Popular baby names in California, 1964

The most popular baby names in California in 1964 were Lisa for girls (4,804 babies) and Michael for boys (7,984). Social Security records list 355,377 babies born in California in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lupe: 89 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelica: 90 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 133 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leticia: 276 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lorena: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elena: 123 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Irma: 159 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margarita: 130 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delia: 100 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Olivia: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 137 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alejandro: 101 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sergio: 101 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arturo: 137 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marco: 103 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaime: 199 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernando: 178 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rudy: 174 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Manuel: 446 babies, 3× the national rate
Francisco: 226 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	4,804	–	1
2	Mary	2,710	↑2	2
3	Karen	2,557	–	4
4	Susan	2,535	↓2	3
5	Kimberly	2,174	↑7	6
6	Patricia	2,136	↑3	5
7	Laura	2,132	↓1	14
8	Cynthia	2,097	↓1	9
9	Julie	2,054	↓1	17
10	Linda	1,861	↓5	8
11	Michelle	1,843	↑4	23
12	Sandra	1,801	↓1	13
13	Deborah	1,754	–	12
14	Elizabeth	1,700	–	16
15	Denise	1,574	↑3	25
16	Lori	1,565	↓6	15
17	Maria	1,555	↑3	41
18	Jennifer	1,516	↑6	31
19	Kelly	1,407	↓2	35
20	Donna	1,383	↑1	7
21	Teresa	1,365	↓5	21
22	Pamela	1,356	–	11
23	Christine	1,317	↑8	28
24	Debra	1,286	↓1	24
25	Tammy	1,272	↓6	10
26	Robin	1,248	↑2	27
27	Kathleen	1,239	–	30
28	Nancy	1,235	↓3	26
29	Cheryl	1,207	↓3	29
30	Brenda	1,143	↑5	18
31	Tracy	1,130	↑6	40
32	Tina	1,129	↓2	34
33	Barbara	1,082	↓1	19
34	Sharon	1,080	↓1	20
35	Diane	1,059	↓1	32
36	Carol	1,034	↑6	36
37	Debbie	1,005	↓8	52
38	Diana	994	↑3	63
39	Cindy	992	↓3	47
40	Rebecca	971	–	46
41	Dawn	936	new	33
42	Angela	928	↑8	22
43	Kim	907	↓5	42
44	Stephanie	906	↑4	57
45	Wendy	898	–	55
46	Theresa	868	↓3	38
47	Jacqueline	858	new	37
48	Kathy	857	↓9	39
49	Christina	806	new	88
50	Catherine	780	↓1	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	7,984	–	1
2	David	7,532	–	3
3	John	7,319	–	2
4	Robert	6,816	–	5
5	James	5,398	–	4
6	Richard	4,185	↑1	8
7	Mark	4,132	↓1	6
8	William	3,115	–	7
9	Steven	3,109	–	12
10	Kevin	2,650	↑1	13
11	Scott	2,581	↓1	14
12	Daniel	2,515	–	19
13	Paul	2,498	↑2	16
14	Jeffrey	2,344	↓1	10
15	Thomas	2,319	↓1	9
16	Kenneth	2,197	↑1	18
17	Brian	2,139	↓1	20
18	Joseph	2,078	↑2	11
19	Eric	1,945	↑7	32
20	Ronald	1,927	↓2	24
21	Christopher	1,900	↑4	23
22	Gregory	1,845	↓3	22
23	Anthony	1,821	↓1	21
24	Timothy	1,805	↓1	15
25	Charles	1,744	↓4	17
26	Gary	1,644	↓2	26
27	Donald	1,552	–	25
28	Patrick	1,377	↑6	30
29	Edward	1,369	–	27
30	Todd	1,305	–	28
31	Stephen	1,257	↑1	29
32	Mike	1,239	↓4	47
33	Douglas	1,138	–	31
34	Frank	1,059	↑1	41
35	Matthew	1,038	↑8	43
36	Steve	1,029	↓5	51
37	George	1,007	–	33
38	Andrew	999	↑6	37
39	Raymond	941	↑1	44
40	Keith	930	↓1	34
41	Craig	906	↓5	48
42	Peter	869	–	39
43	Larry	863	↓5	36
44	Jose	854	↑6	94
45	Jeff	831	↓4	52
46	Dennis	806	–	42
47	Randy	782	↓2	38
48	Jerry	761	↓1	40
49	Martin	760	↓1	63
50	Danny	708	new	56

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