Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1963

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1963 were Mary for girls (1,362 babies) and Michael for boys (2,091). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 84,748 babies born in Wisconsin in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1963

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

Girls

Kay: 161 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Barb: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kristine: 146 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luann: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jayne: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kris: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sue: 176 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jody: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 369 babies, 3× the national rate
Jean: 285 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 231 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dean: 292 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Randal: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Curt: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 830 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tod: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mathew: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dan: 141 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kris: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dale: 268 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	1,362	–	2
2	Lisa	1,331	↑1	1
3	Susan	1,072	↓1	3
4	Lori	1,037	–	8
5	Julie	851	–	22
6	Linda	771	–	5
7	Karen	763	–	4
8	Sandra	598	↑1	9
9	Debra	581	↓1	21
10	Christine	519	↑12	29
11	Dawn	506	↑1	52
12	Pamela	497	↑2	14
13	Barbara	491	↓3	17
14	Patricia	482	↓3	7
15	Brenda	476	↑4	15
16	Kathleen	471	↓3	28
17	Tammy	469	↑13	12
18	Diane	466	↓3	31
19	Laura	460	↑4	16
20	Laurie	452	↓2	47
21	Nancy	438	–	23
22	Kim	433	↓5	39
23	Cheryl	429	↓7	24
24	Ann	384	↓4	57
25	Sharon	373	↑3	19
26	Lynn	369	↓2	73
27	Cynthia	368	↓1	10
28	Donna	358	↓1	6
29	Amy	344	↑12	54
30	Michelle	342	↑5	26
31	Kelly	338	↑5	32
32	Carol	332	↓7	33
33	Jane	316	↓1	75
34	Deborah	305	↓3	13
35	Elizabeth	301	↑3	20
36	Jill	298	↑4	68
37	Jean	285	–	97
38	Theresa	285	↑5	38
39	Denise	284	↓5	27
40	Wendy	282	↑2	60
41	Cindy	270	↓12	37
42	Kathy	263	↓9	34
43	Beth	260	↑6	66
44	Jennifer	259	↑4	36
45	Connie	254	↓6	55
46	Kimberly	244	new	11
47	Janet	243	–	40
48	Paula	242	new	42
49	Renee	222	↓5	74
50	Catherine	218	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	2,091	–	1
2	David	1,975	–	3
3	John	1,770	–	2
4	James	1,545	↑1	4
5	Mark	1,531	↓1	6
6	Robert	1,417	–	5
7	Scott	1,359	–	12
8	Jeffrey	1,187	–	10
9	Thomas	1,183	–	9
10	Daniel	1,131	–	19
11	Steven	1,029	–	14
12	Kevin	945	↑5	11
13	Brian	921	↓1	20
14	Timothy	886	↓1	15
15	Paul	870	↑1	17
16	Richard	859	↓2	8
17	Todd	830	↓2	30
18	William	716	–	7
19	Joseph	643	–	13
20	Gregory	492	↑1	21
21	Patrick	453	↑5	35
22	Donald	424	↑2	25
23	Gary	423	↓3	24
24	Ronald	420	↓1	23
25	Kenneth	406	↓3	18
26	Douglas	393	↓1	28
27	Peter	391	↑1	40
28	Christopher	377	↑1	26
29	Charles	367	↓2	16
30	Randy	345	–	37
31	Dennis	341	–	39
32	Dean	292	↑6	86
33	Bruce	286	↓1	43
34	Eric	284	↑6	31
35	Andrew	283	↑15	42
36	Keith	277	–	33
37	Randall	272	↑12	65
38	Anthony	269	↓4	22
39	Dale	268	↓6	69
40	Terry	268	↑1	32
41	Jeff	239	↓4	48
42	Craig	236	↓3	51
43	Kurt	231	↑4	>100
44	Jon	218	new	84
45	Jeffery	212	↓10	46
46	Larry	210	↓1	36
47	Steve	208	↓4	49
48	Alan	206	↓2	56
49	Matthew	203	new	50
50	Mike	197	↓8	44

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