Years · 1960s · Evolution

Top baby names of 1963

In 1963, Lisa and Michael were the most popular names in the United States. 3,958,455 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1963
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Lisa	56,047	1 in 70	= same rank
2	Mary	41,546	1 in 100	= same rank
3	Susan	33,991	1 in 116	= same rank
4	Karen	32,492	1 in 122	= same rank
5	Linda	27,727	1 in 143	= same rank
6	Donna	25,405	1 in 156	1 places up
7	Patricia	25,374	1 in 156	1 places down
8	Lori	23,899	1 in 166	3 places up
9	Sandra	21,621	1 in 183	1 places up
10	Cynthia	21,589	1 in 183	2 places down
11	Kimberly	21,224	1 in 187	5 places up
12	Tammy	21,199	1 in 187	11 places up
13	Deborah	21,053	1 in 188	4 places down
14	Pamela	20,593	1 in 192	1 places down
15	Brenda	19,611	1 in 202	3 places down
16	Laura	18,514	1 in 214	5 places up
17	Barbara	18,295	1 in 216	3 places down
18	Teresa	17,965	1 in 220	= same rank
19	Sharon	17,800	1 in 222	2 places down
20	Elizabeth	17,598	1 in 225	= same rank
21	Debra	17,335	1 in 228	6 places down
22	Julie	16,304	1 in 243	= same rank
23	Nancy	16,266	1 in 243	4 places down
24	Cheryl	15,047	1 in 263	= same rank
25	Robin	14,435	1 in 274	= same rank
26	Michelle	14,383	1 in 275	5 places up
27	Denise	14,092	1 in 281	3 places up
28	Kathleen	13,547	1 in 292	1 places up
29	Christine	13,387	1 in 296	10 places up
30	Angela	13,277	1 in 298	6 places up
31	Diane	13,193	1 in 300	5 places down
32	Kelly	12,550	1 in 315	6 places up
33	Carol	12,492	1 in 317	5 places down
34	Kathy	12,215	1 in 324	7 places down
35	Tina	12,157	1 in 326	2 places down
36	Jennifer	11,757	1 in 337	5 places up
37	Cindy	11,090	1 in 357	3 places down
38	Theresa	11,039	1 in 359	2 places up
39	Kim	10,683	1 in 371	2 places down
40	Janet	10,667	1 in 371	5 places down
41	Debbie	10,444	1 in 379	9 places down
42	Paula	10,156	1 in 390	18 places up
43	Maria	9,854	1 in 402	6 places up
44	Rebecca	9,393	1 in 421	3 places up
45	Rhonda	9,356	1 in 423	= same rank
46	Margaret	9,304	1 in 425	3 places down
47	Laurie	9,276	1 in 427	5 places down
48	Tracy	9,073	1 in 436	7 places up
49	Sherry	9,065	1 in 437	1 places down
50	Sheila	8,706	1 in 455	2 places up

Most popular boy names in 1963
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Michael	83,771	1 in 50	= same rank
2	John	78,636	1 in 50	1 places up
3	David	78,444	1 in 50	1 places down
4	James	71,294	1 in 60	= same rank
5	Robert	70,007	1 in 60	= same rank
6	Mark	49,342	1 in 80	= same rank
7	William	44,453	1 in 90	= same rank
8	Richard	40,772	1 in 100	= same rank
9	Thomas	35,490	1 in 112	= same rank
10	Jeffrey	31,701	1 in 125	= same rank
11	Kevin	30,613	1 in 129	3 places up
12	Scott	30,396	1 in 130	1 places down
13	Joseph	30,077	1 in 132	= same rank
14	Steven	29,328	1 in 135	2 places down
15	Timothy	27,187	1 in 146	1 places up
16	Charles	26,762	1 in 148	1 places down
17	Paul	26,672	1 in 148	2 places up
18	Kenneth	25,235	1 in 157	= same rank
19	Daniel	24,815	1 in 160	2 places down
20	Brian	24,133	1 in 164	= same rank
21	Gregory	21,420	1 in 185	= same rank
22	Anthony	20,250	1 in 195	2 places up
23	Ronald	19,780	1 in 200	2 places up
24	Gary	18,929	1 in 209	2 places down
25	Donald	18,896	1 in 209	2 places down
26	Christopher	18,339	1 in 216	= same rank
27	Edward	15,323	1 in 258	2 places up
28	Douglas	15,086	1 in 262	1 places down
29	Stephen	14,992	1 in 264	1 places down
30	Todd	14,789	1 in 268	= same rank
31	Eric	13,278	1 in 298	2 places up
32	Terry	12,463	1 in 318	2 places up
33	Keith	12,243	1 in 323	3 places up
34	George	12,079	1 in 328	2 places down
35	Patrick	12,071	1 in 328	5 places up
36	Larry	11,667	1 in 339	5 places down
37	Randy	10,535	1 in 376	2 places down
38	Jerry	10,189	1 in 389	= same rank
39	Dennis	9,821	1 in 403	2 places down
40	Peter	9,614	1 in 412	3 places up
41	Frank	9,527	1 in 415	1 places up
42	Andrew	9,514	1 in 416	7 places up
43	Bruce	9,275	1 in 427	2 places down
44	Mike	9,045	1 in 438	5 places down
45	Raymond	8,780	1 in 451	3 places up
46	Jeffery	8,486	1 in 466	1 places down
47	Ricky	8,114	1 in 488	3 places up
48	Jeff	8,105	1 in 488	4 places down
49	Steve	8,050	1 in 492	3 places down
50	Matthew	8,034	1 in 493	6 places up

Share: number of babies born in 1963, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1962. Tied names share the same rank.