Names That Peaked In 1964

These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 1964 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Lisa and Michael — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)

Peaked in 1963 Peaked in 1965 Full 1964 top 100 The 1960s as a whole

Name & meaning	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Patrick	1,495#235	Down 30 rank positions in five years	1964
Todd	105#1,618	Down 205 rank positions in five years	1964
Kurt	62#2,271	Down 588 rank positions in five years	1964
Terence	47#2,753	Down 433 rank positions in five years	1964
Maura	127#1,640	Down 40 rank positions in five years	1964
Valarie	48#3,293	Up 1,242 rank positions in five years	1964
Karyn	—Unranked	—	1964
Annamarie	40#3,719	Down 1,438 rank positions in five years	1996
Robby	22#4,674	Down 432 rank positions in five years	1964
Lyndon	65#2,199	Down 522 rank positions in five years	1964
Jacquline	—Unranked	—	1964
Kennedy	86#1,842	Down 556 rank positions in five years	1964
Twyla	56#2,995	Up 1,539 rank positions in five years	1964
Richie	85#1,861	Up 114 rank positions in five years	1964
Zina	15#7,484	Down 2,612 rank positions in five years	1964
Barbie	33#4,276	Up 623 rank positions in five years	1964
Ritchie	28#3,925	Down 528 rank positions in five years	1964
Regan	17#5,557	Down 1,772 rank positions in five years	1979
Deneen	—Unranked	—	1964
Loreen	8#11,505	new	1964
Pernell	6#11,656	Down 4,730 rank positions in five years	1964
Kieth	—Unranked	—	1964
Karen	—Unranked	—	1964
Penni	—Unranked	—	1962
Kipp	66#2,173	Up 3,411 rank positions in five years	1964
Fitzgerald	56#2,427	Down 526 rank positions in five years	1964
Destry	—Unranked	—	1964
Daneen	8#11,161	Down 3,862 rank positions in five years	1964
Shirl	—Unranked	—	1964
Denine	—Unranked	—	1964
Jaimie	—Unranked	—	1964
Quint	—Unranked	—	1964
Djuana	—Unranked	—	1964

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How this list is built

A name “peaked” in 1964 when that year holds its best-ever position in the national rankings — rank, not raw count, because raw counts track how many babies were born and would pile every “peak” into the boom years. To qualify, a name must have reached the top 1,000 at its height and have at least 500 all-time applications. Lists are ordered by that peak rank.

Ranks come from U.S. births, counted separately for girls and boys. “Unranked” today means fewer than 5 applications in the latest year — uncommon, never invalid.