Popular baby names in Texas, 1963

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1963 were Lisa for girls (2,350 babies) and David for boys (4,144). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 222,509 babies born in Texas in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1963

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

Girls

Esmeralda: 111 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Oralia: 56 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Elida: 55 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Maricela: 88 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Dalia: 59 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rosalinda: 169 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Graciela: 115 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rosario: 77 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Nelda: 87 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Leticia: 393 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 90 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Adan: 59 babies, 13× the national rate
Ramiro: 152 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 136 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 99 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Rolando: 136 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 148 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 145 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Arturo: 232 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Santos: 72 babies, 8.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	2,350	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,342	↓1	2
3	Maria	1,771	↑1	43
4	Cynthia	1,698	↓1	10
5	Sandra	1,604	–	9
6	Linda	1,423	–	5
7	Patricia	1,412	↑1	7
8	Karen	1,385	↓1	4
9	Donna	1,357	–	6
10	Susan	1,200	–	3
11	Tammy	1,139	↑9	12
12	Brenda	1,087	↓1	15
13	Elizabeth	1,077	–	20
14	Pamela	1,073	↑2	14
15	Teresa	1,046	–	18
16	Laura	1,007	↑2	16
17	Sharon	991	↓3	19
18	Debra	990	↓6	21
19	Kimberly	967	–	11
20	Deborah	964	↓3	13
21	Diana	866	–	62
22	Lori	822	↑7	8
23	Sylvia	771	↑3	>100
24	Rebecca	742	↑6	44
25	Angela	727	↑7	30
26	Norma	699	↓2	>100
27	Rhonda	698	↑1	45
28	Barbara	693	↓6	17
29	Cheryl	693	↓2	24
30	Cindy	686	↑1	37
31	Paula	682	↑15	42
32	Tina	663	↑3	35
33	Debbie	650	↓10	41
34	Kathy	636	↓9	34
35	Melissa	628	↑8	61
36	Nancy	613	↑1	23
37	Julie	611	↓4	22
38	Kelly	570	↑9	32
39	Carol	565	↓5	33
40	Gloria	550	↓4	96
41	Martha	548	–	90
42	Robin	542	↑2	25
43	Michelle	523	new	26
44	Sherry	522	↓6	49
45	Connie	514	↓5	55
46	Terri	507	↓7	58
47	Carolyn	502	↓5	56
48	Janet	484	↓3	40
49	Yolanda	476	↓1	>100
50	Sheila	462	–	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	4,144	–	3
2	James	3,549	–	4
3	Michael	3,485	–	1
4	John	3,445	↑1	2
5	Robert	3,370	↓1	5
6	Mark	1,997	–	6
7	Richard	1,961	–	8
8	William	1,830	–	7
9	Charles	1,521	–	16
10	Kenneth	1,483	–	18
11	Kevin	1,221	↑6	11
12	Jose	1,204	–	98
13	Joe	1,203	↓2	58
14	Thomas	1,090	↑4	9
15	Paul	1,084	↑1	17
16	Steven	1,079	↓2	14
17	Gary	1,055	↓4	24
18	Daniel	1,048	↓3	19
19	Jerry	909	↑6	38
20	Gregory	893	↑1	21
21	Larry	878	↓1	36
22	Jeffrey	862	↓3	10
23	Ronald	853	↓1	23
24	Juan	843	↑4	>100
25	Scott	836	↓1	12
26	Donald	812	↓3	25
27	Anthony	805	–	22
28	Terry	795	↑3	32
29	Timothy	784	↑3	15
30	Joseph	760	↑5	13
31	Billy	759	↑5	74
32	Johnny	747	↓6	71
33	Stephen	732	↑1	29
34	Edward	716	↓1	27
35	Bobby	710	↑6	75
36	Jimmy	704	↓6	78
37	Martin	689	new	62
38	George	675	↓1	34
39	Ricky	667	↓10	47
40	Randy	622	↓2	37
41	Danny	609	↓1	55
42	Brian	600	↑2	20
43	Christopher	589	↑2	26
44	Mike	559	↓5	44
45	Keith	556	new	33
46	Tony	533	↓3	52
47	Patrick	506	new	35
48	Russell	499	↑1	57
49	Tommy	498	↓1	>100
50	Douglas	497	↓8	28

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