Popular baby names in Virginia, 1963

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,107 babies) and James for boys (1,869). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,921 babies born in Virginia in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1963

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

Girls

Shelby: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laverne: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elsie: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lolita: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Benita: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Velma: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alesia: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ella: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paige: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wanda: 292 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Garland: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Carroll: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alphonso: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sherman: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rufus: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carlton: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alonzo: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Earnest: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,107	↑1	1
2	Mary	907	↓1	2
3	Karen	784	–	4
4	Teresa	740	↑3	18
5	Susan	739	–	3
6	Donna	696	–	6
7	Patricia	659	↑4	7
8	Cynthia	639	↓4	10
9	Pamela	632	↑1	14
10	Sharon	626	↓1	19
11	Tammy	618	↑6	12
12	Deborah	588	↓4	13
13	Sandra	578	–	9
14	Linda	570	↓2	5
15	Kimberly	560	↑1	11
16	Brenda	507	↓2	15
17	Robin	497	↓2	25
18	Elizabeth	472	–	20
19	Angela	467	↑4	30
20	Barbara	425	↓1	17
21	Debra	388	↓1	21
22	Cheryl	368	↓1	24
23	Rebecca	324	↑12	44
24	Sherry	317	↑1	49
25	Nancy	316	↑3	23
26	Laura	312	–	16
27	Kathy	307	↓5	34
28	Tina	297	↑4	35
29	Wanda	292	↓5	76
30	Lori	279	↑3	8
31	Debbie	269	↓1	41
32	Jennifer	263	↓5	36
33	Carolyn	260	↓4	56
34	Sheila	256	↑8	50
35	Janet	253	↓4	40
36	Rhonda	251	↑1	45
37	Carol	247	↓3	33
38	Michelle	238	↑11	26
39	Theresa	229	↑4	38
40	Jacqueline	223	↓4	51
41	Tracy	222	new	48
42	Denise	219	↓4	27
43	Melissa	218	new	61
44	Cindy	216	↓4	37
45	Margaret	215	↓1	46
46	Catherine	211	↓5	53
47	Connie	205	↓8	55
48	Paula	202	new	42
49	Virginia	194	new	>100
50	Janice	187	↓3	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,869	–	4
2	Michael	1,785	–	1
3	David	1,744	–	3
4	John	1,652	–	2
5	Robert	1,649	–	5
6	William	1,413	–	7
7	Charles	904	↑1	16
8	Mark	894	↓1	6
9	Richard	852	–	8
10	Kenneth	742	↑3	18
11	Timothy	712	↑1	15
12	Thomas	697	↓1	9
13	Jeffrey	691	↓3	10
14	Kevin	612	↑4	11
15	Joseph	533	–	13
16	Donald	520	↓2	25
17	Steven	489	–	14
18	Ronald	486	↑3	23
19	Gary	481	↓3	24
20	Gregory	480	–	21
21	Anthony	472	↓2	22
22	Paul	429	↑2	17
23	Brian	387	↑6	20
24	Christopher	384	↓2	26
25	George	382	↓2	34
26	Keith	376	↑5	33
27	Edward	354	↑5	27
28	Daniel	347	↓1	19
29	Scott	342	↓1	12
30	Stephen	316	↓4	29
31	Douglas	310	↓1	28
32	Larry	298	↓7	36
33	Terry	297	↑3	32
34	Jerry	267	↑1	38
35	Barry	263	↑3	67
36	Ricky	255	↓2	47
37	Tony	255	↓4	52
38	Eric	243	↑7	31
39	Dennis	225	↑1	39
40	Bruce	223	↑1	43
41	Jeffery	222	↓2	46
42	Carl	206	new	54
43	Raymond	197	–	45
44	Wayne	194	–	63
45	Bobby	190	new	75
46	Andrew	188	new	42
47	Randy	183	↓5	37
48	Darryl	172	new	80
49	Roger	170	↓12	53
50	Todd	169	new	30

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