Popular baby names in Ohio, 1964

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1964 were Lisa for girls (3,163 babies) and Michael for boys (4,575). Social Security records list 195,346 babies born in Ohio in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1964

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

Girls

Molly: 111 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Beth: 685 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trisha: 83 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Candy: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lora: 157 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	3,163	–	1
2	Mary	2,245	–	2
3	Kimberly	1,948	↑2	6
4	Karen	1,726	↓1	4
5	Susan	1,719	↓1	3
6	Lori	1,302	–	15
7	Patricia	1,291	↑6	5
8	Linda	1,237	↓1	8
9	Laura	1,162	↑3	14
10	Tammy	1,130	↓2	10
11	Julie	1,112	↑4	17
12	Pamela	1,101	↓3	11
13	Deborah	1,073	↓3	12
14	Michelle	1,034	↑4	23
15	Teresa	984	↓1	21
16	Donna	948	↑1	7
17	Cynthia	943	↓1	9
18	Brenda	942	↓7	18
19	Amy	929	↑11	44
20	Christine	921	↑8	28
21	Sandra	917	↓1	13
22	Tina	916	↑1	34
23	Jennifer	907	↑6	31
24	Kelly	884	↓2	35
25	Denise	880	↑2	25
26	Barbara	870	↓7	19
27	Angela	855	↑13	22
28	Cheryl	851	↓7	29
29	Robin	830	↓5	27
30	Elizabeth	798	↑2	16
31	Sharon	781	↓6	20
32	Diane	778	↑2	32
33	Nancy	741	↓7	26
34	Kathleen	707	↓1	30
35	Debra	703	↓4	24
36	Beth	685	↑3	65
37	Theresa	671	↑1	38
38	Rebecca	627	↓1	46
39	Melissa	624	↑11	53
40	Kathy	623	↓5	39
41	Rhonda	616	↑1	43
42	Carol	599	↓6	36
43	Dawn	596	new	33
44	Tracy	594	↑4	40
45	Jacqueline	571	new	37
46	Paula	570	↓5	45
47	Kim	514	↓1	42
48	Jill	483	new	61
49	Sherry	483	–	50
50	Michele	475	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	4,575	↑1	1
2	David	4,528	↓1	3
3	John	4,517	–	2
4	James	4,067	–	4
5	Robert	3,810	–	5
6	Mark	3,009	–	6
7	William	2,338	–	7
8	Jeffrey	2,286	–	10
9	Richard	2,231	–	8
10	Thomas	2,169	–	9
11	Timothy	2,059	↑1	15
12	Scott	1,852	↓1	14
13	Brian	1,643	↑3	20
14	Steven	1,629	–	12
15	Joseph	1,614	–	11
16	Kevin	1,600	↓3	13
17	Paul	1,457	↑3	16
18	Daniel	1,429	↓1	19
19	Charles	1,428	↓1	17
20	Gregory	1,309	↓1	22
21	Kenneth	1,267	↑1	18
22	Ronald	1,212	↑1	24
23	Christopher	1,186	↑4	23
24	Donald	1,164	–	25
25	Douglas	1,129	↓4	31
26	Todd	1,058	–	28
27	Gary	1,000	↓2	26
28	Anthony	968	–	21
29	Eric	874	–	32
30	Edward	814	↑1	27
31	Stephen	782	↓1	29
32	Patrick	740	↑4	30
33	Keith	677	–	34
34	Matthew	640	↑7	43
35	Terry	627	↓3	35
36	Larry	585	↓2	36
37	Jeffery	576	↓2	45
38	Randy	550	↓1	38
39	George	518	↓1	33
40	Jerry	516	–	40
41	Dennis	508	↓2	42
42	Andrew	489	↑6	37
43	Jeff	464	↓1	52
44	Roger	463	↑1	49
45	Craig	459	↑4	48
46	Frank	440	–	41
47	Bruce	437	↓3	46
48	Mike	431	↓5	47
49	Steve	428	↑1	51
50	Raymond	424	↓3	44

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