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The most popular baby names of 1964

SSA recorded 3,887,553 births in 1964 across all reported names — 1,894,855 girls and 1,992,698 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1964

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1963.
#NameBirthsvs 1963
1 Lisa 54,270 —
2 Mary 40,985 —
3 Susan 31,515 —
4 Karen 30,243 —
5 Patricia 26,091 +2
6 Kimberly 24,128 +5
7 Donna 23,808 -1
8 Linda 23,629 -3
9 Cynthia 20,321 +1
10 Tammy 20,043 +2
11 Pamela 19,823 +3
12 Deborah 19,306 +1
13 Sandra 19,249 -4
14 Laura 18,967 +2
15 Lori 18,624 -7
16 Elizabeth 17,294 +4
17 Julie 17,283 +5
18 Brenda 17,106 -3
19 Barbara 16,481 -2
20 Sharon 16,449 -1
21 Teresa 16,420 -3
22 Angela 16,256 +8
23 Michelle 16,180 +3
24 Debra 15,329 -3
25 Denise 14,726 +2
26 Nancy 14,696 -3
27 Robin 14,328 -2
28 Christine 14,270 +1
29 Cheryl 14,081 -5
30 Kathleen 13,231 -2
31 Jennifer 12,955 +5
32 Diane 12,864 -1
33 Dawn 12,613 +19
34 Tina 12,548 +1
35 Kelly 12,470 -3
36 Carol 12,125 -3
37 Jacqueline 11,975 +14
38 Theresa 10,557 —
39 Kathy 10,377 -5
40 Tracy 10,161 +8
41 Maria 10,148 +2
42 Kim 9,980 -3
43 Rhonda 9,713 +2
44 Amy 9,576 +10
45 Paula 9,498 -3
46 Rebecca 9,474 -2
47 Cindy 9,322 -10
48 Janet 9,249 -8
49 Margaret 9,101 -3
50 Sherry 8,496 -1
51 Sheila 8,471 -1
52 Debbie 8,381 -11
53 Melissa 8,318 +8
54 Catherine 8,237 -1
55 Wendy 8,076 +5
56 Carolyn 8,066 —
57 Stephanie 7,938 +7
58 Michele 7,908 +1
59 Laurie 7,832 -12
60 Ann 7,758 -3
61 Jill 7,242 +7
62 Terri 7,144 -4
63 Diana 7,070 -1
64 Connie 7,035 -9
65 Beth 6,686 +1
66 Valerie 6,616 +3
67 Suzanne 6,485 -2
68 Annette 6,188 +3
69 Janice 6,161 -6
70 Dana 6,087 +18
71 Renee 6,013 +3
72 Lynn 5,675 +1
73 Leslie 5,598 -1
74 Judy 5,529 -4
75 Cathy 5,502 -8
76 Anne 5,411 +4
77 Andrea 5,388 +12
78 Carla 5,378 +4
79 Gina 5,230 —
80 Darlene 5,175 +5
81 Wanda 5,164 -5
82 Katherine 5,074 +5
83 Regina 5,001 +9
84 Kathryn 4,924 +9
85 Anita 4,909 -8
86 Sherri 4,871 -8
87 Joyce 4,859 -3
88 Christina 4,701 +19
89 Bonnie 4,686 -6
90 Monica 4,655 +20
91 Beverly 4,606 -10
92 Sarah 4,583 +2
93 Jane 4,567 -18
94 Colleen 4,546 +4
95 Martha 4,448 -5
96 Penny 4,396 -10
97 Anna 4,292 +5
98 Judith 4,190 -7
99 Joan 4,149 -4
100 Jean 4,097 -3

Top 100 boys' names in 1964

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1963.
#NameBirthsvs 1963
1 Michael 82,617 —
2 John 82,508 —
3 David 75,043 —
4 James 73,026 —
5 Robert 69,980 —
6 Mark 45,261 —
7 William 44,224 —
8 Richard 40,098 —
9 Thomas 34,463 —
10 Jeffrey 30,728 —
11 Joseph 30,576 +2
12 Steven 29,707 +2
13 Kevin 29,357 -2
14 Scott 28,506 -2
15 Timothy 28,090 —
16 Paul 26,874 +1
17 Charles 25,908 -1
18 Kenneth 24,850 —
19 Daniel 24,342 —
20 Brian 24,167 —
21 Anthony 20,126 +1
22 Gregory 19,884 -1
23 Christopher 19,627 +3
24 Ronald 18,844 -1
25 Donald 18,045 —
26 Gary 17,206 -2
27 Edward 15,609 —
28 Todd 15,350 +2
29 Stephen 14,968 —
30 Patrick 14,692 +5
31 Douglas 14,600 -3
32 Eric 14,567 -1
33 George 11,792 +1
34 Keith 11,655 -1
35 Terry 10,867 -3
36 Larry 10,678 —
37 Andrew 10,494 +5
38 Randy 10,302 -1
39 Peter 9,911 +1
40 Jerry 9,606 -2
41 Frank 9,333 —
42 Dennis 9,327 -3
43 Matthew 8,981 +7
44 Raymond 8,592 +1
45 Jeffery 8,360 +1
46 Bruce 7,890 -3
47 Mike 7,767 -3
48 Craig 7,752 +3
49 Roger 7,389 +4
50 Tony 7,199 +2
51 Steve 7,092 -2
52 Jeff 6,933 -4
53 Alan 6,810 +3
54 Ricky 6,758 -7
55 Carl 6,661 -1
56 Danny 6,476 -1
57 Troy 6,308 +9
58 Russell 6,238 -1
59 Rodney 6,073 +17
60 Gerald 5,869 —
61 Wayne 5,832 +2
62 Joe 5,821 -4
63 Martin 5,727 -1
64 Vincent 5,677 -3
65 Chris 5,639 -6
66 Randall 5,511 -1
67 Phillip 5,502 +3
68 Lawrence 5,453 —
69 Barry 5,368 -2
70 Bryan 5,272 +3
71 Billy 5,192 +3
72 Dale 5,158 -3
73 Bobby 5,082 +2
74 Johnny 5,069 -3
75 Curtis 5,064 -3
76 Philip 4,977 +7
77 Bradley 4,960 +5
78 Jimmy 4,913 —
79 Jon 4,911 +5
80 Walter 4,843 -3
81 Glenn 4,752 -17
82 Tim 4,695 -3
83 Jonathan 4,644 +5
84 Jay 4,567 +1
85 Dean 4,510 +1
86 Samuel 4,462 +1
87 Darryl 4,420 -7
88 Shawn 4,403 +20
89 Roy 4,149 —
90 Willie 4,148 +3
91 Arthur 4,147 —
92 Henry 4,124 +2
93 Allen 4,098 -3
94 Jose 3,976 +4
95 Greg 3,972 -14
96 Darrell 3,968 -1
97 Victor 3,943 —
98 Harold 3,875 -2
99 Jack 3,809 +3
100 Albert 3,761 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1964

Ranked by places gained against 1963, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1964Rank 1963Change
Tiffany girls 461 692 +231
Darrin boys 272 450 +178
Hope girls 246 395 +149
Trisha girls 339 480 +141
Annemarie girls 528 651 +123
Staci girls 459 579 +120
Cristina girls 559 665 +106
Latonya girls 614 711 +97
Danielle girls 276 363 +87
Bobbi girls 437 524 +87
Alexandra girls 573 657 +84
Angelina girls 513 594 +81
Liza girls 585 664 +79
Erik boys 221 298 +77
Aimee girls 644 720 +76

Names that fell fastest in 1964

NameRank 1964Rank 1963Change
Johnna girls 517 387 -130
Lolita girls 586 468 -118
Nita girls 724 617 -107
Luanne girls 656 550 -106
Jonna girls 727 623 -104
Lou girls 598 496 -102
Greta girls 680 583 -97
Laureen girls 685 597 -88
Pennie girls 718 631 -87
Elsie girls 648 567 -81
Mae girls 724 643 -81
Harriet girls 595 518 -77
Debby girls 542 466 -76
Glynis girls 672 596 -76
Penelope girls 614 540 -74

Names that first appear in 1964

1964 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1964

For these names, 1964 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.