Popular baby names in Florida, 1965

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,462 babies) and Michael for boys (2,106). Social Security records list 93,932 babies born in Florida in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1965

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

Girls

Tangela: 39 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Selina: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Selena: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willie: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Valarie: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Bridgett: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ana: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lenora: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sabrina: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Willie: 360 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dexter: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Horace: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 65 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roderick: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Charlie: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Freddie: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,462	–	1
2	Kimberly	891	↑3	4
3	Mary	848	↓1	2
4	Karen	811	↓1	3
5	Angela	708	↑5	10
6	Patricia	674	↓2	6
7	Cynthia	655	–	9
8	Tammy	615	–	11
9	Susan	598	↓3	5
10	Sharon	566	↑3	22
11	Linda	563	–	8
12	Pamela	545	↓3	12
13	Deborah	487	↑1	13
14	Donna	482	↓2	7
15	Elizabeth	476	↑4	16
16	Brenda	466	↑1	23
17	Teresa	446	↓1	24
18	Sandra	439	↓3	15
19	Barbara	415	↑2	25
20	Cheryl	407	↑6	31
21	Laura	402	↓3	17
22	Tina	388	↑3	29
23	Debra	379	↓3	27
24	Michelle	366	↓1	18
25	Robin	364	↓3	33
26	Jennifer	352	↑2	20
27	Rhonda	328	↑8	37
28	Lori	327	↓4	19
29	Stephanie	321	↑14	44
30	Carol	301	↑1	42
31	Julie	301	↓2	14
32	Melissa	300	new	38
33	Dawn	296	↑9	26
34	Kelly	295	–	30
35	Theresa	294	↓5	45
36	Tracy	285	↑2	36
37	Denise	278	↓5	28
38	Rebecca	265	↑11	41
39	Wendy	263	new	39
40	Sheila	255	–	50
41	Nancy	251	↓8	32
42	Jacqueline	250	↓15	47
43	Kim	246	↓4	43
44	Carolyn	229	↑6	58
45	Christine	227	new	21
46	Amy	226	new	35
47	Sherry	225	↓6	56
48	Valerie	224	–	67
49	Cindy	217	↓12	53
50	Maria	216	↓6	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	2,106	↑3	1
2	James	2,038	↓1	4
3	John	1,926	↓1	2
4	David	1,825	↑1	3
5	Robert	1,784	↓2	5
6	William	1,311	–	6
7	Richard	1,056	–	8
8	Charles	842	↑1	20
9	Mark	826	↓1	7
10	Timothy	712	↑3	12
11	Thomas	704	↓1	9
12	Kenneth	686	↓1	21
13	Joseph	665	↓1	11
14	Anthony	606	↑1	22
15	Gregory	590	↑1	23
16	Christopher	585	↑9	18
17	Jeffrey	575	–	10
18	Kevin	559	↑2	13
19	Steven	537	↓1	14
20	Scott	524	↓6	15
21	Paul	511	–	16
22	Donald	510	↓3	26
23	Daniel	502	↓1	17
24	Ronald	481	↓1	24
25	Gary	399	↓1	27
26	Eric	391	↑8	25
27	Edward	389	↓1	29
28	Stephen	383	↑3	28
29	Brian	372	↓1	19
30	Willie	360	↑2	93
31	George	353	↓4	34
32	Keith	321	↓3	35
33	Patrick	316	↓3	31
34	Rodney	313	new	33
35	Douglas	270	↓2	32
36	Terry	257	↓1	40
37	Larry	255	↓1	38
38	Tony	243	↑1	48
39	Jeffery	234	↓2	47
40	Frank	232	↑1	43
41	Raymond	222	↑4	45
42	Andrew	221	↑1	37
43	Craig	213	new	46
44	Darryl	211	new	68
45	Todd	210	↓5	30
46	Johnny	208	–	76
47	Jerry	207	↓5	41
48	Randy	202	↓4	42
49	Carl	194	↓2	54
50	Bruce	193	↓12	50

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