Popular baby names in California, 1965

The most popular baby names in California in 1965 were Lisa for girls (4,925 babies) and Michael for boys (7,837). Social Security records list 336,545 babies born in California in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1965

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelica: 99 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 154 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Silvia: 111 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leticia: 254 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tiffany: 153 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorena: 92 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Irma: 185 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cristina: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Olivia: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelina: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 147 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sergio: 117 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alejandro: 103 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gabriel: 208 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Armando: 192 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rudy: 187 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Javier: 185 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaime: 209 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 456 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Arturo: 134 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	4,925	–	1
2	Karen	2,715	↑1	3
3	Kimberly	2,537	↑2	4
4	Mary	2,237	↓2	2
5	Julie	2,024	↑4	14
6	Patricia	2,021	–	6
7	Susan	2,007	↓3	5
8	Cynthia	1,943	–	9
9	Michelle	1,931	↑2	18
10	Laura	1,730	↓3	17
11	Elizabeth	1,676	↑3	16
12	Linda	1,655	↓2	8
13	Jennifer	1,650	↑5	20
14	Deborah	1,613	↓1	13
15	Sandra	1,536	↓3	15
16	Maria	1,494	↑1	46
17	Christine	1,453	↑6	21
18	Denise	1,423	↓3	28
19	Kelly	1,374	–	30
20	Donna	1,273	–	7
21	Teresa	1,239	–	24
22	Tammy	1,219	↑3	11
23	Lori	1,216	↓7	19
24	Tina	1,202	↑8	29
25	Wendy	1,171	↑20	39
26	Tracy	1,164	↑5	36
27	Stephanie	1,161	↑17	44
28	Debra	1,153	↓4	27
29	Pamela	1,125	↓7	12
30	Kathleen	1,100	↓3	34
31	Angela	1,064	↑11	10
32	Cheryl	1,051	↓3	31
33	Rebecca	1,007	↑7	41
34	Nancy	1,002	↓6	32
35	Robin	973	↓9	33
36	Brenda	964	↓6	23
37	Dawn	962	↑4	26
38	Diane	948	↓3	40
39	Sharon	928	↓5	22
40	Barbara	922	↓7	25
41	Kim	921	↑2	43
42	Diana	867	↓4	64
43	Christina	851	↑6	74
44	Cindy	842	↓5	53
45	Theresa	835	↑1	45
46	Carol	814	↓10	42
47	Rhonda	801	new	37
48	Michele	795	new	48
49	Gina	789	new	70
50	Monica	768	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	7,837	–	1
2	David	6,817	–	3
3	John	6,367	–	2
4	Robert	6,244	–	5
5	James	5,053	–	4
6	Richard	3,979	–	8
7	Mark	3,596	–	7
8	Steven	3,023	↑1	14
9	William	2,802	↓1	6
10	Daniel	2,637	↑2	17
11	Kevin	2,422	↓1	13
12	Paul	2,368	↑1	16
13	Christopher	2,311	↑8	18
14	Jeffrey	2,262	–	10
15	Scott	2,259	↓4	15
16	Eric	2,241	↑3	25
17	Brian	2,230	–	19
18	Thomas	2,201	↓3	9
19	Timothy	2,077	↑5	12
20	Joseph	2,044	↓2	11
21	Kenneth	1,996	↓5	21
22	Anthony	1,927	↑1	22
23	Ronald	1,767	↓3	24
24	Gregory	1,668	↓2	23
25	Charles	1,609	–	20
26	Gary	1,440	–	27
27	Donald	1,389	–	26
28	Edward	1,277	↑1	29
29	Patrick	1,225	↓1	31
30	Stephen	1,205	↑1	28
31	Todd	1,194	↓1	30
32	Matthew	1,147	↑3	36
33	Douglas	976	–	32
34	Mike	958	↓2	51
35	Andrew	930	↑3	37
36	Frank	929	↓2	43
37	George	924	–	34
38	Raymond	924	↑1	45
39	Jose	916	↑5	89
40	Sean	879	new	79
41	Craig	877	–	46
42	Peter	875	–	39
43	Rodney	846	new	33
44	Keith	833	↓4	35
45	Steve	830	↓9	55
46	Larry	823	↓3	38
47	Dennis	801	↓1	44
48	Jerry	752	–	41
49	Darren	713	new	52
50	Jeff	683	↓5	62

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