Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1964

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1964 were Lisa for girls (2,121 babies) and John for boys (3,551). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,999 babies born in Massachusetts in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1964

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

Girls

Maura: 108 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maryellen: 59 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Annmarie: 63 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynne: 232 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Annemarie: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 423 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hilary: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Lauren: 141 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meredith: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 210 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dana: 127 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 852 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Edmund: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sean: 230 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bradford: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shaun: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurence: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 1,023 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Neil: 99 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	2,121	–	1
2	Susan	1,531	–	3
3	Karen	1,303	–	4
4	Mary	1,252	–	2
5	Patricia	1,076	↑1	5
6	Donna	944	↓1	7
7	Kathleen	938	↑1	30
8	Christine	899	↑1	28
9	Linda	838	↓2	8
10	Deborah	819	↑1	12
11	Nancy	702	↓1	26
12	Elizabeth	678	–	16
13	Pamela	638	↑2	11
14	Diane	632	–	32
15	Michelle	631	↑6	23
16	Cheryl	609	↓3	29
17	Robin	548	↑1	27
18	Laura	537	↓1	14
19	Sandra	524	–	13
20	Lori	483	↓4	15
21	Barbara	477	↑3	19
22	Kimberly	475	↑11	6
23	Debra	472	↓3	24
24	Denise	472	↑2	25
25	Cynthia	469	↓2	9
26	Laurie	469	↑1	59
27	Jennifer	450	↑7	31
28	Ann	445	↑1	60
29	Sharon	445	↓4	20
30	Paula	441	↓8	45
31	Carol	436	↓3	36
32	Maureen	423	↓1	>100
33	Julie	410	↑4	17
34	Brenda	404	↓4	18
35	Catherine	360	–	54
36	Theresa	353	–	38
37	Margaret	350	↑2	49
38	Kelly	346	↑8	35
39	Anne	345	↓1	76
40	Dawn	345	new	33
41	Suzanne	334	↓1	67
42	Jacqueline	331	new	37
43	Wendy	320	↑1	55
44	Joanne	316	↓12	>100
45	Kim	315	↑2	42
46	Amy	302	new	44
47	Maria	301	↓5	41
48	Janet	291	↓5	48
49	Beth	275	new	65
50	Lynn	275	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	3,551	–	2
2	Michael	3,118	–	1
3	David	2,776	–	3
4	Robert	2,704	–	5
5	James	2,413	–	4
6	Paul	1,696	–	16
7	Richard	1,653	↑1	8
8	Mark	1,619	↓1	6
9	William	1,573	–	7
10	Thomas	1,410	–	9
11	Joseph	1,383	–	11
12	Scott	1,114	–	14
13	Kevin	1,075	↑3	13
14	Steven	1,061	↑1	12
15	Stephen	1,023	↓2	29
16	Daniel	1,008	↑1	19
17	Brian	953	↓3	20
18	Christopher	934	–	23
19	Peter	852	–	39
20	Jeffrey	842	–	10
21	Timothy	757	–	15
22	Edward	747	–	27
23	Kenneth	659	–	18
24	Charles	557	–	17
25	Donald	486	↑1	25
26	Ronald	482	↑1	24
27	Gary	477	↓2	26
28	Anthony	474	–	21
29	Eric	457	↑3	32
30	Patrick	427	↑4	30
31	Andrew	418	↓1	37
32	George	407	↓1	33
33	Douglas	399	–	31
34	Gregory	390	↓5	22
35	Matthew	339	–	43
36	Keith	283	↑1	34
37	Bruce	272	↑1	46
38	Todd	266	↑5	28
39	Philip	264	–	76
40	Raymond	259	↓4	44
41	Frank	247	–	41
42	Wayne	238	↓2	61
43	Sean	230	↑7	>100
44	Dennis	225	↑3	42
45	Alan	221	↓3	53
46	Jonathan	221	↓1	83
47	Lawrence	216	↑2	68
48	Francis	210	↓2	>100
49	Glenn	209	↓5	81
50	Shawn	197	new	88

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