34	Patrick	125	↑3	35
35	Larry	124	–	36
36	Troy	114	↑3	66
37	Tim	110	↓1	79
38	Dennis	106	↓4	39
39	Tony	104	↑7	52
40	Jeffery	101	↑2	46
41	Jim	101	↓1	92
42	Anthony	98	new	22
43	Matthew	97	↑7	50
44	Greg	94	↓11	81
45	Stephen	94	↑3	29
46	Craig	87	↓2	51
47	Chris	86	↑2	59
48	Bruce	81	↓5	43
49	Keith	78	new	33
50	Russell	78	new	57

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