Popular Names of 1964

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1964, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1964
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Lisa	54,270	991
2	Mary	40,985	125
3	Susan	31,515	1,091
4	Karen	30,243	1,281
5	Patricia	26,091	1,336
6	Kimberly	24,128	303
7	Donna	23,808	1,965
8	Linda	23,629	902
9	Cynthia	20,321	1,014
10	Tammy	20,043	3,703
11	Pamela	19,823	2,251
12	Deborah	19,306	864
13	Sandra	19,249	1,210
14	Laura	18,967	379
15	Lori	18,624	1,726
16	Elizabeth	17,294	17
17	Julie	17,283	873
18	Brenda	17,106	1,527
19	Barbara	16,481	968
20	Sharon	16,449	1,256

Table 2. Male names, 1964
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	245
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

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.