Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1964

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,353 babies) and James for boys (1,898). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,201 babies born in Tennessee in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1964

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

Girls

Reba: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Freda: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mitzi: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Wilma: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelia: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robbie: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patsy: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Johnnie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Mattie: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Felecia: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jackie: 102 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Stevie: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Timmy: 106 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donny: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Teddy: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mickey: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doyle: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 348 babies, 3.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,353	–	1
2	Tammy	877	–	10
3	Mary	757	↑1	2
4	Angela	737	↑4	22
5	Kimberly	708	↑2	6
6	Donna	696	↓1	7
7	Teresa	692	↓4	21
8	Karen	626	↓2	4
9	Pamela	567	–	11
10	Cynthia	533	↑2	9
11	Sandra	474	↓1	13
12	Patricia	472	↑1	5
13	Sharon	448	↑3	20
14	Linda	445	↓3	8
15	Susan	439	↑2	3
16	Tina	429	↑4	34
17	Sherry	389	↑1	50
18	Brenda	378	↓3	18
19	Deborah	366	↓5	12
20	Robin	352	↑2	27
21	Rhonda	338	↑2	43
22	Melissa	325	↑5	53
23	Kathy	303	↓4	39
24	Connie	292	↓3	64
25	Jacqueline	283	↑16	37
26	Elizabeth	274	↑2	16
27	Rebecca	274	↑5	46
28	Laura	268	↑8	14
29	Sheila	268	–	51
30	Barbara	267	↓5	19
31	Lori	244	↓7	15
32	Debra	243	↓6	24
33	Jennifer	238	–	31
34	Tracy	229	new	40
35	Paula	224	–	45
36	Janet	219	↑1	48
37	Cheryl	215	↑12	29
38	Cindy	215	↓4	47
39	Janice	213	–	69
40	Nancy	207	↑4	26
41	Carolyn	206	↓10	56
42	Regina	206	↓4	83
43	Debbie	201	↓13	52
44	Carol	200	↓4	36
45	Kim	190	–	42
46	Terri	184	new	62
47	Vickie	184	↓4	>100
48	Betty	180	new	>100
49	Beverly	179	↓3	91
50	Penny	175	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,898	–	4
2	Michael	1,402	↑1	1
3	David	1,344	↓1	3
4	John	1,242	–	2
5	Robert	1,170	↑1	5
6	William	1,154	↓1	7
7	Mark	825	–	6
8	Timothy	824	↑2	15
9	Charles	778	↓1	17
10	Jeffrey	689	↓1	10
11	Richard	602	↑2	8
12	Kenneth	587	–	18
13	Thomas	555	↑2	9
14	Terry	548	↓3	35
15	Gregory	499	↓1	22
16	Gary	478	↑4	26
17	Anthony	461	–	21
18	Steven	414	↑3	12
19	Jerry	411	–	40
20	Jeffery	397	↓2	45
21	Donald	372	↑1	25
22	Ricky	371	↓6	54
23	Randy	370	–	38
24	Kevin	357	–	13
25	Paul	356	↑6	16
26	Joseph	350	↑3	11
27	Bobby	348	↑3	73
28	Tony	345	↓3	50
29	Billy	342	↓2	71
30	Ronald	340	↓4	24
31	Larry	329	↓3	36
32	Christopher	319	↑3	23
33	Danny	302	↓1	56
34	Jimmy	299	–	78
35	Stephen	270	↑4	29
36	Johnny	265	↓3	74
37	Randall	258	↑3	66
38	Scott	257	↓2	14
39	Brian	243	↑9	20
40	Roger	236	↓3	49
41	Keith	219	↑3	34
42	Joe	217	new	62
43	Barry	216	↓2	69
44	George	216	↓1	33
45	Tommy	210	new	>100
46	Edward	205	↓8	27
47	Ronnie	204	–	>100
48	Eric	201	↑1	32
49	Jeff	199	↓7	52
50	Phillip	198	new	67

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