Popular baby names in Florida, 1964

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,191 babies) and James for boys (2,202). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,670 babies born in Florida in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1964

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

Girls

Tangela: 45 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Ana: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Willie: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Felecia: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Faye: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cassandra: 102 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vivian: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Angelia: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Annie: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lillie: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Elijah: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alton: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 339 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julius: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jorge: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Tommie: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nathaniel: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cedric: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sylvester: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,191	–	1
2	Mary	1,052	–	2
3	Karen	741	–	4
4	Patricia	737	↑4	5
5	Kimberly	734	↑5	6
6	Susan	698	↓2	3
7	Cynthia	649	↓2	9
8	Tammy	649	↑3	10
9	Pamela	632	↑5	11
10	Angela	625	↑9	22
11	Linda	620	↓5	8
12	Donna	595	↓5	7
13	Sharon	584	–	20
14	Deborah	578	↓5	12
15	Sandra	573	↓3	13
16	Teresa	493	↑2	21
17	Brenda	480	↓2	18
18	Laura	480	↑4	14
19	Elizabeth	476	↑2	16
20	Debra	460	↓3	24
21	Barbara	442	↓1	19
22	Robin	430	↑1	27
23	Michelle	419	↑4	23
24	Lori	396	↓8	15
25	Tina	381	↑1	34
26	Cheryl	380	↓2	29
27	Jacqueline	351	↑19	37
28	Jennifer	341	↑8	31
29	Julie	341	↑6	17
30	Theresa	339	↑2	38
31	Carol	316	↑2	36
32	Denise	315	↑5	25
33	Nancy	295	↓8	26
34	Kelly	288	↑4	35
35	Rhonda	286	↓1	43
36	Kathy	279	↓8	39
37	Cindy	278	↓8	47
38	Tracy	277	↑7	40
39	Kim	257	↓9	42
40	Sheila	257	↑1	51
41	Sherry	256	↑2	50
42	Dawn	254	new	33
43	Stephanie	253	↑7	57
44	Maria	247	new	41
45	Janet	245	↑3	48
46	Debbie	239	↓15	52
47	Margaret	238	new	49
48	Valerie	236	↓1	66
49	Rebecca	234	new	46
50	Carolyn	233	↓6	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	2,202	–	4
2	John	2,199	–	2
3	Robert	2,062	↑1	5
4	Michael	2,057	↓1	1
5	David	1,862	–	3
6	William	1,434	–	7
7	Richard	1,163	–	8
8	Mark	1,089	–	6
9	Charles	904	–	17
10	Thomas	805	↑1	9
11	Kenneth	761	↓1	18
12	Joseph	741	–	11
13	Timothy	665	↑1	15
14	Scott	651	↑1	14
15	Anthony	624	↑2	21
16	Gregory	618	–	22
17	Jeffrey	607	↑1	10
18	Steven	601	↑1	12
19	Donald	596	↑1	25
20	Kevin	571	↓7	13
21	Paul	565	↑1	16
22	Daniel	511	↑3	19
23	Ronald	506	↓2	24
24	Gary	432	↓1	26
25	Christopher	422	↓1	23
26	Edward	413	↑1	27
27	George	401	↓1	33
28	Brian	371	↑1	20
29	Keith	365	↑1	34
30	Patrick	359	↑10	30
31	Stephen	342	–	29
32	Willie	339	–	90
33	Douglas	338	↑1	31
34	Eric	337	↑1	32
35	Terry	299	↓7	35
36	Larry	290	↓3	36
37	Jeffery	266	–	45
38	Bruce	255	↓2	46
39	Tony	253	↓1	50
40	Todd	251	↑2	28
41	Frank	248	–	41
42	Jerry	235	↓3	40
43	Andrew	233	↑5	37
44	Randy	230	new	38
45	Raymond	228	↓2	44
46	Johnny	216	↑3	74
47	Carl	210	↓1	55
48	Wayne	210	↑2	61
49	Alan	201	new	53
50	Dennis	195	new	42

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