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The most popular baby names of 1963

SSA recorded 3,958,585 births in 1963 across all reported names — 1,927,507 girls and 2,031,078 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1963

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1962.
#NameBirthsvs 1962
1 Lisa 56,047 —
2 Mary 41,546 —
3 Susan 33,991 —
4 Karen 32,492 —
5 Linda 27,727 —
6 Donna 25,405 +1
7 Patricia 25,374 -1
8 Lori 23,899 +3
9 Sandra 21,621 +1
10 Cynthia 21,589 -2
11 Kimberly 21,224 +5
12 Tammy 21,199 +11
13 Deborah 21,053 -4
14 Pamela 20,593 -1
15 Brenda 19,611 -3
16 Laura 18,514 +5
17 Barbara 18,295 -3
18 Teresa 17,965 —
19 Sharon 17,800 -2
20 Elizabeth 17,598 —
21 Debra 17,335 -6
22 Julie 16,304 —
23 Nancy 16,266 -4
24 Cheryl 15,047 —
25 Robin 14,435 —
26 Michelle 14,383 +5
27 Denise 14,092 +3
28 Kathleen 13,547 +1
29 Christine 13,387 +10
30 Angela 13,277 +6
31 Diane 13,193 -5
32 Kelly 12,550 +6
33 Carol 12,492 -5
34 Kathy 12,215 -7
35 Tina 12,157 -2
36 Jennifer 11,757 +5
37 Cindy 11,090 -3
38 Theresa 11,039 +2
39 Kim 10,683 -2
40 Janet 10,667 -5
41 Debbie 10,444 -9
42 Paula 10,156 +18
43 Maria 9,854 +6
44 Rebecca 9,393 +3
45 Rhonda 9,356 —
46 Margaret 9,304 -3
47 Laurie 9,276 -5
48 Tracy 9,073 +7
49 Sherry 9,065 -1
50 Sheila 8,706 +2
51 Jacqueline 8,562 -7
52 Dawn 8,412 -2
53 Catherine 8,294 —
54 Amy 8,227 +7
55 Connie 8,165 -4
56 Carolyn 8,124 -10
57 Ann 7,975 -1
58 Terri 7,704 -4
59 Michele 7,512 —
60 Wendy 7,333 +4
61 Melissa 7,321 +7
62 Diana 7,310 -5
63 Janice 7,074 -5
64 Stephanie 6,825 +6
65 Suzanne 6,821 —
66 Beth 6,677 —
67 Cathy 6,319 -5
68 Jill 6,300 +4
69 Valerie 6,172 -2
70 Judy 6,137 -7
71 Annette 6,050 +4
72 Leslie 5,857 +8
73 Lynn 5,827 -2
74 Renee 5,776 +2
75 Jane 5,767 -2
76 Wanda 5,596 +1
77 Anita 5,473 +4
78 Sherri 5,460 +4
79 Gina 5,337 +23
80 Anne 5,330 +3
81 Beverly 5,280 -12
82 Carla 5,264 -4
83 Bonnie 5,226 -4
84 Joyce 5,222 -10
85 Darlene 5,153 +3
86 Penny 5,129 +6
87 Katherine 5,124 -4
88 Dana 5,048 +29
89 Andrea 5,013 +10
90 Martha 4,887 -3
91 Judith 4,743 -5
92 Regina 4,710 -1
93 Kathryn 4,701 -5
94 Sarah 4,571 +4
95 Joan 4,562 -1
96 Gloria 4,536 -6
97 Jean 4,485 -2
98 Colleen 4,447 +3
99 Shirley 4,387 -3
100 Vicki 4,362 -15

Top 100 boys' names in 1963

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1962.
#NameBirthsvs 1962
1 Michael 83,771 —
2 John 78,636 +1
3 David 78,444 -1
4 James 71,294 —
5 Robert 70,007 —
6 Mark 49,342 —
7 William 44,453 —
8 Richard 40,772 —
9 Thomas 35,490 —
10 Jeffrey 31,701 —
11 Kevin 30,613 +3
12 Scott 30,396 -1
13 Joseph 30,077 —
14 Steven 29,328 -2
15 Timothy 27,187 +1
16 Charles 26,762 -1
17 Paul 26,672 +2
18 Kenneth 25,235 —
19 Daniel 24,815 -2
20 Brian 24,133 —
21 Gregory 21,420 —
22 Anthony 20,250 +2
23 Ronald 19,780 +2
24 Gary 18,929 -2
25 Donald 18,896 -2
26 Christopher 18,339 —
27 Edward 15,323 +2
28 Douglas 15,086 -1
29 Stephen 14,992 -1
30 Todd 14,789 —
31 Eric 13,278 +2
32 Terry 12,463 +2
33 Keith 12,243 +3
34 George 12,079 -2
35 Patrick 12,071 +5
36 Larry 11,667 -5
37 Randy 10,535 -2
38 Jerry 10,189 —
39 Dennis 9,821 -2
40 Peter 9,614 +3
41 Frank 9,527 +1
42 Andrew 9,514 +7
43 Bruce 9,275 -2
44 Mike 9,045 -5
45 Raymond 8,780 +3
46 Jeffery 8,486 -1
47 Ricky 8,114 +3
48 Jeff 8,105 -4
49 Steve 8,050 -3
50 Matthew 8,034 +6
51 Craig 7,899 —
52 Tony 7,879 —
53 Roger 7,743 -6
54 Carl 7,128 +4
55 Danny 7,101 -1
56 Alan 6,935 -3
57 Russell 6,703 —
58 Joe 6,379 +1
59 Chris 6,328 +1
60 Gerald 6,156 +5
61 Vincent 6,152 +5
62 Martin 6,073 +12
63 Wayne 6,031 —
64 Glenn 5,977 -9
65 Randall 5,972 -1
66 Troy 5,971 +1
67 Barry 5,953 -6
68 Lawrence 5,708 +2
69 Dale 5,700 -7
70 Phillip 5,655 -2
71 Johnny 5,420 -2
72 Curtis 5,376 +1
73 Bryan 5,257 +9
74 Billy 5,241 -3
75 Bobby 5,212 +3
76 Rodney 5,193 —
77 Walter 5,068 +2
78 Jimmy 5,043 -3
79 Tim 5,016 -7
80 Darryl 5,013 +3
81 Greg 4,854 -4
82 Bradley 4,765 +5
83 Philip 4,757 -2
84 Jon 4,750 —
85 Jay 4,720 -5
86 Dean 4,616 —
87 Samuel 4,520 +1
88 Jonathan 4,471 +6
89 Roy 4,440 +1
90 Allen 4,339 +3
91 Arthur 4,275 —
92 Jim 4,237 -7
93 Willie 4,194 -4
94 Henry 4,184 -2
95 Darrell 4,097 +7
96 Harold 4,093 -1
97 Victor 4,056 -1
98 Jose 4,012 +5
99 Ralph 3,931 -2
100 Albert 3,883 +1

Names that climbed fastest in 1963

Ranked by places gained against 1962, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1963Rank 1962Change
Johnna girls 387 627 +240
Kirsten girls 392 560 +168
Nannette girls 539 670 +131
Shauna girls 544 675 +131
Martina girls 603 729 +126
Shawna girls 451 572 +121
Tricia girls 444 558 +114
Bethany girls 531 640 +109
Lolita girls 468 570 +102
Kristin girls 216 317 +101
Kara girls 329 429 +100
Ryan boys 310 405 +95
Hilary girls 640 729 +89
Cara girls 368 455 +87
Sharlene girls 612 698 +86

Names that fell fastest in 1963

NameRank 1963Rank 1962Change
Pat girls 548 439 -109
Gigi girls 711 608 -103
Janell girls 692 591 -101
Barb girls 617 522 -95
Juliana girls 724 631 -93
Tena girls 612 525 -87
Arleen girls 678 595 -83
Pearl girls 590 509 -81
Glenna girls 651 570 -81
David girls 657 579 -78
Carmela girls 711 635 -76
Casey boys 419 343 -76
Sallie girls 654 579 -75
Dorothea girls 627 554 -73
Abby girls 657 584 -73

Names that first appear in 1963

1963 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1963

For these names, 1963 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.