Popular baby names of 1964

In 1964, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (54,270 babies) and Michael for boys (82,617). Social Security records show 3,887,553 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,806 girls' names and 4,594 boys' names.

1964 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 15.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 29.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Christina, Monica, Anna.
New in the boys' top 100: Shawn, Jack.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963
1	Lisa	54,270	–
2	Mary	40,985	–
3	Susan	31,515	–
4	Karen	30,243	–
5	Patricia	26,091	↑2
6	Kimberly	24,128	↑5
7	Donna	23,808	↓1
8	Linda	23,629	↓3
9	Cynthia	20,321	↑1
10	Tammy	20,043	↑2
11	Pamela	19,823	↑3
12	Deborah	19,306	↑1
13	Sandra	19,249	↓4
14	Laura	18,967	↑2
15	Lori	18,624	↓7
16	Elizabeth	17,294	↑4
17	Julie	17,283	↑5
18	Brenda	17,106	↓3
19	Barbara	16,481	↓2
20	Sharon	16,449	↓1
21	Teresa	16,420	↓3
22	Angela	16,256	↑8
23	Michelle	16,180	↑3
24	Debra	15,329	↓3
25	Denise	14,726	↑2
26	Nancy	14,696	↓3
27	Robin	14,328	↓2
28	Christine	14,270	↑1
29	Cheryl	14,081	↓5
30	Kathleen	13,231	↓2
31	Jennifer	12,955	↑5
32	Diane	12,864	↓1
33	Dawn	12,613	↑19
34	Tina	12,548	↑1
35	Kelly	12,470	↓3
36	Carol	12,125	↓3
37	Jacqueline	11,975	↑14
38	Theresa	10,557	–
39	Kathy	10,377	↓5
40	Tracy	10,161	↑8
41	Maria	10,148	↑2
42	Kim	9,980	↓3
43	Rhonda	9,713	↑2
44	Amy	9,576	↑10
45	Paula	9,498	↓3
46	Rebecca	9,474	↓2
47	Cindy	9,322	↓10
48	Janet	9,249	↓8
49	Margaret	9,101	↓3
50	Sherry	8,496	↓1
51	Sheila	8,471	↓1
52	Debbie	8,381	↓11
53	Melissa	8,318	↑8
54	Catherine	8,237	↓1
55	Wendy	8,076	↑5
56	Carolyn	8,066	–
57	Stephanie	7,938	↑7
58	Michele	7,908	↑1
59	Laurie	7,832	↓12
60	Ann	7,758	↓3
61	Jill	7,242	↑7
62	Terri	7,144	↓4
63	Diana	7,070	↓1
64	Connie	7,035	↓9
65	Beth	6,686	↑1
66	Valerie	6,616	↑3
67	Suzanne	6,485	↓2
68	Annette	6,188	↑3
69	Janice	6,161	↓6
70	Dana	6,087	↑18
71	Renee	6,013	↑3
72	Lynn	5,675	↑1
73	Leslie	5,598	↓1
74	Judy	5,529	↓4
75	Cathy	5,502	↓8
76	Anne	5,411	↑4
77	Andrea	5,388	↑12
78	Carla	5,378	↑4
79	Gina	5,230	–
80	Darlene	5,175	↑5
81	Wanda	5,164	↓5
82	Katherine	5,074	↑5
83	Regina	5,001	↑9
84	Kathryn	4,924	↑9
85	Anita	4,909	↓8
86	Sherri	4,871	↓8
87	Joyce	4,859	↓3
88	Christina	4,701	new
89	Bonnie	4,686	↓6
90	Monica	4,655	new
91	Beverly	4,606	↓10
92	Sarah	4,583	↑2
93	Jane	4,567	↓18
94	Colleen	4,546	↑4
95	Martha	4,448	↓5
96	Penny	4,396	↓10
97	Anna	4,292	new
98	Judith	4,190	↓7
99	Joan	4,149	↓4
100	Jean	4,097	↓3

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963
1	Michael	82,617	–
2	John	82,508	–
3	David	75,043	–
4	James	73,026	–
5	Robert	69,980	–
6	Mark	45,261	–
7	William	44,224	–
8	Richard	40,098	–
9	Thomas	34,463	–
10	Jeffrey	30,728	–
11	Joseph	30,576	↑2
12	Steven	29,707	↑2
13	Kevin	29,357	↓2
14	Scott	28,506	↓2
15	Timothy	28,090	–
16	Paul	26,874	↑1
17	Charles	25,908	↓1
18	Kenneth	24,850	–
19	Daniel	24,342	–
20	Brian	24,167	–
21	Anthony	20,126	↑1
22	Gregory	19,884	↓1
23	Christopher	19,627	↑3
24	Ronald	18,844	↓1
25	Donald	18,045	–
26	Gary	17,206	↓2
27	Edward	15,609	–
28	Todd	15,350	↑2
29	Stephen	14,968	–
30	Patrick	14,692	↑5
31	Douglas	14,600	↓3
32	Eric	14,567	↓1
33	George	11,792	↑1
34	Keith	11,655	↓1
35	Terry	10,867	↓3
36	Larry	10,678	–
37	Andrew	10,494	↑5
38	Randy	10,302	↓1
39	Peter	9,911	↑1
40	Jerry	9,606	↓2
41	Frank	9,333	–
42	Dennis	9,327	↓3
43	Matthew	8,981	↑7
44	Raymond	8,592	↑1
45	Jeffery	8,360	↑1
46	Bruce	7,890	↓3
47	Mike	7,767	↓3
48	Craig	7,752	↑3
49	Roger	7,389	↑4
50	Tony	7,199	↑2
51	Steve	7,092	↓2
52	Jeff	6,933	↓4
53	Alan	6,810	↑3
54	Ricky	6,758	↓7
55	Carl	6,661	↓1
56	Danny	6,476	↓1
57	Troy	6,308	↑9
58	Russell	6,238	↓1
59	Rodney	6,073	↑17
60	Gerald	5,869	–
61	Wayne	5,832	↑2
62	Joe	5,821	↓4
63	Martin	5,727	↓1
64	Vincent	5,677	↓3
65	Chris	5,639	↓6
66	Randall	5,511	↓1
67	Phillip	5,502	↑3
68	Lawrence	5,453	–
69	Barry	5,368	↓2
70	Bryan	5,272	↑3
71	Billy	5,192	↑3
72	Dale	5,158	↓3
73	Bobby	5,082	↑2
74	Johnny	5,069	↓3
75	Curtis	5,064	↓3
76	Philip	4,977	↑7
77	Bradley	4,960	↑5
78	Jimmy	4,913	–
79	Jon	4,911	↑5
80	Walter	4,843	↓3
81	Glenn	4,752	↓17
82	Tim	4,695	↓3
83	Jonathan	4,644	↑5
84	Jay	4,567	↑1
85	Dean	4,510	↑1
86	Samuel	4,462	↑1
87	Darryl	4,420	↓7
88	Shawn	4,403	new
89	Roy	4,149	–
90	Willie	4,148	↑3
91	Arthur	4,147	–
92	Henry	4,124	↑2
93	Allen	4,098	↓3
94	Jose	3,976	↑4
95	Greg	3,972	↓14
96	Darrell	3,968	↓1
97	Victor	3,943	–
98	Harold	3,875	↓2
99	Jack	3,809	new
100	Albert	3,761	–

Every name given in 1964

All 12,400 names Social Security recorded for 1964, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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