Popular Names of 1963

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1963, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1963
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Lisa	56,047	991
2	Mary	41,546	125
3	Susan	33,991	1,091
4	Karen	32,492	1,281
5	Linda	27,727	902
6	Donna	25,405	1,965
7	Patricia	25,374	1,336
8	Lori	23,899	1,726
9	Sandra	21,621	1,210
10	Cynthia	21,589	1,014
11	Kimberly	21,224	303
12	Tammy	21,199	3,703
13	Deborah	21,053	864
14	Pamela	20,593	2,251
15	Brenda	19,611	1,527
16	Laura	18,514	379
17	Barbara	18,295	968
18	Teresa	17,965	911
19	Sharon	17,800	1,256
20	Elizabeth	17,598	17

Table 2. Male names, 1963
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	245
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

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.