Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1964 Most Popular Baby Names of 1964 Social Security has card records for 3,984,503 people born in the U.S. in 1964. Lisa was the top girl name (54,270 babies) and Michael the top boy name (82,617).
Top 100 names of 1964 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1964, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 54,270 #987 2 Mary 40,985 #125 3 Susan 31,515 #1,085 4 Karen 30,243 #1,279 5 Patricia 26,091 #1,334 6 Kimberly 24,128 #302 7 Donna 23,808 #1,962 8 Linda 23,629 #902 9 Cynthia 20,321 #1,013 10 Tammy 20,043 #3,645 11 Pamela 19,823 #2,239 12 Deborah 19,306 #862 13 Sandra 19,249 #1,207 14 Laura 18,967 #379 15 Lori 18,624 #1,721 16 Elizabeth 17,294 #17 17 Julie 17,283 #872 18 Brenda 17,106 #1,525 19 Barbara 16,481 #968 20 Sharon 16,449 #1,250 21 Teresa 16,420 #908 22 Angela 16,256 #408 23 Michelle 16,180 #465 24 Debra 15,329 #4,460 25 Denise 14,726 #1,673 26 Nancy 14,696 #965 27 Robin 14,328 #704 28 Christine 14,270 #1,272 29 Cheryl 14,081 #4,352 30 Kathleen 13,231 #1,150 31 Jennifer 12,955 #586 32 Diane 12,864 #2,607 33 Dawn 12,613 #2,173 34 Tina 12,548 #2,778 35 Kelly 12,470 #851 36 Carol 12,125 #2,239 37 Jacqueline 11,975 #558 38 Theresa 10,557 #1,548 39 Kathy 10,377 #3,249 40 Tracy 10,161 #2,153 41 Maria 10,148 #87 42 Kim 9,980 #4,172 43 Rhonda 9,713 #6,116 44 Amy 9,576 #257 45 Paula 9,498 #853 46 Rebecca 9,474 #349 47 Cindy 9,322 #1,927 48 Janet 9,249 #2,778 49 Margaret 9,101 #112 50 Sherry 8,496 #5,410
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1964, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sheila 8,471 #2,645 52 Debbie 8,381 #5,238 53 Melissa 8,318 #419 54 Catherine 8,237 #313 55 Wendy 8,076 #1,341 56 Carolyn 8,066 #1,222 57 Stephanie 7,938 #557 58 Michele 7,908 #4,758 59 Laurie 7,832 #2,822 60 Ann 7,758 #1,076 61 Jill 7,242 #5,722 62 Terri 7,144 #6,116 63 Diana 7,070 #244 64 Connie 7,035 #3,067 65 Beth 6,686 #3,389 66 Valerie 6,616 #127 67 Suzanne 6,485 #2,387 68 Annette 6,188 #1,443 69 Janice 6,161 #2,514 70 Dana 6,087 #1,027 71 Renee 6,013 #1,098 72 Lynn 5,675 #2,542 73 Leslie 5,598 #712 74 Judy 5,529 #1,872 75 Cathy 5,502 #8,362 76 Anne 5,411 #619 77 Andrea 5,388 #235 78 Carla 5,378 #1,082 79 Gina 5,230 #2,076 80 Darlene 5,175 #1,844 81 Wanda 5,164 #5,917 82 Katherine 5,074 #186 83 Regina 5,001 #395 84 Kathryn 4,924 #729 85 Anita 4,909 #1,341 86 Sherri 4,871 #8,362 87 Joyce 4,859 #1,071 88 Christina 4,701 #770 89 Bonnie 4,686 #396 90 Monica 4,655 #736 91 Beverly 4,606 #1,016 92 Sarah 4,583 #90 93 Jane 4,567 #221 94 Colleen 4,546 #2,822 95 Martha 4,448 #712 96 Penny 4,396 #740 97 Anna 4,292 #107 98 Judith 4,190 #788 99 Joan 4,149 #1,085 100 Jean 4,097 #2,117
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1964, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 82,617 #21 2 John 82,508 #23 3 David 75,043 #35 4 James 73,026 #6 5 Robert 69,980 #92 6 Mark 45,261 #244 7 William 44,224 #9 8 Richard 40,098 #234 9 Thomas 34,463 #34 10 Jeffrey 30,728 #552 11 Joseph 30,576 #29 12 Steven 29,707 #271 13 Kevin 29,357 #221 14 Scott 28,506 #534 15 Timothy 28,090 #203 16 Paul 26,874 #262 17 Charles 25,908 #48 18 Kenneth 24,850 #294 19 Daniel 24,342 #22 20 Brian 24,167 #339 21 Anthony 20,126 #46 22 Gregory 19,884 #593 23 Christopher 19,627 #68 24 Ronald 18,844 #637 25 Donald 18,045 #690 26 Gary 17,206 #1,073 27 Edward 15,609 #224 28 Todd 15,350 #1,609 29 Stephen 14,968 #383 30 Patrick 14,692 #235 31 Douglas 14,600 #807 32 Eric 14,567 #273 33 George 11,792 #126 34 Keith 11,655 #800 35 Terry 10,867 #1,115 36 Larry 10,678 #1,084 37 Andrew 10,494 #73 38 Randy 10,302 #1,084 39 Peter 9,911 #187 40 Jerry 9,606 #906 41 Frank 9,333 #513 42 Dennis 9,327 #707 43 Matthew 8,981 #32 44 Raymond 8,592 #394 45 Jeffery 8,360 #1,554 46 Bruce 7,890 #536 47 Mike 7,767 #1,231 48 Craig 7,752 #1,644 49 Roger 7,389 #832 50 Tony 7,199 #783
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1964, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Steve 7,092 #1,609 52 Jeff 6,933 #3,314 53 Alan 6,810 #191 54 Ricky 6,758 #948 55 Carl 6,661 #1,132 56 Danny 6,476 #628 57 Troy 6,308 #532 58 Russell 6,238 #345 59 Rodney 6,073 #1,091 60 Gerald 5,869 #1,204 61 Wayne 5,832 #652 62 Joe 5,821 #991 63 Martin 5,727 #335 64 Vincent 5,677 #107 65 Chris 5,639 #646 66 Randall 5,511 #1,499 67 Phillip 5,502 #651 68 Lawrence 5,453 #518 69 Barry 5,368 #1,520 70 Bryan 5,272 #336 71 Billy 5,192 #1,068 72 Dale 5,158 #1,409 73 Bobby 5,082 #1,097 74 Johnny 5,069 #457 75 Curtis 5,064 #984 76 Philip 4,977 #527 77 Bradley 4,960 #403 78 Jimmy 4,913 #846 79 Jon 4,911 #951 80 Walter 4,843 #251 81 Glenn 4,752 #1,443 82 Tim 4,695 #3,181 83 Jonathan 4,644 #89 84 Jay 4,567 #392 85 Dean 4,510 #125 86 Samuel 4,462 #18 87 Darryl 4,420 #2,108 88 Shawn 4,403 #681 89 Roy 4,149 #525 90 Willie 4,148 #1,315 91 Arthur 4,147 #87 92 Henry 4,124 #5 93 Allen 4,098 #578 94 Jose 3,976 #95 95 Greg 3,972 #4,707 96 Darrell 3,968 #1,688 97 Victor 3,943 #209 98 Harold 3,875 #991 99 Jack 3,809 #15 100 Albert 3,761 #614
Entered the top 100 in 1964
