Most popular baby names of 1964

In 1964, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (82,619 babies, 4.1% of boys) and Lisa for girls (54,271 babies, 2.9% of girls). The rest of the top five were John, David, James and Robert for boys and Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia for girls. SSA recorded 4,594 different boy names and 7,807 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1964
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
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	▲ 2
12	Steven	29,709	▲ 2
13	Kevin	29,355	▼ 2
14	Scott	28,504	▼ 2
15	Timothy	28,097	–
16	Paul	26,877	▲ 1
17	Charles	25,903	▼ 1
18	Kenneth	24,857	–
19	Daniel	24,343	–
20	Brian	24,174	–
21	Anthony	20,125	▲ 1
22	Gregory	19,885	▼ 1
23	Christopher	19,628	▲ 3
24	Ronald	18,842	▼ 1
25	Donald	18,050	–
26	Gary	17,209	▼ 2
27	Edward	15,608	–
28	Todd	15,349	▲ 2
29	Stephen	14,967	–
30	Patrick	14,694	▲ 5
31	Douglas	14,603	▼ 3
32	Eric	14,567	▼ 1
33	George	11,792	▲ 1
34	Keith	11,655	▼ 1
35	Terry	10,868	▼ 3
36	Larry	10,677	–
37	Andrew	10,495	▲ 5
38	Randy	10,302	▼ 1
39	Peter	9,908	▲ 1
40	Jerry	9,608	▼ 2
41	Frank	9,338	–
42	Dennis	9,329	▼ 3
43	Matthew	8,983	▲ 7
44	Raymond	8,590	▲ 1
45	Jeffery	8,360	▲ 1
46	Bruce	7,893	▼ 3
47	Mike	7,768	▼ 3
48	Craig	7,751	▲ 3
49	Roger	7,387	▲ 4
50	Tony	7,196	▲ 2
51	Steve	7,091	▼ 2
52	Jeff	6,932	▼ 4
53	Alan	6,811	▲ 3
54	Ricky	6,756	▼ 7
55	Carl	6,661	▼ 1
56	Danny	6,475	▼ 1
57	Troy	6,307	▲ 9
58	Russell	6,241	▼ 1
59	Rodney	6,073	▲ 17
60	Gerald	5,870	–
61	Wayne	5,833	▲ 2
62	Joe	5,821	▼ 4
63	Martin	5,729	▼ 1
64	Vincent	5,677	▼ 3
65	Chris	5,638	▼ 6
66	Randall	5,511	▼ 1
67	Phillip	5,503	▲ 3
68	Lawrence	5,453	–
69	Barry	5,367	▼ 2
70	Bryan	5,274	▲ 3
71	Billy	5,193	▲ 3
72	Dale	5,161	▼ 3
73	Bobby	5,083	▲ 2
74	Johnny	5,068	▼ 3
75	Curtis	5,065	▼ 3
76	Philip	4,975	▲ 7
77	Bradley	4,960	▲ 5
78	Jon	4,912	▲ 6
79	Jimmy	4,911	▼ 1
80	Walter	4,844	▼ 3
81	Glenn	4,752	▼ 17
82	Tim	4,696	▼ 3
83	Jonathan	4,646	▲ 5
84	Jay	4,570	▲ 1
85	Dean	4,510	▲ 1
86	Samuel	4,463	▲ 1
87	Darryl	4,421	▼ 7
88	Shawn	4,402	▲ 20
89	Arthur	4,150	▲ 2
90	Roy	4,150	▼ 1
91	Willie	4,148	▲ 2
92	Henry	4,123	▲ 2
93	Allen	4,098	▼ 3
94	Jose	3,974	▲ 4
95	Greg	3,971	▼ 14
96	Darrell	3,969	▼ 1
97	Victor	3,945	–
98	Harold	3,874	▼ 2
99	Jack	3,808	▲ 3
100	Albert	3,761	–

Top 100 girl names, 1964
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Lisa	54,271	–
2	Mary	40,987	–
3	Susan	31,515	–
4	Karen	30,247	–
5	Patricia	26,090	▲ 2
6	Kimberly	24,131	▲ 5
7	Donna	23,807	▼ 1
8	Linda	23,632	▼ 3
9	Cynthia	20,319	▲ 1
10	Tammy	20,045	▲ 2
11	Pamela	19,824	▲ 3
12	Deborah	19,305	▲ 1
13	Sandra	19,249	▼ 4
14	Laura	18,967	▲ 2
15	Lori	18,620	▼ 7
16	Elizabeth	17,294	▲ 4
17	Julie	17,283	▲ 5
18	Brenda	17,105	▼ 3
19	Barbara	16,483	▼ 2
20	Sharon	16,447	▼ 1
21	Teresa	16,422	▼ 3
22	Angela	16,257	▲ 8
23	Michelle	16,181	▲ 3
24	Debra	15,329	▼ 3
25	Denise	14,727	▲ 2
26	Nancy	14,695	▼ 3
27	Robin	14,329	▼ 2
28	Christine	14,268	▲ 1
29	Cheryl	14,079	▼ 5
30	Kathleen	13,232	▼ 2
31	Jennifer	12,956	▲ 5
32	Diane	12,866	▼ 1
33	Dawn	12,614	▲ 19
34	Tina	12,550	▲ 1
35	Kelly	12,469	▼ 3
36	Carol	12,125	▼ 3
37	Jacqueline	11,976	▲ 14
38	Theresa	10,557	–
39	Kathy	10,377	▼ 5
40	Tracy	10,161	▲ 8
41	Maria	10,147	▲ 2
42	Kim	9,980	▼ 3
43	Rhonda	9,713	▲ 2
44	Amy	9,575	▲ 10
45	Paula	9,501	▼ 3
46	Rebecca	9,475	▼ 2
47	Cindy	9,322	▼ 10
48	Janet	9,249	▼ 8
49	Margaret	9,100	▼ 3
50	Sherry	8,496	▼ 1
51	Sheila	8,473	▼ 1
52	Debbie	8,381	▼ 11
53	Melissa	8,318	▲ 8
54	Catherine	8,237	▼ 1
55	Wendy	8,077	▲ 5
56	Carolyn	8,066	–
57	Stephanie	7,938	▲ 7
58	Michele	7,905	▲ 1
59	Laurie	7,833	▼ 12
60	Ann	7,758	▼ 3
61	Jill	7,242	▲ 7
62	Terri	7,142	▼ 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	6,189	▲ 3
69	Janice	6,162	▼ 6
70	Dana	6,086	▲ 18
71	Renee	6,011	▲ 3
72	Lynn	5,675	▲ 1
73	Leslie	5,598	▼ 1
74	Judy	5,531	▼ 4
75	Cathy	5,502	▼ 8
76	Anne	5,412	▲ 4
77	Andrea	5,387	▲ 12
78	Carla	5,378	▲ 4
79	Gina	5,229	–
80	Darlene	5,173	▲ 5
81	Wanda	5,165	▼ 5
82	Katherine	5,073	▲ 5
83	Regina	5,000	▲ 9
84	Kathryn	4,924	▲ 9
85	Anita	4,909	▼ 8
86	Sherri	4,872	▼ 8
87	Joyce	4,861	▼ 3
88	Christina	4,702	▲ 19
89	Bonnie	4,687	▼ 6
90	Monica	4,655	▲ 20
91	Beverly	4,606	▼ 10
92	Sarah	4,584	▲ 2
93	Jane	4,568	▼ 18
94	Colleen	4,544	▲ 4
95	Martha	4,450	▼ 5
96	Penny	4,396	▼ 10
97	Anna	4,292	▲ 5
98	Judith	4,191	▼ 7
99	Joan	4,149	▼ 4
100	Jean	4,097	▼ 3

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1964. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.