Popular baby names in New York, 1964

The most popular baby names in New York in 1964 were Lisa for girls (4,965 babies) and John for boys (8,888). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 332,859 babies born in New York in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1964

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

Girls

Milagros: 148 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ivette: 175 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Maritza: 146 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Migdalia: 89 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Marisol: 100 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lourdes: 146 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maribel: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Luz: 125 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Madeline: 183 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roseann: 106 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 103 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 297 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dominick: 157 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angel: 301 babies, 5× the national rate
Israel: 95 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Julio: 134 babies, 4× the national rate
Rafael: 197 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luis: 515 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerard: 339 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Miguel: 285 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	4,965	–	1
2	Mary	3,622	–	2
3	Susan	3,266	–	3
4	Patricia	2,911	↑1	5
5	Karen	2,782	↓1	4
6	Donna	2,334	↑1	7
7	Elizabeth	2,267	↑1	16
8	Linda	2,196	↓2	8
9	Christine	2,005	↑5	28
10	Kathleen	1,985	↑1	30
11	Deborah	1,943	↓2	12
12	Laura	1,917	–	14
13	Denise	1,813	↑4	25
14	Nancy	1,783	↓4	26
15	Maria	1,750	↑1	41
16	Barbara	1,660	↓3	19
17	Diane	1,616	↑1	32
18	Jacqueline	1,521	↑14	37
19	Dawn	1,514	↑18	33
20	Michelle	1,366	↑7	23
21	Lori	1,339	↓6	15
22	Sandra	1,335	↓3	13
23	Debra	1,332	↓3	24
24	Theresa	1,322	↓1	38
25	Cynthia	1,273	↓3	9
26	Sharon	1,234	↓5	20
27	Pamela	1,216	↓3	11
28	Robin	1,170	↓3	27
29	Margaret	1,159	↓1	49
30	Carol	1,136	↓4	36
31	Michele	1,129	↑2	58
32	Catherine	1,093	↓3	54
33	Jennifer	1,071	↑5	31
34	Kim	1,054	–	42
35	Cheryl	1,040	↓4	29
36	Kimberly	1,039	↑7	6
37	Ann	937	↓1	60
38	Laurie	916	↓8	59
39	Amy	908	↑1	44
40	Kelly	876	↑4	35
41	Julie	854	↑8	17
42	Tammy	851	–	10
43	Brenda	850	↓8	18
44	Maureen	838	↑2	>100
45	Suzanne	833	↓4	67
46	Wendy	829	new	55
47	Anne	798	↑1	76
48	Angela	792	new	22
49	Janet	762	↓10	48
50	Tina	755	–	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	8,888	↑1	2
2	Michael	8,855	↓1	1
3	Robert	6,912	–	5
4	James	6,059	↑1	4
5	David	6,033	↓1	3
6	Joseph	4,542	–	11
7	Richard	4,303	–	8
8	Thomas	4,211	↑1	9
9	William	4,204	↓1	7
10	Mark	3,401	–	6
11	Anthony	2,978	–	21
12	Paul	2,936	–	16
13	Steven	2,720	–	12
14	Kevin	2,707	–	13
15	Daniel	2,530	–	19
16	Christopher	2,506	↑2	23
17	Jeffrey	2,359	–	10
18	Scott	2,353	↓2	14
19	Kenneth	2,131	↑2	18
20	Peter	2,120	↓1	39
21	Timothy	2,098	↓1	15
22	Brian	1,990	↑1	20
23	Edward	1,939	↓1	27
24	Charles	1,774	–	17
25	Stephen	1,691	–	29
26	Andrew	1,620	↑3	37
27	Frank	1,610	↓1	41
28	Eric	1,575	↑2	32
29	Patrick	1,518	↑5	30
30	Gregory	1,482	↓3	22
31	Ronald	1,359	↓3	24
32	George	1,352	↑1	33
33	Donald	1,261	↓2	25
34	Gary	1,192	↓2	26
35	Douglas	1,116	–	31
36	Keith	1,031	↑2	34
37	Matthew	1,010	↑2	43
38	Raymond	1,001	↓2	44
39	Vincent	974	↓2	64
40	Jose	932	–	94
41	Todd	889	–	28
42	Lawrence	736	–	68
43	Dennis	724	–	42
44	Philip	696	↑2	76
45	Louis	674	–	>100
46	Craig	648	↑1	48
47	Alan	631	↑2	53
48	Bruce	623	↓4	46
49	Jonathan	565	new	83
50	Wayne	558	new	61

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