Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1963

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1963 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 1962						Change from 1962
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	56,040	2.819	0	9,962	1	Michael	83,782	4.057	0	-1,252
2	Mary	41,550	2.090	0	-1,936	2	John	78,625	3.807	1	196
3	Susan	33,998	1.710	0	-1,745	3	David	78,467	3.800	-1	-2,857
4	Karen	32,485	1.634	0	-2,699	4	James	71,322	3.454	0	-1,233
5	Linda	27,719	1.394	0	-3,749	5	Robert	70,012	3.390	0	-184
6	Donna	25,399	1.278	1	-331	6	Mark	49,350	2.390	0	-4,154
7	Patricia	25,371	1.276	-1	-1,165	7	William	44,474	2.154	0	-386
8	Lori	23,907	1.203	3	1,521	8	Richard	40,786	1.975	0	1,377
9	Sandra	21,619	1.087	1	-795	9	Thomas	35,503	1.719	0	-1,021
10	Cynthia	21,593	1.086	-2	-2,428	10	Jeffrey	31,719	1.536	0	-1,802
11	Kimberly	21,228	1.068	5	866	11	Kevin	30,619	1.483	3	2,271
12	Tammy	21,196	1.066	11	4,449	12	Scott	30,411	1.473	-1	-295
13	Deborah	21,059	1.059	-4	-1,835	13	Joseph	30,098	1.458	0	14
14	Pamela	20,585	1.035	-1	-686	14	Steven	29,340	1.421	-2	-1,347
15	Brenda	19,606	0.986	-3	-1,671	15	Timothy	27,192	1.317	1	105
16	Laura	18,507	0.931	5	1,014	16	Charles	26,782	1.297	-1	-808
17	Barbara	18,291	0.920	-3	-2,349	17	Paul	26,679	1.292	2	2,881
18	Teresa	17,965	0.904	0	-551	18	Kenneth	25,239	1.222	0	7
19	Sharon	17,797	0.895	-2	-1,835	19	Daniel	24,821	1.202	-2	-726
20	Elizabeth	17,593	0.885	0	-208	20	Brian	24,119	1.168	0	874
21	Debra	17,335	0.872	-6	-3,261	21	Gregory	21,431	1.038	0	-532
22	Julie	16,304	0.820	0	-783	22	Anthony	20,238	0.980	2	136
23	Nancy	16,268	0.818	-4	-1,760	23	Ronald	19,780	0.958	2	-195
24	Cheryl	15,048	0.757	0	-1,537	24	Gary	18,922	0.916	-2	-1,970
25	Robin	14,434	0.726	0	-693	25	Donald	18,908	0.916	-2	-1,509
26	Michelle	14,383	0.724	5	1,026	26	Christopher	18,352	0.889	0	833
27	Denise	14,090	0.709	3	111	27	Edward	15,312	0.741	2	-212
28	Kathleen	13,543	0.681	1	-644	28	Douglas	15,100	0.731	-1	-817
29	Christine	13,389	0.674	10	2,194	29	Stephen	14,988	0.726	-1	-634
30	Angela	13,279	0.668	6	1,621	30	Todd	14,794	0.716	0	2,045
31	Diane	13,195	0.664	-5	-1,625	31	Eric	13,276	0.643	2	928
32	Kelly	12,552	0.631	6	1,024	32	Terry	12,462	0.603	2	164
33	Carol	12,493	0.628	-5	-2,026	33	Keith	12,244	0.593	3	625
34	Kathy	12,220	0.615	-7	-2,539	34	George	12,082	0.585	-2	-468
35	Tina	12,158	0.612	-2	-624	35	Patrick	12,067	0.584	5	1,579
36	Jennifer	11,758	0.591	5	779	36	Larry	11,673	0.565	-5	-1,038
37	Cindy	11,088	0.558	-3	-1,211	37	Randy	10,531	0.510	-2	-1,320
38	Theresa	11,039	0.555	2	-17	38	Jerry	10,195	0.494	0	-383
39	Kim	10,683	0.537	-2	-974	39	Dennis	9,831	0.476	-2	-790
40	Janet	10,667	0.537	-5	-1,587	40	Peter	9,618	0.466	3	38
41	Debbie	10,437	0.525	-9	-2,663	41	Frank	9,529	0.461	1	-227
42	Paula	10,144	0.510	18	2,950	42	Andrew	9,520	0.461	7	820
43	Maria	9,831	0.495	6	742	43	Bruce	9,281	0.449	-2	-756
44	Rebecca	9,391	0.472	3	-16	44	Mike	9,047	0.438	-5	-1,479
45	Rhonda	9,353	0.470	0	-449	45	Raymond	8,788	0.426	3	-279
46	Margaret	9,304	0.468	-3	-772	46	Jeffery	8,489	0.411	-1	-783
47	Laurie	9,271	0.466	-5	-1,406	47	Ricky	8,113	0.393	3	-579
48	Tracy	9,073	0.456	7	766	48	Jeff	8,099	0.392	-4	-1,327
49	Sherry	9,066	0.456	-1	-161	49	Steve	8,048	0.390	-3	-1,113
50	Sheila	8,707	0.438	2	-72	50	Matthew	8,035	0.389	6	749

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.