Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1963 Most Popular Baby Names of 1963 Social Security has card records for 4,052,963 people born in the U.S. in 1963. Lisa was the top girl name (56,047 babies) and Michael the top boy name (83,771).
Top 100 names of 1963 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1963, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 56,047 #987 2 Mary 41,546 #125 3 Susan 33,991 #1,085 4 Karen 32,492 #1,279 5 Linda 27,727 #902 6 Donna 25,405 #1,962 7 Patricia 25,374 #1,334 8 Lori 23,899 #1,721 9 Sandra 21,621 #1,207 10 Cynthia 21,589 #1,013 11 Kimberly 21,224 #302 12 Tammy 21,199 #3,645 13 Deborah 21,053 #862 14 Pamela 20,593 #2,239 15 Brenda 19,611 #1,525 16 Laura 18,514 #379 17 Barbara 18,295 #968 18 Teresa 17,965 #908 19 Sharon 17,800 #1,250 20 Elizabeth 17,598 #17 21 Debra 17,335 #4,460 22 Julie 16,304 #872 23 Nancy 16,266 #965 24 Cheryl 15,047 #4,352 25 Robin 14,435 #704 26 Michelle 14,383 #465 27 Denise 14,092 #1,673 28 Kathleen 13,547 #1,150 29 Christine 13,387 #1,272 30 Angela 13,277 #408 31 Diane 13,193 #2,607 32 Kelly 12,550 #851 33 Carol 12,492 #2,239 34 Kathy 12,215 #3,249 35 Tina 12,157 #2,778 36 Jennifer 11,757 #586 37 Cindy 11,090 #1,927 38 Theresa 11,039 #1,548 39 Kim 10,683 #4,172 40 Janet 10,667 #2,778 41 Debbie 10,444 #5,238 42 Paula 10,156 #853 43 Maria 9,854 #87 44 Rebecca 9,393 #349 45 Rhonda 9,356 #6,116 46 Margaret 9,304 #112 47 Laurie 9,276 #2,822 48 Tracy 9,073 #2,153 49 Sherry 9,065 #5,410 50 Sheila 8,706 #2,645
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1963, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jacqueline 8,562 #558 52 Dawn 8,412 #2,173 53 Catherine 8,294 #313 54 Amy 8,227 #257 55 Connie 8,165 #3,067 56 Carolyn 8,124 #1,222 57 Ann 7,975 #1,076 58 Terri 7,704 #6,116 59 Michele 7,512 #4,758 60 Wendy 7,333 #1,341 61 Melissa 7,321 #419 62 Diana 7,310 #244 63 Janice 7,074 #2,514 64 Stephanie 6,825 #557 65 Suzanne 6,821 #2,387 66 Beth 6,677 #3,389 67 Cathy 6,319 #8,362 68 Jill 6,300 #5,722 69 Valerie 6,172 #127 70 Judy 6,137 #1,872 71 Annette 6,050 #1,443 72 Leslie 5,857 #712 73 Lynn 5,827 #2,542 74 Renee 5,776 #1,098 75 Jane 5,767 #221 76 Wanda 5,596 #5,917 77 Anita 5,473 #1,341 78 Sherri 5,460 #8,362 79 Gina 5,337 #2,076 80 Anne 5,330 #619 81 Beverly 5,280 #1,016 82 Carla 5,264 #1,082 83 Bonnie 5,226 #396 84 Joyce 5,222 #1,071 85 Darlene 5,153 #1,844 86 Penny 5,129 #740 87 Katherine 5,124 #186 88 Dana 5,048 #1,027 89 Andrea 5,013 #235 90 Martha 4,887 #712 91 Judith 4,743 #788 92 Regina 4,710 #395 93 Kathryn 4,701 #729 94 Sarah 4,571 #90 95 Joan 4,562 #1,085 96 Gloria 4,536 #654 97 Jean 4,485 #2,117 98 Colleen 4,447 #2,822 99 Shirley 4,387 #1,581 100 Vicki 4,362 –
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1963, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 83,771 #21 2 John 78,636 #23 3 David 78,444 #35 4 James 71,294 #6 5 Robert 70,007 #92 6 Mark 49,342 #244 7 William 44,453 #9 8 Richard 40,772 #234 9 Thomas 35,490 #34 10 Jeffrey 31,701 #552 11 Kevin 30,613 #221 12 Scott 30,396 #534 13 Joseph 30,077 #29 14 Steven 29,328 #271 15 Timothy 27,187 #203 16 Charles 26,762 #48 17 Paul 26,672 #262 18 Kenneth 25,235 #294 19 Daniel 24,815 #22 20 Brian 24,133 #339 21 Gregory 21,420 #593 22 Anthony 20,250 #46 23 Ronald 19,780 #637 24 Gary 18,929 #1,073 25 Donald 18,896 #690 26 Christopher 18,339 #68 27 Edward 15,323 #224 28 Douglas 15,086 #807 29 Stephen 14,992 #383 30 Todd 14,789 #1,609 31 Eric 13,278 #273 32 Terry 12,463 #1,115 33 Keith 12,243 #800 34 George 12,079 #126 35 Patrick 12,071 #235 36 Larry 11,667 #1,084 37 Randy 10,535 #1,084 38 Jerry 10,189 #906 39 Dennis 9,821 #707 40 Peter 9,614 #187 41 Frank 9,527 #513 42 Andrew 9,514 #73 43 Bruce 9,275 #536 44 Mike 9,045 #1,231 45 Raymond 8,780 #394 46 Jeffery 8,486 #1,554 47 Ricky 8,114 #948 48 Jeff 8,105 #3,314 49 Steve 8,050 #1,609 50 Matthew 8,034 #32
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1963, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Craig 7,899 #1,644 52 Tony 7,879 #783 53 Roger 7,743 #832 54 Carl 7,128 #1,132 55 Danny 7,101 #628 56 Alan 6,935 #191 57 Russell 6,703 #345 58 Joe 6,379 #991 59 Chris 6,328 #646 60 Gerald 6,156 #1,204 61 Vincent 6,152 #107 62 Martin 6,073 #335 63 Wayne 6,031 #652 64 Glenn 5,977 #1,443 65 Randall 5,972 #1,499 66 Troy 5,971 #532 67 Barry 5,953 #1,520 68 Lawrence 5,708 #518 69 Dale 5,700 #1,409 70 Phillip 5,655 #651 71 Johnny 5,420 #457 72 Curtis 5,376 #984 73 Bryan 5,257 #336 74 Billy 5,241 #1,068 75 Bobby 5,212 #1,097 76 Rodney 5,193 #1,091 77 Walter 5,068 #251 78 Jimmy 5,043 #846 79 Tim 5,016 #3,181 80 Darryl 5,013 #2,108 81 Greg 4,854 #4,707 82 Bradley 4,765 #403 83 Philip 4,757 #527 84 Jon 4,750 #951 85 Jay 4,720 #392 86 Dean 4,616 #125 87 Samuel 4,520 #18 88 Jonathan 4,471 #89 89 Roy 4,440 #525 90 Allen 4,339 #578 91 Arthur 4,275 #87 92 Jim 4,237 #3,128 93 Willie 4,194 #1,315 94 Henry 4,184 #5 95 Darrell 4,097 #1,688 96 Harold 4,093 #991 97 Victor 4,056 #209 98 Jose 4,012 #95 99 Ralph 3,931 #1,046 100 Albert 3,883 #614
Entered the top 100 in 1963
