Most popular boys’ names in California, 1963
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 7,829 |
| 2 | David | 7,602 |
| 3 | John | 7,038 |
| 4 | Robert | 6,828 |
| 5 | James | 5,094 |
| 6 | Mark | 4,835 |
| 7 | Richard | 4,327 |
| 8 | William | 3,138 |
| 9 | Steven | 3,115 |
| 10 | Scott | 2,903 |
| 11 | Kevin | 2,758 |
| 12 | Daniel | 2,687 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 2,543 |
| 14 | Thomas | 2,382 |
| 15 | Paul | 2,343 |
| 16 | Brian | 2,303 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 2,174 |
| 18 | Ronald | 2,047 |
| 19 | Gregory | 2,015 |
| 20 | Joseph | 1,979 |
| 21 | Charles | 1,923 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,864 |
| 23 | Timothy | 1,834 |
| 24 | Gary | 1,829 |
| 25 | Christopher | 1,822 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Eric | 1,755 |
| 27 | Donald | 1,597 |
| 28 | Mike | 1,482 |
| 29 | Edward | 1,393 |
| 30 | Todd | 1,272 |
| 31 | Steve | 1,220 |
| 32 | Stephen | 1,191 |
| 33 | Douglas | 1,144 |
| 34 | Patrick | 1,134 |
| 35 | Frank | 1,078 |
| 36 | Craig | 1,002 |
| 37 | George | 999 |
| 38 | Larry | 980 |
| 39 | Keith | 977 |
| 40 | Raymond | 972 |
| 41 | Jeff | 959 |
| 42 | Peter | 896 |
| 43 | Matthew | 894 |
| 44 | Andrew | 893 |
| 45 | Randy | 851 |
| 46 | Dennis | 835 |
| 47 | Jerry | 826 |
| 48 | Martin | 798 |
| 49 | Chris | 785 |
| 49 | Jose | 785 |
| 51 | Joe | 756 |
| 52 | Danny | 729 |
| 53 | Vincent | 726 |
| 54 | Tony | 714 |
| 55 | Bruce | 706 |
| 56 | Terry | 705 |
| 57 | Greg | 694 |
| 58 | Jim | 692 |
| 59 | Jon | 655 |
| 60 | Alan | 619 |
| 61 | Russell | 596 |
| 62 | Roger | 588 |
| 63 | Victor | 587 |
| 64 | Phillip | 582 |
| 65 | Jeffery | 579 |
| 66 | Troy | 569 |
| 67 | Glenn | 555 |
| 68 | Tom | 543 |
| 69 | Rick | 523 |
| 69 | Tim | 523 |
| 71 | Lawrence | 522 |
| 72 | Bryan | 519 |
| 73 | Dean | 512 |
| 74 | Arthur | 508 |
| 75 | Carl | 488 |
| 75 | Manuel | 488 |
| 77 | Dale | 477 |
| 78 | Randall | 466 |
| 79 | Gerald | 464 |
| 80 | Curtis | 457 |
| 81 | Bill | 448 |
| 81 | Ricky | 448 |
| 83 | Darryl | 446 |
| 84 | Albert | 445 |
| 85 | Carlos | 443 |
| 86 | Bradley | 436 |
| 86 | Shawn | 436 |
| 88 | Johnny | 430 |
| 89 | Jack | 429 |
| 90 | Wayne | 424 |
| 91 | Rodney | 421 |
| 92 | Jonathan | 419 |
| 93 | Philip | 416 |
| 94 | Ralph | 403 |
| 95 | Dan | 393 |
| 96 | Jay | 386 |
| 97 | Sean | 381 |
| 98 | Henry | 379 |
| 99 | Mario | 376 |
| 100 | Roy | 375 |