Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	4,939
2	Susan	2,839
3	Karen	2,800
4	Mary	2,611
5	Linda	2,218
6	Laura	2,095
7	Cynthia	2,085
8	Julie	2,057
9	Patricia	2,034
10	Lori	2,008
11	Sandra	1,951
12	Kimberly	1,880
13	Deborah	1,852
14	Elizabeth	1,727
15	Michelle	1,690
16	Teresa	1,584
17	Kelly	1,570
18	Denise	1,541
19	Tammy	1,540
20	Maria	1,532
21	Donna	1,531
22	Pamela	1,478
23	Debra	1,431
24	Jennifer	1,385
25	Nancy	1,333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cheryl	1,296
27	Kathleen	1,282
28	Robin	1,241
29	Debbie	1,214
30	Tina	1,212
31	Christine	1,209
32	Barbara	1,181
33	Sharon	1,164
34	Diane	1,163
35	Brenda	1,159
36	Cindy	1,154
37	Tracy	1,081
38	Kim	1,020
39	Kathy	1,017
40	Rebecca	1,013
41	Diana	995
42	Carol	993
43	Theresa	973
44	Janet	851
44	Wendy	851
46	Laurie	845
47	Terri	827
48	Stephanie	825
49	Catherine	787
50	Angela	775
51	Michele	774
52	Leslie	767
53	Suzanne	756
54	Rhonda	748
55	Gina	735
56	Paula	707
57	Margaret	700
58	Valerie	676
59	Renee	667
60	Christina	639
61	Dawn	626
62	Dana	617
63	Annette	608
64	Katherine	603
65	Jill	602
66	Sherry	591
67	Monica	572
68	Carolyn	561
69	Anna	557
69	Martha	557
71	Ann	554
72	Melissa	541
73	Jacqueline	539
74	Andrea	529
75	Sheila	526
76	Tamara	524
77	Shelly	513
78	Sheri	509
79	Connie	508
80	Sylvia	505
81	Stacy	488
82	Janice	483
83	Cathy	481
84	Sherri	480
85	Judy	479
86	Yvonne	474
87	Deanna	461
88	Gloria	454
89	Victoria	449
89	Yolanda	449
91	Kathryn	441
92	Stacey	434
93	Colleen	431
94	Virginia	424
95	Vicki	423
96	Amy	422
96	Anita	422
98	Teri	420
99	Carrie	419
100	Heidi	416