Most popular baby names of 1963

In 1963, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (83,757 babies, 4.1% of boys) and Lisa for girls (56,040 babies, 2.9% of girls). The rest of the top five were John, David, James and Robert for boys and Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda for girls. SSA recorded 4,620 different boy names and 7,662 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1963
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	83,757	–
2	John	78,616	▲ 1
3	David	78,450	▼ 1
4	James	71,291	–
5	Robert	69,997	–
6	Mark	49,332	–
7	William	44,444	–
8	Richard	40,767	–
9	Thomas	35,490	–
10	Jeffrey	31,699	–
11	Kevin	30,611	▲ 3
12	Scott	30,401	▼ 1
13	Joseph	30,080	–
14	Steven	29,322	▼ 2
15	Timothy	27,182	▲ 1
16	Charles	26,762	▼ 1
17	Paul	26,667	▲ 2
18	Kenneth	25,226	–
19	Daniel	24,816	▼ 2
20	Brian	24,122	–
21	Gregory	21,420	–
22	Anthony	20,242	▲ 2
23	Ronald	19,781	▲ 2
24	Gary	18,924	▼ 2
25	Donald	18,896	▼ 2
26	Christopher	18,341	–
27	Edward	15,320	▲ 2
28	Douglas	15,086	▼ 1
29	Stephen	14,993	▼ 1
30	Todd	14,789	–
31	Eric	13,277	▲ 2
32	Terry	12,459	▲ 2
33	Keith	12,242	▲ 3
34	George	12,079	▼ 2
35	Patrick	12,069	▲ 5
36	Larry	11,668	▼ 5
37	Randy	10,533	▼ 2
38	Jerry	10,188	–
39	Dennis	9,820	▼ 2
40	Peter	9,611	▲ 3
41	Frank	9,525	▲ 1
42	Andrew	9,514	▲ 7
43	Bruce	9,273	▼ 2
44	Mike	9,046	▼ 5
45	Raymond	8,779	▲ 3
46	Jeffery	8,482	▼ 1
47	Ricky	8,113	▲ 3
48	Jeff	8,108	▼ 4
49	Steve	8,051	▼ 3
50	Matthew	8,034	▲ 6
51	Craig	7,895	–
52	Tony	7,879	–
53	Roger	7,743	▼ 6
54	Carl	7,128	▲ 4
55	Danny	7,098	▼ 1
56	Alan	6,931	▼ 3
57	Russell	6,699	–
58	Joe	6,377	▲ 2
59	Chris	6,329	–
60	Gerald	6,153	▲ 5
61	Vincent	6,148	▲ 5
62	Martin	6,070	▲ 12
63	Wayne	6,030	–
64	Glenn	5,974	▼ 9
65	Randall	5,971	▼ 1
66	Troy	5,970	▲ 1
67	Barry	5,953	▼ 6
68	Lawrence	5,706	▲ 2
69	Dale	5,695	▼ 7
70	Phillip	5,653	▼ 2
71	Johnny	5,418	▼ 2
72	Curtis	5,376	▲ 1
73	Bryan	5,255	▲ 9
74	Billy	5,240	▼ 2
75	Bobby	5,212	▲ 3
76	Rodney	5,190	–
77	Walter	5,066	▲ 2
78	Jimmy	5,040	▼ 3
79	Tim	5,017	▼ 8
80	Darryl	5,012	▲ 3
81	Greg	4,853	▼ 4
82	Bradley	4,765	▲ 5
83	Philip	4,758	▼ 2
84	Jon	4,751	–
85	Jay	4,719	▼ 5
86	Dean	4,614	–
87	Samuel	4,522	▲ 1
88	Jonathan	4,469	▲ 6
89	Roy	4,438	▲ 1
90	Allen	4,339	▲ 3
91	Arthur	4,271	–
92	Jim	4,237	▼ 7
93	Willie	4,190	▼ 4
94	Henry	4,181	▼ 2
95	Darrell	4,094	▲ 7
96	Harold	4,092	▼ 1
97	Victor	4,055	▼ 1
98	Jose	4,013	▲ 5
99	Ralph	3,931	▼ 2
100	Albert	3,883	▲ 1

Top 100 girl names, 1963
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Lisa	56,040	–
2	Mary	41,543	–
3	Susan	33,990	–
4	Karen	32,487	–
5	Linda	27,723	–
6	Donna	25,406	▲ 1
7	Patricia	25,374	▼ 1
8	Lori	23,903	▲ 3
9	Sandra	21,623	▲ 1
10	Cynthia	21,585	▼ 2
11	Kimberly	21,225	▲ 5
12	Tammy	21,193	▲ 11
13	Deborah	21,049	▼ 4
14	Pamela	20,588	▼ 1
15	Brenda	19,608	▼ 3
16	Laura	18,512	▲ 5
17	Barbara	18,295	▼ 3
18	Teresa	17,963	–
19	Sharon	17,801	▼ 2
20	Elizabeth	17,597	–
21	Debra	17,335	▼ 6
22	Julie	16,303	–
23	Nancy	16,267	▼ 4
24	Cheryl	15,046	–
25	Robin	14,434	–
26	Michelle	14,385	▲ 5
27	Denise	14,092	▲ 3
28	Kathleen	13,542	▲ 1
29	Christine	13,388	▲ 10
30	Angela	13,278	▲ 6
31	Diane	13,195	▼ 5
32	Kelly	12,550	▲ 6
33	Carol	12,492	▼ 5
34	Kathy	12,216	▼ 7
35	Tina	12,155	▼ 2
36	Jennifer	11,759	▲ 5
37	Cindy	11,087	▼ 3
38	Theresa	11,041	▲ 2
39	Kim	10,681	▼ 2
40	Janet	10,666	▼ 5
41	Debbie	10,444	▼ 9
42	Paula	10,151	▲ 18
43	Maria	9,849	▲ 6
44	Rebecca	9,392	▲ 3
45	Rhonda	9,356	–
46	Margaret	9,308	▼ 3
47	Laurie	9,275	▼ 5
48	Tracy	9,073	▲ 7
49	Sherry	9,064	▼ 1
50	Sheila	8,706	▲ 2
51	Jacqueline	8,560	▼ 7
52	Dawn	8,414	▼ 2
53	Catherine	8,294	–
54	Amy	8,228	▲ 7
55	Connie	8,164	▼ 4
56	Carolyn	8,124	▼ 10
57	Ann	7,975	▼ 1
58	Terri	7,705	▼ 4
59	Michele	7,512	–
60	Wendy	7,333	▲ 4
61	Melissa	7,319	▲ 7
62	Diana	7,309	▼ 5
63	Janice	7,072	▼ 5
64	Stephanie	6,824	▲ 6
65	Suzanne	6,820	–
66	Beth	6,676	–
67	Cathy	6,319	▼ 5
68	Jill	6,301	▲ 4
69	Valerie	6,173	▼ 2
70	Judy	6,134	▼ 7
71	Annette	6,048	▲ 4
72	Leslie	5,856	▲ 8
73	Lynn	5,826	▼ 2
74	Renee	5,776	▲ 2
75	Jane	5,764	▼ 2
76	Wanda	5,594	▲ 1
77	Anita	5,471	▲ 4
78	Sherri	5,457	▲ 4
79	Gina	5,336	▲ 22
80	Anne	5,329	▲ 3
81	Beverly	5,280	▼ 12
82	Carla	5,264	▼ 4
83	Bonnie	5,227	▼ 4
84	Joyce	5,221	▼ 10
85	Darlene	5,154	▲ 3
86	Penny	5,127	▲ 5
87	Katherine	5,125	▼ 3
88	Dana	5,049	▲ 29
89	Andrea	5,012	▲ 10
90	Martha	4,886	▼ 3
91	Judith	4,743	▼ 5
92	Regina	4,711	–
93	Kathryn	4,701	▼ 4
94	Sarah	4,571	▲ 4
95	Joan	4,562	▼ 1
96	Gloria	4,536	▼ 6
97	Jean	4,483	▼ 2
98	Colleen	4,447	▲ 4
99	Shirley	4,385	▼ 3
100	Vicki	4,362	▼ 15

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1963. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.