Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1965

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1965 were Lisa for girls (450 babies) and Michael for boys (644). Social Security records list 24,620 babies born in District of Columbia in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1965

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

Girls

Kecia: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monique: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanya: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Monica: 103 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernadette: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Tonya: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katrina: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Andre: 82 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 66 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reginald: 73 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Derrick: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maurice: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carlton: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clifton: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darryl: 99 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	450	–	1
2	Karen	314	↑1	3
3	Mary	251	↓1	2
4	Angela	234	–	10
5	Kimberly	218	↑7	4
6	Susan	189	↓1	5
7	Michelle	185	↑2	18
8	Deborah	171	↓1	13
9	Patricia	167	↓3	6
10	Sharon	166	↑1	22
11	Cynthia	150	↑5	9
12	Pamela	149	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	140	↓5	16
14	Donna	139	↓1	7
15	Laura	130	↑2	17
16	Linda	121	↓2	8
17	Denise	120	↑1	28
18	Cheryl	111	↑4	31
19	Robin	111	–	33
20	Jacqueline	109	↓5	47
21	Christine	106	↑9	21
22	Jennifer	106	↓2	20
23	Stephanie	105	↑6	44
24	Monica	103	new	72
25	Kim	101	↑8	43
26	Theresa	93	↑6	45
27	Dawn	89	↑11	26
28	Maria	88	↑7	46
29	Tracy	87	↓2	36
30	Catherine	83	↑4	57
31	Sandra	83	↓10	15
32	Barbara	81	↓6	25
33	Kathleen	81	↓9	34
34	Teresa	81	↓9	24
35	Wendy	78	↑15	39
36	Julie	74	↑1	14
37	Margaret	74	↑3	52
38	Michele	73	new	48
39	Renee	73	↑2	68
40	Carolyn	72	↓9	58
41	Kelly	72	↑8	30
42	Rhonda	71	new	37
43	Wanda	71	↑2	81
44	Nancy	70	↓5	32
45	Tina	69	↓2	29
46	Brenda	66	↓18	23
47	Tammy	65	new	11
48	Tracey	65	new	85
49	Andrea	64	↓2	63
50	Debra	64	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	644	↑1	1
2	John	605	↓1	2
3	James	496	–	4
4	David	461	–	3
5	Robert	420	–	5
6	William	359	–	6
7	Kevin	311	↑1	13
8	Anthony	285	↑2	22
9	Mark	258	↓2	7
10	Charles	234	↑1	20
11	Christopher	234	↑7	18
12	Thomas	232	↓3	9
13	Richard	220	–	8
14	Joseph	209	↓2	11
15	Eric	206	↑9	25
16	Kenneth	185	↓2	21
17	Steven	181	↓1	14
18	Timothy	179	↓1	12
19	Jeffrey	170	↑1	10
20	Paul	168	↓5	16
21	Gregory	166	↑1	23
22	Brian	162	↓3	19
23	Daniel	149	↓2	17
24	Stephen	144	↓1	28
25	Ronald	134	↑1	24
26	Keith	124	↑4	35
27	Edward	114	–	29
28	Patrick	109	↓3	31
29	Donald	107	↓1	26
30	George	103	↑2	34
31	Andrew	102	↓2	37
32	Darryl	99	↓1	68
33	Rodney	97	↑10	33
34	Gary	96	↓1	27
35	Douglas	83	–	32
36	Andre	82	↑6	>100
37	Matthew	77	↓1	36
38	Scott	77	↓4	15
39	Reginald	73	↓1	>100
40	Jonathan	68	↑8	74
41	Tyrone	66	new	>100
42	Lawrence	65	↓3	66
43	Darrell	64	new	91
44	Derrick	64	new	>100
45	Peter	62	↓8	39
46	Vincent	60	↑1	61
47	Wayne	58	new	65
48	Raymond	57	↓8	45
49	Sean	49	new	79
50	Carl	47	new	54

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