Popular baby names in Indiana, 1964

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,629 babies) and David for boys (2,244). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,690 babies born in Indiana in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1964

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

Girls

Lana: 68 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tamela: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendra: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Tamera: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Misty: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lora: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Krista: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tamara: 239 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marla: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tonya: 162 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Max: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trent: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerald: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 144 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rex: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bradley: 287 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brad: 131 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rick: 161 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bart: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,629	–	1
2	Kimberly	972	↑1	6
3	Mary	956	↓1	2
4	Susan	801	↑1	3
5	Karen	749	↑1	4
6	Tammy	707	↑1	10
7	Lori	700	↓3	15
8	Julie	638	–	17
9	Angela	619	↑7	22
10	Teresa	617	–	21
11	Laura	603	↑3	14
12	Pamela	576	↓1	11
13	Tina	536	↑2	34
14	Jennifer	531	↑9	31
15	Linda	526	↓6	8
16	Donna	513	↓4	7
17	Patricia	512	↑2	5
18	Brenda	506	↓5	18
19	Cynthia	505	↓2	9
20	Michelle	499	↑7	23
21	Kelly	495	–	35
22	Deborah	465	↓4	12
23	Dawn	458	↑23	33
24	Debra	427	↓2	24
25	Cheryl	424	↑1	29
26	Robin	419	↓1	27
27	Elizabeth	410	↑4	16
28	Barbara	398	↑2	19
29	Sandra	391	↓9	13
30	Rhonda	384	↓1	43
31	Kathy	377	↓7	39
32	Beth	371	–	65
33	Amy	370	↑6	44
34	Rebecca	349	↓1	46
35	Nancy	343	↓7	26
36	Sharon	337	–	20
37	Denise	325	↓2	25
38	Carol	324	↑4	36
39	Melissa	311	new	53
40	Paula	295	↓3	45
41	Cindy	285	↓7	47
42	Tracy	276	new	40
43	Sherry	267	↓5	50
44	Kim	265	↓4	42
45	Jill	256	new	61
46	Diane	251	↑3	32
47	Diana	250	–	63
48	Sheila	249	↓3	51
49	Janet	244	↓5	48
50	Connie	243	↓2	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	2,244	–	3
2	Michael	2,119	–	1
3	John	2,108	–	2
4	James	2,033	–	4
5	Robert	1,687	–	5
6	Mark	1,429	–	6
7	Jeffrey	1,138	–	10
8	William	1,061	–	7
9	Timothy	1,036	↑3	15
10	Scott	1,001	↓1	14
11	Richard	946	–	8
12	Brian	937	↑1	20
13	Kevin	914	↓3	13
14	Thomas	863	–	9
15	Steven	826	–	12
16	Charles	697	↑1	17
17	Gregory	669	↓1	22
18	Joseph	618	↑1	11
19	Daniel	616	↓1	19
20	Ronald	587	↑2	24
21	Paul	567	↓1	16
22	Todd	550	↑4	28
23	Donald	531	↓2	25
24	Kenneth	529	–	18
25	Gary	513	↓2	26
26	Douglas	509	↓1	31
27	Christopher	478	↑2	23
28	Anthony	452	↓1	21
29	Larry	430	↑1	36
30	Terry	407	↓2	35
31	Jeffery	401	↑2	45
32	Eric	398	↑3	32
33	Jerry	395	↓2	40
34	Stephen	391	↓2	29
35	Randy	349	↑3	38
36	Patrick	332	↑6	30
37	Keith	320	↓1	34
38	Jeff	317	↓4	52
39	Dennis	311	↑1	42
40	Troy	311	↑6	57
41	Edward	297	–	27
42	Mike	294	↓3	47
43	Bradley	287	↑6	77
44	Tony	286	↓7	50
45	Andrew	255	new	37
46	Roger	243	↓3	49
47	Matthew	241	new	43
48	Tim	238	↓1	82
49	George	232	↓1	33
50	Randall	228	new	66

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