Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1964

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1964 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1963						Change from 1963
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	54,275	2.773	0	-1,765	1	Michael	82,646	4.077	0	-1,136
2	Mary	40,990	2.094	0	-560	2	John	82,533	4.071	0	3,908
3	Susan	31,515	1.610	0	-2,483	3	David	75,054	3.702	0	-3,413
4	Karen	30,247	1.545	0	-2,238	4	James	73,037	3.603	0	1,715
5	Patricia	26,088	1.333	2	717	5	Robert	70,003	3.453	0	-9
6	Kimberly	24,128	1.233	5	2,900	6	Mark	45,269	2.233	0	-4,081
7	Donna	23,810	1.216	-1	-1,589	7	William	44,240	2.182	0	-234
8	Linda	23,633	1.207	-3	-4,086	8	Richard	40,097	1.978	0	-689
9	Cynthia	20,320	1.038	1	-1,273	9	Thomas	34,451	1.699	0	-1,052
10	Tammy	20,041	1.024	2	-1,155	10	Jeffrey	30,732	1.516	0	-987
11	Pamela	19,824	1.013	3	-761	11	Joseph	30,550	1.507	2	452
12	Deborah	19,305	0.986	1	-1,754	12	Steven	29,712	1.466	2	372
13	Sandra	19,252	0.984	-4	-2,367	13	Kevin	29,364	1.448	-2	-1,255
14	Laura	18,974	0.969	2	467	14	Scott	28,508	1.406	-2	-1,903
15	Lori	18,622	0.951	-7	-5,285	15	Timothy	28,101	1.386	0	909
16	Elizabeth	17,292	0.883	4	-301	16	Paul	26,881	1.326	1	202
17	Julie	17,286	0.883	5	982	17	Charles	25,904	1.278	-1	-878
18	Brenda	17,104	0.874	-3	-2,502	18	Kenneth	24,866	1.227	0	-373
19	Barbara	16,479	0.842	-2	-1,812	19	Daniel	24,352	1.201	0	-469
20	Sharon	16,448	0.840	-1	-1,349	20	Brian	24,189	1.193	0	70
21	Teresa	16,417	0.839	-3	-1,548	21	Anthony	20,134	0.993	1	-104
22	Angela	16,260	0.831	8	2,981	22	Gregory	19,887	0.981	-1	-1,544
23	Michelle	16,187	0.827	3	1,804	23	Christopher	19,634	0.969	3	1,282
24	Debra	15,332	0.783	-3	-2,003	24	Ronald	18,838	0.929	-1	-942
25	Denise	14,728	0.752	2	638	25	Donald	18,058	0.891	0	-850
26	Nancy	14,697	0.751	-3	-1,571	26	Gary	17,208	0.849	-2	-1,714
27	Robin	14,331	0.732	-2	-103	27	Edward	15,605	0.770	0	293
28	Christine	14,264	0.729	1	875	28	Todd	15,350	0.757	2	556
29	Cheryl	14,075	0.719	-5	-973	29	Stephen	14,969	0.738	0	-19
30	Kathleen	13,232	0.676	-2	-311	30	Patrick	14,704	0.725	5	2,637
31	Jennifer	12,957	0.662	5	1,199	31	Douglas	14,606	0.720	-3	-494
32	Diane	12,867	0.657	-1	-328	32	Eric	14,559	0.718	-1	1,283
33	Dawn	12,614	0.644	19	4,197	33	George	11,788	0.581	1	-294
34	Tina	12,550	0.641	1	392	34	Keith	11,657	0.575	-1	-587
35	Kelly	12,475	0.637	-3	-77	35	Terry	10,863	0.536	-3	-1,599
36	Carol	12,127	0.620	-3	-366	36	Larry	10,676	0.527	0	-997
37	Jacqueline	11,976	0.612	14	3,420	37	Andrew	10,501	0.518	5	981
38	Theresa	10,562	0.540	0	-477	38	Randy	10,297	0.508	-1	-234
39	Kathy	10,372	0.530	-5	-1,848	39	Peter	9,905	0.489	1	287
40	Tracy	10,164	0.519	8	1,091	40	Jerry	9,612	0.474	-2	-583
41	Maria	10,142	0.518	2	311	41	Frank	9,336	0.461	0	-193
42	Kim	9,980	0.510	-3	-703	42	Dennis	9,328	0.460	-3	-503
43	Rhonda	9,713	0.496	2	360	43	Matthew	8,984	0.443	7	949
44	Amy	9,576	0.489	10	1,346	44	Raymond	8,591	0.424	1	-197
45	Paula	9,505	0.486	-3	-639	45	Jeffery	8,357	0.412	1	-132
46	Rebecca	9,472	0.484	-2	81	46	Bruce	7,897	0.390	-3	-1,384
47	Cindy	9,321	0.476	-10	-1,767	47	Mike	7,770	0.383	-3	-1,277
48	Janet	9,254	0.473	-8	-1,413	48	Craig	7,752	0.382	3	-149
49	Margaret	9,106	0.465	-3	-198	49	Roger	7,385	0.364	4	-362
50	Sherry	8,489	0.434	-1	-577	50	Tony	7,201	0.355	2	-676

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.