Popular names of 1964, and how old they are now

People born in 1964 turn 62 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.9 million births in 1964 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 84% of them are still alive: about 3.3 million people.

The year's top names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Baby Boomers (see Boomer names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1964: Laura, Todd, Patrick, Jacqueline, Maria, Renee, Jon, Colleen, Shelly, Kurt, Shelley and Karla.

Top girl names of 1964

Most popular girl names of 1964
#	Name	Born 1964	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	54,270	48,000	56
2	Mary	40,985	36,000	66
3	Susan	31,515	28,000	66
4	Karen	30,243	27,000	63
5	Patricia	26,091	23,000	68
6	Kimberly	24,128	21,000	48
7	Donna	23,808	21,000	68
8	Linda	23,629	21,000	70
9	Cynthia	20,321	18,000	60
10	Tammy	20,043	18,000	58
11	Pamela	19,823	17,000	64
12	Deborah	19,306	17,000	66
13	Sandra	19,249	17,000	66
14	Laura	18,967	17,000	51
15	Lori	18,624	16,000	58
16	Elizabeth	17,294	15,000	44
17	Julie	17,283	15,000	55
18	Brenda	17,106	15,000	63
19	Barbara	16,481	14,000	72
20	Sharon	16,449	14,000	68
21	Teresa	16,420	14,000	59
22	Angela	16,256	14,000	49
23	Michelle	16,180	14,000	48
24	Debra	15,329	13,000	66
25	Denise	14,726	13,000	59
26	Nancy	14,696	13,000	68
27	Robin	14,328	13,000	58
28	Christine	14,270	13,000	57
29	Cheryl	14,081	12,000	65
30	Kathleen	13,231	12,000	64
31	Jennifer	12,955	11,000	46
32	Diane	12,864	11,000	68
33	Dawn	12,613	11,000	57
34	Tina	12,548	11,000	56
35	Kelly	12,470	11,000	48
36	Carol	12,125	11,000	72
37	Jacqueline	11,975	11,000	51
38	Theresa	10,557	9,300	61
39	Kathy	10,377	9,100	65
40	Tracy	10,161	8,900	55
41	Maria	10,148	8,900	45
42	Kim	9,980	8,800	63
43	Rhonda	9,713	8,500	61
44	Amy	9,576	8,400	47
45	Paula	9,498	8,300	62
46	Rebecca	9,474	8,300	48
47	Cindy	9,322	8,200	57
48	Janet	9,249	8,100	68
49	Margaret	9,101	8,000	61
50	Sherry	8,496	7,500	63

Top boy names of 1964

Most popular boy names of 1964
#	Name	Born 1964	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	82,617	67,000	49
2	John	82,508	66,000	55
3	David	75,043	60,000	52
4	James	73,026	59,000	54
5	Robert	69,980	56,000	58
6	Mark	45,261	36,000	56
7	William	44,224	36,000	51
8	Richard	40,098	32,000	60
9	Thomas	34,463	28,000	53
10	Jeffrey	30,728	25,000	53
11	Joseph	30,576	25,000	45
12	Steven	29,707	24,000	52
13	Kevin	29,357	24,000	45
14	Scott	28,506	23,000	53
15	Timothy	28,090	23,000	50
16	Paul	26,874	22,000	57
17	Charles	25,908	21,000	54
18	Kenneth	24,850	20,000	57
19	Daniel	24,342	20,000	42
20	Brian	24,167	19,000	48
21	Anthony	20,126	16,000	40
22	Gregory	19,884	16,000	54
23	Christopher	19,627	16,000	41
24	Ronald	18,844	15,000	64
25	Donald	18,045	15,000	64
26	Gary	17,206	14,000	65
27	Edward	15,609	13,000	56
28	Todd	15,350	12,000	54
29	Stephen	14,968	12,000	54
30	Patrick	14,692	12,000	47
31	Douglas	14,600	12,000	59
32	Eric	14,567	12,000	44
33	George	11,792	9,500	57
34	Keith	11,655	9,400	54
35	Terry	10,867	8,700	62
36	Larry	10,678	8,600	65
37	Andrew	10,494	8,400	36
38	Randy	10,302	8,300	57
39	Peter	9,911	8,000	51
40	Jerry	9,606	7,700	63
41	Frank	9,333	7,500	59
42	Dennis	9,327	7,500	63
43	Matthew	8,981	7,200	36
44	Raymond	8,592	6,900	56
45	Jeffery	8,360	6,700	54
46	Bruce	7,890	6,400	63
47	Mike	7,767	6,300	63
48	Craig	7,752	6,200	56
49	Roger	7,389	5,900	63
50	Tony	7,199	5,800	53

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1964, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1964. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1964 babies. How we calculate this