The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1963

4,621 different boys’ names were recorded in 1963, covering 2,031,078 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	83,771
2	John	78,636
3	David	78,444
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
12	Scott	30,396
13	Joseph	30,077
14	Steven	29,328
15	Timothy	27,187
16	Charles	26,762
17	Paul	26,672
18	Kenneth	25,235
19	Daniel	24,815
20	Brian	24,133
21	Gregory	21,420
22	Anthony	20,250
23	Ronald	19,780
24	Gary	18,929
25	Donald	18,896
26	Christopher	18,339
27	Edward	15,323
28	Douglas	15,086
29	Stephen	14,992
30	Todd	14,789
31	Eric	13,278
32	Terry	12,463
33	Keith	12,243
34	George	12,079
35	Patrick	12,071
36	Larry	11,667
37	Randy	10,535
38	Jerry	10,189
39	Dennis	9,821
40	Peter	9,614
41	Frank	9,527
42	Andrew	9,514
43	Bruce	9,275
44	Mike	9,045
45	Raymond	8,780
46	Jeffery	8,486
47	Ricky	8,114
48	Jeff	8,105
49	Steve	8,050
50	Matthew	8,034
51	Craig	7,899
52	Tony	7,879
53	Roger	7,743
54	Carl	7,128
55	Danny	7,101
56	Alan	6,935
57	Russell	6,703
58	Joe	6,379
59	Chris	6,328
60	Gerald	6,156
61	Vincent	6,152
62	Martin	6,073
63	Wayne	6,031
64	Glenn	5,977
65	Randall	5,972
66	Troy	5,971
67	Barry	5,953
68	Lawrence	5,708
69	Dale	5,700
70	Phillip	5,655
71	Johnny	5,420
72	Curtis	5,376
73	Bryan	5,257
74	Billy	5,241
75	Bobby	5,212
76	Rodney	5,193
77	Walter	5,068
78	Jimmy	5,043
79	Tim	5,016
80	Darryl	5,013
81	Greg	4,854
82	Bradley	4,765
83	Philip	4,757
84	Jon	4,750
85	Jay	4,720
86	Dean	4,616
87	Samuel	4,520
88	Jonathan	4,471
89	Roy	4,440
90	Allen	4,339
91	Arthur	4,275
92	Jim	4,237
93	Willie	4,194
94	Henry	4,184
95	Darrell	4,097
96	Harold	4,093
97	Victor	4,056
98	Jose	4,012
99	Ralph	3,931
100	Albert	3,883
101	Ronnie	3,819
102	Jack	3,814
103	Tom	3,698
104	Louis	3,620
105	Stanley	3,541
106	Micheal	3,537
107	Tommy	3,498
108	Shawn	3,461
109	Eddie	3,354
110	Joel	3,237
111	Rick	3,218
112	Eugene	3,216
113	Bill	3,193
114	Howard	3,160
115	Dwayne	3,136
116	Kurt	3,132
117	Frederick	3,127
118	Leonard	3,046
119	Lee	3,016
120	Marvin	2,974
121	Tracy	2,929
122	Ernest	2,904
123	Marc	2,893
124	Dan	2,823
125	Brent	2,815
126	Kelly	2,729
127	Mitchell	2,710
128	Jerome	2,663
129	Brett	2,610
130	Duane	2,594
131	Ray	2,581
132	Reginald	2,570
133	Melvin	2,545
134	Fred	2,525
135	Don	2,522
136	Karl	2,513
137	Harry	2,495
138	Norman	2,478
139	Kirk	2,476
140	Calvin	2,407
141	Kent	2,398
142	Theodore	2,387
143	Glen	2,357
144	Benjamin	2,348
145	Adam	2,346
146	Brad	2,273
147	Juan	2,250
148	Edwin	2,234
149	Jesse	2,229
150	Clifford	2,198
151	Sean	2,196
152	Warren	2,185
153	Francis	2,174
154	Earl	2,159
155	Nicholas	2,130
156	Carlos	2,112
157	Wesley	2,100
158	Darren	2,081
159	Gordon	2,080
160	Aaron	2,079
161	Dave	1,996
162	Alfred	1,988
163	Clarence	1,962
164	Derrick	1,948
165	Bernard	1,946
166	Lance	1,866
167	Bob	1,847
168	Gregg	1,750
169	Guy	1,742
170	Kerry	1,724
171	Perry	1,712
172	Antonio	1,702
173	Andre	1,700
174	Doug	1,689
175	Rickey	1,680
176	Leroy	1,644
177	Derek	1,636
178	Ken	1,634
179	Gilbert	1,631
180	Kyle	1,628
181	Dana	1,621
182	Manuel	1,615
183	Daryl	1,610
184	Tyrone	1,609
185	Ron	1,592
186	Marty	1,590
187	Stuart	1,589
188	Ted	1,578
189	Lonnie	1,575
190	Vernon	1,572
191	Gene	1,564
192	Leslie	1,557
193	Lloyd	1,547
194	Nathan	1,540
195	Franklin	1,522
196	Herbert	1,504
197	Alvin	1,503
197	Jason	1,503
199	Maurice	1,490
200	Andy	1,482

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1963 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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