Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1963

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1963 were Lisa for girls (3,857 babies) and John for boys (5,741). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 210,851 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1963

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

Girls

Marybeth: 78 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryann: 168 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 144 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Helene: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marcy: 82 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maureen: 458 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 169 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Antoinette: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 794 babies, 2× the national rate
Crystal: 278 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 366 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harry: 302 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dominic: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	3,857	–	1
2	Mary	2,576	–	2
3	Susan	2,529	–	3
4	Karen	2,165	–	4
5	Linda	1,783	–	5
6	Lori	1,748	↑2	8
7	Donna	1,686	↓1	6
8	Patricia	1,636	↓1	7
9	Kimberly	1,467	↑2	11
10	Barbara	1,321	–	17
11	Deborah	1,313	↓2	13
12	Sharon	1,232	↑2	19
13	Kathleen	1,221	↓1	28
14	Diane	1,202	↓1	31
15	Christine	1,177	↑8	29
16	Denise	1,144	↑1	27
17	Tammy	1,126	↑11	12
18	Brenda	1,118	↑2	15
19	Cynthia	1,068	↓4	10
20	Sandra	1,057	↓4	9
21	Pamela	1,044	↓3	14
22	Carol	946	–	33
23	Nancy	946	↓2	23
24	Elizabeth	927	↑2	20
25	Cheryl	897	↓1	24
26	Robin	878	↓1	25
27	Michelle	855	↑2	26
28	Debra	848	↓9	21
29	Michele	794	↓2	59
30	Margaret	736	↑2	46
31	Theresa	735	↓1	38
32	Amy	720	↑7	54
33	Beth	701	↑2	66
34	Kelly	699	↑6	32
35	Laura	671	↑6	16
36	Tina	663	↓5	35
37	Kathy	638	↓4	34
38	Kim	573	↓2	39
39	Wendy	564	↑3	60
40	Jacqueline	563	↓2	51
41	Janet	561	↓7	40
42	Tracy	561	↑8	48
43	Teresa	560	–	18
44	Cindy	542	↓7	37
45	Maria	538	↑1	43
46	Paula	536	new	42
47	Jennifer	534	new	36
48	Suzanne	512	↑1	65
49	Laurie	508	↓5	47
50	Ann	504	↓2	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	5,741	–	2
2	Michael	5,242	–	1
3	David	4,958	–	3
4	Robert	4,825	–	5
5	James	4,344	–	4
6	William	3,234	↑1	7
7	Mark	3,176	↓1	6
8	Joseph	2,981	–	13
9	Thomas	2,899	–	9
10	Richard	2,559	↑1	8
11	Jeffrey	2,234	↓1	10
12	Scott	1,908	–	12
13	Kevin	1,904	–	11
14	Brian	1,771	↑1	20
15	Timothy	1,649	↑1	15
16	Daniel	1,647	↓2	19
17	Paul	1,593	↑3	17
18	Charles	1,540	↓1	16
19	Steven	1,374	↓1	14
20	Kenneth	1,362	↑2	18
21	Edward	1,356	–	27
22	Ronald	1,337	↓3	23
23	Anthony	1,211	↑3	22
24	Donald	1,192	–	25
25	Gregory	1,181	↓2	21
26	Christopher	1,131	↑2	26
27	Stephen	1,123	↓2	29
28	Gary	1,010	↓1	24
29	Douglas	950	–	28
30	George	913	–	34
31	Eric	862	–	31
32	Todd	786	↑2	30
33	Keith	782	↓1	33
34	Patrick	729	↑3	35
35	Andrew	709	↑1	42
36	Frank	670	↓3	41
37	Raymond	611	↓2	45
38	Dennis	571	↑1	39
39	Randy	567	↓1	37
40	Bruce	546	–	43
41	Matthew	542	↑4	50
42	Terry	514	↑5	32
43	Craig	472	–	51
44	Vincent	454	↑2	61
45	Barry	452	↓3	67
46	Carl	445	↑4	54
47	Peter	442	↓3	40
48	Glenn	439	↓7	64
49	Wayne	431	new	63
50	Gerald	395	↓2	60

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