Top Names of 1964
The most popular names recorded in 1964 were Lisa for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Lisa | 54,271 |
| 2 | Mary | 40,987 |
| 3 | Susan | 31,515 |
| 4 | Karen | 30,247 |
| 5 | Patricia | 26,090 |
| 6 | Kimberly | 24,131 |
| 7 | Donna | 23,807 |
| 8 | Linda | 23,632 |
| 9 | Cynthia | 20,319 |
| 10 | Tammy | 20,045 |
| 11 | Pamela | 19,824 |
| 12 | Deborah | 19,305 |
| 13 | Sandra | 19,249 |
| 14 | Laura | 18,967 |
| 15 | Lori | 18,620 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 17,294 |
| 17 | Julie | 17,283 |
| 18 | Brenda | 17,105 |
| 19 | Barbara | 16,483 |
| 20 | Sharon | 16,447 |
| 21 | Teresa | 16,422 |
| 22 | Angela | 16,257 |
| 23 | Michelle | 16,181 |
| 24 | Debra | 15,329 |
| 25 | Denise | 14,727 |
| 26 | Nancy | 14,695 |
| 27 | Robin | 14,329 |
| 28 | Christine | 14,268 |
| 29 | Cheryl | 14,079 |
| 30 | Kathleen | 13,232 |
| 31 | Jennifer | 12,956 |
| 32 | Diane | 12,866 |
| 33 | Dawn | 12,614 |
| 34 | Tina | 12,550 |
| 35 | Kelly | 12,469 |
| 36 | Carol | 12,125 |
| 37 | Jacqueline | 11,976 |
| 38 | Theresa | 10,557 |
| 39 | Kathy | 10,377 |
| 40 | Tracy | 10,161 |
| 41 | Maria | 10,147 |
| 42 | Kim | 9,980 |
| 43 | Rhonda | 9,713 |
| 44 | Amy | 9,575 |
| 45 | Paula | 9,501 |
| 46 | Rebecca | 9,475 |
| 47 | Cindy | 9,322 |
| 48 | Janet | 9,249 |
| 49 | Margaret | 9,100 |
| 50 | Sherry | 8,496 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 82,619 |
| 2 | John | 82,519 |
| 3 | David | 75,036 |
| 4 | James | 73,021 |
| 5 | Robert | 69,983 |
| 6 | Mark | 45,264 |
| 7 | William | 44,223 |
| 8 | Richard | 40,100 |
| 9 | Thomas | 34,451 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 30,729 |
| 11 | Joseph | 30,563 |
| 12 | Steven | 29,709 |
| 13 | Kevin | 29,355 |
| 14 | Scott | 28,504 |
| 15 | Timothy | 28,097 |
| 16 | Paul | 26,877 |
| 17 | Charles | 25,903 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 24,857 |
| 19 | Daniel | 24,343 |
| 20 | Brian | 24,174 |
| 21 | Anthony | 20,125 |
| 22 | Gregory | 19,885 |
| 23 | Christopher | 19,628 |
| 24 | Ronald | 18,842 |
| 25 | Donald | 18,050 |
| 26 | Gary | 17,209 |
| 27 | Edward | 15,608 |
| 28 | Todd | 15,349 |
| 29 | Stephen | 14,967 |
| 30 | Patrick | 14,694 |
| 31 | Douglas | 14,603 |
| 32 | Eric | 14,567 |
| 33 | George | 11,792 |
| 34 | Keith | 11,655 |
| 35 | Terry | 10,868 |
| 36 | Larry | 10,677 |
| 37 | Andrew | 10,495 |
| 38 | Randy | 10,302 |
| 39 | Peter | 9,908 |
| 40 | Jerry | 9,608 |
| 41 | Frank | 9,338 |
| 42 | Dennis | 9,329 |
| 43 | Matthew | 8,983 |
| 44 | Raymond | 8,590 |
| 45 | Jeffery | 8,360 |
| 46 | Bruce | 7,893 |
| 47 | Mike | 7,768 |
| 48 | Craig | 7,751 |
| 49 | Roger | 7,387 |
| 50 | Tony | 7,196 |