The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1964

4,594 different boys’ names were recorded in 1964, covering 1,992,698 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	82,617
2	John	82,508
3	David	75,043
4	James	73,026
5	Robert	69,980
6	Mark	45,261
7	William	44,224
8	Richard	40,098
9	Thomas	34,463
10	Jeffrey	30,728
11	Joseph	30,576
12	Steven	29,707
13	Kevin	29,357
14	Scott	28,506
15	Timothy	28,090
16	Paul	26,874
17	Charles	25,908
18	Kenneth	24,850
19	Daniel	24,342
20	Brian	24,167
21	Anthony	20,126
22	Gregory	19,884
23	Christopher	19,627
24	Ronald	18,844
25	Donald	18,045
26	Gary	17,206
27	Edward	15,609
28	Todd	15,350
29	Stephen	14,968
30	Patrick	14,692
31	Douglas	14,600
32	Eric	14,567
33	George	11,792
34	Keith	11,655
35	Terry	10,867
36	Larry	10,678
37	Andrew	10,494
38	Randy	10,302
39	Peter	9,911
40	Jerry	9,606
41	Frank	9,333
42	Dennis	9,327
43	Matthew	8,981
44	Raymond	8,592
45	Jeffery	8,360
46	Bruce	7,890
47	Mike	7,767
48	Craig	7,752
49	Roger	7,389
50	Tony	7,199
51	Steve	7,092
52	Jeff	6,933
53	Alan	6,810
54	Ricky	6,758
55	Carl	6,661
56	Danny	6,476
57	Troy	6,308
58	Russell	6,238
59	Rodney	6,073
60	Gerald	5,869
61	Wayne	5,832
62	Joe	5,821
63	Martin	5,727
64	Vincent	5,677
65	Chris	5,639
66	Randall	5,511
67	Phillip	5,502
68	Lawrence	5,453
69	Barry	5,368
70	Bryan	5,272
71	Billy	5,192
72	Dale	5,158
73	Bobby	5,082
74	Johnny	5,069
75	Curtis	5,064
76	Philip	4,977
77	Bradley	4,960
78	Jimmy	4,913
79	Jon	4,911
80	Walter	4,843
81	Glenn	4,752
82	Tim	4,695
83	Jonathan	4,644
84	Jay	4,567
85	Dean	4,510
86	Samuel	4,462
87	Darryl	4,420
88	Shawn	4,403
89	Roy	4,149
90	Willie	4,148
91	Arthur	4,147
92	Henry	4,124
93	Allen	4,098
94	Jose	3,976
95	Greg	3,972
96	Darrell	3,968
97	Victor	3,943
98	Harold	3,875
99	Jack	3,809
100	Albert	3,761
101	Jim	3,644
102	Louis	3,585
103	Ralph	3,564
104	Ronnie	3,517
105	Frederick	3,357
106	Eddie	3,326
107	Tom	3,292
108	Tommy	3,205
109	Kurt	3,158
110	Joel	3,135
111	Stanley	3,130
112	Micheal	3,086
113	Marc	3,084
114	Eugene	3,077
115	Leonard	3,069
116	Howard	3,059
117	Lee	3,037
118	Sean	3,010
119	Marvin	2,978
120	Dwayne	2,874
121	Rick	2,852
122	Adam	2,850
123	Tracy	2,840
124	Ernest	2,816
125	Brent	2,745
126	Bill	2,737
127	Darren	2,644
128	Reginald	2,618
129	Brett	2,551
130	Duane	2,528
131	Benjamin	2,503
132	Kelly	2,492
133	Fred	2,464
134	Melvin	2,432
135	Karl	2,403
136	Harry	2,398
137	Mitchell	2,384
138	Aaron	2,381
139	Dan	2,370
140	Jerome	2,316
141	Don	2,304
142	Ray	2,280
143	Brad	2,278
144	Norman	2,258
145	Calvin	2,251
146	Kent	2,246
147	Kirk	2,232
148	Juan	2,227
149	Earl	2,196
150	Carlos	2,195
151	Jesse	2,185
152	Theodore	2,169
153	Edwin	2,168
154	Glen	2,124
155	Jason	2,104
156	Derrick	2,091
157	Lance	2,089
158	Nicholas	2,069
159	Francis	2,068
160	Warren	2,037
161	Clifford	2,019
162	Wesley	1,969
163	Alfred	1,962
164	Andre	1,896
165	Bernard	1,878
166	Clarence	1,775
167	Gordon	1,772
168	Antonio	1,755
169	Manuel	1,636
170	Guy	1,607
171	Lonnie	1,597
172	Derek	1,589
173	Leroy	1,585
174	Vernon	1,568
175	Luis	1,566
176	Kerry	1,563
177	Tyrone	1,552
178	Perry	1,549
179	Dave	1,535
180	Gene	1,530
181	Daryl	1,529
182	Neil	1,527
183	Gilbert	1,515
184	Stuart	1,512
185	Ted	1,507
186	Gregg	1,505
187	Maurice	1,502
188	Nathan	1,500
189	Franklin	1,498
190	Leon	1,482
191	Kyle	1,478
192	Ken	1,475
193	Andy	1,470
194	Lloyd	1,460
195	Alvin	1,459
196	Marty	1,446
197	Leslie	1,445
198	Bob	1,432
199	Doug	1,409
200	Kenny	1,403

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1964 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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