Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1964
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | John | 8,888 |
| 2 | Michael | 8,855 |
| 3 | Robert | 6,912 |
| 4 | James | 6,059 |
| 5 | David | 6,033 |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,542 |
| 7 | Richard | 4,303 |
| 8 | Thomas | 4,211 |
| 9 | William | 4,204 |
| 10 | Mark | 3,401 |
| 11 | Anthony | 2,978 |
| 12 | Paul | 2,936 |
| 13 | Steven | 2,720 |
| 14 | Kevin | 2,707 |
| 15 | Daniel | 2,530 |
| 16 | Christopher | 2,506 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 2,359 |
| 18 | Scott | 2,353 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 2,131 |
| 20 | Peter | 2,120 |
| 21 | Timothy | 2,098 |
| 22 | Brian | 1,990 |
| 23 | Edward | 1,939 |
| 24 | Charles | 1,774 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,691 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Andrew | 1,620 |
| 27 | Frank | 1,610 |
| 28 | Eric | 1,575 |
| 29 | Patrick | 1,518 |
| 30 | Gregory | 1,482 |
| 31 | Ronald | 1,359 |
| 32 | George | 1,352 |
| 33 | Donald | 1,261 |
| 34 | Gary | 1,192 |
| 35 | Douglas | 1,116 |
| 36 | Keith | 1,031 |
| 37 | Matthew | 1,010 |
| 38 | Raymond | 1,001 |
| 39 | Vincent | 974 |
| 40 | Jose | 932 |
| 41 | Todd | 889 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 736 |
| 43 | Dennis | 724 |
| 44 | Philip | 696 |
| 45 | Louis | 674 |
| 46 | Craig | 648 |
| 47 | Alan | 631 |
| 48 | Bruce | 623 |
| 49 | Jonathan | 565 |
| 50 | Wayne | 558 |
| 51 | Martin | 526 |
| 52 | Marc | 521 |
| 53 | Glenn | 516 |
| 54 | Luis | 515 |
| 55 | Carl | 505 |
| 56 | Edwin | 495 |
| 57 | Adam | 493 |
| 58 | Victor | 483 |
| 59 | Nicholas | 465 |
| 60 | Arthur | 457 |
| 61 | Gerald | 450 |
| 62 | Russell | 446 |
| 63 | Frederick | 439 |
| 64 | Walter | 432 |
| 65 | Sean | 422 |
| 66 | Ralph | 417 |
| 67 | Howard | 416 |
| 68 | Randy | 414 |
| 69 | Albert | 413 |
| 70 | Henry | 386 |
| 71 | Darryl | 381 |
| 72 | Carlos | 380 |
| 73 | Larry | 379 |
| 74 | Eugene | 378 |
| 75 | Samuel | 373 |
| 76 | Francis | 372 |
| 77 | Roger | 368 |
| 78 | Leonard | 341 |
| 79 | Barry | 340 |
| 80 | Gerard | 339 |
| 81 | Chris | 325 |
| 82 | Dean | 307 |
| 82 | Juan | 307 |
| 84 | Shawn | 306 |
| 85 | Angel | 301 |
| 86 | Salvatore | 297 |
| 87 | Jeffery | 292 |
| 88 | Rodney | 289 |
| 89 | Miguel | 285 |
| 90 | Alexander | 283 |
| 91 | Steve | 280 |
| 92 | Harold | 275 |
| 93 | Jerry | 270 |
| 94 | Jay | 266 |
| 95 | Theodore | 263 |
| 96 | Jack | 259 |
| 97 | Andre | 257 |
| 98 | Antonio | 254 |
| 99 | Hector | 253 |
| 100 | Neil | 248 |