Popular baby names in Virginia, 1964

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,259 babies) and James for boys (1,985). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,631 babies born in Virginia in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1964

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

Girls

Shelby: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lolita: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laverne: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Whitney: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wanda: 278 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shelia: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Faye: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Daphne: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ella: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jessie: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 48 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Garland: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carlton: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilbert: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Randolph: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rickie: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lewis: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elmer: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Franklin: 87 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,259	–	1
2	Mary	895	–	2
3	Karen	796	–	4
4	Donna	730	↑2	7
5	Teresa	684	↓1	21
6	Pamela	677	↑3	11
7	Tammy	676	↑4	10
8	Susan	670	↓3	3
9	Patricia	669	↓2	5
10	Kimberly	628	↑5	6
11	Cynthia	626	↓3	9
12	Deborah	575	–	12
13	Sharon	559	↓3	20
14	Angela	540	↑5	22
15	Sandra	537	↓2	13
16	Linda	500	↓2	8
17	Robin	495	–	27
18	Elizabeth	468	–	16
19	Brenda	439	↓3	18
20	Barbara	383	–	19
21	Cheryl	348	↑1	29
22	Rebecca	323	↑1	46
23	Laura	318	↑3	14
24	Sherry	317	–	50
25	Tina	316	↑3	34
26	Rhonda	303	↑10	43
27	Debra	294	↓6	24
28	Jennifer	287	↑4	31
29	Denise	284	↑13	25
30	Jacqueline	281	↑10	37
31	Wanda	278	↓2	81
32	Carolyn	269	↑1	56
33	Kathy	269	↓6	39
34	Theresa	260	↑5	38
35	Melissa	257	↑8	53
36	Nancy	255	↓11	26
37	Michelle	251	↑1	23
38	Janet	243	↓3	48
39	Lori	242	↓9	15
40	Carol	240	↓3	36
41	Tracy	238	–	40
42	Margaret	233	↑3	49
43	Sheila	223	↓9	51
44	Valerie	223	new	66
45	Catherine	213	↑1	54
46	Stephanie	208	new	57
47	Julie	205	new	17
48	Amy	203	new	44
49	Cindy	200	↓5	47
50	Connie	195	↓3	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,985	–	4
2	Michael	1,771	–	1
3	John	1,723	↑1	2
4	David	1,667	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,594	–	5
6	William	1,416	–	7
7	Mark	926	↑1	6
8	Richard	899	↑1	8
9	Charles	855	↓2	17
10	Thomas	768	↑2	9
11	Jeffrey	758	↑2	10
12	Timothy	715	↓1	15
13	Kenneth	702	↓3	18
14	Kevin	607	–	13
15	Joseph	559	–	11
16	Steven	543	↑1	12
17	Donald	468	↓1	25
18	Anthony	466	↑3	21
19	Gregory	446	↑1	22
20	Ronald	441	↓2	24
21	Paul	438	↑1	16
22	Christopher	432	↑2	23
23	Gary	431	↓4	26
24	Brian	384	↓1	20
25	George	379	–	33
26	Edward	377	↑1	27
27	Stephen	342	↑3	29
28	Daniel	329	–	19
29	Douglas	321	↑2	31
30	Scott	319	↓1	14
31	Keith	313	↓5	34
32	Eric	291	↑6	32
33	Larry	277	↓1	36
34	Jerry	270	–	40
35	Barry	242	–	69
36	Tony	231	↑1	50
37	Terry	227	↓4	35
38	Roger	221	↑11	49
39	Ricky	219	↓3	54
40	Todd	219	↑10	28
41	Patrick	213	new	30
42	Wayne	213	↑2	61
43	Dennis	209	↓4	42
44	Randy	205	↑3	38
45	Andrew	190	↑1	37
46	Carl	185	↓4	55
47	Raymond	185	↓4	44
48	Jeffery	178	↓7	45
49	Frank	174	new	41
50	Bruce	173	↓10	46

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