Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1964

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1964 were Lisa for girls (3,623 babies) and John for boys (5,657). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 207,220 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1964

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

Girls

Marcy: 83 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maryann: 144 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deneen: 202 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 120 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 822 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marybeth: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michele: 877 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marianne: 133 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joanne: 379 babies, 2× the national rate
Dolores: 117 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 398 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harry: 301 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dominic: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	3,623	–	1
2	Mary	2,532	–	2
3	Susan	2,195	–	3
4	Karen	2,047	–	4
5	Donna	1,711	↑2	7
6	Patricia	1,620	↑2	5
7	Kimberly	1,612	↑2	6
8	Linda	1,503	↓3	8
9	Lori	1,468	↓3	15
10	Denise	1,293	↑6	25
11	Christine	1,276	↑4	28
12	Barbara	1,248	↓2	19
13	Kathleen	1,192	–	30
14	Deborah	1,191	↓3	12
15	Diane	1,142	↓1	32
16	Sharon	1,083	↓4	20
17	Tammy	1,044	–	10
18	Pamela	1,004	↑3	11
19	Brenda	965	↓1	18
20	Nancy	922	↑3	26
21	Michelle	917	↑6	23
22	Cynthia	912	↓3	9
23	Carol	908	↓1	36
24	Sandra	897	↓4	13
25	Elizabeth	896	↓1	16
26	Robin	885	–	27
27	Debra	884	↑1	24
28	Michele	877	↑1	58
29	Dawn	831	new	33
30	Cheryl	825	↓5	29
31	Beth	822	↑2	65
32	Kelly	782	↑2	35
33	Amy	766	↓1	44
34	Jacqueline	745	↑6	37
35	Theresa	743	↓4	38
36	Tina	737	–	34
37	Laura	718	↓2	14
38	Tracy	666	↑4	40
39	Jennifer	644	↑8	31
40	Maria	613	↑5	41
41	Margaret	606	↓11	49
42	Wendy	578	↓3	55
43	Angela	533	new	22
44	Cindy	520	–	47
45	Julie	520	new	17
46	Janet	518	↓5	48
47	Teresa	515	↓4	21
48	Kathy	509	↓11	39
49	Kim	495	↓11	42
50	Paula	495	↓4	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	5,657	–	2
2	Michael	5,131	–	1
3	Robert	4,838	↑1	5
4	David	4,757	↓1	3
5	James	4,228	–	4
6	William	3,231	–	7
7	Joseph	3,056	↑1	11
8	Mark	2,991	↓1	6
9	Thomas	2,674	–	9
10	Richard	2,605	–	8
11	Jeffrey	2,161	–	10
12	Brian	1,880	↑2	20
13	Scott	1,865	↓1	14
14	Timothy	1,752	↑1	15
15	Kevin	1,724	↓2	13
16	Daniel	1,629	–	19
17	Paul	1,597	–	16
18	Charles	1,555	–	17
19	Steven	1,437	–	12
20	Ronald	1,366	↑2	24
21	Kenneth	1,351	↓1	18
22	Edward	1,333	↓1	27
23	Christopher	1,206	↑3	23
24	Stephen	1,180	↑3	29
25	Anthony	1,139	↓2	21
26	Donald	1,127	↓2	25
27	Gregory	1,023	↓2	22
28	Eric	943	↑3	32
29	George	942	↑1	33
30	Douglas	938	↓1	31
31	Gary	926	↓3	26
32	Todd	887	–	28
33	Patrick	814	↑1	30
34	Keith	776	↓1	34
35	Andrew	723	–	37
36	Frank	699	–	41
37	Matthew	628	↑4	43
38	Raymond	558	↓1	44
39	Randy	545	–	38
40	Dennis	531	↓2	42
41	Peter	517	↑6	39
42	Bruce	492	↓2	46
43	Craig	464	–	48
44	Vincent	429	–	64
45	Terry	420	↓3	35
46	Carl	398	–	55
47	Francis	398	new	>100
48	Alan	380	new	53
49	Wayne	376	–	61
50	Barry	375	↓5	69

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