Most Popular Baby Names of 1964

In 1964, Lisa was the most popular name for girls, given to 54,270 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 82,617. Lisa held on to number one for a third year in a row, and Michael held on to number one for a fourth year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,894,855 girls and 1,992,698 boys born in 1964 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 7,806 different girls' names and 4,594 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1964

Top girls' names, 1964
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963
1	Lisa	54,270	same
2	Mary	40,985	same
3	Susan	31,515	same
4	Karen	30,243	same
5	Patricia	26,091	up 2
6	Kimberly	24,128	up 5
7	Donna	23,808	down 1
8	Linda	23,629	down 3
9	Cynthia	20,321	up 1
10	Tammy	20,043	up 2
11	Pamela	19,823	up 3
12	Deborah	19,306	up 1
13	Sandra	19,249	down 4
14	Laura	18,967	up 2
15	Lori	18,624	down 7
16	Elizabeth	17,294	up 4
17	Julie	17,283	up 5
18	Brenda	17,106	down 3
19	Barbara	16,481	down 2
20	Sharon	16,449	down 1
21	Teresa	16,420	down 3
22	Angela	16,256	up 8
23	Michelle	16,180	up 3
24	Debra	15,329	down 3
25	Denise	14,726	up 2
26	Nancy	14,696	down 3
27	Robin	14,328	down 2
28	Christine	14,270	up 1
29	Cheryl	14,081	down 5
30	Kathleen	13,231	down 2
31	Jennifer	12,955	up 5
32	Diane	12,864	down 1
33	Dawn	12,613	up 19
34	Tina	12,548	up 1
35	Kelly	12,470	down 3
36	Carol	12,125	down 3
37	Jacqueline	11,975	up 14
38	Theresa	10,557	same
39	Kathy	10,377	down 5
40	Tracy	10,161	up 8
41	Maria	10,148	up 2
42	Kim	9,980	down 3
43	Rhonda	9,713	up 2
44	Amy	9,576	up 10
45	Paula	9,498	down 3
46	Rebecca	9,474	down 2
47	Cindy	9,322	down 10
48	Janet	9,249	down 8
49	Margaret	9,101	down 3
50	Sherry	8,496	down 1
51	Sheila	8,471	down 1
52	Debbie	8,381	down 11
53	Melissa	8,318	up 8
54	Catherine	8,237	down 1
55	Wendy	8,076	up 5
56	Carolyn	8,066	same
57	Stephanie	7,938	up 7
58	Michele	7,908	up 1
59	Laurie	7,832	down 12
60	Ann	7,758	down 3
61	Jill	7,242	up 7
62	Terri	7,144	down 4
63	Diana	7,070	down 1
64	Connie	7,035	down 9
65	Beth	6,686	up 1
66	Valerie	6,616	up 3
67	Suzanne	6,485	down 2
68	Annette	6,188	up 3
69	Janice	6,161	down 6
70	Dana	6,087	up 18
71	Renee	6,013	up 3
72	Lynn	5,675	up 1
73	Leslie	5,598	down 1
74	Judy	5,529	down 4
75	Cathy	5,502	down 8
76	Anne	5,411	up 4
77	Andrea	5,388	up 12
78	Carla	5,378	up 4
79	Gina	5,230	same
80	Darlene	5,175	up 5
81	Wanda	5,164	down 5
82	Katherine	5,074	up 5
83	Regina	5,001	up 9
84	Kathryn	4,924	up 9
85	Anita	4,909	down 8
86	Sherri	4,871	down 8
87	Joyce	4,859	down 3
88	Christina	4,701	up 19
89	Bonnie	4,686	down 6
90	Monica	4,655	up 20
91	Beverly	4,606	down 10
92	Sarah	4,583	up 2
93	Jane	4,567	down 18
94	Colleen	4,546	up 4
95	Martha	4,448	down 5
96	Penny	4,396	down 10
97	Anna	4,292	up 5
98	Judith	4,190	down 7
99	Joan	4,149	down 4
100	Jean	4,097	down 3

Top boys' names, 1964
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963
1	Michael	82,617	same
2	John	82,508	same
3	David	75,043	same
4	James	73,026	same
5	Robert	69,980	same
6	Mark	45,261	same
7	William	44,224	same
8	Richard	40,098	same
9	Thomas	34,463	same
10	Jeffrey	30,728	same
11	Joseph	30,576	up 2
12	Steven	29,707	up 2
13	Kevin	29,357	down 2
14	Scott	28,506	down 2
15	Timothy	28,090	same
16	Paul	26,874	up 1
17	Charles	25,908	down 1
18	Kenneth	24,850	same
19	Daniel	24,342	same
20	Brian	24,167	same
21	Anthony	20,126	up 1
22	Gregory	19,884	down 1
23	Christopher	19,627	up 3
24	Ronald	18,844	down 1
25	Donald	18,045	same
26	Gary	17,206	down 2
27	Edward	15,609	same
28	Todd	15,350	up 2
29	Stephen	14,968	same
30	Patrick	14,692	up 5
31	Douglas	14,600	down 3
32	Eric	14,567	down 1
33	George	11,792	up 1
34	Keith	11,655	down 1
35	Terry	10,867	down 3
36	Larry	10,678	same
37	Andrew	10,494	up 5
38	Randy	10,302	down 1
39	Peter	9,911	up 1
40	Jerry	9,606	down 2
41	Frank	9,333	same
42	Dennis	9,327	down 3
43	Matthew	8,981	up 7
44	Raymond	8,592	up 1
45	Jeffery	8,360	up 1
46	Bruce	7,890	down 3
47	Mike	7,767	down 3
48	Craig	7,752	up 3
49	Roger	7,389	up 4
50	Tony	7,199	up 2
51	Steve	7,092	down 2
52	Jeff	6,933	down 4
53	Alan	6,810	up 3
54	Ricky	6,758	down 7
55	Carl	6,661	down 1
56	Danny	6,476	down 1
57	Troy	6,308	up 9
58	Russell	6,238	down 1
59	Rodney	6,073	up 17
60	Gerald	5,869	same
61	Wayne	5,832	up 2
62	Joe	5,821	down 4
63	Martin	5,727	down 1
64	Vincent	5,677	down 3
65	Chris	5,639	down 6
66	Randall	5,511	down 1
67	Phillip	5,502	up 3
68	Lawrence	5,453	same
69	Barry	5,368	down 2
70	Bryan	5,272	up 3
71	Billy	5,192	up 3
72	Dale	5,158	down 3
73	Bobby	5,082	up 2
74	Johnny	5,069	down 3
75	Curtis	5,064	down 3
76	Philip	4,977	up 7
77	Bradley	4,960	up 5
78	Jimmy	4,913	same
79	Jon	4,911	up 5
80	Walter	4,843	down 3
81	Glenn	4,752	down 17
82	Tim	4,695	down 3
83	Jonathan	4,644	up 5
84	Jay	4,567	up 1
85	Dean	4,510	up 1
86	Samuel	4,462	up 1
87	Darryl	4,420	down 7
88	Shawn	4,403	up 20
89	Roy	4,149	same
90	Willie	4,148	up 3
91	Arthur	4,147	same
92	Henry	4,124	up 2
93	Allen	4,098	down 3
94	Jose	3,976	up 4
95	Greg	3,972	down 14
96	Darrell	3,968	down 1
97	Victor	3,943	same
98	Harold	3,875	down 2
99	Jack	3,809	up 3
100	Albert	3,761	same

Biggest climbers in 1964

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1963.

Girls

Vonda: up 373 places, from 772nd to 399th
Tiffany: up 232 places, from 693rd to 461st
Meredith: up 185 places, from 752nd to 567th
Vikki: up 169 places, from 939th to 770th
Kerrie: up 158 places, from 803rd to 645th
Valeria: up 150 places, from 761st to 611th
Hope: up 149 places, from 395th to 246th
Twyla: up 147 places, from 897th to 750th
Machelle: up 146 places, from 980th to 834th
Trisha: up 144 places, from 483rd to 339th

Boys

Lyndon: up 249 places, from 595th to 346th
Darron: up 195 places, from 799th to 604th
Darrin: up 178 places, from 450th to 272nd
Daron: up 168 places, from 881st to 713th
Lorin: up 158 places, from 934th to 776th
Regan: up 158 places, from 980th to 822nd
Anderson: up 146 places, from 985th to 839th
Brock: up 143 places, from 720th to 577th
Alec: up 141 places, from 863rd to 722nd
Whitney: up 140 places, from 846th to 706th

New to the top 1,000 in 1964

Girls

Deneen, 216th (its first time ever)
Samantha, 474th (back after dropping out)
Mia, 572nd (its first time ever)
Kecia, 617th (its first time ever)
Djuna, 738th (its first time ever)
Djuana, 757th (its first time ever)
Ashley, 771st (its first time ever)
Noelle, 774th (its first time ever)
Barbra, 821st (back after dropping out)
Renata, 843rd (its first time ever)

Boys

Destry, 637th (its first time ever)
Deron, 684th (its first time ever)
Fitzgerald, 690th (its first time ever)
Quint, 808th (its first time ever)
Kipp, 828th (its first time ever)
Trey, 838th (its first time ever)
Cassius, 861st (back after dropping out)
King, 873rd (back after dropping out)
Tammy, 879th (back after dropping out)
Mckinley, 890th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1964?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 15.6% of the girls counted in 1964, and the top ten boys' names to 29% of the boys. In 1944, those shares were 24.2% for girls and 34.4% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.