Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1963

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,396 babies) and James for boys (1,854). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,864 babies born in Tennessee in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1963

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

Girls

Robbie: 48 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Reba: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mitzi: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Shelia: 179 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelia: 59 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tena: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wilma: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Melisa: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Felecia: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leigh: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jackie: 107 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Scotty: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 92 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Doyle: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Stevie: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Timmy: 96 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 353 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 325 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rickey: 102 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,396	–	1
2	Tammy	808	↑2	12
3	Teresa	780	↓1	18
4	Mary	766	↓1	2
5	Donna	713	–	6
6	Karen	591	–	4
7	Kimberly	575	↑7	11
8	Angela	551	↑5	30
9	Pamela	544	↓2	14
10	Sandra	524	↓1	9
11	Linda	511	↓1	5
12	Cynthia	487	↓1	10
13	Patricia	467	↓5	7
14	Deborah	465	↑1	13
15	Brenda	454	↑1	15
16	Sharon	450	↓4	19
17	Susan	421	–	3
18	Sherry	415	↑3	49
19	Kathy	360	–	34
20	Tina	345	–	35
21	Connie	330	↑2	55
22	Robin	319	↑5	25
23	Rhonda	316	↑2	45
24	Lori	297	↑11	8
25	Barbara	295	↓1	17
26	Debra	272	↓8	21
27	Melissa	271	↑9	61
28	Elizabeth	266	↓2	20
29	Sheila	264	↓1	50
30	Debbie	259	↓8	41
31	Carolyn	255	↓1	56
32	Rebecca	248	↑5	44
33	Jennifer	241	↑11	36
34	Cindy	236	↓5	37
35	Paula	229	new	42
36	Laura	227	↑9	16
37	Janet	224	↓6	40
38	Regina	222	↑4	92
39	Janice	216	↓1	63
40	Carol	209	↓8	33
41	Jacqueline	204	↓2	51
42	Judy	196	↑1	70
43	Vickie	196	↓2	>100
44	Nancy	191	↓4	23
45	Kim	190	↑2	39
46	Beverly	187	↓12	81
47	Cathy	186	↑2	67
48	Anita	185	↓2	77
49	Cheryl	180	↓16	24
50	Shelia	179	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,854	–	4
2	David	1,443	–	3
3	Michael	1,390	–	1
4	John	1,159	–	2
5	William	1,106	↑1	7
6	Robert	1,093	↓1	5
7	Mark	822	–	6
8	Charles	810	–	16
9	Jeffrey	707	↑1	10
10	Timothy	707	↓1	15
11	Terry	610	↑2	32
12	Kenneth	581	–	18
13	Richard	561	↓2	8
14	Gregory	521	–	21
15	Thomas	508	–	9
16	Ricky	440	–	47
17	Anthony	418	–	22
18	Jeffery	414	↑2	46
19	Jerry	411	–	38
20	Gary	399	↓2	24
21	Steven	382	–	14
22	Donald	378	↑3	25
23	Randy	365	↓1	37
24	Kevin	361	↑15	11
25	Tony	359	↓2	52
26	Ronald	357	↑2	23
27	Billy	353	↓1	74
28	Larry	351	↓4	36
29	Joseph	335	↑2	13
30	Bobby	325	↓1	75
31	Paul	322	↑2	17
32	Danny	311	↓5	55
33	Johnny	302	↓1	71
34	Jimmy	282	↓4	78
35	Christopher	280	↓1	26
36	Scott	280	↑2	12
37	Roger	243	↓1	53
38	Edward	242	↑9	27
39	Stephen	237	↑1	29
40	Randall	234	↑4	65
41	Barry	227	↓4	67
42	Jeff	224	↓7	48
43	George	216	↑2	34
44	Keith	216	↓3	33
45	Mike	213	↓2	44
46	Dennis	200	↑3	39
47	Ronnie	197	↓1	>100
48	Brian	196	new	20
49	Eric	194	new	31
50	Douglas	192	new	28

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