Popular baby names in Washington, 1963

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1963 were Lisa for girls (786 babies) and Michael for boys (1,180). Social Security records list 54,474 babies born in Washington in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1963

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

Girls

Kari: 75 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shannon: 132 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cindi: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Debby: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keri: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kris: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kathi: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leanne: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rob: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Russ: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rod: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tyler: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kris: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Dane: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Darin: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ron: 83 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shane: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	786	–	1
2	Susan	536	–	3
3	Mary	466	–	2
4	Karen	421	↑2	4
5	Julie	413	↓1	22
6	Lori	390	↓1	8
7	Teresa	384	↑1	18
8	Kimberly	376	↑1	11
9	Linda	347	↓2	5
10	Michelle	284	↑12	26
11	Tammy	270	↑17	12
12	Cheryl	259	↓1	24
13	Cynthia	254	↑10	10
14	Brenda	250	↑2	15
15	Kelly	249	↑6	32
16	Patricia	248	↓4	7
17	Barbara	247	↑3	17
18	Laura	244	↓1	16
19	Pamela	244	↓1	14
20	Debra	242	↓10	21
21	Sandra	229	↓6	9
22	Debbie	226	↓9	41
23	Jennifer	226	↑15	36
24	Deborah	223	↓5	13
25	Cindy	215	↓11	37
26	Donna	212	↑5	6
27	Kathleen	201	↑7	28
28	Tina	197	↑7	35
29	Denise	195	↓4	27
30	Kathy	194	↓1	34
31	Elizabeth	189	↓1	20
32	Diane	188	–	31
33	Laurie	188	↓6	47
34	Carol	187	↓1	33
35	Nancy	187	↓11	23
36	Tracy	186	↑4	48
37	Kim	183	↓11	39
38	Robin	183	↓2	25
39	Christine	182	↑6	29
40	Sharon	173	↓1	19
41	Theresa	155	↑1	38
42	Rebecca	154	new	44
43	Wendy	153	↓2	60
44	Diana	146	↑3	62
45	Connie	144	↓2	55
46	Janet	140	↓9	40
47	Terri	138	↑1	58
48	Angela	137	new	30
49	Heidi	136	–	>100
50	Shannon	132	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	1,180	–	1
2	David	1,172	–	3
3	John	1,011	–	2
4	Robert	947	–	5
5	James	848	↑1	4
6	Mark	762	↓1	6
7	Scott	653	–	12
8	Richard	572	–	8
9	Steven	534	↑1	14
10	Kevin	531	↑2	11
11	Brian	485	–	20
12	Jeffrey	469	↓3	10
13	William	468	–	7
14	Todd	400	↑6	30
15	Thomas	391	–	9
16	Daniel	390	↓2	19
17	Kenneth	368	–	18
18	Paul	365	↑3	17
19	Timothy	333	↑5	15
20	Gregory	323	↓1	21
21	Douglas	315	↓3	28
22	Ronald	310	↑1	23
23	Joseph	299	↑2	13
24	Mike	294	↓8	44
25	Donald	289	↑2	25
26	Gary	283	↓4	24
27	Eric	280	↑2	31
28	Jeff	280	↓2	48
29	Charles	255	↓1	16
30	Christopher	243	↑5	26
31	Patrick	226	↑3	35
32	Steve	216	↓2	49
33	Randy	196	↓1	37
34	Jerry	182	↑10	38
35	Craig	172	↓2	51
36	Stephen	171	↑5	29
37	Terry	165	–	32
38	Bruce	158	↓2	43
39	Keith	156	↓1	33
40	Chris	155	new	59
41	Dale	153	↑2	69
42	Larry	153	↓11	36
43	Anthony	152	↑5	22
44	Matthew	150	↑6	50
45	Dennis	148	↓6	39
46	Bradley	145	new	82
47	Jeffery	142	–	46
48	Jim	142	↓8	92
49	Greg	140	↓3	81
50	Andrew	136	new	42

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