Popular baby names of 1965

In 1965, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (60,271 babies) and Michael for boys (80,992). Social Security records show 3,625,307 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,535 girls' names and 4,425 boys' names.

1965 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 28.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Stacey, Tracey, Shelly, Melinda.
New in the boys' top 100: Darren, Sean.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964
1	Lisa	60,271	–
2	Mary	34,270	–
3	Karen	32,869	↑1
4	Kimberly	28,836	↑2
5	Susan	26,321	↓2
6	Patricia	23,552	↓1
7	Donna	19,700	–
8	Linda	19,345	–
9	Cynthia	19,239	–
10	Angela	18,754	↑12
11	Tammy	18,013	↓1
12	Pamela	17,467	↓1
13	Deborah	17,081	↓1
14	Julie	16,987	↑3
15	Sandra	16,371	↓2
16	Elizabeth	16,321	–
17	Laura	16,218	↓3
18	Michelle	16,215	↑5
19	Lori	15,695	↓4
20	Jennifer	15,207	↑11
21	Christine	15,204	↑7
22	Sharon	15,129	↓2
23	Brenda	15,060	↓5
24	Teresa	14,578	↓3
25	Barbara	14,023	↓6
26	Dawn	13,344	↑7
27	Debra	13,098	↓3
28	Denise	13,036	↓3
29	Tina	12,831	↑5
30	Kelly	12,763	↑5
31	Cheryl	12,550	↓2
32	Nancy	12,255	↓6
33	Robin	11,995	↓6
34	Kathleen	11,778	↓4
35	Amy	11,530	↑9
36	Tracy	11,174	↑4
37	Rhonda	10,949	↑6
38	Melissa	10,563	↑15
39	Wendy	10,481	↑16
40	Diane	10,365	↓8
41	Rebecca	10,211	↑5
42	Carol	10,097	↓6
43	Kim	10,083	↓1
44	Stephanie	9,765	↑13
45	Theresa	9,685	↓7
46	Maria	9,480	↓5
47	Jacqueline	9,413	↓10
48	Michele	8,661	↑10
49	Paula	7,915	↓4
50	Sheila	7,904	↑1
51	Jill	7,820	↑10
52	Margaret	7,799	↓3
53	Cindy	7,777	↓6
54	Kathy	7,762	↓15
55	Janet	7,654	↓7
56	Sherry	7,381	↓6
57	Catherine	7,243	↓3
58	Carolyn	6,965	↓2
59	Ann	6,784	↑1
60	Laurie	6,533	↓1
61	Connie	6,155	↑3
62	Debbie	6,088	↓10
63	Andrea	6,080	↑14
64	Diana	5,926	↓1
65	Suzanne	5,912	↑2
66	Beth	5,774	↓1
67	Valerie	5,648	↓1
68	Renee	5,496	↑3
69	Terri	5,373	↓7
70	Gina	5,267	↑9
71	Annette	5,262	↓3
72	Monica	5,113	↑18
73	Janice	5,029	↓4
74	Christina	4,979	↑14
75	Leslie	4,875	↓2
76	Carla	4,781	↑2
77	Anne	4,726	↓1
78	Dana	4,722	↓8
79	Katherine	4,706	↑3
80	Lynn	4,668	↓8
81	Wanda	4,654	–
82	Regina	4,548	↑1
83	Darlene	4,356	↓3
84	Stacey	4,269	new
85	Tracey	4,260	new
86	Judy	4,243	↓12
87	Kathryn	4,157	↓3
88	Cathy	4,151	↓13
89	Bonnie	4,130	–
90	Joyce	4,128	↓3
91	Sherri	4,065	↓5
92	Sarah	4,062	–
93	Colleen	4,028	↑1
94	Anita	4,017	↓9
95	Jane	3,927	↓2
96	Anna	3,920	↑1
97	Penny	3,898	↓1
98	Shelly	3,850	new
99	Martha	3,801	↓4
100	Melinda	3,796	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964
1	Michael	80,992	–
2	John	71,493	–
3	David	67,825	–
4	James	67,666	–
5	Robert	63,106	–
6	William	40,111	↑1
7	Mark	38,244	↓1
8	Richard	36,817	–
9	Thomas	31,595	–
10	Jeffrey	29,574	–
11	Joseph	28,630	–
12	Timothy	28,334	↑3
13	Kevin	28,177	–
14	Steven	27,977	↓2
15	Scott	25,437	↓1
16	Paul	24,919	–
17	Daniel	24,833	↑2
18	Christopher	24,640	↑5
19	Brian	24,552	↑1
20	Charles	23,494	↓3
21	Kenneth	22,677	↓3
22	Anthony	20,326	↓1
23	Gregory	18,205	↓1
24	Ronald	17,619	–
25	Eric	16,826	↑7
26	Donald	16,033	↓1
27	Gary	15,259	↓1
28	Stephen	14,648	↑1
29	Edward	14,404	↓2
30	Todd	13,934	↓2
31	Patrick	12,929	↓1
32	Douglas	12,787	↓1
33	Rodney	11,086	↑26
34	George	10,680	↓1
35	Keith	10,670	↓1
36	Matthew	9,982	↑7
37	Andrew	9,673	–
38	Larry	9,403	↓2
39	Peter	9,395	–
40	Terry	9,088	↓5
41	Jerry	9,015	↓1
42	Randy	8,861	↓4
43	Frank	8,319	↓2
44	Dennis	8,215	↓2
45	Raymond	8,051	↓1
46	Craig	7,877	↑2
47	Jeffery	7,734	↓2
48	Tony	6,815	↑2
49	Roger	6,429	–
50	Bruce	6,325	↓4
51	Mike	6,035	↓4
52	Darren	5,938	new
53	Troy	5,856	↑4
54	Carl	5,797	↑1
55	Steve	5,685	↓4
56	Danny	5,675	–
57	Ricky	5,659	↓3
58	Russell	5,645	–
59	Alan	5,612	↓6
60	Chris	5,479	↑5
61	Vincent	5,428	↑3
62	Jeff	5,406	↓10
63	Bryan	5,345	↑7
64	Gerald	5,252	↓4
65	Wayne	5,112	↓4
66	Lawrence	4,961	↑2
67	Martin	4,932	↓4
68	Darryl	4,925	↑19
69	Shawn	4,924	↑19
70	Phillip	4,891	↓3
71	Joe	4,833	↓9
72	Bradley	4,787	↑5
73	Randall	4,752	↓7
74	Jonathan	4,723	↑9
75	Curtis	4,687	–
76	Johnny	4,687	↓2
77	Billy	4,649	↓6
78	Jon	4,601	↑1
79	Sean	4,594	new
80	Bobby	4,588	↓7
81	Jimmy	4,529	↓3
82	Walter	4,483	↓2
83	Dale	4,397	↓11
84	Samuel	4,395	↑2
85	Glenn	4,355	↓4
86	Barry	4,324	↓17
87	Philip	4,278	↓11
88	Dean	4,096	↓3
89	Jose	3,966	↑5
90	Jay	3,944	↓6
91	Darrell	3,888	↑5
92	Allen	3,834	↑1
93	Willie	3,807	↓3
94	Henry	3,801	↓2
95	Roy	3,785	↓6
96	Arthur	3,779	↓5
97	Tim	3,718	↓15
98	Victor	3,682	↓1
99	Harold	3,539	↓1
100	Albert	3,419	–

Every name given in 1965

All 11,960 names Social Security recorded for 1965, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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