Popular names of 1963, and how old they are now

People born in 1963 turn 63 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4 million births in 1963 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 83% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Baby Boomers (see Boomer names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1963: Kevin, Lori, Tammy, Paula, Martin, Sherri, Penny, Sheri, Darla, Tammie, Lora and Lorie.

Top girl names of 1963

Most popular girl names of 1963
#	Name	Born 1963	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	56,047	49,000	56
2	Mary	41,546	36,000	66
3	Susan	33,991	30,000	66
4	Karen	32,492	28,000	63
5	Linda	27,727	24,000	70
6	Donna	25,405	22,000	68
7	Patricia	25,374	22,000	68
8	Lori	23,899	21,000	58
9	Sandra	21,621	19,000	66
10	Cynthia	21,589	19,000	60
11	Kimberly	21,224	18,000	48
12	Tammy	21,199	18,000	58
13	Deborah	21,053	18,000	66
14	Pamela	20,593	18,000	64
15	Brenda	19,611	17,000	63
16	Laura	18,514	16,000	51
17	Barbara	18,295	16,000	72
18	Teresa	17,965	16,000	59
19	Sharon	17,800	15,000	68
20	Elizabeth	17,598	15,000	44
21	Debra	17,335	15,000	66
22	Julie	16,304	14,000	55
23	Nancy	16,266	14,000	68
24	Cheryl	15,047	13,000	65
25	Robin	14,435	13,000	58
26	Michelle	14,383	13,000	48
27	Denise	14,092	12,000	59
28	Kathleen	13,547	12,000	64
29	Christine	13,387	12,000	57
30	Angela	13,277	12,000	49
31	Diane	13,193	11,000	68
32	Kelly	12,550	11,000	48
33	Carol	12,492	11,000	72
34	Kathy	12,215	11,000	65
35	Tina	12,157	11,000	56
36	Jennifer	11,757	10,000	46
37	Cindy	11,090	9,600	57
38	Theresa	11,039	9,600	61
39	Kim	10,683	9,300	63
40	Janet	10,667	9,300	68
41	Debbie	10,444	9,100	64
42	Paula	10,156	8,800	62
43	Maria	9,854	8,600	45
44	Rebecca	9,393	8,200	48
45	Rhonda	9,356	8,100	61
46	Margaret	9,304	8,100	61
47	Laurie	9,276	8,100	61
48	Tracy	9,073	7,900	55
49	Sherry	9,065	7,900	63
50	Sheila	8,706	7,600	63

Top boy names of 1963

Most popular boy names of 1963
#	Name	Born 1963	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	83,771	66,000	49
2	John	78,636	62,000	55
3	David	78,444	62,000	52
4	James	71,294	56,000	54
5	Robert	70,007	55,000	58
6	Mark	49,342	39,000	56
7	William	44,453	35,000	51
8	Richard	40,772	32,000	60
9	Thomas	35,490	28,000	53
10	Jeffrey	31,701	25,000	53
11	Kevin	30,613	24,000	45
12	Scott	30,396	24,000	53
13	Joseph	30,077	24,000	45
14	Steven	29,328	23,000	52
15	Timothy	27,187	22,000	50
16	Charles	26,762	21,000	54
17	Paul	26,672	21,000	57
18	Kenneth	25,235	20,000	57
19	Daniel	24,815	20,000	42
20	Brian	24,133	19,000	48
21	Gregory	21,420	17,000	54
22	Anthony	20,250	16,000	40
23	Ronald	19,780	16,000	64
24	Gary	18,929	15,000	65
25	Donald	18,896	15,000	64
26	Christopher	18,339	15,000	41
27	Edward	15,323	12,000	56
28	Douglas	15,086	12,000	59
29	Stephen	14,992	12,000	54
30	Todd	14,789	12,000	54
31	Eric	13,278	11,000	44
32	Terry	12,463	9,900	62
33	Keith	12,243	9,700	54
34	George	12,079	9,600	57
35	Patrick	12,071	9,600	47
36	Larry	11,667	9,200	65
37	Randy	10,535	8,300	57
38	Jerry	10,189	8,100	63
39	Dennis	9,821	7,800	63
40	Peter	9,614	7,600	51
41	Frank	9,527	7,500	59
42	Andrew	9,514	7,500	36
43	Bruce	9,275	7,300	63
44	Mike	9,045	7,200	63
45	Raymond	8,780	7,000	56
46	Jeffery	8,486	6,700	54
47	Ricky	8,114	6,400	56
48	Jeff	8,105	6,400	60
49	Steve	8,050	6,400	61
50	Matthew	8,034	6,400	36

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1963, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1963. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1963 babies. How we calculate this