Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1964

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,474 babies) and James for boys (2,317). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,291 babies born in North Carolina in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1964

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

Girls

Shelia: 186 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Annie: 92 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Myra: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bonita: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wanda: 382 babies, 3× the national rate
Angelia: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clara: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alesia: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sonya: 131 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 34 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Jasper: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sandy: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scottie: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Rufus: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alton: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Horace: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Grady: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ervin: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mack: 33 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,474	–	1
2	Angela	1,027	↑5	22
3	Tammy	1,005	–	10
4	Mary	999	↓2	2
5	Donna	954	↓1	7
6	Teresa	871	↓1	21
7	Sharon	768	↑2	20
8	Cynthia	748	↑2	9
9	Pamela	739	↑2	11
10	Karen	703	↓2	4
11	Kimberly	690	↑3	6
12	Susan	686	–	3
13	Sandra	669	↓7	13
14	Patricia	652	↑2	5
15	Linda	586	↓2	8
16	Deborah	571	↓1	12
17	Robin	513	↑1	27
18	Elizabeth	484	↑3	16
19	Brenda	448	↓2	18
20	Barbara	441	↑2	19
21	Sherry	425	↓2	50
22	Laura	401	↑8	14
23	Wanda	382	–	81
24	Sheila	355	↑2	51
25	Jacqueline	354	↑9	37
26	Lori	345	↓6	15
27	Tina	342	↑4	34
28	Kathy	328	↓1	39
29	Rhonda	316	↑3	43
30	Debra	314	↓6	24
31	Carolyn	307	↓3	56
32	Paula	296	↑5	45
33	Beverly	295	↓4	91
34	Cheryl	294	↑1	29
35	Amy	290	new	44
36	Debbie	275	↓3	52
37	Nancy	263	↑7	26
38	Janet	260	↓13	48
39	Jennifer	258	↓3	31
40	Melissa	246	↑7	53
41	Carol	243	↑1	36
42	Anita	239	↑3	85
43	Wendy	239	new	55
44	Tracy	237	new	40
45	Connie	231	↓7	64
46	Betty	230	new	>100
47	Michelle	226	new	23
48	Denise	224	new	25
49	Joyce	218	new	87
50	Janice	217	↓7	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	2,317	–	4
2	Michael	1,772	↑1	1
3	David	1,668	↓1	3
4	John	1,644	↑2	2
5	Robert	1,563	–	5
6	William	1,546	↓2	7
7	Charles	984	–	17
8	Jeffrey	932	–	10
9	Mark	892	–	6
10	Kenneth	858	↑1	18
11	Timothy	832	↓1	15
12	Richard	788	–	8
13	Thomas	704	–	9
14	Gregory	564	–	22
15	Anthony	548	↑2	21
16	Joseph	543	–	11
17	Donald	541	↑2	25
18	Terry	493	↓3	35
19	Jerry	485	↑3	40
20	Christopher	466	↑4	23
21	Gary	453	↓1	26
22	Larry	450	↑1	36
23	Steven	450	↑2	12
24	Ronald	441	↑2	24
25	Kevin	437	↑4	13
26	Tony	429	↓8	50
27	Randy	420	–	38
28	Ricky	403	↓7	54
29	Bobby	385	↓1	73
30	Jeffery	352	↑3	45
31	Johnny	348	↑6	74
32	Paul	339	–	16
33	Eric	328	↑6	32
34	Danny	320	↓3	56
35	Edward	318	↓1	27
36	Scott	314	↓1	14
37	Keith	310	↑6	34
38	George	308	↓2	33
39	Stephen	304	↑6	29
40	Billy	303	–	71
41	Brian	300	↑5	20
42	Jimmy	296	↓12	78
43	Douglas	284	↓2	31
44	Dennis	268	–	42
45	Ronnie	260	↓7	>100
46	Roger	257	↑3	49
47	Barry	256	↓5	69
48	Daniel	242	↓1	19
49	Rodney	240	new	59
50	Phillip	237	new	67

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