Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1964

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1964 were Lisa for girls (368 babies) and John for boys (724). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,584 babies born in District of Columbia in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1964

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

Girls

Lawanda: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Antoinette: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Tonya: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paulette: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanya: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patrice: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katrina: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sabrina: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicole: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 23 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Darnell: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ian: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Antonio: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carlton: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Andre: 62 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reginald: 82 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maurice: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terrence: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	368	–	1
2	Mary	287	–	2
3	Karen	258	–	4
4	Angela	230	↑9	22
5	Susan	204	↓1	3
6	Patricia	202	↓1	5
7	Deborah	188	↓1	12
8	Elizabeth	186	↑1	16
9	Michelle	184	↑6	23
10	Pamela	179	↑1	11
11	Sharon	176	↑1	20
12	Kimberly	175	↑5	6
13	Donna	173	↓5	7
14	Linda	170	↓7	8
15	Jacqueline	158	↑4	37
16	Cynthia	155	↓2	9
17	Laura	135	↑8	14
18	Denise	132	–	25
19	Robin	129	↓9	27
20	Jennifer	126	↑4	31
21	Sandra	118	↑1	13
22	Cheryl	107	↓6	29
23	Diane	104	↑16	32
24	Kathleen	104	↑5	30
25	Teresa	103	↓2	21
26	Barbara	101	↓5	19
27	Tracy	101	↑14	40
28	Brenda	100	–	18
29	Stephanie	98	↓2	57
30	Christine	96	↑4	28
31	Carolyn	94	↑12	56
32	Theresa	94	↓12	38
33	Kim	93	↑7	42
34	Catherine	92	↓2	54
35	Maria	89	↓9	41
36	Carol	87	↓3	36
37	Julie	86	↑9	17
38	Dawn	84	new	33
39	Nancy	82	↓4	26
40	Margaret	77	↓10	49
41	Renee	72	↑7	71
42	Darlene	70	↑3	80
43	Tina	69	↓6	34
44	Valerie	69	↑5	66
45	Wanda	69	↓9	81
46	Amy	68	new	44
47	Andrea	66	new	77
48	Ann	66	new	60
49	Kelly	66	new	35
50	Wendy	66	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	724	–	2
2	Michael	692	–	1
3	James	556	–	4
4	David	536	–	3
5	Robert	518	–	5
6	William	405	–	7
7	Mark	308	–	6
8	Kevin	307	–	13
9	Thomas	294	↑4	9
10	Anthony	279	↑1	21
11	Charles	273	↓2	17
12	Joseph	249	–	11
13	Richard	228	↓3	8
14	Kenneth	223	↑3	18
15	Paul	214	–	16
16	Steven	204	↑3	12
17	Timothy	203	↓1	15
18	Christopher	194	↓4	23
19	Brian	192	↑5	20
20	Jeffrey	191	↑2	10
21	Daniel	173	–	19
22	Gregory	166	↓4	22
23	Stephen	164	↑2	29
24	Eric	161	↓4	32
25	Patrick	145	↑5	30
26	Ronald	136	↓3	24
27	Edward	130	–	27
28	Donald	114	↑4	25
29	Andrew	113	↑4	37
30	Keith	110	↓4	34
31	Darryl	109	↑4	87
32	George	107	↓4	33
33	Gary	105	↓4	26
34	Scott	104	↓3	14
35	Douglas	94	↑1	31
36	Matthew	85	↑10	43
37	Peter	84	↓3	39
38	Reginald	82	↑2	>100
39	Lawrence	75	↓2	68
40	Raymond	69	↑2	44
41	Bruce	64	↑4	46
42	Andre	62	↓3	>100
43	Rodney	60	new	59
44	Antonio	58	new	>100
45	Frank	58	↓7	41
46	Craig	56	new	48
47	Vincent	56	–	64
48	Jonathan	55	↓5	83
49	Gerald	54	new	60
50	Larry	54	–	36

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