Popular baby names in Washington, 1964

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1964 were Lisa for girls (745 babies) and David for boys (1,163). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,731 babies born in Washington in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1964

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

Girls

Dawna: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kari: 70 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shelli: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shannon: 138 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jami: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 91 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kirsten: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darcy: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karin: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leanne: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rob: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ryan: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyler: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 114 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doug: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 119 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corey: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	745	–	1
2	Mary	443	↑1	2
3	Susan	443	↓1	3
4	Karen	386	–	4
5	Lori	359	↑1	15
6	Teresa	358	↑1	21
7	Julie	348	↓2	17
8	Michelle	301	↑2	23
9	Linda	297	–	8
10	Kimberly	294	↓2	6
11	Patricia	283	↑5	5
12	Laura	254	↑6	14
13	Brenda	246	↑1	18
14	Tammy	242	↓3	10
15	Kelly	240	–	35
16	Deborah	238	↑8	12
17	Cheryl	228	↓5	29
18	Donna	219	↑8	7
19	Jennifer	219	↑4	31
20	Tracy	213	↑16	40
21	Kim	200	↑16	42
22	Tina	200	↑6	34
23	Cynthia	198	↓10	9
24	Sandra	198	↓3	13
25	Debra	194	↓5	24
26	Denise	194	↑3	25
27	Pamela	193	↓8	11
28	Christine	187	↑11	28
29	Cindy	187	↓4	47
30	Barbara	177	↓13	19
31	Kathleen	174	↓4	30
32	Kathy	174	↓2	39
33	Robin	174	↑5	27
34	Jill	169	new	61
35	Diane	168	↓3	32
36	Theresa	163	↑5	38
37	Wendy	163	↑6	55
38	Carol	161	↓4	36
39	Angela	160	↑9	22
40	Dawn	157	new	33
41	Debbie	152	↓19	52
42	Nancy	152	↓7	26
43	Heidi	147	↑6	>100
44	Laurie	139	↓11	59
45	Shannon	138	↑5	>100
46	Elizabeth	136	↓15	16
47	Sharon	130	↓7	20
48	Colleen	125	new	94
49	Stephanie	122	new	57
50	Rebecca	120	↓8	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	1,163	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,031	↓1	1
3	John	973	–	2
4	Robert	953	–	5
5	James	844	–	4
6	Mark	741	–	6
7	Scott	605	–	14
8	Richard	532	–	8
9	Jeffrey	490	↑3	10
10	Brian	485	↑1	20
11	Steven	479	↓2	12
12	Kevin	476	↓2	13
13	William	452	–	7
14	Daniel	405	↑2	19
15	Todd	399	↓1	28
16	Thomas	346	↓1	9
17	Kenneth	345	–	18
18	Paul	339	–	16
19	Timothy	334	–	15
20	Douglas	300	↑1	31
21	Eric	299	↑6	32
22	Joseph	287	↑1	11
23	Patrick	280	↑8	30
24	Ronald	258	↓2	24
25	Donald	257	–	25
26	Gary	257	–	26
27	Gregory	257	↓7	22
28	Mike	254	↓4	47
29	Christopher	245	↑1	23
30	Charles	228	↓1	17
31	Jeff	212	↓3	52
32	Edward	167	new	27
33	Craig	164	↑2	48
34	Randy	164	↓1	38
35	Steve	164	↓3	51
36	Stephen	156	–	29
37	Matthew	152	↑7	43
38	Anthony	151	↑5	21
39	Dennis	151	↑6	42
40	Larry	150	↑2	36
41	Keith	149	↓2	34
42	Terry	141	↓5	35
43	Jim	140	↑5	>100
44	Jon	139	new	79
45	Peter	138	new	39
46	Tim	138	new	82
47	Dale	136	↓6	72
48	Dean	135	new	85
49	Shawn	134	new	88
50	Chris	125	↓10	65

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